Local Voices celebrates our community, as it was and as it is, in the words of the people who live here. Learn about who we are, why we chose to make our home in West Vancouver, and what we do here.
Please register separately for the events below you wish to attend.
Local Voices: Cultural Legacy: The Art and Story of a Manchu Princess and China’s Last Royal Descendants with Cecilia Aisin-Gioro
Welsh HallCecilia Aisin-Gioro, a descendant of the Qing dynasty's imperial family and great-niece of China's last emperor, Puyi, endured the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution to become a prominent figure in […]
Local Voices: It’s Not Bad, But It Could Have Been So Much Better: Reflections on Apartheid, Truth and Reconciliation and the Path from 1980s South Africa to 2020s West Vancouver with Eldon Phukuile
Welsh HallBorn on the outskirts of 1980s Johannesburg, Eldon Phukuile grew up in a “coloured” family that was relatively privileged by the standards of Apartheid South Africa, with enough to eat […]
Local Voices: The Hidden Journals, Captain Vancouver, and His Mapmaker: A Coast Salish Family Story with Halikium Wade Baker and Mary Tasi
Welsh HallRenowned Sḵwx̱wú7mesh artist Halikium Wade Baker and urban planner Mary Tasi describe their international journey to uncover valuable documents, letters, and hand-written journals in their quest to align this material […]
Local Voices: Finding Home: From Struggles to Belonging–Can We Ever Truly Find Our Place? With Mahshid Rezaei
Welsh HallMahshid Rezaei, a community planner, urban designer, and artist, will share the story of her journey to Canada, one full of unexpected twists. Alone in a new country, she found […]