“THE WEST COAST  WELCOMES YOU”

Date: August 24-26th, 2023

Our Annual conference this year will be hosted by our West Coast Alumni in the Beautiful location of British Columbia!

**Cost is $250 per person for all tours and dinner cruise. 

**We have an alternative rate for attending the dinner cruise portion only – Cost is $155 per person for the Saturday dinner cruise only

*Accommodations can be paid for separately (see below for more details)

Itinerary *Subject to change*

Thursday 24th:

• Arrive at Sylvia hotel
• Meet & Greet 4:00 – 6:00 pm in Meeting Room main floor
• Dinner on your own

Friday 25th:

• Breakfast on your own

Travel between tour locations will be on coach- style bus with accessible seating options.

• Board Bus 8:45 am by front entrance to hotel, bus leaves 9:00 am sharp
• Tour of UBC Botanical Gardens
  • Tours led by graduates of the program – Laura Caddy & Ben Stormes
  • https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/
• Lunch break – TBD
• Tour of VanDusen Botanical Garden
  • Tour led by graduate Bill Manning
  • https://vandusengarden.org/
• Dinner on your own

Saturday 26th:

• Breakfast on your own
• Board Bus 8:45 am by front entrance to hotel, bus leaves 9:00 am sharp
• Tour of Dart’s Hill Garden Park
  • Tour led by graduate Ken Warren
  • https://dartshill.ca/
• Dinner Boat Cruise Banquet – Spirit Cruises foot of Denman Street 
• Board boat at 5:30 pm
  • 3 hour dinner cruise traveling underneath of Vancouver’s Lion’s Gate bridge to English Bay into False Creek and back 
  • Cash bar located onboard 

Accommodations:

Sylvia Hotel 

 1154 Gilford St, Vancouver. 

The historic waterfront Sylvia Hotel is located in the heart of Vancouver’s West End. Just steps from English Bay Beach and world famous Stanley Park. Built-in 1912, the Sylvia Hotel is a city landmark and one of Vancouver’s greatest treasures.

Please use booking code “West Coast Alumni” – You must book by phone to use the booking code

• https://sylviahotel.com/
• Individual Queen bedroom $299 +tax
• Double Queen, or single King bed room for $329 +tax
• Conference room rates available before and after August 24th to 26th

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Bill Reid @ 1-604-328-9237
william.macdonald.reid@gmail.com

or
Bill Manning @ 1-604-308-9585
bmanninglly@gmail.com

or
Stephanie Jocius @ 1-226-374-8053
stephanie.jocius@gmail.com