Friday January 31

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9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. / Drop-In Coffee & Tea

World Arts Centre at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (See map)

10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. / Workshop: Decolonizing Policy: Building Inclusive Frameworks for Transformation Led by Sae-Hoon Stan Chung

World Arts Centre at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

This workshop invites participants to explore and apply decolonial approaches to policy development within their organizations. Utilizing insights from Indigenous-led audits, participants will learn to critically assess the colonial impacts of existing policies and identify gaps related to reconciliation, anti-racism, and cultural safety.

The workshop will guide attendees through a structured process to evaluate their organization’s accountability, understand the roles of harm and complicity, and build competence in creating policies centred on Indigenous sovereignty, ecological sustainability, and community engagement. Attendees will engage with tools to reshape governance practices, prioritize trauma-informed facilitation, and ensure meaningful, inclusive policy formation that values human relationships and ancestral connections

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. / Catered Lunch

World Arts Centre at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

5:00 p.m. / Performance: SWIM

Vancity Culture Lab (at The Cultch) (See map)
Running Time: 90 minutes
This performance will be followed by a 30 minute talkback with the artists.

Harnessing cutting-edge technologies to simulate audio and tactile sensations, SWIM is an immersive experience that imagines challenges endured by refugees who brave treacherous crossings between Turkey and Greece. More show info

6:00 p.m. / Performance: Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire)

The NEST (See map)
Running Time: 75 minutes

In a surprising fusion of theatre and gastronomy, this live cooking demonstration guides audiences through Philippine history in Tagalog, prompting reflections on how colonial legacies shape today’s global food market. More show info

7:30 p.m. / Performance: De glace (From Ice)

Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre (See map)
Running Time: 60 minutes
This performance will be in French.

Step into a frozen otherworld where the bonds of friendship transcend the mortal realm in this mesmerizing tale for audiences of all ages about two girls bound by an unbreakable connection. More show info

A figure wearing a warm coat and a long braid stands in silhouette within a cube of hazy glowing purple light. The atmosphere is cold, as though the cube might be a block of ice.

8:00 p.m. / Performance: BOGOTÁ

Vancouver Playhouse (See map)
Running Time: 80 minutes
This performance will be followed by a 30 minute talkback with the artists.

BOGOTÁ’s raw, physical experience of transmutation and resurrection constructs a brutalist landscape from choreography infused with magic realism and the resilience of deviant bodies within the post-colonial era. More show info

A tangle of seven dancers sprawls on the floor of a dark stage. Unclothed and in various states of recline, it is intimate, sensuous and raw.

8:00 p.m. / Performance: SWIM

Vancity Culture Lab (at The Cultch) (See map)
Running Time: 90 minutes

9:00 p.m. – Midnight / Festival Lounge Bar

The Post at 750 (See map)

We listened to the call for more informal networking spaces and have turned our office studio into a lounge and games bar for our artists and industry professionals. Get to know folks over foosballs and highballs!