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 […]
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.
Burnaby Festival of Learning 2022 investigates how personal and professional relationships, economic participation, and environmental awareness can all meaningfully promote and support life on our interconnected planet. Check out the full lineup of events in this year’s program guide, and browse our 2022 Festival Recap page.
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