Open Calls
CALL for Senior in residence: intergenerational sharing project
Coquitlam Heritage invites all senior residents living in the Coquitlam area to apply to our Intergenerational Sharing Project for 2025/2026.
Do you have unique skills, trades, or talents that demonstrate the heritage and history of your community and background? If selected, you will be supported by museum staff to share your knowledge through presentations, workshops, and/or exhibits.
This opportunity is only open to seniors aged 55+ who reside in Coquitlam. No prior experience is necessary.
Our aim:
To connect seniors with other generations as a means of passing on the skills and ideas that they have gained throughout their lives. Seniors play a vital role in our local community as knowledge keepers, and this program will allow for this knowledge to be shared and preserved with the younger generation.
Your presentation, workshops, and/or exhibits can range from but are not limited to art, culinary practices, hobby workshops, wood working, cultural presentations and practices, sharing your background, and so on.
Application timeline:
May 31 – Deadline to Apply
June 16 – Successful Applicants Chosen
Residency Sessions Available:
July 7 – September 12, 2025
October 13 – December 19, 2025
January 12 – March 20, 2026
To apply, email our Programs Manager, Emily Zhang, at ezhang@coquitlamheritage.ca, through phone at 604-516-6151, or in person at our museum at 1116 Brunette Ave, Coquitlam. Please answer the following questions in your application:
What made you interested in this opportunity?
What skill or talent would you want to share through this program?
How would you be interested in sharing? (For example, through open studios, presentations, workshops, and/or an exhibit?)
How is your proposal connected to the heritage of the city or your immediate community?
Please list the sessions in order of preference.
Seniors in Residence will receive an honourarium of $2,800 for 70 hours of their time, and full reimbursement for any material costs.
Deadline to apply: May 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Coquitlam Heritage is committed to fostering and supporting an inclusive and equitable community where we can promote and highlight people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We thus encourage applications from all marginalized and underrepresented communities, including but not limited to, IBPOC candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, people with disabilities, new immigrants, and more.
If selected, we will reach out to discuss session dates, project plans, and timeline.
This project is funded by the Government of Canada through the New Horizons Program.
CALL FOR LOCAL CHEFS: FEASTS OF COQUITLAM
Coquitlam Heritage is now accepting applications from cooks based in the Coquitlam area for our Feasts of Coquitlam series! Feasts of Coquitlam is a series that invites cooks (professional or home cooks) from different cultures to showcase their cuisines through a cooking demonstration and talk in our 1909 heritage house museum.
The event is 3 hours long and includes:
An audience of up to 10 guests.
A cooking demonstration.
Informal talk with the guests about the foods presented.
Time for everyone to sit down afterwards and enjoy a meal together.
Selected cooks will receive:
Full access to our kitchen, along with cooking and serving supplies (though you are also welcome to bring your own)
We will provide a drink for the session if you do not include one
$150 honourarium
Full reimbursement for any money spent on ingredients
To apply, please send Emily Zhang at ezhang@coquitlamheritage.ca a proposal covering the following points:
Your general background and what aspects of your cultural cuisine you would like to present.
A small menu of 2 - 4 dishes (can include drinks, snacks, desserts, etc.) that you would have during your session.
Note: The demonstration does not need to cover every dish, in the past cooks would demonstrate one or two main dishes and bring extra drinks and snacks for participants to taste
General estimate of ingredient costs
We will be choosing 3 cooks to run sessions in June, July, and August, please state in your email if there is a specific month you would prefer, if applicable.
Deadline to apply: April 13 at 5PM