Evening Lectures at Hycroft

April 9 - Japanese Hall 1928-2018: The Extraordinary Story of Community Resilience, Survival and Transformation

Before 1942, the VJLS & JH was the educational, social and community hub in the Powell Street area. It was one of the only properties that was returned to any Japanese Canadian individual or organization after World War II. Laura was the Project Chair of the Heritage Renovation Childcare Project in 2012 which rehabilitated and transformed the 1928 heritage building into a licensed childcare centre, now Children’s World (Kodomo no Kuni). Learn how the immigrant community built their lives in Canada, how the community was shattered by the Internment, and yet how the VJLS-JH was able to rebuild, adapt and evolve. Laura will also briefly share highlights of the Highway Legacy Sign Project – a community driven partnership with the Ministry of Transportation – which created and installed eight Interpretative Highway Legacy Signs at the physical locations of the Internment and Roadcamp sites in the interior of British Columbia.

April 30 - The Francophone Pioneers of Vancouver: A Little-known History and Legacy

The first Francophones in BC were the voyageurs that facilitated the travels of European explorers into the territory. It is thus not surprising that they were well represented among the early settlers of both Victoria and Vancouver. Their still extant commercial buildings in the older sectors of Vancouver indicate their influence in commerce, industry and culture. Maurice Guibord, President of Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique will bring these now obscure early Vancouverites to light and highlight their significance in the region’s history and landscape.

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