Social Events

Networking Reception

April 6, 2009
Stanley Park Pavilion
6:30 – 8:30 pm

Our networking reception will be hosted at the Stanley Park Pavilion, situated amidst the picturesque Rose Gardens in the lush Stanley Park rainforest. Use this opportunity to meet your fellow delegates and explore one of the many West Coast pleasures waiting for your arrival.

Entry to the networking reception is included with your delegate registration package. 

Finger food and a cash bar will be available.  The evening’s entertainment will include First Nations blues musician, Murray Porter, as well as a roving magician and caricaturist.

Gala Evening

April 7, 2009
Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre
6:00 – 10:30 pm

Emcee – Rick Mercer, Comedian and Host of The Rick Mercer Report

Welcome address by The Honourable Steven Point, Lieutenant Governor, British Columbia

Keynote address by  David Chilton, accomplished storyteller and author, The Wealthy Barber

This first-class event promises to be a memorable ‘must attend’ evening for Inclusion Works ’09 delegates and non-delegates.  Join Rick Mercer for a spectacular view of Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet and an incredible networking opportunity that includes cocktails hor’deurves and a three-course dining experience, a renowned keynote speaker, silent auction and some of Canada’s best Aboriginal entertainment including Susan Aglukark , Inuit singer/songwriter and one of Canada’s most unique artists, as well as Marion Newman , First Nations mezzo-soprano with a distinctive voice that entrances audiences.  In addition, be delighted by a Métis performance by Métis Nation BC Stompers and Métis Butter Town Jiggers. They will be accompanied on guitar by Phil Fauteux and on fiddle by Aimee Fauteux.

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