🦭🐋WORLD OCEAN DAY AT FALSE CREEK🌊🪼
June 8th at Leg-in-Boot Square 9am – 6pm

Join us for these family-oriented events!

• Marine-themed face-painting by the amazing Marie-Helene Babin!
• Live taping of a NEW PODCAST: Waterbodies, Hosted by Matt Brown with Guests Praise Osifo and Peter Ross
• Live Water Testing workshop from Water Rangers – Get Your Hands Wet and learn how to test our water’s microbiome!
• A tactile, immersive charette from SFU’s School of Interactive Arts & Technology focused on False Creek’s marine environment
• Tours of Raincoast Conservation Foundation’s Tracker Mobile Lab & demo by Sam Scott of the Saturna Microplastics rapid analyzer
• Guest Speaker Grade 11 student Emily Sim winner of the SCWIST project!
• Live music from Vancouver’s Jeff Stanfield

Imagine a guided historical tour available on the devices in everyone’s pocket, or from docents who’ll paddle while they storytell.

Imagine public artworks meeting the eye in every direction, water buskers drifting and singing, dancing lights at night.

Imagine a busy water’s edge, a ninth-grade science project here, an introduction to indigenous culture there, and a dance lesson around the next curve of the seawall.

Imagine events: Dragon Boat races, maritime lantern processions, floating fire exhibits,
weddings, concerts, martial arts, barbecues, yoga.

Imagine a watery space cluttered with joy and full of surprises. Join us World Ocean Day, June 8, 2025