Meetings, Special Events and Field Trips

Please note: All events (unless otherwise noted *) are free and open to the public.

Thursday, February 25, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Meeting cancelled due to Olympics

Thursday, March 25, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver's Chinatown Speaker: Larry Wong We take a very personal tour of Chinatown through the stories of Larry Wong who grew up there. Larry’s father, a tailor, emigrated from China in 1911 and eventually opened a business on Main Street. Larry’s mother joined his father in 1921 and they raised a family of four.

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Women on Ice, The Early Years of Women’s Hockey in Western Canada Speaker: Wayne Norton Wayne Norton has opened up the almost unknown history of women’s hockey in western Canada. He will introduce us to the Vancouver Amazons, the Fernie Swastikas, the Regents, the Patricias, the Lord Byngs and more. Sometimes the crowds at the women’s games were bigger than the men’s! Fighting the indifference or the amused tolerance of the newspapers of the time—and in the absence of qualified opponents occasionally forced to play opposing teams made up of boy scouts—these pioneering sportswomen showed that they belonged on the ice, too. Today, women’s hockey is enjoying a resurgence.

Thursday May 27, 2010, 7:30 p.m. 100 Years of the PNE Speaker: Laura Ballance Sir Wilfrid Laurier was on hand to officially open the first annual Pacific National Exhibition (known at the time as "The Industrial Exhibition") in August 1910. Many technological firsts debuted through the PNE's long life, including the first rotary telephone in the Pacific Northwest, and we'll explore this and more at our look back at The Fair's history.

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