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West End Bollywood Movie Night Celebrates Indian Stories
Geetanjali Joshi hosts the monthly West End Bollywood Movie Night at Gordon Neighbourhood House.
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Happy Diwali!
Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, is one of the largest celebrations in India. Gordon Neighbourhood House hosted an annual Diwali celebration with friends and neighbours to mark the occasion. West End residents Geetanjali Joshi and Dan Viragh…
Gordon Neighbourhood House 2022 AGM
Gordon Neighbourhood House Members are invited to join our Annual General Meeting, to be held in an in-person/ Zoom hybrid format on Wednesday, October 26th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Limited in-person attendance is available to members. For more information,…
Truth and Reconciliation Day 2022
On Friday, September 30th we observed the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Gordon Neighborhood House. The day was first and foremost about truth. We raise our hands to each of our speakers – Joanne, John, Clint, and Jeff…
Art & Play at the Family Place: August Workshop
Our Family Place Art Workshops are a perfect opportunity to slow down, relax, get creative together with your family, and have some FUN! This August we hosted another family bonding art workshop with a talented artist Peisen Ding. Participants got…
Drag Story Hour at the Family Place!
A magical Drag Story Hour led by two special artists, Carrie Oki Doki and Count Caligula von Cupid, was filled with joy, music, lots of laughter, self-love, and diversity. Families got to experience a very special performance with dancing and…
Getting Creative at the Family Place!
As a part of the Pride festivities, we hosted a Family Bonding Art Workshop, celebrating the colors and creativity of Pride through art. Parents and young kids got to use natural materials, such as sticks, pine cones, flowers, and leaves…
Jollof Rice Cooking Workshop
In February we partnered with the Centre for Community Engaged Learning to do a Reading Week project with UBC students. The students involved in this project planned, organized, and hosted two virtual cook-a-long workshops for our community. As February is…
Wildlife Friendly Winter Decorating
To brighten up Winter 2020 the Young Ideas group teamed up with Park People to create some outdoor holiday decorating resources for the community. Due to the COVID-19 public health guidelines the group had to be creative in how they…
Ode To An Orange
Eating an orange is a delicious source of vitamin C that also benefits your skin and immune system, plus this fruit makes some tasty juices and desserts. The BC Food History Blog writes about how the mandarin orange became a…
Everything Will Be Pine
Pine trees are synonymous with Christmas, and there are a bunch of simple and eco-friendly way’s that pine cones can be crafted into winter decorations. Please take the time to reflect on Honorable Harvest Teachings before collecting pine cones for…
Woven Willow Star
This week Young Ideas and Parks People teamed up to host a virtual crafts workshop – Wildlife Friendly Winter Decorating. One craft that was demonstrated was weaving a star out of a willow branch and tying it with hemp string…
Honorable Harvest Teachings
Before you begin to gather plants for your wildlife friendly crafts, take the time to consider these honorable harvest teachings. Spanish translation here. Thoughts on harvesting and gratitude: · Understand the ecosystem you’re in and what it needs to thrive…
Birdseed Ornaments
In winter, snow and ice can bury foods just when birds need the calories to keep warm through the cold. Your neighbourhood tweeters and chirpers will love these birdseed ornaments and your outdoor trees will look all dressed up for…