Looking for ideas on how to lead an inquiry project? Wondering how to start a Heritage Fair? The BCHFS is always working to improve its resources and the latest is called Inquiry in Action: A Heritage Fair Guide.
Thank you Michael Gurney
After 5 years as President of the BC Heritage Fairs Society, Michael Gurney has stepped down to become Past President. In recognition of his many contributions the Society has established a scholarship fund in his name.
2016 BCHFS Annual General Meeting
New Directions, New Directors at the BCHFS Annual General Meeting On a rare rainless Saturday in Vancouver, the BC Heritage Fairs Society held its annual general meeting, kindly hosted by the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Regional Fair Coordinators and members shared ideas, learned about the Society’s many initiatives and planned how best to work together to […]
Overwhelming Support for 2016 Provincial Showcase
The 8th Annual BC Provincial Showcase was off to an amazing start as students, dignitaries, volunteers and chaperones and a large public audience gathered at UBC’s Student Nest in Vancouver, BC to support the Opening Ceremony. On July 6, led by a piper and Musqueam Elder Larry Grant the students paraded to the atrium of […]
Provincial Fair Brings Students Together
Forty delegates from all regions of the province converged on the University of BC for this year’s Provincial Heritage Fair, July 4th through 8th. The BCHFS was extremely proud to host the 2016 Provincial Heritage Fair in Vancouver, BC, at the Point Grey campus of the University of British Columbia. Students and chaperones were accommodated in university residences while […]
Lieutenant Governor of BC, The Honourable Judith Guichon, OBC