
The Burnaby Festival of Learning presents inspiring opportunities to connect, co- create, and celebrate diverse ways to learn about the world around us. This year, the festival explores the theme of Belonging through four distinct threads: Food, Climate, Reconciliation and Home. Belonging means different things to different people, but we believe that each of these threads of belonging can be interwoven to create a rich quilt of shared meaning, one large enough and warm enough to include everyone’s experience and knowledge about what it means to belong. What does Belonging look like to you?
Community Stories
Featured here are just a few of the incredible community members contributing to the vibrancy of the City of Burnaby.
Get to know We Are Burnaby
Submitted by: Ariel Dela Cruz & Shantelle Medel About We Are Burnaby: We Are Burnaby is an online community gallery that features […]
Sustainability Starts with Optimizing Our Community
By: Milad Ebadi Retrofitting his working environment to make it more energy-efficient and sustainable was an easy decision for Milad, who has […]
An Urban Understory
By: Naomi Steinberg Beneath walkways, roadways, bike lanes and train tracks lie networks underground that contribute to the thriving life of the […]
Art After Dark: Art With No Boundaries
By: Grant Withers (experimental photographic artist) & Yunuen Perez Vertti (documentary filmmaker) For generations, art has been viewed on the walls of […]
Talking about Culture Chats
Event: Multicultural Arts and Crafts Workshop | May 8 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Contributor: Asmita Lawrence Canada has long been known as […]
The Art and Language of Geometry
Aigerim Shilibekova, who goes by her artistic name of Aia Tarazi, is a multi-talented polymath who possesses a wide range of interests […]
A Map Made of Photographs
Rebecca Heyl is an artist, author and educator who hails from the state of New York. She trained as photographer at the […]
Reconnecting with Nature with a Herbalist Plant Walk
We first meet Lori Snyder as she guides our interviewer along an interactive nature walk in Burnaby’s Central Park. She points out […]
The Restorative Nature of Sound
Martin Reisle is a musician and sound enthusiast, whose insights on listening and sounds are not only inspiring but also encourage thinking […]
From Whitehorse to Burnaby: An Artist’s Journey
Born in Whitehorse, Amber Ross is Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation and a member of Crow Clan. She has lived in many places […]
The Environmental Impact of Online Learning
Streaming services such as Zoom and Netflix have become a pervasive part of our lives, especially in the midst of the global […]
Discovering the Truth Behind Bioplastics
Making the switch from petroleum-based plastics to plastics made from renewable resources seems to be an obvious choice when it comes to […]
What’s it all about?
The Burnaby Festival of Learning opens the doors to explore current events and knowledge frontiers through the innovative programming of local non-profits, small businesses, independent artists, libraries, researchers, thought-leaders, students, and more. We create the platform for fun-filled experiences and exciting initiatives – you simply bring your curiosity.
While waiting for this year’s events coming soon, check out the full event line up in our program guide 2022, and browse 2022 Festival Recap page.


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