Guichon Creek Day

Guichon Creek Day Schedule

“A Celebration of Waterways in our Community”

Location: At the fish ladder behind the Recreation Center

Schedule:

12:30-1:15pm – Welcome Ceremony

• Welcome with Elder Patricia Isaac
• Acting Mayor Richard Lee, City of Burnaby
• Jennifer Figner, Provost & VP Academic
• Adam Dickinson, Manager, Transportation, Landscape, and Grounds
• Special guests with Mark Angelo

1:15-3:30pm – “Guichon Creek Walk” (1.5km) Wellness Break

• Check-in at the Guichon Creek Welcome Table and grab your “I love Guichon Creek” sticker.  If you are up to it, grab the Scavenger Hunt info sheet for a chance to win prizes
• Department with most laps around Guichon Creek Walk wins a prize pack

1:15-3:30pm – Visit our BCIT partners at the Guichon Creek Day booths

• Alvelole (specialists in urban beekeeping)
• Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver

1:30-2:30pm – Interpretative 1-hour guided “Guichon Creek Walk” tour with Mark Angelo

Sign-up online or at Guichon Creek Day Welcome Table space permitting, capacity 30.

1:30-2:30pm – Weeding and Weaving with Ivy with Joe Boyd

Sign-up online or at Guichon Creek Day Welcome Table space permitting, capacity 12.

1:30-2:30pm – Nature Meditation with Lori Synder

Sign-up online or at check-in Guichon Creek Day Welcome Table Space permitting, capacity 25.

2:00-4:00pm – Plant and restore Guichon Creek (Drop-in)

• Check-in at the Guichon Creek Welcome Table.
• Let’s get planting! Join in the fun as our BCIT Grounds Team lead Renewable Resources students and volunteers in restoring the banks of Guichon Creek!

2:45-3:45pm – “Guichon Creek Day Lecture” 

• Sinkhole to Fishway” Engineer Solutions to Daylight Guichon Creek
  Presenters: KWL Consulting Engineers and McElhanney
  Library 303

Guichon Creek Booths:

• Alveole (Specialists in urban beekeeping)
• Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver
• Wild Coast Ecological Society
• Still Moon Arts Society

• Heather Thomas – HR, Wellness champions liaison and Welcome Table co-leads
• Joe Boyd – Green team liaison
• Adam Dickinson and Julia Alards-Tomalin – Plants, planting session and interpretative signs.  Planting supported by students from the Bachelor of Science in Ecological Restoration
• Marita Luk, Clement Wong, and Hailey Tran from Marketing and Communications
• Mark Angelo – Interpretative guide and liaison World Rivers Day
• Indigenous Initiatives – Tami Pierce
• Ben Hill – Guichon Creek website and booths lead
• Bonnie Christensen – Event operations
• Adam Dickinson – Manager, Transportation, Landscape and Grounds

Guichon Creek Inquiries:

Guichoncreek@bcit.ca