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Serving vulnerable North Shore Youth

Monday, Oct 16, 2023
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
on Zoom

Lynn Green
Director, Hollyburn Community Services Society,
and Education Consultant


Lynn Green is Director at Large and Governance Committee Chair at Hollyburn Community Services Society. She has been a teacher and counsellor in elementary and secondary schools in Ontario and BC. Prior to serving as President and CEO of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, Lynn was an Associate Superintendent with the Vancouver Board of Education.

The presentation will outline Hollyburn’s efforts to support youth, seniors, and families. Lynn will also provide a brief overview of the Take a Hike Foundation program which partners with B.C. school districts to offer a unique educational program to youth. Recently it opened a class at Inglewood Secondary School.

In addition, Lynn will outline Hollyburn’s persistence in delivering a full housing continuum that ranges from providing  shelter to permanent housing, working with seniors who are at risk or who are experiencing homelessness, and supporting those survivors of violence.

For login info email: [email protected]

Inside West Vancouver – Sept 18, 2023

7:00 pm – 9:00pm
at the Great Hall in the Kiwanis’ Garden Village,
975-21st St, West Vancouver

Rod Day will regale us with stories about the people, planning and politics that created the West Vancouver we know today.

Rod Day has lived in the same house with his family on Sinclair Street for 59 years. He is professor emeritus in history at Simon Fraser University and has a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.A.-Ph.D. from Harvard University. He served as municipal councillor in West Vancouver from 1987 to 1996 and 2003 to 2008 and for over 30 years on various advisory boards and commissions, mainly in planning, design and parks.
A year ago he published a book Inside West Vancouver, People, Politics and Planning since 1912 based on his years of service to West Van and on his skills as an historian and researcher.

‘Un-Trashy’ Talk – May 15 2023

Time: 6:30pm – 9:00 pm
Zoom login email: [email protected]

Tara McKenna, a Social Influencer and Blogger will help us learn to reduce waste, and find inspiration to live with less while saving money and eating healthier. Creator of The Zero Waste Collective and the author of Don’t be Trashy: A Practical Guide to Living With Less Waste and More Joy.

Tara has been interviewed extensively on these topics by radio and television including CBC NewsNetwork, The Social and Telus Talks. Look for her interviews on YouTube. Although always environmentally conscious, Tara’s travels were the biggest eye-opener to our global trash problem. From snorkelling with trash in Bali, Indonesia, to picking up litter on trails in Southern Ontario, Canada, it became obvious that waste is a worldwide issue.

Fracking the Peace – Apr 17 2023

Fracking for gas is BC’s major climate problem. Extraction poisons air, land and water, but BC plans to double the number of wells and pipelines for export to Alberta and the US. North Americans are already the worst emitters of carbon per person in the world and fail to abide by commitments to reduce it.

Kiki Wood, Senior Oil and Gas Campaigner, Stand.Earth

Monday, April 17, 2023
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Zoom Meeting

Zoom: for login email [email protected]

Guests welcome

Celebrate Earth Day with Elizabeth May

A Conversation with MP Elizabeth May about Climate Change
Great Hall, Kiwanis Garden Village 975 21 St. West Vancouver
April 14, 2023 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Community residents and environmental advocates alike will have the opportunity to hear in person from a prominent leader in the fight against climate change, MP Elizabeth May. As one of Canada’s foremost experts on environmental policy, Elizabeth May has spent decades advocating for strong and decisive action on climate change. Her tireless efforts have helped to put this important issue at the forefront of public discourse and have driven the creation of numerous policies and initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting our planet’s fragile ecosystems.

The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), West Vancouver is hosting this free Community Event from 7:00 to 9:00 pm on Friday April 14, 2023 at the Great Hall, Kiwanis Garden Village 975 21 St. West Vancouver to celebrate Earth Day 2023.

Everyone is Welcome

Beyond Consumerism to Well-being

Our Monday, November 21, meeting features Dr. Kimberley Naqvi, who is an instructor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.

She has lectured extensively in human geography, including urban, cultural, social, economic, environment, energy, regional and world geography, and has published on development geography and place-based teaching and learning.

Guests are welcome to attend. The 7 pm – 9 pm meeting is on Zoom. For login instructions email: [email protected]

Health Impacts + Climate Change

Our Monday, September 19 meeting features Craig Brown who is the Climate Change and Health Lead at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). In today’s presentation Craig will focus on climate change in BC and its importance to community health and the health system. He will cover topics such as the Heat Dome and Atmospheric River events of 2021, the HealthADAPT project and VCH’s continued work and strategic planning on health adaptation. He will conclude his presentation with an outline of best and promising practices in the field.

As a planner, Craig Brown supports climate change adaptation projects in the health sector, with a strong emphasis on community collaboration. He is also an author on national and international climate assessments, including the IPCC Sixth Assessment report, and an associate faculty member at Royal Roads University in the Master of Arts in Climate Action Leadership program.

The meeting starts at 7 pm on Zoom. Email: [email protected] for login instructions.

Women with Wings

April 19, 2022 – Women with Wings – Ruth Payne, former Ferry Building gallery director.

We hope you’ll come and join our Zoom presentation by Ruth Payne.will introduce us to the Women With Wings travel program, emphasizing Bali, Santa Fe, and Mexico.

To register for the Zoom meeting email [email protected].

An intrepid world traveler, Ruth likes nothing better than introducing people to the art, culture, cuisine, and history of her favorite destinations. Since driving a ’64 Saab from Amsterdam to Kathmandu in 1971, Ruth’s passion for unique cultural discoveries has taken her to Bhutan, Tibet, Afghanistan, Iran, India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, China, Japan, Korea, Europe, Morocco, Mexico, Cuba,  and South America. Ruth has led art and architecture tours to Italy, Bali, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Mexico, and Santa Fe. With a wealth of knowledge from a 37 year career in the visual arts, and her engaging, caring, and organized manner Ruth ensures her tour participants a unique, enriching, and exceptional travel experience. Ruth leads tours through Women With Wings Travel.