Find Heritage Week Events
All week on February 17 -23, 2025, culture and heritage organizations across the province are going to be hosting events to celebrate Heritage Week.
Use our Heritage Week Calendar to find events. Filter by cost, location, kid-friendly, virtual and more!
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Family Day with Sncewips – Sncewips Heritage Museum
Sncewips Heritage Museum Unit 260 at 525 Highway 97S, KelownaWeek of Events
Sharing Tram Memories for BC Heritage Week – Steveston Tram – City of Richmond
Sharing Tram Memories for BC Heritage Week – Steveston Tram – City of Richmond
February 28 is the 65th anniversary of the last Interurban Tram run to Steveston in 1958. Trams decorated with the BC Electric Railway mascot Reddy Kilowatt were filled with passengers for one last ride. To commemorate this anniversary, share your memories and stories of the riding trams in Richmond or elsewhere. One name will be […]
Family Day with Sncewips – Sncewips Heritage Museum
Family Day with Sncewips – Sncewips Heritage Museum
10am to 12pm there will be a museum tour. The tour will explore syilx culture and traditions with a focus on the importance of family and community. At 12pm to 1pm we will be serving snacks and refreshments, including traditional Indian Tea and Frybread (yum!) From 1pm to 2:30pm we will be hosting Charles Kruger […]
Coast Salish Wool Weaving Virtual Workshop – Museum of North Vancouver
Coast Salish Wool Weaving Virtual Workshop – Museum of North Vancouver
MONOVA’s Indigenous Cultural Programmer, Tsawasiya Spukwus from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation will lead participants through an interactive online workshop about Coast Salish wool weaving. Learn to weave a simple yet beautiful wool bracelet in the Coast Salish style. As this is a hands-on workshop, supplies will be provided for participants to pick up from the […]
BC Heritage Fairs Heritage Week Workshop – BC Heritage Fairs
BC Heritage Fairs Heritage Week Workshop – BC Heritage Fairs
Calling all heritage and history educators! Come learn about BC Heritage Fairs with members of our Board working with Alumni, School and Regional Fairs, and this year's Provincial Fair. Learn how you can get involved at the individual, classroom, school, and district level from our team. Projects can be led by classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, librarians, […]
The Greenest Building is the One That Already Exists – SFU Liberal Arts & 55+ Program
The Greenest Building is the One That Already Exists – SFU Liberal Arts & 55+ Program
Building Reuse is Climate Action: The Greenest Building is the One That Already Exists This lecture is presented by the SFU Liberal Arts & 55+ Program in conjunction with Heritage BC's Heritage Week 2023. About 40 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions relate to buildings, with the vast majority coming from our existing buildings. But can we […]
Virtual Event : Okaeri おかえり Return from Exile: All Paths Lead Home – Nikkei National Museum
Virtual Event : Okaeri おかえり Return from Exile: All Paths Lead Home – Nikkei National Museum
Okaeri means ‘to come back home.’ We invite you to listen to stories of Japanese Canadians who lived through war and internment, and those who were forcibly uprooted to Japan and later returned to Canada in the 1950s. This webinar is an introduction to 21 oral histories which launch on Youtube during Heritage Week. Panelists […]