Date: October 23rd (Saturday) / 1:30pm – 5:00pm

During the pandemic, we have moved our educational programming to a virtual platform, and continue to gather and share stories of Pacific Canada. Due to popular demand, we are hosting our Banquet of Stories again, but this time it will take a hybrid form with a reduced in-person event plus an expanded virtual component. For examples of our past Banquets and webinars, please check out our video recordings on our Youtube Channel.

Banquet of Stories (BoS) 2021 put a spotlight on refugee stories. For the first time, we explored the themes of community/personal resilience and sustainable food practices. Our event had two separate in-person sessions, as well as a virtual component where individuals watched the event live-streamed.

Usually, our storytellers would bring some food from their culture to share as an ice-breaker and springboard to telling their migration stories. In light of COVID restrictions and public health concerns, however, this time we did not have food sampling on site, but we did offer special limited Banquet of Stories food booklets. These booklets promoted local businesses, offered educational information on different cultural foods, as well as recipes from our storytellers.

Due to COVID restrictions, the event featured two separate in-person sessions, as well as a virtual component. Virtual attendees had access to the event’s entire livestream. In-person attendees will attend at staggered times: the first group from 1:15 – 3:15pm, the second at 3:30 – 5:30pm.

Event Schedule:

1:15PM: Group 1 check-in

1:30PM: Opening

2:00PM – 3:15PM: Hear from three of our storytellers

3:15PM: Group 1 exits

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3:30PM: Group 2 check-in

3:45PM: Hear from three of our storytellers

5:00PM: Closing panel – sustainability and resilience