About Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver is a beautiful city surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia, Canada. There are many attractions in and around Vancouver, including the festive Granville Island market, one of the worlds largest inter-city park, Stanley Park and within an hours' drive, Whistler Mountains, site of the future Winter Olympics 2010. For more information on the city, please visit http://www.vancouver-bc.com/

During your stay in Vancouver, you will be accommodated at the Iona Hotel or St. John's College on the campus of the University of British Columbia.

On campus there are a number of attractions all within walking distance of the workshop, such as the Museum of Anthropology which houses one of the world's finest displays of Northwest Coast First Nations art.

The Nitobe Memorial Gardens also offers a soothing retreat.

For the more adventurous, the workshop is in walking distance of Wreck Beach.