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Please note, due to COVID-19, events listed on our Events Calendar may have been temporarily suspended. Please contact the hosting organizations to check their status.

 

Event viewing instructions:

1.  You will see the events of the whole month, in small segments, in the colour of the organization, with the title of the event and the time,
2.  Put your cursor on the event and you will see a small pop-up box with the name of the event, the time and price,
3.  Now left double-click on the event itself: a full -page window will open, with all the information about the event. This window has a white background and black distinctive easy- to- see writing.
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Jan
1
Tue
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Jan 1 all-day

New Year’s Day

Jan
27
Sun
In Focus: The Holocaust Through the VHEC Collection
Jan 27 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Sunday, October 21, 2018  Alex Buckman is a child survivor, VHEC Outreach Speaker and artefact donor. Alex will speak about his artefacts that are currently on display in the In Focus exhibition. This includes a docent-led tour. 

Sunday, November 18, 2018  Lillian Boraks-Nemetz is an award-winning author, child survivor and VHEC Outreach Speaker. Lillian will discuss her most recent book Mouth of truth: Buried Secrets. This includes a docent-led tour.

Sunday, December 9, 2018  Amalia Boe-Fishman is a child survivor and VHEC Outreach Speaker. Amalia will talk about her loaned artefacts that are currently on display in the In Focus exhibition. This includes a docent-led tour.  

Sunday, January 27, 2019  Richard Lowy is a member of the Second Generation. Richard shares the story of his father Leo Lowy (z”l), Holocaust survivor of Dr. Mengele’s experiments. 

Richard’s talk is followed by a screening of the film Leo’s Journey, a 60-minute documentary chronicling the firsthand story of Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele and his “medical experiments” on Jewish twins in Auschwitz during World War ll. Leo Lowy’s heart-wrenching journey is interwoven with historical footage and interviews. A docent-led tour is included. 

Feb
18
Mon
BC FAMILY DAY
Feb 18 all-day

BC Family Day

Aug
5
Mon
BRITISH COLUMBIA DAY
Aug 5 all-day

British Columbia Day (not an official stat holiday) 

Aug
11
Sun
TISH’A B’AV: THE 15th OF AV – NEW YEAR FOR TREES
Aug 11 all-day

Tish’a B’Av and the 3 Weeks: The 15th of Av is a major  fast day remembering the day when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed not once but twice. 

Aug
15
Thu
Tu B’Av
Aug 15 – Aug 16 all-day

Holiday of Love

Sep
2
Mon
LABOUR DAY
Sep 2 all-day
Sep
22
Sun
Federal Pre-Election Townhall
Sep 22 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Come and hear from candidates running for the Federal Election as they discuss the topics that matter to you. 

Sep
29
Sun
ROSH HASHANAH, JEWISH NEW YEAR
Sep 29 – Oct 1 all-day

Rosh Hashanah, The Jewish New Year, marks the start of the Jewish New Year.  It is both a day of judgment for mankind, as well as an exhilarating time of closeness and reconciliation with God. 

Oct
1
Tue
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS
Oct 1 all-day

The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year. On December 14, 1990 the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons as recorded in Resolution 45/106. The holiday was observed for the first time on October 1, 1991.