Community Archives - MONOVA

Guest Curator Nadin Hassan in MONOVA's Feature Exhibit Gallery. Photo: Alison Boulier

20th Century, Collections, Community, Shipyards, Work/Commerce

You Are Here @ The Shipyards traces the evolution of North Vancouver’s waterfront

Bogue Babicki receiving Honorary Membership to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia in 2015 at age 91. Photo: Belweder North Shore Polish Association

Community, Immigration

Bogue (Boguslaw) Babicki: Polish-Canadian Innovator of Structural Design

Players from the North Shore United soccer team (all identified), ca. 1935. NVMA 8024

Community, Outdoors, Sports

CityStudio Stories: Remembering the North Shore United Football Club

Researchers exploring the Archives Database. Photo: Alison Boulier

Archives, Collections, Community

Get to Know The Archives of North Vancouver

On October 25, 2022, the Friends Society hosted A Night At The Museum Fundraising Gala at MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver which profiled and celebrated “Living History Makers” including (from left) Hamid Zargarzadeh, Councillor Don Bell, Nancy Kirkpatrick, Dave Brewer, Len Corben, Bob McCormack, Phil Nuytten and Carleen Thomas. Photo: Chris Chong, Butters Studio

Community, Volunteers

A Night At The Museum Fundraising Gala: An Evening of Community and Conversation

MONOVA’s volunteers leading visitors through the core exhibit gallery. Photo: Alison Boulier

Community, Immigration, Newcomers, Volunteers

CityStudio Stories: Connecting Newcomers To Community

View of Freedom Square in Kharkiv, Ukraine in September 2020. Photo: Konstantin Brizhnichenko via Wikimedia Commons

Community, Immigration, Newcomers

CityStudio Stories: Welcoming Ukrainian Refugees to North Vancouver

From left: NVMA Commissioner and City Councillor Don Bell, Acting Director Laurel Lawry, NVMA Commission Chair Dee Dhaliwal, Urszula Sulinska and Izabella Sobieska with the Belweder North Shore Polish Association sign the letter of cooperation at MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver, 29 July 2022. Photo: Alison Boulier

Community, Immigration, Newcomers

MONOVA signs Letter of Cooperation with Belweder North Shore Polish Association

_____ and Kelsey Ranshaw as The Shipyard Pals. Photo: ____

20th Century, Community, Entertainment, Shipyards, Wartime, Women

Explore North Vancouver’s shipbuilding history with the Shipyard Pals

Carleen Thomas exploring the core exhibit gallery at the Museum of North Vancouver. Photo: Alison Boulier

Community, Indigenous

Carleen Thomas is Bringing Stories To Life