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Volume 7, Issue 2
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
CAPS4ART Brings Neighbours Together
UNA Board
to Approve
Reduced
Budget
Neighbours Levy projected to
decline for third year in row;
funds will be withdrawn from
two reserves
Top collectors in a community art project that raises awareness of recycling: (left to right) Yi Xiao (Wesbrook), Rose Wang
(Hawthorn) and Donghong Liu (Hawthorn). Please see stories on Pages 6-7.
Celebrating Excellence and
Innovation: Wesbrook Wins
Gold at Nationals Awards
What’s in
Future for
Iona Green
Playground?
Public meeting in Chancellor
Place will be held in March;
independent moderator will
facilitate the meeting
UBC Properties Trust CEO Al Poettcker and Director of Strategy and Marketing
for UBC Properties Trust Ashley Willard Bauman receive the Gold Award for
Wesbrook at the Nationals 2016 for Best Landscape in a Master Planned Community. Please see story on Page 3.
The public will have its chance to weigh
in on the thorny issue of what to do about
the University Neighbourhoods Association playground in Chancellor Place at a
meeting on March 10 at Carey Centre
Lecture Hall (see ad on Page 2).
The UNA has called this meeting to
hear from residents about whether existing play equipment should be left in
place in Iona Green, thereby maintaining
the status-quo, or whether this equipment
should be removed entirely from Iona
Green.
The UNA will engage an independent
moderator to facilitate the meeting, the
results of which will be brought forward
to UNA directors for consideration and
decision.
PLAYGROUND continued on Page 2
Directors of the University Neighbourhods Association will approve a
$3.44 million operating budget for the
coming fiscal year April 1, 2016 to March
31, 2017.
This budget represents a 4.8% reduction from the one last year.
To balance its budget for the coming
year, the UNA will withdraw funds from
two reserves: the Rate Stabilization Reserve and the Access Reserve.
The reduction comes as UBC projects a
decreased Neighbours Levy for the third
year in a row.
The UNA reports this reduction in the
budget will continue to create financial
challenges, and in order to offset this reduction in income and to control expenses, the UNA Board of Directors has done
the following:
• All departments, including the services
managed by UBC Properties Trust, were
asked to defer increases.
• All departments, including the services
managed by UBC Properties Trust, were
asked to defer capital or other projects
that were not critical to the operations of
the UNA.
• Management was asked to review all
expenses to find additional savings.
This results in reductions in the majority of budget items in all UNA operations.
Changes to expenses include:
• Landscaping expenses have been held
to a 1% increase after an 11% reduction
in 2015-16, despite having additional
property added to the UNA for maintenance.
• The cost of Victim Services & Community Policing was transferred to the
RCMP.
• Special Projects will again be deferred
until revenues return to normal.
• Labour expenses overall will increase
marginally by 5% despite the addition of
the new 30,000 sq ft Wesbrook Community Centre and the approved salary band
adjustments.
• General Meeting expense will increase
6% to account for changes to the election
process.
• Culture, Recreation and Leisure expense have been reduced by 11%.
Meanwhile, UNA reports that legal
expense has increased to account for negotiations of the Neighbours’ Agreement
schedules, leases and compliance to the
new BC Society Act.
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PLAYGROUND continued from Page 1
Iona Green play station became an issue
as long ago as 2010 when residents then
living adjacent to the recently installed
amenity complained to the UNA about
the noise coming from the play station
and the adverse impact this noise was
having on their lives.
A year ago, Chancellor Place resident
John Bourne proposed the play equipment be re-located to the lawn immediately north of the Iona Building on Iona
Drive. Subsequently, UNA staff received
emails from some residents in support of
the Bourne proposal as well as a petition
from other residents opposed to the proposed re-location site.
Residents not in support of the proposal
expressed a range of concerns from the
safety of the proposed site to the inappropriateness of the site as well as concerns
for the impact it might have on their own
buildings. UNA staff reviewed the proposal to re-locate the play equipment,
and it was deemed both operationally and
financially unacceptable.
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In August 2015, UNA staff identified
an alternative site adjacent to the St. Andrew’s playground beside Iona Drive.
While UBC Campus and Community Planning opposed re-location of the
playground to the St. Andrew’s site for
numerous reasons, they did not oppose
either removing the play equipment from
Iona Green or keeping it there, maintaining the status quo.
After considerable discussion at the
February 9 meeting of the UNA Board,
directors decided the best course of action in trying to resolve what to do with
the playground at this stage was to call a
public meeting.
UNA Chair Richard Alexander said,
“Let’s hear the voice of residents. Then
we’ll decide what to do.”
Speaking to the UNA Board at its February meeting, Mr. Bourne argued that
‘green space and quiet’ are as much amenities in a community as a play station,
and he called on directors to acknowledge this.
“They are the reasons many people
bought into Chancellor Place,” he said.
Community Garden in
Chancellor Place Shows
No Promise
Information session is held;
turnout of residents is solid
The proposal to install a community garden in the Chancellor Place neighbourhood met mostly opposition at a public
event February 2.
Several dozen residents turned out at
an information session hosted by the
University Neighbourhoods Association
at St. Andrew’s Hall on Iona Drive, and
barely a resident spoke in favour of the
project.
The main argument against installing
a community garden seemed to be lack
of the green space which might be converted into a garden.
Community gardens have proved wildly popular in two other parts of campus,
Hawthorn Place and Wesbrook Place,
and the UNA has waiting lists of people
there seeking small plots on which to
grow fruit and vegetables. However,
these neighbourhoods would appear to
have more green space for conversion
into gardens than Chancellor Place where
residential and UBC institutional buildings are more densely situated.
The UNA went to considerable length
to make plans for the proposed Chancellor Place garden attractive to residents,
presenting display boards at the information session showing three ‘preferred’
sites, one (and only one) of which might
be the potential site of this garden.
The preferred sites were (1) behind the
Corus building, which site could accommodate 32 raised-bed garden plots; (2)
next to Iona Green playground, which
site could accommodate 25 raised-bed
garden plots; (3) behind the Chapel of the
Epiphany, which site could accommodate
16 raised-bed garden plots.
The display board for preferred site (1)
indicated, “The number of plots may be
reduced if existing smaller conifers cannot be removed or relocated. The garden
path will be covered with mulch for easy
maintenance. A tool shed to store gardeners’ tools would be located in the south
end.”
The display board for preferred site (2)
indicated such features as “light colour
powder-coat aluminum picket garden
fence….mulch surface… new garden
tool shed for storage and bench.”
The display board for preferred site (3)
indicated features similar to (2).
Paradoxically, this overwhelming lack
of support at the February 2 Open House
for a community garden in Chancellor
Place followed strong support at an October 7 Community Conversations event
at which the UNA Community Garden
Space Expansion Proposal was discussed
publicly for the first time.
UBC Campus and Community Planning and the UNA jointly organized this
earlier event and reported, “Overall, we
heard that people are interested in community gardens, and that they are happy
to see a proposal to expand community
garden space.”
The organizers of the Community Conversations event received 15 responses to
the question: What location do you feel
best supports new community garden
spaces?
The responses (with number of responses in brackets) were: Nobel Park
Community Garden in Wesbrook Place
(3); Iona Green Community Garden in
Chancellor Place behind the Corus building (8); Iona Drive Community Garden
in Chancellor Place behind the Chapel of
the Epiphany (1); None of the above (3).
However, concerns were expressed
even then about the inappropriateness of
a garden in Chancellor Place. For example, five concerns relating specifically to
one of the sites were:
• The community garden would reduce
what little amount of green space there is
in the Chancellor Place neighbourhood.
• The green space that it is currently
well used by residents, students and the
church congregation as a gathering space
or ‘outdoor living room’ would be lost
with the addition of the community garden.
• There is concern—if a garden is installed—that children will no longer be
able to play in front of the Chapel of the
Epiphany.
Heather Friesen Praised
for Leading Community
Garden Movement
There are now 181 plots under
cultivation; Wendy Rigby, of
Wesbrook Place is new chair
of gardening committee
The UNA community garden movement
has undergone substantial growth since
its start in 2008 with Hampton Place resident Heather Friesen at the heart of it.
Under supervision of the all-volunteer
UNA Community Gardens Committee
led by Ms. Friesen, 181 garden plots have
come into fruition.
During the year-end meeting of this
committee, Ms. Friesen advised she will
no longer be able to serve as chair.
At their February 9 meeting, the UNA
Board expressed its sincerest gratitude to
Ms. Friesen for the outstanding leadership she has provided to the development
and management of the UNA community
gardens since 2008.
At the same meeting, the UNA Board
appointed Wendy Rigby, of Wesbrook
Place, as the Chair of the UNA Community Gardens Committee for the 20162017 season.
Iona Green Playground
Equipment Public Consultation
Date: Thursday March 10, 2016
Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Location: Carey Centre Lecture Hall
(5920 Iona Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 2E8)
Dear Chancellor Residents, this event is an opportunity to share your
thoughts on Iona Green Playground Equipment. Public commentary
will be provided to the UNA Board of Directors as part of the summary
of the public consultation. This event will be facilitated by an
independent moderator. Representatives from the UNA office will be
available to provide information and responds to inquiries.
For more information about please check out www.myuna.ca
or email [email protected]
Online UNA Car Sharing
Public Consultation
Dates: February 22 – March 04, 2016
The UNA has committed to promote sustainable transportation option
to reduce automobile dependency within our community. The UNA will
use a balanced approach to improve sustainability while minimizing impact on local on-street parking space. We want to know what you think.
This online public consultation will include maps of proposed car sharing
parking spaces in Hawthorn Place, Hampton Place and Wesbrook Place.
For more information about this Online Car Sharing Public
Consultation, please visit www.myuna.ca
or email [email protected].
• There is a lack of sun at this location to
support plant growth in the garden.
• Current landscaping doesn’t fit well
with a community garden.
A detailed report on the February 2 in-
formation session will be presented to
the UNA Board of Directors, likely at
its March meeting, and the directors will
then decide whether to proceed with this
project or—as seems likely—drop it.
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Report from Wesbrook Place Advisory
Planning Committee: Share Your Ideas
Ying Zhou
UNA Board Resident Director
and Treasurer
The purpose of the Advisory Planning
Committee (APC) is to provide public input in the planning process for amending
the Wesbrook Place Neighbourhood Plan.
The committee is responsible for providing comments to UBC Planning staff on
the neighbourhood planning process, the
proposed amendments to the Wesbrook
Place Neighbourhood Plan and any other
matters referred to it by the UBC Director of Planning. Members receive update
on the process to elaborate the design vision and any possible amendments to the
Neighbourhood Plan.
At the first meeting, Michael White, Associate Vice-President of UBC Campus
and Community Planning (C+CP), noted
the important role the committee has in
assuring the UBC Board of Governors
that neighbourhood plans and amendments to plans have been thoroughly
reviewed by residents and neighbouring
stakeholders.
The second meeting received a brief
overview of the draft Wesbrook Place
Design Vision Process from UBC staff.
Also, a draft of the companion Design
Guidelines publication to the Wesbrook
Place Neighbourhood Plan was prepared
by RWA Architects and was circulated on
table. This document will conclude the
process to elaborate the design vision for
the neighbourhood. A Powerpoint presentation was used to take the APC members through the draft document.
At the third meeting, the APC worked
with the 3-D model and the nature of
actual amendments to the neighbourhood plan. The special meeting involved
a proposal from UBC staff to revise the
neighbourhood plan based on input and
feedback from members. UBC C+CP
staff also gave a presentation to the UNA
Operations and Sustainability Standing
Committee.
The committee is reviewing different
options for building on the remaining 18
building lots. We have looked at the sites
of the buildings and the opportunity for a
wider choice for housing types. The existing plan would see these sites occupied
by apartment units. Through discussions
with the campus community, including
neighbourhood residents, we learned
there is a desire to allow more townhouses to be built in the future. We are con-
tinuing to review different options. The
committee will review the proposal to ensure that there is enough opportunity to
increase townhouses in Wesbrook Place.
We enjoyed the input from a variety of
stakeholders. In addition to the UNA and
other residents, we have representatives
from UBC Farm, TRIUMF, Pacific Spirit
Park Society, Musqueam First Nation
and the Alma Mater Society.
We have other meetings scheduled in
the months ahead, and when the proposal
to amend the neighbourhood plan is finalized, Campus and Community Planning will hold an Open House, so that
everyone can learn about the change to
the neighbourhood plan. On-line public
consultation will be held from February
4 to February 19. We do encourage more
residents to get involved in this process
and share your ideas!
Wesbrook Place is awarded Gold for Best Landscape in
Master Planned Community at Builders’ Show
Representatives of UBC Properties Trust
enjoyed a treasured moment at the 2016
International Builders’ Show (IBS) in
Las Vegas on January 19.
Their Wesbrook Place development
won Gold Award for Best Landscape in
a Master Planned Community at the Nationals Awards, a contest—held during
the IBS—pitting over a thousand home
builders and their sales and marketing departments in North America against each
other.
The Nationals Awards are presented
annually by the National Association of
Home Builders (NAHB), one of the most
recognized homebuilding associations in
the US and Canada.
Ashley Willard Bauman, Director of
Strategy and Marketing for UBC Properties Trust, said, “It is very exciting to be
recognized for the best public spaces in
all of North America. The high design
and maintenance standard of the parks,
public spaces, roads (and other landscape
features) were all analyzed as part of our
submission process.”
In addition to its Gold Award for Best
Landscape, Wesbrook Place won Silver
Award in two other categories of competition: Master Planned Community of the
Year and Best Sales/Welcome Centre.
Ms. Bauman said, “The Silver recognition for Master Planned Community very
much signals the lifecycle stage of the
community.
“With the opening of the Wesbrook
Community Centre, the completion of
five parks, a growing number of retailers
and continuous residential development,
we have achieved great critical mass
that positioned Wesbrook well for this
achievement.”
For 36 years, The Nationals Awards has
recognized superior sales and marketing
achievements by individual professionals, home builders and associates, and
sales and marketing councils.
The Nationals gala celebration draws a
sold-out crowd of attendees who gather
for a black-tie, multimedia gala annually at the International Builders’ Show.
Highlights include striking Academy
Award-style statuettes for Gold winners,
handsome plaques for Silver winners and
feature displays of all finalists.
Meanwhile, upcoming on March 11,
Wesbrook Place is a finalist in seven categories at the Georgie Awards, owned
and produced by the Canadian Home
Builders Association of British Columbia
(CHBA BC). The categories are:
• Residential Community of the Year –
Wesbrook
• Marketing Campaign of the Year –
Wesbrook Village
• Best Outdoor Living Space Multi-family – Nobel House
• Best Advertising Campaign – Wesbrook Village
• Best Website – Wesbrook Village
• Best Environmental Initiative – Nobel
Park
• Best Multi-family Mid/High Rise –
Nobel House.
Georgie Awards is recognized both
provincially and nationally as a premier
housing awards program that highlights
and celebrates excellence in home building in British Columbia, and it has become an industry stamp of quality.
Ms. Bauman said, “We have a really
good shot at winning many of the above.
This is a fantastic accomplishment for all
involved. It is great to see Wesbrook recognized as a world-class community.”
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UNA Volunteer Awards
2015–2016 UNA Volunteer Awards Nominations
Each year the University Neighbourhoods Association recognizes the great contributions of
individuals and groups who volunteer their time and skills to provide services and programs
in UNA community. Nomination starts February 22 and closes March 28.
Nomination Criteria
• Adult or youth volunteers, who meet the
following criteria, are eligible for a UNA
Volunteer Award:
- Makes an outstanding contribution in
building a caring, connected and sustainable community
through volunteer service;
- Demonstrates exceptional commitment, service, cooperation, or leadership;
- Inspires others to engage in volunteer
service and serves as a role model for
others in the community;
- Improves the overall quality of life of
residents and the community as a whole.
• Length of volunteering, time com-
mitment and contribution in the year of
2015-2016, the number of people who
have benefited from their work and impact they have created within the community are important factors in the award
selection.
• Use examples and stories to make a
stronger and more complete application.
• Nominees must be someone who provides volunteer service to UNA community.
• Youth nominees must be aged between
13 and 18.
• Nominators may nominate one person
only.
Award Selection Process
• A UNA Volunteer Recognition Committee will create to review all nominations and decide on the award recipients.
The Committee will consist of staff members of UNA and the community centres,
as well as three UNA residents. Anyone
who is interested in joining in the Committee, please contact Qiuning Wang before March 20, 2016.
• The Volunteer Award Reception will be
held at the Wesbrook Community Centre.
• As the nominator, you will receive
a letter in mid-April, informing you if
your nominee is an award recipient or
not. Alternatively, please contact Qiuning Wang at [email protected] or
604.822.3799 any time after April 15th,
2016 to inquire.
Awards Categories
Community
Leadership
Development
and
Lead, advise and enhance civic and community engagement through strategic
planning, policy development, and/or
program delivery that helps shape the future of the UNA community.
Sustainability and Environment
Lead and support initiatives that lead to
the achievement of the UNA’s sustainability goal and of further the development of a green UNA community.
Education, Arts and Culture
Lead, support and engage community
members to foster a welcoming and inclusive UNA community through education, art, dance, music and the sharing of
cultures.
Recreation and Health
Lead and support programs and activities that enhance the physical, social and
mental health of members in the UNA
community.
Supporting Children, Youth or Seniors
Lead and support initiatives that improve
the physical and social wellbeing of children, youth or seniors in the UNA community.
Outstanding
(aged 13-18)
Youth
Volunteers
Lead, support and participate in programs
and activities that enhance youth leadership, communication and participation in
the UNA community.
Nomination period:
February 22 - March 28, 2016
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Reflections on Recent UBC Student Leadership Conference
Andrew Clements
Youth Program Coordinator,
Wesbrook Community Centre
I had the great pleasure of leading a
group of UTown @ UBC Youth Leadership Program participants to the UBC
Student Leadership Conference (SLC)
January 9. There were five of us in total
that spent the morning together attending
presentations and lectures before we split
up in the afternoon to attend programs of
our choice.
I asked a few of the participants to write
contributions to this month’s Campus
Resident. Here are some excerpts from
their experiences, which I hope you will
find as interesting and important to the
continual development of youth within
our community as I do.
Diana Marinescu, Grade 11 student,
Kitsilano Secondary School
The UBC Student Leadership Conference is best known for its interactive
atmosphere that provides delegates with
useful leadership skills and valuable
learning experiences.
Through a series of inspiring speakers
and engaging workshops, participants are
given the resources to develop as leaders
and thrive within their community. This
year’s theme was Make History. This
means not only recognizing our individuality and our potential to create real
change in the world around us, but also
celebrating our past accomplishments in
order to create a better future.
As a high school student with many years
of studies ahead, the UBC SLC 2016 was
a wonderful opportunity for me to catch
a glimpse of people in the workplace. Incorporating passion with work has been
shown the most effective combination for
enjoying a pleasant and fulfilling career
experience. This motif was consistently
demonstrated throughout the whole day
of presentations. However, the most inspirational speaker was Rick Hansen,
who at the age of 15 had a serious accident and who has been destined to
live the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
He spoke vividly about the importance
of overcoming obstacles and accepting
whatever life chooses to deliver, by having the will power to take the best stance
possible when perceiving any given situation.
Felix Mann, Grade 8 student, Norma
Rose Point Elementary School
One of the people who left me thinking
was Rebecca Foley, a recent graduate of
UBC, specializing in International Relations and Economics. Ms. Foley told us
her story of working with Seva Canada,
a non-profit organization whose mission
is to stop preventable blindness. She also
gave some interesting pointers on what to
think about when applying for a job or
just generally good things to remember
and go back on when making decisions. I
liked her presentation and will remember
what she said on university, “Don’t freak
out if you don’t know what to do”.
Sophia P., Grade 9 student
The set up in the beginning was nicely
done. You walk into the Chan Centre, find
your nametag then walk to the spectacular auditorium. Here you will get a nice
warm welcome. Personally, my favorite
talk was with Adit Abit from the South
Sudan International Youth Ambassadors
(SSIYA). Her story about how she got a
bullet in her arm just because she wanted
to get an education was mind boggling.
Here, in Vancouver, we feel like education is just an ordinary everyday thing,
but when you venture out to places that
have limited education, you feel so special. She inspired me to work as hard as I
can and to learn as much as my brain can
hold, because you don’t know when your
next learning opportunity might be.
UTown @ UBC Youth Leadership Program participants (left to right) Roxanne
Huang, Lian Lo, Felix Mann, Sophia Proksa, Diana Marinescu at the UBC Student Leadership Conference, with coordinator Andrew Clements (front).
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THE CAMPUS RESIDENT FEBRUARY 15, 2016
Broadway Line: Any Progress on Funding?
Maria Harris
Member, Mayors’ Council on
Regional Transportation and
Electoral Area A Director,
Metro Vancouver
The funding impasse for transit and
transportation improvements throughout
the region may soon be resolved. There
are promising signs that the federal government will provide more funding than
originally anticipated. However, we
won’t know for sure until the federal
budget is brought down, expected in late
March.
The improvements are set out in a
10-Year Plan developed by the Mayors’
Council on Regional Transportation and
released in 2014. Among the improve-
ments are the extension of SkyTrain west
along Broadway to Arbutus and enhanced
bus service for UBC. The Plan has met
with widespread approval throughout
Metro Vancouver.
Funding has been the Plan’s sticking
point. After taking into account anticipated senior government contributions,
increased ridership revenue, and tolls on
a new Pattullo Bridge, a substantial funding gap remained, amounting to approximately $250 million per year (2015 dollars). The provincial government required
that the additional money be generated
within the Metro Vancouver region. After
much deliberation, the Mayors’ Council
proposed a 0.5% regional sales tax as the
new revenue source. As mandated by the
province, this was put to a vote in a plebiscite last spring. 62% percent of Metro
Vancouver voters said No.
When the Plan was developed, it was
expected that the federal and provincial
governments would contribute approximately one-third each towards the capital
costs of the major infrastructure projects,
leaving the remaining third to be funded
by the region. In addition, the region was
expected to fund most other capital costs
as well as increased operating, maintenance and replacement costs resulting
from the expansion of the transit system.
Recently, this funding formula has been
questioned. Requiring the region to fund
one-third of the capital costs of major
infrastructure projects is out of line with
what is happening in other major urban
centres, such as Toronto and Montreal,
where the region bears a much smaller
portion of such costs. Furthermore, it
does not recognize the limited revenueraising capacity of local governments as
compared to the federal and provincial
governments.
While the proposed funding has been
portrayed as a one-third federal-provincial-municipal split, in fact it would result in the region funding substantially
more than one-third of the total costs. A
true one-third cost sharing would take
into account all costs to be funded by the
region and hence would have the region
fund considerably less than one-third of
capital costs. The Chair of the Mayors’
Council has been pushing for a reduction
in the local government share to 10% of
the cost of capital projects that have federal and provincial funding.
The federal government has shown
sympathy for the financial constraints
faced by local governments. According to the Globe & Mail, Minister Sohi,
the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, noted that he has been hearing
from provincial and local officials about
“capacity gaps” that hinder making projects a reality. He is quoted as saying that
the government will decide “whether we
continue to be one-third partners, or we
come up with different way of increasing
that support”. An article in Maclean’s
magazine states: “Sohi said again the
government is willing to pick up a bigger
slice of project costs, rather than the rigid
three-way split of costs among the federal, provincial and local government.”
As part of its election platform, the
Liberals pledged an additional $60 billion over 10 years for three categories of
infrastructure investment, $20 billion of
which is for public transit. The government has stated that it is anxious to start
the flow of money as soon as possible.
This is a further basis for optimism that
the funding shortfall for the Mayors’
Council Plan could be resolved soon.
If the federal funds are not enough to
close the funding gap—which won’t
be known until the federal budget is
released—there will be considerable
pressure on the province to increase its
financial contribution to the projects in
the Mayors’ Council Plan. It is hard to
imagine that the province would not be
willing to do so if the consequence were
that the region could not obtain its share
of federal funding for public transit.
Even with increased federal funding
(and possibly provincial funding), the
region will still have to come up with additional revenue to fund its share of the
costs of the Mayors’ Council Plan. However, this should be easier to achieve if
the amount required from the region is
reduced. The Mayors’ Council will need
to resolve the regional funding issue
promptly if adequate federal and provincial money become available soon.
UBC Centennial Session
100 Years WISE: Women in Science and Engineering
BRIDGING THE PAST AND THE FUTURE
Join us to inspire and raise awareness about leadership, diversity and community
with university presidents, health and industry leaders, a special participation by
a former Canadian Prime Minister, and more!
7:00 PM - 9:00 pm, Wednesday, March 9
Chan Shun Hall, The Chan Centre for Performing Arts,
6265 Crescent Road
The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for admission.
For tickets and information, please visit:
http://ubc100.ca/100wise
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THE CAMPUS RESIDENT FEBRUARY 15, 2016
CAPS4ART Project Brings Neighbours Tog
20,000 used plastic caps have been collected by UNA residents,
volunteers and supporters to create innovative artwork; a mural
called Convergence will be hung at Wesbrook Community Centre
“A neighbour—I don’t even know who—
even put a bag of 80 blue caps in the
box: this moved me very much and made
me feel warm and grateful. Neighbours
started to recognize me, and we had conversations like, “How are the caps going?” - UNA Volunteer
When I see the amount of cardboard, paper, bottles, containers, plastic bags and
food scraps we generate every day, I realize how important it is to the environment to recycle, reuse and reduce.”
- UNA Volunteer
“One never needs to be shy to do a good
thing. You’ll get support and thus begin
conversation and fellowship with your
new friends and neighbours.” - UNA Volunteer
The UNA CAPS4ART project has
reached its goal of collecting 20,000
caps to create a giant and colourful mural
made entirely out of used plastic caps.
With the help of 30 enthusiastic volunteers, the group working on the
CAPS4ART project cleaned and sorted
the caps in 15 colors at two workshops
in November and January. The project is
intended to raise awareness of the excessive use of plastics in modern daily life
and its impact on the environment.
Wegland Sit, UNA Sustainability Manager, says the CAPS4ART project helps
to connect members of the residential
community within the UNA neighbourhoods. The CAPS4ART volunteers—
grateful for all support they received
from the residents while collecting the
caps—not only enjoyed the sense of contributing to the art project by recycling
plastics, they also enjoyed meeting their
neighbours, friendly conversations and
newly-developed friendships.
Two professional artists—visual artist
Mary Cutbill and graphic designer Nidhi
Raina—work on the Convergence project: they collaborate to design abstract
images for translation into a 3-dimentional mural made from plastic bottle
caps and lids.
Nidhi has lived and worked in India,
Egypt, South Africa and now calls Can-
Collection of donated bottle caps.
United We Can executives Gerry Martin and Jack O’Halloran hand UNA Sustainability Manager Wegland Sit donations of plastic caps in November 2015.
ada her home. Her interaction with communities in different cultures has shaped
how she sees and presents the world. In
her art, she likes to use recycled materials
in unexpected and quirky ways. She aspires to live by the motto of Xhosa (ethnic group of South Africa): “I am because
of who we all are”, and has a particular
interest in community art collaborations.
Mary has an avid interest in public art
and its potential to exert a positive influence upon daily habitation, to enhance a
sense of civic pride and to create a unique
visual identity within a community. She
appreciates opportunities to contribute
her creative skills both independently or
in a collaborative environment as part of
a dedicated team.
The artists say these recycled plastics
provide both palette and medium, suggesting various elements that contribute
to the unique identity of UNA neighbourhoods. Using a sequential approach,
Convergence workshops will be included
in many UNA events until all of the panels in the artwork are completed.
The finished work is scheduled for installation on two walls on the main level
of the Wesbrook Community Centre.
Mr. Sit says the CAPS4ART project
feels truly grateful for the generous support it has received from numerous organizations, including: Save-On Foods
Supermarket (Wesbrook Place), Blenz
Coffee (Wesbrook Place), Norma Rose
Point School, University Hill Secondary
School, UBC Chemistry Store, Starbucks
(UBC Market Place) and Pane E Fomaggio (West Point Grey).
He also expressed gratitude to United
We Can (UWC), a charitable organization established to support environmental, social and employment opportunities
in the inner city of Vancouver.
“UWC has gone the extra mile—to remove and collect plastic bottle caps in the
recycling depot, one bottle at a time—to
support our CAPS4ART program.”
UBC residents can support United We
Can in creating more job opportunities
by signing up their building for the UNA
Beverage Container Recycling Program.
It is a free program for a good cause,
learn more at the UNA’s website,
http://www.myuna.ca/services/recycling/
encorp-uwc-partnership/
The UNA invites campus residents to
join future Convergence workshops at
which the giant mural made entirely of
used plastic caps is being created.
The UBC Centennial Initiative Fund
provided the UNA a $5,000 grant for this
Centennial Community Celebration and
Art Project.
Left to right: Visual artist Mary Cutbill, Grade 3 stu
photo was taken following a CAPS4ART presentati
Wegland Sit (centre) with UNA residents and U Hill
ary 2016.
© Convergence, Mary M. Cutbill and Nidhi Raina, 2015
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gether while Raising Awareness of Recycling
Volunteers talk about their experiences
collecting plastic caps for the project
Donghong Liu, Hawthorn Place
Tracy and I gathered about 1,200 caps
in total. Some of them came from Tracy’s classmates and friends. Most of
them came from our building’s garbage
room. We placed a collection box and
the CAPS4ART poster near the recycling
bins. Some people dropped caps in the
box. We also dug out caps from the bins
every day—at least half of the caps came
this way.
Rose Wang, Hawthorn Place
I collected about 1,200 caps from late October to mid January. I began by putting
a CAPS4ART poster and a collection box
in the recycling area of my building and
then asked every neighbour I met, as well
as my friends, for their support.
I wasn’t that successful at the beginning, so I decided to dig out caps from
the recycling bins by myself.
Once people in my building saw my
commitment to the project, they started
to save caps and then drop them off in the
collection box.
My mom, who was visiting me from
China, also got involved by washing
some of the collected caps. What surprised me was that each day in my building of 77 units, I was able to collect up to
30 plastic caps.
When I see the amount of cardboard,
paper, bottles, containers, plastic bags
and food scraps we generate every day, I
realize how important it is to the environment to recycle, reuse and reduce. To me,
this is as important as the art created as
part of the CAPS4ART project.
udent Tracy Wang, Grade 3 teacher Ms. Sharon Sahota and graphic designer Nidhi Raina. The
ion to the Grade 3 students at Norma Rose Point School on Wednesday, December 9, 2015.
l students during the CAPS4ART workshop, Janu-
Wegland Sit sorts out donated bottle caps with UNA residents and U Hill students.
Yi Xiao, Wesbrook Place
I think I probably collected 1,200 to
1,500 caps. I started by talking to the
strata managers in two houses: Dahlia
House, where I live, and Nobel House,
where my husband’s colleague lives.
In the garbage rooms, I placed collection boxes and CAPS4ART posters I got
from the UNA. My husband helped me
by collecting caps in his laboratory. A
visiting doctor I know helped me with
the collection in Regent College. Also,
friends from the church helped me a lot,
and I talked to neighbors about the project when we met in the elevator.
Since then, more and more caps landed
in the collection boxes. A neighbor—I
don’t even know who—even put a bag of
80 blue caps in the box: this moved me
very much and made me feel warm and
grateful. Neighbours started to recognize
me, and we had conversations like, “How
are the caps going?”
I talked to new friends I met in the
English Corner (conversation group) of
the UNA community. People from Japan, France, Columbia and Korea helped
me. They collected caps in their homes
and brought them to me. Although the
amount is not large, I do feel warm. And
I know now there is a French lady living
in the same building as me! Both of us
feel so happy about that.
The lesson I get from the collection is:
One never needs to be shy to do a good
thing. You’ll get support and thus begin
conversation and fellowship with your
new friends and neighbours.
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Step It Up: Belkin Gallery Hosts Art Lovers’ Walk
Art Lovers’ Walk was organized
by UBC Recreation and Morris
and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
On January 26, UBC Recreation teamed
up with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art
Gallery at UBC to promote wellbeing
through both physical activity and enlightenment about the world of art.
A free, guided ‘Step It Up’ walking
tour—called the Art Lovers’ Walk—focused on introducing UBC residents, students and faculty/staff to outdoor works
of art on campus. Naomi Sawanda, Manager of Public Programs and Publicity
at the Belkin Gallery, provided expert
commentary on public art sites around
campus in the area of the Belkin Gallery
during a 50-minute walk.
An enthusiastic group of campus residents and UBC staff members skipped
lunch for the day and instead listened to
the commentary of Ms. Sawanda while
walking between five sites:
Museum as a School, a large billboard
by Luis Camnitzer attached to the outside
of the Belkin Art Gallery building;
Wood for the People, a work by Myfanwy MacLeod featuring 230 identical,
cast concrete logs stacked in the form of
a woodpile;
Native Hosts, a road sign by Hock E
Aye VI Edgar Heap of Birds addressing
the relationship between First Nations
and British Columbia (with ‘British Columbia’ spelled backwards on the sign);
Three Forms, a piece by Robert Clothier consisting of three concrete forms,
each resembling a slightly squared C,
stacked and turned to present a configuration that appears to change, depending on
the angle at which it is approached; and
Millennial Time Machine, 2003, a large
work by Rodney Graham of a four-wheel
carriage converted to a mobile camera
obscura.
Ms. Sawanda explained that since the
late 1950s, works of outdoor art have
been collected by The University of British Columbia to enrich the campus environment. “These artworks tell stories
about the history of UBC and Vancouver
and are part of an ongoing narrative of
the history of art,” she said.
The Provost’s Committee on University Art, a diverse body of faculty and
students, provides leadership on the acquisition, installation and maintenance of
artwork on campus. With support from
the staff at the Morris and Helen Belkin
Art Gallery, the Committee develops the
curatorial vision for the outdoor collection and works to ensure a place for art at
UBC in the future.
Suzanne Jolly, Physical Activity Manager at UBC Recreation, explained that
Step It Up guided walks—such as the
Art Lovers’ Walk—are all free and open
to anyone who wishes to join: residents,
UBC faculty and staff and students alike.
“Walking is one of the most accessible
ways for all ages to build an overall sense
of wellbeing, reduce stress, lose weight,
make new friends and reduce risks of
cancer or cardiovascular disease,” Ms.
Jolly said.
For more information and updates on
the Step It Up campaign, check the UBC
Recreation website www.recreation.ubc.
ca/stepitup.
For more information about walking
tours of 26 sites at UBC where outdoor
works of public art are on permanent display, visit the Morris and Helen Belkin
Art Gallery website www.belkin.ubc.ca.
Rodney Graham, Millennial Time Machine: A Landau Carriage Converted to a
Mobile Camera Obscura, 2003. Photo credit Martin Tessler. Collection of the
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia.
Edgar Heap of Birds, Native Hosts, 1991-2007. Photo credit Michael R. Barrick.
Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British
Columbia.
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Luis Camnitzer, The Museum is a School,
2010/2011. Photo credit Owen Sopotiuk.
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Save-On-Foods at UBC Will Soon Have
Sister-Store in Dunbar
IGA store at 41st and Dunbar will
be converted to Save-On-Foods
store; BC Business Magazine and
market research firm Ipsos named
Save-On-Foods ‘BC’s Most
Loved Brand’
Grocery shoppers in the University/West
Point Grey/Dunbar area will have a second Save-On-Foods store to visit shortly.
On January 13, Overwaitea Food
Group (OFG)—which owns Save-OnFoods—announced it had acquired three
IGA stores with plans to convert them to
Save-On-Foods stores and operate them
under the Save-On-Foods contract.
One of the IGA stores is located at 41st
Street and Dunbar.
The other two IGA stores are located
elsewhere in the Lower Mainland—one
at Main and 13th, Vancouver, and the other at Willingdon and Kingsway, Burnaby.
The three IGAs are staffed by members
of United Food and Commercial Workers
International Union.
OFG said it will assume control of the
three IGA stores on March 31. The company also said the union will work with
the IGA Bargaining Committee to carefully develop the terms of transition from
the IGA Corporate contract to the SaveOn-Foods contract.
The existing UBC Save-On-Foods is
located in Wesbrook Place at 16th Avenue and Wesbrook Mall. It was officially
opened in September 2009—the first
grocery store of its kind to operate on a
Canadian university campus.
“We’re proud to present this new store
to our customers at UBC,” said OFG
President Steve van der Leest at the opening ceremony. “More and more consumers are looking to retailers for sustainable
options— from where they shop, to what
they buy and how they carry their goods
home. We’re making some great strides
in our stores offering these choices.”
UBC Save-on-Foods—the 36,000 sq ft
store—offers an industry-leading selection of food and health solutions, including more than 2,300 natural and organic
products. Other unique new features
include a host of leading-edge energysaving technologies and earth-friendly
design features such as sensor-operated
high-efficiency lighting in production
and freezer areas, a new type of linoleum
tile flooring made from natural cork and
linseed oil, and energy reduced refrigeration systems certified through BC
Hydro’s Power Smart High Performance
Building Program.
For a second consecutive year, BC
Business Magazine, together with market
research firm Ipsos, has named Save-OnFoods ‘BC’s Most Loved Brand’.
According to BC Business Magazine,
brand ‘love’ includes consumers’ perception about the brand including
• a brand consumers identify with
• a brand they trust
• a brand that they see as unique, innovative and socially responsible
• a brand they see everywhere
• a brand that makes a positive contribution to BC and
• a brand they are most likely to interact
with.
“I am so proud of our more than 15,000
world-class team members who continue
to work very hard to always put the customer first, and to lead the way in the industry with a focus on always innovating
and delivering our unique service, and
providing our customers with the products and services they want, how they
want them, and when they want them”,
says Save-On-Foods President Darrell
Jones.
In addition to being named ‘BC’s Most
Loved Brand’, Save-On-Foods has also
been named #3 Most Influential Brand
which, as defined by BC Business Magazine, means that the Save-On-Foods
brand had a fundamental impact on consumers’ lives. Consumers view Save-OnFoods as trustworthy, leading edge, engaging and that the company is a good
corporate citizen.
Known for its unique approach in customizing each store to best suit the needs
of the neighbourhood and sourcing local
products wherever possible, the company
has been innovating and putting customers first for over 100 years.
UBC welcomed Save-on-Foods in September 2009.
UNA Lunar New Year Celebration a Huge Success
Wesbrook Community Centre played host to UNA’s Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday February 6, 2016. The event saw its largest turnout of 400+ attendees take
part in activities, which included the traditional Lion Dance, Korean dancers, Chinese dancers, UNA CRAZI dance crew, as well as crafts, interactive games and tea
sampling. Other Lunar New Year events on UBC campus included UBC Centennial Lunar New Year celebration on Friday February 5, and Wesbrook Village’s celebration on February 13.
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TRIUMF Celebrates Four Decades of Scientific Discovery
Protons are accelerated to ¾
speed of light; cancer cells are
attacked with high precision
TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory
for particle and nuclear physics and a
famous neighbour to residents living at
Wesbrook Place, celebrated four decades
of discovery and innovation February 9.
The laboratory held a brief ceremony to
mark this success with a few hundred of
its scientists—past, present and future—
in attendance.
Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan
joined in the 40th anniversary celebration
and highlighted how the national laboratory continues to advance world-class
science and engineering for the benefit of
Canada.
Ms. Duncan said, “TRIUMF is truly
a Mecca for Canadian and international
researchers in the fields of particle and
nuclear physics, molecular and materials science and nuclear medicine. Thanks
to TRIUMF’s ambitious international
partnerships, Canadian researchers have
been at the centre of some of the most important global research projects.”
Forty years ago on February 9, 1976,
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau officially
commissioned TRIUMF’s cyclotron, a
particle accelerator which is the heart
MP Terry Beech (left) and Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan (third from left) with young scientists at TRIUMF’s 40th anniversary celebration. Photo credit Kim Stallknecht.
of Canada’s national laboratory. “I don’t
know what a cyclotron is, but I am certainly very happy Canada has one,” said
Mr. Trudeau on the occasion.
The main cyclotron—the largest in the
world—accelerates protons up to three
quarters of the speed of light. The cyclotron infrastructure has enabled TRI-
UMF’s proton therapy cancer treatment
centre, the only one of its kind in Canada.
Cancerous tumors are irradiated with
high precision.
Apologetic School Board Officials
Promise Less Noise from School Pump
Meeting with three VSB
representatives is held January
18; UEL noise problem could
be resolved in month
Residents of the University Endowment
Lands who live near Norma Rose Point
School will take comfort in knowing that
the Vancouver School Board (VSB) is at
last taking their complaints about noise
from a heat pump atop the school seriously.
Three senior members of school board
staff attended a meeting of the Community Advisory Council (CAC) January
18, and after the meeting, CAC President
Dave Forsyth said, “Hopefully, we will
get a resolution to this (noise problem)
shortly.”
Mr. Forsyth said the VSB representa-
tives apologized for the ongoing noise,
which one resident had likened to the
roar of an engine.
“They had hoped that simply turning
the heat pump off during the evening was
sufficient, but that has turned out not to
be adequate. They promised to take action to reduce the daytime noise and hope
to have implemented the solution within
a month.”
Mr. Forsyth leads a seven-member
council which pressed for a meeting with
the VSB to discuss the noise problem at
Norma Rose Point School—opened only
18 months ago—for the best part of 2015.
By November, CAC members had
even agreed to consider legal action if
the school board did not meet with them.
Eventually, however, CAC persistence
paid off, and the long awaited meeting
was held.
Local Musicians Make Classical Debut
Debut concert of Archytas
Quartet was held January 29 at
Barnett Hall, UBC; three of the
four musicians are UNA residents
The Archytas Quartet—three of whose
four members are UNA residents—performed in a debut concert in Barnett Hall
on campus January 29.
The quartet consists of Vancouver Symphony (VSO) concertmaster Dale Barltrop, VSO principal cello Ariel Barnes,
and UBC faculty members David Gillham, violin, and David Harding, viola.
Mr. Barltrop, Mr. Gillham and Mr. Harding are all UTown residents.
The quartet is named after Archytas,
a Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman and strategist.
“I’m no mathematician and couldn’t
explain or understand (at this point) the
depth of this man’s brilliance, however,
it certainly resonated with me,” said Mr.
Archytas Quartet (left to right): Dale Barltrop (violin), David Gilliam (violin), David Harding (viola) and Ariel Barnes (cello).
Barnes who came across the story of Archytas while reading Plato’s Republic.
Violinist Barltrop commented: “There’s
nothing more thrilling than bringing a
new combination of musicians together
for the first time. We hope it will be an
enlightening process full of discovery
and good fun.”
The Archytas Quartet has only two concerts planned this season, as Mr. Barltrop
will be moving back to Australia in the
summer. Their second concert will be
May 17 on the Music on Main series at
The Fox Cabaret on Main Street.
The January Archytas Quartet concert
was the third of this season’s Music on
the Point: Concerts with Personality series presented by the UBC School of Music in partnership with UTown@UBC.
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Biodiversity in your backyard
Under the Sea
Mairin Kerr
Marketing, Communications
and Events Coordinator
Beaty Biodiversity Museum
What’s the largest creature to have ever
lived on earth? Hint: it’s not a dinosaur.
You might have guessed from the title
that this creature lives in the ocean. It’s
a blue whale!
These whales are much heavier than
the biggest dinosaurs we know about.
Blue whales are the length of two school
busses, with arteries so large that babies
could crawl through them. So what do
they eat to keep their bulk up? A tiny
Krill. Photo by Beaty Biodiversity
Museum.
crustacean called krill. These shrimplike
creatures are only about 2 cm long. So
how can they fill up a blue whale? They
swarm in hundreds of square kilometers of the ocean making it easy for blue
whales to get a nice big mouthful.
To get these big mouthfuls, blue whales
have stretchy throats that go from their
chin to their navel. Their throats can expand to four times their original widths,
fitting a huge amount of water and krill
into mouth and throat! To separate out the
krill, the blue whales push the water back
out through their baleen, which acts like
a giant sieve – keeping the krill in while
sending the water back into the ocean.
Not only are blue whales the biggest
animals, they are also the loudest! Their
call is louder than a jet plane engine.
They sing loudly at a very low frequency,
which means their calls can travel thousands of kilometers. This might let them
communicate with each other from very
far away.
Blue whales can’t have a solid night’s
sleep like we do because they have to
come to the surface to get air every 20
minutes. So at night, they go close to
the surface and put half their brain to
sleep, then switch to the other half until
they feel rested. Birds do the same thing,
which lets them travel far distances without having to stop and sleep.
Historically, blue whales were hunted
for their blubber and baleen. Their population went from about 350,000 to only
1,000-2,000. Blue whales are listed as
Endangered under the Canadian Speciesat-Risk Act. Hunting blue whales was
banned in 1966. Though they are still
endangered today, their population has
begun to increase.
See a blue whale skeleton in your own
backyard – at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. This is one of only 21 blue whale
skeletons on display worldwide. This
whale washed up on the shore of Prince
Edward Island in 1987. An amazing team
cleaned her up, articulated the skeleton
and put her on display, so we can all learn
about these cool creatures and work together to protect them.
In the Collection
Join us at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum for Nature Club on Saturday, February 27th to learn what you can find in the
sea. Drop-in from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm
for this FREE program for UNA members.
At UBC Botanical Garden we are celebrating our 100th anniversary in 2016
and have a number of special events
planned. Stay tuned for more details!
We’ve also just launched a new website
botanicalgarden.ubc.ca.
Blue Whale at the Beaty Biodiversity
Museum. Photo by Derek Tan.
Open Letter to UBC
President Martha Piper
Re: Student Credit Card
Policy Change
UBC has removed credit card
payments for student housing,
mandatory meal plans, and
international tuition installments.
UBC student Eric Douglas,
President of Acadia Park
Residents’ Association, expresses
his concerns to UBC President
Martha Piper.
Dear President Piper,
On behalf of the residents of Acadia
Park, I would like to express our concern
regarding the recent loss of our ability to
pay for our housing and tuition with our
credit cards. We have been in conversation with VP Finance Andrew Simpson
regarding this matter, and he has addressed some of our questions. Still, we
feel that there are some problems that
derive from the university’s decision to
stop accepting credit card payments that
the university has not sufficiently solved,
and we would appreciate any help you
can offer.
We understand that UBC is under financial pressure, and we appreciate the university’s need to make efficient use of its
funds. Similarly, we want you to understand that we students are under financial
pressure and we hope that you appreciate our need to make efficient use of our
funds. The recent change in your credit
card policy has made it more difficult for
some of us to do this.
Mr. Simpson has provided some very
helpful insight into the university’s rationale for discontinuing its relationship
with the credit card companies. What
remains lacking, unfortunately, are mitigating solutions to alleviate the financial
burden that this has shifted onto the students. Mr. Simpson recommends that
students facing hardship in making timely payments approach Enrolment Services for help. We have done this and found
that Enrolment Services will charge substantial penalties to any student who is
unable to pay fees on time from his bank
account. Mr. Simpson also recommended that incoming foreign students use nofee wire transfer services to make their
required payments. We have been unable
to find such services. In fact, some of us
have had to personally provide financial
services to incoming foreign students
who could not make payments by credit
card. This strikes us as an unprofessional
environment.
Ultimately, the university’s decision to
save money by severing its relationship
with the credit card agencies has had a financially punitive effect on students. We
feel this is unfair, and we would like your
help in remedying this hardship.
Finally, those of us who signed contracts for this academic year did so in
good faith that our fees and methods of
payment would be honoured. We are disappointed, and somewhat alarmed, that
they have not been.
It is a privilege to attend the University of British Columbia and a delight to
live in Acadia Park. We are proud of our
school, and we hope the university will
continue to make decisions that maintain
its excellent standing and attract top talent from around the world.
Kind regards,
Eric Douglas, President, Acadia Park
Residents’ Association
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Program Guide
REGISTER STARTING:
March 7 - Online,
March 8 - In Person
Wesbrook Community Centre and
The Old Barn Community Centre!
www.myuna.ca
PARKS AND RECREATION
LOOK FOR THE PROGRAM GUIDE IN YOUR MAILBOX MARCH 2!