Vancouver Heritage Foundation has developed a Heritage Study Guide, offers grants for books and field trips and professional development opportunities for educators. Our goals for this program are:
- To increase students’ and educators’ awareness and knowledge of local heritage places and history by providing learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom.
- To encourage students and teachers to engage with Vancouver’s diverse heritage places, and contribute to meaningful discussions around their histories and future legacies.
- To support further connections of place-based heritage education in Vancouver public schools by collaborating with educators and students in developing accessible resources and self-directed inquiry-based projects.
Thank You to Our Project Partners
Andrew Mahon Foundation
GMR Foundation
VHF’s Heritage Study Guide for Schools 2019 (PDF)
Discover what heritage means in Vancouver, and the diverse online resources, place-based history and neighbourhood sites to engage with, inside and outside the classroom.
28 page resource guide
Revised Edition Coming Fall 2022
Professional Development Opportunities
2022-23: Talks and tours can be arranged for your classroom or school staff. Previous Pro-D Days have included walking tours, site histories, virtual walks, and guest speakers. VHF has participated in the BCSSTA and VSB Pro-D events.
Please contact: jessica@vancouverheritagefoundation.org
School Grants Closed
VHF School Grants will reopen in fall 2022. To be notified, please join our enews or social media or email jessica@vancouverheritagefoundation.org
VANCOUVER HERITAGE FOUNDATION RESOURCES
- Places That Matter Community History Resource (100+ places in Vancouver, nominated and selected by the public. Blue oval plaques mark many sites and the website sources history, stories, videos and images)
- Heritage Site Finder Interactive Map (over 2200 sites on the City’s heritage register, individual history, architectural details, images, and stories)
- VHF Map Guides: Vancouver’s historic neighbourhoods including Chinatown, Historic Japanese Canadian District, West Hastings Street and more!
- Indigenous Heritage webpage resource
- Vancouver House Styles (Coast Salish Plank House to current styles)
- Printable PDF’s Vancouver House Styles drawings
- VHF YouTube Channel: virtual neighbourhood walking tours available at special rate
SELECT DIVERSE LOCAL HERITAGE RESOURCES (ALSO IN THE STUDY GUIDE)
- About Here
- BC Heritage Fairs (inquiry-based projects and lessons)
- Bill Reid Centre imesh-to walk (app and resources)
- Black Strathcona one of four website/video projects with lesson plans about Vancouver’s cultural histories (also South Asian, Nikkei and Jewish history, see Heritage Study Guide for full details)
- Challenging Racist “British Columbia”
- City Poems Contest (closes April 15th)
- City of Vancouver Archives
- City of Reconciliation
- Chinese Canadian Museum
- Coast Salish History Project
- Cross Cultural Walking Tours
- Historic Joy Kogawa House
- hua foundation
- iDream library
- Komagata Maru – Challenging Injustices ebook
- Komagata Maru Journey website
- Landscapes of Injustice: Japanese Canadian Internment
- Musqueam Teaching Kit and Teacher’s Resources website
- xʷməθkʷəy̓əm: qʷi:l̕qʷəl̕ ʔə kʷθə snəw̓eyəɬ ct “Musqueam: Giving Information about our Teachings”
- Musqueam and UBC
- Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre (school trips and resources)
- Remarkable Local Women (City of Vancouver Awards of Excellence)
- Squamish Atlas
- Untold History: Knowledge Network series and timeline
- Vancouver School Board Heritage and Archives
- VSB Indigenous Education contact list
- 360 Riot Walk virtual tour and resources
VHF Strathcona School tour. Photo credit: Clara Conrado.
VHF Field Trip Grant 2021 Punjabi Market. Photo credit: D. Conrad.
Pro-D for teachers walking tour. Mountain View Cemetery. Photo credit: Clara Conrado.
Pro-D walking tour for teachers. Photo credit: Clara Conrado.
Students on a local walking tour- VHF Grant.
VHF Book Grant 2022.
2020 Book Grant Recipient
2020 Book Grant Recipient
VHF Strathcona School tour. Photo credit: Clara Conrado.
VHF Field Trip Grant 2021 Punjabi Market. Photo credit: D. Conrad.
Pro-D for teachers walking tour. Mountain View Cemetery. Photo credit: Clara Conrado.
Pro-D walking tour for teachers. Photo credit: Clara Conrado.
Students on a local walking tour- VHF Grant.
VHF Book Grant 2022.
2020 Book Grant Recipient
2020 Book Grant Recipient
VHF supports the Vancouver Heritage Fairs. If you wish to participate, please contact: vanregionalhf@gmail.com
volunteers wanted: English and French speaking adjudicators who are interested in history and heritage and enjoy working with children (for virtual and in-person fairs)
2022 Vancouver Regional Fairs in-person on May 23rd at Heritage Hall on Main Street, by invitation.
