Flashback Friday - Field Trips and Workshops

During the Student Fair Day on Friday, May 1, this year's Heritage Fair participants were able to attend both a field trip and a workshop. There were several different options, which included two off-site field trips where students were able to interact with historical objects, as well as three unique workshops where students used art, historic photos and documents to explore aspects of Canadian history.

Artefact Collections Tour

Students visited the Richmond Museum's top-secret artefact collection warehouse, where they learned about artefact care and storytelling through objects. They were given the challenge of trying to figure out the best way to pack an object in a box that could withstand being dropped.

YVR Explorer Tour

Students visited North America's number one airport for a tour with highlights including their First Nations art collection, architecture and airport operations.

Cityscapes with Shape and Texture Workshop

Students visited the Richmond Art Gallery where they viewed Richmond/Kowloon, Greg Girard's exhibition on the social and physical transformation of cities through his photographic work. They then unleashed their inner architect by designing a city as they explored the materials and structural forms of the built environment.

Saltwater City Revisited Workshop

Students were treated to the captivating storytelling of renowned author Paul Yee. Together they explored Chinese Canadian history and culture as he shared fictional stories about Chinese immigrant experiences in early BC.

Nostalgia Workshop

Students spent time in the Richmond Brighouse Library discovering what life was like for their ancestors by exploring Canada's past from automobiles to the War Years through the use of documents and historic photos.

Many thanks to all of our field trip and workshop hosts - the Richmond Art Gallery, the Richmond Museum's Artefact Collection Warehouse, the Richmond Brighouse Library, Paul Yee, and YVR Airport - for offering this year's Heritage Fair students the unique opporunity to get their hands on history!

Flashback Friday - Activities

Each year, we try to come up with new ways to get students and visitors to engage with history through activities, field trips and workshops. 

One of our goals this year was to encourage visitors to spend more time visiting the amazing projects that our incredibly talented Richmond students have created and so the Canada Activity Passport was born.

In order to complete the passport and receive a prize, visitors had to visit 1-2 projects in each area of the Richmond Culture Centre, complete the activity page and then find the Heritage Fair alumni to receive their stamp.

Here are some more pictures from the other activity stations, which included creating buttons, postcards and salmon can labels, and medicine pouches, weaving shapes, and building boats.

 Thank you to all of our activity hosts - Roberta Price and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery - and all of our enthusiastic volunteers for all your help running the activity stations.

BC Provincial Heritage Fair

Announcing the five students representing Richmond at the BC Provincial Heritage Fair in Victoria, July 2-6, 2015:

• Gracie K., Grade 7 LFI, McNeely Elementary School
• Irene X., Grade 4, Wowk Elementary School
• Jaia M., Grade 7, Thompson Elementary School
• Sahir B., Grade 5 EFI, Whiteside Elementary School
• Urvee M., Grade 7, Cornerstone Academy

Congratulations!

Special Award Recipients

National Awards

1. Canada's History Award
Recipient receives a medal and one-year subscription to Kayak magazine.

Project #39 - Canada's 2010 Olympic Diary

Yonatan M.

Whiteside Elementary School

2. The Vancouver Branch United Empire Loyalists Award
Recipient receives a special pin from the United Empire Loyalists.

Project #18 - I Went the Wrong Way (Simon Fraser)

Justin P. and Diego L. 

Byng Elementary School

Provincial Awards

3. BC Hydro Power Pioneer Award
Recipient receives a copy of Gaslights to Gigawatts and his/her school library receives a $100 donation.

Project #19 - No Ordinary Man (George Mercer Dawson)

Kosta S. and Ethan G.

Byng Elementary School

4. The Historic Places Award
Recipient receives a National Historic Sites pass.

Project #4 - L'urbanisme

Trevor L.

McNeely Elementary School

5. Lieutenant-Governor's Literacy Award
Recipient receives a book.

Project #93 - John Cabot

Tiffany H. and Bonnie C.

Cornerstone Academy

6. British Columbia Magazine History Award
Recipient and his/her school library each receives a one-year subscription to British Columbia Magazine.

Project #51 - Sikh Settlement in BC

Diya M.

McNeely Elementary School

7. BC Heritage Fairs Stellar Achievement Award
Recipient receives a Stellar Historian pin.

Project #3 - Immigration Canadienne

Gracie K.

McNeely Elementary School

Project #15 - Dance: A Universal Expression

Urvee M.

Cornerstone Academy

Project #45 - Les outils

Sahir B.

Whiteside Elementary School

Project #49 - Building BC: Indo-Canadian Pioneers of Paldi, on Vancouver Island

Jaia M.

Thompson Elementary School

Project #76 - General Currie Elementary School

Irene X.

Wowk Elementary School

Regional Awards

8. Family History Award
Recipient receives a Finding Memories, Tracing Routes book and 2 passes to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden.

Project #71 - The Japanese Internment Camp

Melissa K.

Wowk Elementary School

Project #89 - The Sandhu Family
Mannraj S.

Kingswood Elementary School

9. Aboriginal Award
Recipient receives free admission to the Museum of Vancouver.

Project #35 - The Haida

Shiraz M. and Amaritpal S.

Whiteside Elementary School

10. Significant Canadian Award
Recipient receives one-year membership to the UBC Museum of Anthropology.

Project #99 - Wilfred Laurier

Evan C.

Cornerstone Academy

11. National Significance Award
Recipient receives a t-shirt and family pass to the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Project #55 - Defending the Law in Canada: RCMP

Wesley L.

McNeely Elementary School

Project #67 - What was Halifax's Role in WWI?

Jarrod S.

McNeely Elementary School

12. Industry Award
Recipient receives one-year membership to the Britannia Mine Museum.
Other recipients received a book and pass to the Vancouver Maritime Museum.

Project #58 - Logging in Canada

Ryan Y.

McNeely Elementary School

Project #14 - The Chinese and the CPR

Ethan C. and Andrew C.

Cornerstone Academy

13. Sport Award
Recipient receives four tickets to a Vancouver Canadians baseball game.

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Project #8 - One Stride at a Time: Hayley Wickenheiser

Alison X.

Cornerstone Academy

14. Canada and the World Award
Recipient receives free admission to the Museum of Vancouver.

Project #12 - The War in Afghanistan

Charine C.

Cornerstone Academy

15. Artistic Merit Award
Recipient receives a one-year student membership to the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Project #56 - The Group of Seven: Shaping Canada Through Art

Lauren L.

McNeely Elementary School

16. Local Historian for Richmond Award
Recipient receives Explore Canada board game.

Project #27 - Steves Family Farm

Katelyn Y.

Westwind Elementary School

17. Honourable Mentions
Recipient receives a White Spot coupon.

Project #77 - Victoria City of Gardens

Tony B.

Wowk Elementary School

Project #50 - CP Rail: Uniting Canada One Track at a Time

Kendralyn K.

McNeely Elementary School

Project #28 - Maple Syrup

Nicole L.

Westwind Elementary School

18. Student Choice Award
Recipient receives Canadian Trivia board game

Project #54 - Defending Our Borders: Canadian Special Forces

Daniel O.

McNeely Elementary School