Conference Venues & Accessibility

Coast Chilliwack Hotel

The Coast Hotel Chilliwack is the main location for the conference. The registration table will be on the left side of the hotel lobby on Thursday May 25th. Field trips will depart from the lobby on Thursday May 25th. On Friday May 26th and Saturday May 27th, the hotel will be the site of all of the conference sessions.

The hotel has wheelchair accessible rooms and elevators to navigate between the floors. All events during the conference will take place on the ground floor the hotel. Here is a map of the conference area of the hotel for reference. We have set aside the Slesse room as a quiet space that any delegate can access on May 26th and 27th.

Find additional details about the conference rooms below:

• Automatic doors to enter the lobby are 58.5″ wide. They are the only automatic doors in the conference space.
• Rosedale Ballroom doorway widths : 71″
• Fraser Room doorway width: 34.75″
• Slesse Room (quiet space) doorway width: 35″
• Hemlock room is on the other side of the hotel from the other conference rooms. It is accessed by a smaller hallway that is 11.5 feet wide. The Hemlock doorway width is 34.75″.
• Bathroom Access
  • All washrooms on ground floor have a wheelchair accessible stall.
  • Entry to the washrooms includes passing through two manual push doors that are positioned at right angles to each other.
  • Each door has a width of 34 .75″.

Venue Website: https://www.coasthotels.com/coast-chilliwack-hotel-by-apa 
Contact the Venue: 604-792-5552

Chilliwack Museum

The Chilliwack Museum will be the site for the opening reception of the Conference on Thursday May 25th. It is also the location for the Artist Talk with Kayla Isomura on Thursday May 25th at 10:00am (pre-registration is required). The reception will take place on the 2nd floor, which is accessible by elevator. The first floor hosts the museum’s exhibits and education space.

Find additional details about the museum site below:

• Entrance to the museum is sloped with no stairs. The front doors are 62.5″ wide and are automatic. They are motion censored or can be trigged by a button.
• The ground floor has 42.5″ wide hallways to navigate between galleries.
• The elevator doors are 36″ wide and the elevator provides access to the 2nd floor Chambers Gallery.
• The 2nd floor has a balcony that can only be accessed with a few stairs. Stairs are required to access the 2nd floor bathrooms which are not gender neutral.
• There is an emergency staircase at the back of the facility.
• Bathroom Access
  • The accessible washroom is on the main floor between the back gallery entrances.
  • This is also the gender neutral washroom.
  • Its door is 35.25″ wide.
  • The hallway to access the washroom is 42.5″ wide.

Venue Website: https://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca/
Contact the Venue: 604-795-5210