Our curriculum-based programs allow students of all needs and ages to explore and discuss North Vancouver through hands-on learning and activities. Scroll down to see the wide-ranging selection of programs you can take part in.
Coast Salish programming is generously sponsored by BMO Financial Group
All Museum programs run for 90 minutes unless otherwise specified. Programs are available Wednesday to Friday, October to June, with morning and afternoon time slots available each day. Please fill out an online booking form or email programs@monova.ca
KINDERGARTEN – GRADE 2
Hop aboard Streetcar 153! Explore local history, community, and change through stories and play.
GRADES 2 – 3
Explore the relationship between people and animals on the North Shore through interactive games & Coast Salish teachings.
GRADES 3 – 5
Discover Coast Salish legends about the North Shore’s peaks and how they’ve shaped the development of our community.
Thanks to special beneficiary funding from North Shore Community Foundation, MONOVA is thrilled to offer free curriculum-based learning opportunities for all Grade 5 Class Groups (SD44) across the 2025-26 academic year.
Speak to us today if you would like to place a booking with an applicable group.
GRADES 3 – 7
Discover Coast Salish weaving, storytelling, and history through hands-on activities led by an Indigenous Cultural Programmer.
Also available as a virtual program.
GRADES 4 – 5
Explore how different world views from time immemorial to today have shaped the fate of North Vancouver’s forests.
GRADES 4 – 7
LOCATION: LYNN VALLEY
Using primary sources, students will investigate local history topics including landmarks, people, and communities.
All Archives programs run for 90 minutes unless otherwise specified. Programs are available Wednesday to Friday, October to June, with morning and afternoon time slots available each day. Please fill out an online booking form or email programs@monova.ca
GRADES 8 – 9
Discover Coast Salish weaving, storytelling, and history through hands-on activities led by an Indigenous Cultural Programmer.
Also available as a virtual program.
GRADES 10 – 12
Enrich your Indigenous Studies course with this unique cultural immersion program led by an Indigenous Cultural Programmer.
Includes hands-on wool weaving.
Bring MONOVA to your classroom with our bookable Education Kits!
Each kit focuses on a different area of North Vancouver history. Book your kit in advance by contacting programs@monova.ca. Kits will be available for pick up at the Archives in Lynn Valley.
Grades 8-12, online kit | Chief Dan George (1899-1981) was a səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Chief who lived on what was then called Burrard Indian Reserve # 3 near Deep Cove (now Tsleil-Waututh Reserve). He was well-known both as an actor and an activist. He advocated for Indigenous people throughout his life and is well known for delivering the ‘Lament for Confederation.’ He was the first Indigenous actor to receive an Academy Award nomination.
You will learn more about his life and legacy through these activities.
Grades 2-3, 2-week rental | Take the Museum into your classroom! Students work as ‘Photo Detectives’ to analyze historic and modern images and consider the changes that have taken place in their community over time.
Grades 4–7 and 8–12, 3-week rental, available in French and English | This book and education kit explore significant aspects of traditional and contemporary səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) histories, traditions, and cultures.
Grades 3-4, 2-week rental | Explore the life and legacy of səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Chief Dan George, including the significance of his acting career, activism and efforts to preserve local Indigenous traditions culture.
Grades 3-5, 2-week rental | Using archival photographs featuring Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) people and places, students explore this Coast Salish community’s history.
Grade 2-7, 3-week rental | Through a series of three walking experiences that engage the senses and imagination and integrate the First Peoples Principles of Learning, students will come to a holistic understanding of Lynn Valley or Lower Lonsdale as a place. Its history from time immemorial to the present is highlighted, using the underlying concept of respect—for each other, the land that we are on, and the knowledge shared. These are larger kids that can be used as an entire unit. The kit rental includes a 30-minute virtual Coast Salish traditional opening ceremony.
Grades 5-6, 3-week rental | Nikkei (Japanese Canadians) have a long history in North Vancouver. This kit encourages students to engage with their history of immigration, internment during World War II and the rebuilding of lives up to the present through the exploration of photographs, archival materials, and creative activities.
School Program* $250
Virtual Program: $200
Education Kits FREE thanks to the generosity of our sponsors.
See Terms & Conditions for more information on class sizes, cancellation policy, and payment terms.
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