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Culture Club at MOA: Cedar Hearts for Reconciliation

Join xʷmәθkʷәy̓әm artist Rita Kompst for a hands-on cedar weaving workshop in advance of National Truth and Reconciliation Day. In this workshop, participants will practice traditional cedar…

Culture Club at MOA: Timeless Tessellations

Drop in and enjoy meaningful artmaking and intergenerational learning. Delve into the captivating world of Islamic geometric art with local guest artist and geometer Farah Kalaff….

Culture Club at MOA: Threading Our Collective Narrative

Drop in and enjoy meaningful artmaking and intergenerational learning. Facilitated by local Vancouver printmaker and comic artist Tajliya Jamal, this workshop explores the connections between our…

Rights + Responsibilities

How do Indigenous peoples enact their rights to their cultural belongings held in museums? How are they changing museums through activism, public discourse and evolving…

Feature: To Be Seen, To Be Heard

How have Indigenous people used public events to claim agency over their representation during times of colonial oppression? How do our experiences, knowledge, and identities…

Learning from Artworks + Belongings

How can we learn from cultural belongings and artworks? What can these works reveal about the people connected to them? In this program, students will…

Archaeology of the Lower Fraser River

Visit the Laboratory of Archaeology (LOA) and be an archaeologist for a day! Discover the rich, 9,000-year history of the First Nations people who live…

Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture: Robin Wall Kimmerer

This event is now SOLD OUT.  For the 2024 Vancouver Institute Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture, Robin Wall Kimmerer draws on Indigenous and scientific wisdom to…