What is Restorative Justice?
2025-11-15 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Vancouver) | Hewett Hall, 949 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 2T1, Canada
Join us for this interactive, hands-on, workshop designed to introduce participants to the basics of Restorative Justice, and its associative skills. This workshop is not a lecture series, rather it is intended to promote connection and learning for the entire group.
Six practitioners from diverse backgrounds will lead participants through different skills such as: active listening, empathetic vs sympathetic communication, forest bathing, circle work, and conflict resolution.
Registration is required with a sliding scale of $10-20 and includes lunch.
Register here now to secure your spot

When: November 15th, 9 am – 4 pm
Where: Hewett Hall, 949 West 49th Ave, Vancouver Unitarians
More information email: info@varj.ca

IBPOC Plus Allies (IPA) monthly meeting
2025-12-14 12:30 - 14:00 | https://vanu.ca/ipa-meeting
The IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, People of Colour) Plus Allies also known as the IPA, meets on the second Sunday of the month at 12:30pm.
Some meetings are virtual and some are in-person, please check the details below for each meeting.
The IPA team fosters greater understanding of IBPOC experiences. We organize events such as the Lunar New Year and the Intersection of Climate and Colonialism events held at VanU, and lead outings to various IBPOC events in the city, some examples include tours of art galleries and museums, plays, restaurants, protest marches, and cultural celebrations.
Everyone is welcome. We are a welcoming, energetic, and enthusiastic group!
If the meeting is virtual, return to this page just before the meeting starts and click on the JOIN MEETING button that will appear below. ⬇️
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Sunday Forum: What can the art of other cultures give us?
2026-03-08 12:30 - 13:30 | Fireside Room, West 49th Avenue 949, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 2T1, Canada
On Sunday, March 8, the Intercultural Team’s art display group will present a forum titled: “ What can the art of other cultures give us?”
It’s a treat! Come and join the forum, on Sunday, March 8, at 12:30, in Fireside room for a power point presentation, with a Q/A period, for in-depth art appreciation.
Have you noticed lately a number of new paintings hanging in the Hewlett hall, in addition to the older familiar ones?
Our project members/ artists will show these multicultural art pieces to you, and share all the interesting backgrounds, and stories behind each of the chosen paintings! Hope to see you there!

Intercultural Team Forum: Bicultural Identity and Belonging
2026-05-10 12:30 - 13:30 | Fireside Room, West 49th Avenue 949, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 2T1, Canada
What are the ingredients to fostering a sense of belonging? What are the barriers? Please join us in celebrating Asian Heritage Month by engaging in a joyful, in-depth interactive exchange about how to build a community through action where people feel empowered to bring their whole selves to it.
Guest speakers include Faly Mevamanana, Tricia Trinh, Ricardo Aguilar Valles, Ava Jung, Wiley Ho.
Faly Mevamanana is an award-winning actor and writer. She has performed leading roles in seven provinces across Canada, including roles with Neptune Theatre, Western Canada Theatre, and the Grand Theatre.
Offstage, she was a writing shadow on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and a Program Associate with Nightwood Theatre. Her first play “The Baking Show Show: The Play” premiered with Ruby Slippers Theatre in February 2026. Faly is also the creator, writer, and star of the new comedy TV series “Be Better” for Bell Fibe TV1.
As a queer mixed-race creator, Faly is passionate about telling stories which showcase marginalized voices in a joyful way.

Tricia Trinh is a queer, genderfluid, Chinese-Vietnamese-Canadian, multidisciplinary theatre artist; with a background in playwrighting, directing, performing and producing. Graduate of University of Victoria [BFA]. Their artistic practice prioritizes the multifaceted existence in intersectional lived experiences, specifically investigating intercultural socio-political influence on queer identity, gender identity and diaspora identity.
Selected Playwright–Director Credits: Probability [rEvolver 2018], Red Glimmer [Fringe 2019], Attachments [Tremors Festival 2020 & Advance Theatre Festival 2024], Diosa Volcanica [Infinity Fire 2023], Duality [Infinity Fire 2024]
Selected Director Credit: Dil Ka [Ruby Slippers Theatre 2024]
Selected Assistant Director Credits: we the same [Ruby Slippers 2021], Henry V [Bard on the Beach 2023]
Their practice is committed to cross-pollinating social justice with storytelling through an anti-oppressive decolonial lens. This commitment actualizes in the form of creating new multidisciplinary theatre with feminist-forward, gender non-conforming and BIPOC stories at the forefront; as a freelance artist and through their collective Dusty Foot Productions. The dedication to spearheading opportunities for underserved emerging theatre creators is demonstrated through their work as: Artistic Producer –Rumble Theatre [New Cabaret Series], Program Producer –frank theatre [Telling It Bent: Queer Youth Playwriting Program] and Producer –Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre [MSG Playwrighting Lab].
Ricardo Aguillar Valles is a Settlement Worker with the I Belong Program at MOSAIC. I support newcomers who are part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, assisting them in navigating systems such as healthcare, housing, and language services, while helping them build a sense of belonging in their new environment.
Ava Jung works as the Community Engagement Officer at S.U.C.C.E.S.S., a non-partisan, non-profit multicultural Canadian organization with a proud 50+ year history of serving newcomers, seniors, youth, and families. In her role, she manages the volunteers for a variety of S.U.C.C.E.S.S. services, meeting people from all walks of life. She herself is a mixed-race Chinese Canadian, born and raised in Greater Vancouver with a degree in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies from UBC. She is particularly passionate about Vancouver’s historic Chinatown, cultural heritage preservation, and the politics surrounding mixed-race identity.

Wiley Ho is a Taiwanese Canadian writer, whose stories and personal essays have been published in various literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. Her first book The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street: A Memoir was published this spring by Douglas & McIntyre, currently on the BC Bestsellers List. When not writing she’s busy community building or growing Asian vegetables in her front yard.
