All tours start at the Student Union Building (SUB), 6138 Student Union Boulevard
Tours start at 3:30 pm except for Tour 4, which departs at 2:45 pm
SEATS ARE LIMITED
Tour 1 – UBC Post-Secondary (Walking Tour)
| 3:30 pm |
Assemble and walk to Allard Hall, 1822 East Mall (6 minute walk) |
| 3:45-4:45 pm |
Allard Hall Tour
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The UBC Faculty of Law Allard Hall, a joint venture by CEI Architecture and Diamond Schmitt Architects, is a new structure located at the north end of the East Mall adjacent to the Chan Centre. The building overlooks a main campus entrance—one of the most prominent sites on campus.
Tour Director – Lea D'Altroy
1822 East Mall, Vancouver, BC
University of British Columbia
Dean of Law – Mary Anne Bobinski
| 4:45-5:00 pm |
Walk to Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability 2260 West Mall (13 minute walk) |
| 5:00-6:00 pm |
CIRS Tour |
The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) was developed in response to the challenge of creating a more sustainable built environment. Its intention is to be an internationally recognized research institution that accelerates the adoption of sustainable building technologies and sustainable urban development practices in society.
Tour Directors – TBA
2260 West Mall, Vancouver, BC
University of British Columbia
Tour 2 – UBC K-12 (Bus Tour)
This school is one part of the University Hill family of four schools, envisaged as a continuum of learning from prekindergarten to post-secondary education on the UBC campus. The Vancouver School Board wrote an educational prospectus for this group of schools to lead the way with 21st Century Learning objectives.
Tour Directors – Mark Mathiasen
5488 Ortona Rd, Vancouver, BC
School District 39
Principal – Rosa Fazio
Set within the campus of UBC and urrounded by the tranquil green forest that is Pacific Spirit Park, University Hill Secondary is a unique school with many distinctions that differ itself from other schools.
Tour Director – Ron Hoffart
3228 Ross Drive, Vancouver, BC
School District 39
Principal – Steven Cameron
Tour 3 – Downtown (Bus Tour)
York House School is a leading independent school for girls in Vancouver. The new 36,000 square foot Senior School provides a new entry point for the campus through a soaring glazed portal and circulation crossroads.
Tour Director – Marc Ostry / Acton Ostry
4176 Alexandra St., Vancouver, BC
School District 39
Head of School – Chantal Gionet
| 4:40-5:05 pm |
Bus Travel to YMCA |
| 5:05-5:50 pm |
YMCA Tour |
The new Robert Lee YMCA offers more than 92,000 square feet of services and programs to strengthen the lives of families, children, youth, adults and seniors. This fully accessible building also breaks down all types of barriers to community—physical, financial or otherwise.
Tour Directors – Doug Hamming / Kim Adamson
955 Burrard St., Vancouver, BC
Recreational Facility
| 5:50-6:30 pm |
Return to UBC |
Tour 4 – North Shore (Bus Tour)
Collingwood School's Morven campus is a state-of-the-art facility which provides Collingwood students with every possible advantage. It is a learning campus that emulates post-secondary learning environments and supports student-centric, personalized learning.
Tour Director – Gregg Brown
70 Morven Drive West, Vancouver, BC
Private School
Headmaster – Rodger Wright
Mulgrave Senior School is based on 21st Century Learning principles, and provides a variety of educational space configurations and sizes with common and circulation spaces designed to provide break-out space and informal areas for individual study, small group collaboration, and social spaces for the senior student body.
Tour Director – Rod Windjack
2330 Cypress Bowl Lane, West Vancouver
Private School
Head of School – John Wray
| 5:45-6:45 pm |
Return to UBC |