Beyond the Box with Hannah Morales

Bentwood boxes of Northwest Coast Indigenous Nations are used for far more than just storing items.

Join us this week as Cowichan educator, Hannah Morales, shows you how to make your own bentwood box out of paper, learn how real bentwood boxes are constructed and used and hear a Cowichan legend.

RBCM @ Home (Kids) is hosted by Chris O'Connor.

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RBCM @ Home Indigenous Genealogy

RBCM@ outside with Parks Canada on Saturna Island

Join us for this special RBCM@ outside at East Point on Saturna Island. We will virtually journey to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve to meet up with Parks Canada Interpreter Athena George for a guided walk along this scenic coastline. We’ll learn about southern resident orcas and Moby Doll, one of the first whales captured for captivity, right off East Point. We’ll have time for a quick stop at Saturna Heritage Centre. No guarantee we’ll see whales. But we might! 

Paint the Ocean You Want to See with Rayne Ellycrys Benu

Celebrate the Salish Sea and the oceans around the world in creative ways. Using paint and your imagination, we'll explore fun techniques to express your hopes and dreams for our oceans. 

Rayne Ellycrys Benu is an artist and nationally published festival and theatre photographer who teaches people to let their inner light shine. 

RBCM @ Home (Kids) is hosted by Chris O'Connor.

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RBCM @ Home goes to the Tumbler Ridge Dinosaur Discovery Gallery

Explore the history of the natural world from the Triassic Period through to the Ice Age at the Tumbler Ridge Dinosaur Discovery Gallery from the comfort of your home. Their collection spans over 200 million years of biodiversity featuring marine life, plant life, dinosaurs, and more.

Link to join Webinar
https://zoom.us/j/94811920969 

A Little Bit Batty with Jen Garner

Bats are often misunderstood, but they are fascinating creatures. Did you know that a single Little Brown Bat can eat over 600 mosquitos in an hour? Or that BC is home to 15 of Canada’s 18 species of bats?

This week we travel to Kelowna and visit with Jen Garner from the Kelowna Museums as she shows off the exhibition BATS: Out Of The Darkness and we celebrate these amazing creatures with a fun activity.

We are travelling to the head of the Portland Canal, near the Alaskan panhandle in the town of Stewart on the north west coast of British Columbia. Shirley Rosichuk from the Stewart Historical Society and Museum will share highlights of the collection and stories of her community. 

Link to join Webinar
https://zoom.us/j/98737827283 

Join us for a virtual exploration of the lands of Victoria and Kelowna: from traditional ecological knowledge to the wild adventures of the fur trade and gold rush eras to all the beauty that surrounds us in nature. We will explore our history and landscapes through crafts, conversation and gallery tours. Come and join us as we venture Into the Wild!

This weeklong camp has been co-created by the Kelowna Museums and the Royal BC Museum.

DIY Fidget Spinner (Flextangles) with Briana Sadler

It can be a little stressful these days, so we can all use a little help to stay calm. Join Briana Sadler, MakerLab Coordinator at Two Rivers Gallery in Prince George, as we make paper fidget spinners (otherwise know as Flextangles). 

RBCM @ Home (Kids) is hosted by Chris O'Connor.

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Join a conversation with Michael Schwartz, Director of Community Engagement at the Vancouver based Jewish Museum and Archives of BC and learn about the collection and recent projects at the museum. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/99325321875

Food Chain Fun with Parks Canada

Join Parks Canada staff as we explore the food chain of the Southern Resident Killer Whales. We’ll be drawing the different animals and plants that killer whales and other species rely on to keep our ocean healthy.

RBCM @ Home (Kids) is hosted by Chris O'Connor.

What you'll need:

• Paper
• Something to draw with (coloured pencils, crayons, etc.)

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RBCM @ Home goes to the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre

Take a virtual road trip to the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby, BC. Culture, Education & Programs Coordinator Carolyn Nakagawa will share highlights and what's new. 

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/95941473614?pwd=c0MrTkF2aGwvZi9CV3NjZTNyZ05HZz09
Password: 069846

Learning in a One-Room Schoolhouse with Genevieve Weber

It's summer time, but class is in session.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to go to school in BC in the 1920s?  Travel back in time with archivist Genevieve Weber to learn about rural schools around the province. Together we will imagine what learning would have been like in our hometowns and create our own archival document to tell the story. 

RBCM @ Home (Kids) is hosted by Chris O'Connor.

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RBCM @ Home goes to the Doukhobor Discovery Centre

In the Southern Interior of BC, just off Highway 3 near Castlegar the Doukhobor Discovery Centre is home to ten historical buildings across ten acres of land where visitors can enjoy indoor and outdoor displays and educational exhibits. Enjoy a virtual visit with Eugene Voykin as your host and learn about early Doukhobor history. 

Book Illustration with Ellen Rooney

We love to read books, but we also love to see books. The pictures that often go along with words can help us imagine the world that we are entering into in fun and beautiful ways.

For this session we'll be meeting artist/ illustrator Ellen Rooney and making illustrations of our own. Through the process we'll explore how to make drawings using collage technique, as well as the importance of representing diversity in what we create.

RBCM @ Home goes to the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

Take a virtual trip to the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre located in Whistler, BC. The Squamish and Lil’wat Nations have coexisted respectfully as neighbors since time immemorial. They have thrived on the bounty of the ocean, the rivers, and the land — living in close relationship with the world around them. Their cultures are grounded in rich, ancient traditions, and continue to grow and evolve in a modern world.

Where in the world does your (plant) food come from?

Have Italians always enjoyed tomato sauce? Are potatoes from Ireland? What does wild corn look like?  We may not all garden, but we all eat. Join curator of botany, Dr. Ken Marr for a tour of his garden and a virtual journey on where some common and some not so common food plants originated.

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 
https://zoom.us/j/94816279815
Or join Webinar ID: 948 1627 9815

Password: 323603

Orca Storytime with Mark Leiren-Young

Author and filmmaker Mark Leiren-Young will read from his new books for younger readers - Orcas of the Salish Sea and Orcas Everywhere, sharing stories about the endangered southern residents and answering questions about orcas everywhere and anywhere. 

This session is in partnership with the Greater Victoria Public Library BC Summer Reading Club. 

RBCM @ Home goes to Barkerville

Take a virtual road trip to one of BC's most beloved historic sites, Barkerville Historic Town and Park located in the Cariboo Mountains of BC's central Interior. Billy Barker’s legendary gold strike on Williams Creek triggered a multi-billion dollar industrial revolution that literally built a province. Today, the extraordinary historic town of Barkerville stands as a living testament to BC’s golden beginnings.