Celebrating World Rivers Day

Schedule

“A Celebration of Waterways in our Community”

Location: Guichon Creek, BCIT Track and Field, adjacent to Parking Lot D

Schedule:

12:30-1:30 pm: BCIT and Partners Booths

• • Alveole -specialists in urban beekeeping.
  • Barlett Tree Experts -experts at maintaining healthy trees and shrubs.
  • Invasive Species Council of Metro Vancouver -non-profit working to improve management of invasive species in the region.
  • Diamond Head Consulting -specialist in wildlife management, ecosystem restoration and more.
  • Ecologic Consulting -experts at ecological resource planning and management.
  • BCIT Green Team
  • BCIT Campus Infrastructure Team
  • BCIT School of Construction and the Environment
  • BCIT Welcome Booth with Wellness Champions

12:30-1:30pm – Plant and restore Guichon Creek (Drop-in)

• Check-in at the BCIT Welcome Booth
• Join in the fun as our BCIT Grounds Team leads Renewable Resources students and volunteers in restoring the banks of Guichon Creek. Let’s go planting!

Guichon Creek Booths:

• TBC

• Heather Thomas – HR, Wellness champions liaison and Welcome Table co-leads
• Joe Boyd – Green team liaison
• Adam Dickinson and Julia Alards-Tomalin – Plants, planting session and interpretative signs.  Planting supported by students from the Bachelor of Science in Ecological Restoration
• Marita Luk, Clement Wong, and Hailey Tran from Marketing and Communications
• Mark Angelo – Interpretative guide and liaison World Rivers Day
• Indigenous Initiatives – Tami Pierce
• Ben Hill – Guichon Creek website and booths lead
• Bonnie Christensen – Event operations
• Adam Dickinson – Manager, Transportation, Landscape and Grounds

Guichon Creek Inquiries:

Guichoncreek@bcit.c