Join Learning Program Developer Liz Crocker and CRD Cultural Programmer Leslie McGarry from the Kwakwaka’wakw - Kwagiulth First Nation as we explore the forest of Mill Hill Regional Park from an Indigenous perspective. We invite you to take a virtual walk with us to discover how Indigenous Peoples gather various plants, bark and leaves for a multitude of purposes, while maintaining a harmonious sense of relationship to everything around them.

Making Paper Cranes with Laura Minta Holland

Join artist-educator Laura Minta Holland and learn how to make your own origami crane.

This workshop is inspired by the Japanese practice of senbazuru , folding 1000 cranes in hopes of having one wish granted. Most often this is in relation to happiness, luck, recovery from illness or injury.

Six institutions, six perspectives, six works, one question: Which piece by Emily Carr has shifted and deepened your thinking most about Carr’s influence and impact?

The Exploration Place in Prince George is a vibrant museum and science centre with a focus on local history and hands-on science. Our hosts Chad Hellenius and Lisa Connor will share highlights of the centre and how they've adapted during Covid-19. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/97537944726

The Royal BC Museum is filled with specimens of animals of all kinds. Some are big and some are small. Some are furry and some are scaly. Some have two legs, and some have six. Some can be found deep in the ocean and some high up in trees. 

For this session we’ll read a book about animals, then look at a few of the animals within our museum collection and sketch them.

Get your paper and pencil ready for a wild journey among the wild animals of BC.

Curator of art and images, Dr. India Young will present highlights from the Royal BC Museum’s collection that illustrate the impact of Emily Carr on modernist painters in British Columbia, during and after her time. The live lecture will be through Zoom and your ticket includes access to the recording. 

Land-Based Learning with Jess Housty

Join author Jess Housty as she shares personal stories and cultural knowledge about the land that she lives on and the community that she is surrounded by.

Canadian War Sites in Europe
In this armchair travel extravaganza Paul Ferguson, history collection manager at the Royal BC Museum and a war historian, will give his dream itinerary of Canadian war sites in Europe including where to stay and maybe even what to eat. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/91532657826

Curator emerita Dr. Kathryn Bridge will highlight some of Emily Carr's archival material and what it reveals to us about her art, her time and her thinking. Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing - Modernism and the West Coast is on now until January 24, 2021. 

Detail from BC Archives PDP06069

Link to join Webinar
https://zoom.us/j/97973608440 

Emily Carr Inspired Art Making with Jeri Engen

To celebrate the exhibition Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing, RBCM @ Home (Kids) will have three sessions over three months that will explore Emily Carr as an artist and her art making through hands-on projects.  

Session #1- Postcards

Come along to the Museum of Vancouver and learn about their new exhibition A Seat at the Table , an exhibit that explores historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in BC and their struggles for belonging. Our guide with be the Director of Collections & Exhibitions, Curator of Contemporary Culture Viviane Gosselin. 

Join learning program developer and RBCM@Outside host Liz Crocker and Dr. Gavin Hanke, curator of vertebrate zoology, for a 30-minute dive into iNaturalist to learn how you can add your voice to science. The Royal BC Museum recently joined iNaturalist, a global online resource to document nature. We use iNaturalist for our own research and also to contribute our expertise in identifying the flora and fauna of BC and other parts of the world.

Discover the unique social history of a remarkable place. Join filmmaker and author David R. Gray as he discussed his book Deep and Sheltered Waters: The History of Tod Inlet.  From the original inhabitants from the Tsartlip First Nation to the lost community of immigrant workers from China and India, from a company town to the development of parkland, the wealth of history in this rich area reflects much of the history of the entire province. 

Professional development for formal and informal educators (all are welcome)

This school year is turning out to be quite unusual, however you can still connect with your community partners. Join the Royal BC Museum, Greater Victoria Public Library, The Maritime Museum of British Columbia and Pacific Opera Victoria for a discussion on the importance of creativity through books, museums and opera during these turbulent times.

Make Some Noise! with Pacific Opera Victoria

Singers, actors and dancers know how to get their voices and bodies ready to go. If you like to sing, dance or even just talk, join dancer Geoff Malcolm and opera singer Anna Shill as they lead you through their favourite warm-ups for body and voice, including some great tongue twisters.

This (she sells seashells by the seashore) session is in collaboration with Pacfiic Opera Victoria.

Curator of invertebrate zoology from the Royal BC Museum, Dr. Henry Choong will shed some light on bioluminescence (the emission of light from live organisms). From curiosities to major discoveries he will stimulate discussion and thoughts about the significance of bioluminescence and what it can tell us beyond light production and maybe some surprises too.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/93799736267

Join Royal BC Museum Learning Program Developer Liz Crocker and Point Ellice House Executive Director Dr. Kelly Black, for an outside conversation about the history of this fascinating house and property. Built in 1861-2, Point Ellice House is one of Victoria's oldest homes. It is both a national and provincial historic site. Home to the O'Reilly family for 108 years, Point Ellice House has many connections to the history of Victoria and British Columbia.

Kid Activism with author Robin Stevenson

Kids around the world are stepping up and making their voices heard about issues like climate justice, racial equity and gender inclusivity. How can books help support this momentum and give kids and families the language to speak up and support needed change in their community and beyond? 

Join curator emerita Dr. Kathryn Bridge and walk along with her in the footsteps of Emily Carr's 1911 trip to France. Where did she go? What did she paint? Who did she meet?

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/91502315191

Sea Otter Storytime with author Isabelle Groc  

Hunted to near extinction for their valuable fur in the 18th and 19th centuries, sea otters have started to recover from California to Alaska following active conservation efforts. In British Columbia, they have made a remarkable comeback since they were reintroduced. Today, scientists are still discovering the impacts of this charismatic animal on every part of their ecosystem.