[BCMA] Fall 2025 Heritage Lunch and Learn sessions with Vancouver Heritage Foundation

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Vancouver Heritage Foundation's Virtual Lunch and Learn sessions are back and the registration is now open for three fall sessions: Heritage Lunch and Learn - Vancouver Heritage Foundation<https://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/events/workshops-and-talks/heritage-lunch-and-learn/>


The Oberlander Archives: A New Collection at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
Thursday, September 11th, 12pm-1pm; speakers: archivists at the VHEC
Online, By Donation

Join the archivists at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC) to explore the newly processed collection of personal records from Peter and Cornelia (Hahn) Oberlander. Learn more about German and Austrian Jewish refugees like the Hahn and Oberlander families who were able to escape Nazi persecution in Europe.

About the Speakes:
Ada Alster is the Archivist at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. She holds a dual master’s degree in Archival Studies and Library and Information Studies from UBC.
Caitlin Donaldson is the Director of Collections & Exhibitions at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. She holds a B.A. in humanities and archaeology from Simon Fraser University and a Library & Information Technology diploma from Langara College.
Ted Lee is the Processing Archivist at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. He is also a doctoral candidate in Archival Studies at the UBC School of Information studying the development of professional cultures among archivists.
Register Here<https://www.tickettailor.com/events/vancouverheritagefoundation/1770726>



Behind the Seams: Vancouver’s Garment Industry in the 1900s [Culture Days offering]

Thursday, October 9th, 12pm-1pm; speaker: Natasha Fairweather

Online, By Donation

Vancouver is not known today for its garment industry, but some prominent factories (staffed largely by women), put the city on the map in the early part of the 20th C. This presentation traces a century of clothing manufacturing, from its early days of industrialization to its modern underground form, focusing on the experiences of the workers and their ongoing struggle for fair and dignified work.

About the Speaker: Natasha Fairweather is the Project Manager at the BC Labour Heritage Centre, focusing on oral histories, walking tours, and school lesson plans. Originally from the Kamloops area, Natasha has lived in Malaysia, the Northwest Territories, and eventually Alberta, where she studied and later taught sociology. She lives in Port Moody with her wife and children.
Register Here<https://www.tickettailor.com/events/vancouverheritagefoundation/1770726>



Vancouver’s Chinese Societies: Keys to Living Heritage

Thursday, November 6th, 12pm-1pm; speaker: Larry Chin

Online, By Donation

Many visitors have visited Vancouver Chinatown’s in search of Chinese cuisine and specialty shops. A visible and yet commonly overlooked fabric that lines the streets of Chinatown and their surrounding neighbourhoods are Chinese Societies. Vancouver is home to one of the largest concentrations of them. A century after the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, Larry Chin methodically walked the streets to find out how many are still in existence and active. With his experience on the Board of two Chinese Societies, will guide you on a virtual journey and access their interior spaces to share his findings as well as their origins, purpose and relevance; with a look at the beautifully illustrated Chinese Societies Map, the 2022 VHF Publication Grant recipient.

About the Speaker: Larry Chin is an award-winning filmmaker, professional photographer and active volunteer in Vancouver’s Chinatown neighbourhood. He has co-directed a number of documentaries including, Keys to Living Heritage, which highlights Chinese Societies in Vancouver’s Chinatown and Strathcona neighbourhoods. He currently sits on the Board of Directors at Chin Wing Chun Society of Canada, Vancouver Tsung Tsin (Hakka) Association and Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC and an Honourary member of the Chinatown Society Heritage Buildings Association.
Register Here<https://www.tickettailor.com/events/vancouverheritagefoundation/1770726>



For more information about the VHF's Virtual Lunch and Learns please contact:

Golmehr Kazari (she/her)
Educational Events and Projects Manager
Vancouver Heritage Foundation
(604) 264-9642 ext. 7

303 - 3102 Main Street,
Vancouver, BC, V5T 3G7

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Vancouver Heritage Foundation recognizes the diverse history and cultural heritage of Vancouver and that the city is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

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