IPinCH COMMUNITY-BASED HERITAGE RESEARCH WORKSHOP
—ARRIVAL INFORMATION PACKAGE—
HOTEL ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Best Western Coquitlam Inn and Convention Centre
319 North Road,
Coquitlam, BC
V3K 3V8
Canada
Tel: 604.931.9011 Fax: 604.931.7298
info@bestwesterncoquitlaminn.com
www.bestwesterncoquitlam.com
IPinCH will be paying for your accommodation. Project Manager Kelly Fox made reservations
based on itineraries you provided (thank you for these).
If there is any problem at all, please let Kelly know (ipinchpm@sfu.ca or
1 778.782.8596 cell: 1 604.721.9965)
Facilities at the Best Western Coquitlam include free wireless high-speed internet, cable
television, free parking and in-suite laptop safes.
Breakfast is not included, but there is a simple restaurant, “The Pantry”, in the lobby of the hotel,
which offers morning meals starting at 6am (and also serves lunch and dinner;
www.thepantry.ca; menu at the end of this document). For dinner, Rockwell’s is also in the hotel
complex (menu at the end of this document), and many more options are nearby.
This arrival package includes more information on local eateries, including locations of nearby
grocery stores, starting on page 6. Local information (banks, pharmacies, etc.) starts on page 5.
Public transit can also whisk you downtown.
MEALS
A welcome reception will be held at the Best Western Coquitlam Inn on the evening of
Thursday, September 29, with dinner provided in Rockwell’s restaurant in the hotel.
Dinner will also be provided on Sunday, October 2. Lunch will be provided Friday, September
30 to Monday, October 3.
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If IPinCH is covering your travel (note: some case study teams have chosen to find funding
elsewhere for more of their members to attend), we will cover other meals with per diem
payments, reimbursed with the SFU Travel claim form (see below; unless you’re an SFU
employee, in which case, you’ll have to fill in your claim online).
The SFU per diem rates are: $9 breakfast, $12 lunch, and $24 dinner.
Please note that alcohol is not an eligible expense for this grant.
IPINCH MID-TERM CONFERENCE LOCATIONS
Our conference will take place at various locations on the SFU Burnaby campus, and at UBC:
Thursday, Sep. 29, 7-10pm: Rockwell’s, Best Western Coquitlam Inn, drop by for dinner
Friday, Sep. 30: Diamond Alumni Centre, SFU Burnaby Campus
Saturday, Oct. 1: Halpern Centre, SFU Burnaby Campus
Sunday, Oct. 2: UBC An/So Building next to the Museum of Anthropology, where we will
travel by bus from the Coquitlam Inn. At 5:30pm, we will take the bus to a tour of the new
Musqueam Cultural Centre at the river end of Salish Dr., followed by dinner and talks at the
Musqueam 51st Ave Hall, 51st Avenue & Salish Dr. (a block and a half from the Cultural Centre).
Monday, Oct 3: Halpern Centre, SFU Burnaby Campus, SSHRC Site Visit
For those staying at the Best Western Coquitlam Inn, a bus will provide transport to the
conference location daily. Departure times from the Inn and from campus:
Please set your alarm!!
Friday, Sep. 30: From Coquitlam Inn to Diamond Alumni Centre, SFU: 8am
From Diamond Alumni Centre to Coquitlam Inn: 9pm
Saturday, Oct. 1: From Coquitlam Inn to the Halpern Centre, SFU: 8am
From Halpern Centre to Coquitlam Inn: 6pm
Sunday, Oct. 2: From Coquitlam Inn to UBC An/So Building: 10am
From UBC to Musqueam Cultural Centre, river end of Salish Dr.: 5:30pm
From Musqueam 51st Ave Hall @ Salish Dr.: 9pm
Monday, Oct 3: From Coquitlam Inn to Halpern Centre, SFU: 8am
From Halpern Centre to Coquitlam Inn: 6pm
Public transit can also take you between the Inn and the SFU Burnaby campus in about
half an hour, if you need to travel at other times.
Here’s how to take public transport between the hotel and the SFU campus:
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From the Best Western Coquitlam Inn, walk two blocks up the hill (north) and two blocks left
(west) on Lougheed Highway to the Lougheed Town Centre Skytrain Station. Ticket
machines will accept Canadian cash or credit cards. Debit cards are often rejected unless they
are local. Take the Millennium Line one stop west to the Production Way Station (1-zone fare
$2.50; Platform sign: Millennium Line Train to VCC–Clarke). Transfer to the 145 SFU bus,
departing every 4-15 minutes, depending on the day and time. The journey will take about half
an hour.
SFU
Production/University
Skytrain
Take 145 SFU Bus
Lougheed Skytrain
Take MILLENNIUM
LINE train for one stop
Best Western
Coquitlam Inn
More transit information can be found on page 9 or at www.translink.ca (schedules
http://tripplanning.translink.ca/hiwire?.a=iScheduleLookupSearch&LineName=999&LineAbbr=
999)
An SFU campus map is provided in the arrival package and on the conference webpage:
www.sfu.ca/ipinch/2011conference.
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AGENDA IN BRIEF
Friday will start with an outline of our achievements to date, and an introduction of the IPinCH
Project Ethnographer and her role. Community-based initiative/case study teams will then share
their activities with the full IPinCH collective. The day will end with a session on the online
Guide to Community-based Cultural Heritage Research, which is to be collaboratively authored.
There will also be sessions on Law, Ethics and Research Products, and on Case Study Final
Reports.
On Saturday, there will be sessions on the Knowledge Base and on ‘the IPinCH Student
Experience’. Working Groups will discuss progress and anticipated initiatives. In the afternoon,
there will be a workshop on Consent Practices and Free, Prior, Informed Consent organized by
Brian Noble of the Collaboration, Relationship and Case Studies Working Group.
On Sunday, case study teams or Working Groups may meet before the bus leaves the hotel at
10am. At UBC, topics that have been identified as key to conference attendees during the first
two days will be covered, key discussions from the previous days summarized, transitioning to
the new phase of IPinCH will be discussed, and new initiatives will be outlined. The SSHRC Site
Visit will also be strategized.
Monday is the all-important SSHRC Site Review, which will run concurrently with our
conference program. SSHRC has set their agenda, meeting with academic researchers, partner
representatives, students, Advisors, and university administrators at specified times.
Our working agenda remains open to input from team members and community partners. Thank
you to those who have provided suggestions. The agenda will continue to be refined during the
conference itself.
REIMBURSEMENT
We greatly appreciate you paying for your journey to Vancouver. The workshop couldn’t have
been held without this help from you.
We will reimburse you via a signed SFU travel claim form, accompanied by receipts and
boarding passes. Because meals will be reimbursed by per diem rates, no receipts for meals are
necessary. SFU per diem rates are: $9 breakfast, $12 lunch, and $24 dinner.
A hard copy of the claim form is included in this package. It can be found online at
www.sfu.ca/finance/payment_services, under Payment Services, at the bottom of the list: Travel
Claim Non-employee (if you fill it out on a computer, the second page automatically updates to
the first page; navigate between the pages using the tabs at the bottom of the excel document).
In an effort to reduce the annoyance factor as much as possible, we will also provide a selfaddressed envelope for returning the forms by mail.
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In addition to airfare, we can reimburse taxi fares from your home to your airport, or mileage and
airport parking. We can reimburse mass transit expenses in Vancouver for research-related trips.
VANCOUVER WEATHER IN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
Weather is a constant talking point among Vancouverites, mainly concerning not if, but when it’s
going to rain. September and October are mixed months, with both gloriously sunny days and
downpours. The average high temperature in October is 13.5oC (56oC), though mornings can be
frosty. Average precipitation for the month is 206mm (8”). If you have them, bring a waterproof
jacket, layers for warmth, waterproof footwear and an umbrella.
www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html
WHAT TO DO IF YOU’RE IN VANCOUVER AND HAVE A PROBLEM
Can’t figure out where the Skytrain station is at the airport?
Don’t know where Halpern Centre is and the darned tiny map isn’t helping?
Call Project Manager, Kelly Fox
• Office: 778.782.8596
• Cell: 604.721.9965
George doesn’t have a cell phone, and vows never to get one, but you can call him or leave a
message at his office: 778-782-5709.
LOCAL INFORMATION
Taxis:
We can reimburse research-related taxi fares only (e.g., between the hotel and SFU, if you
can’t take our bus or public transit). Travel to the airport or downtown is likely to cost $100,
which is too rich for our budget.
Coquitlam
Bel Air Taxi: 604.937.3434
Coquitlam Taxi: 604.939.4641or 604.524.1111
Port Coquitlam Taxi: 604.942.8080
Port Moody Taxi: 604.942.7777 or 604.937.3434
Bonny’s Taxi: 604.435.6655
Burnaby
Burnaby Taxi: 604.433.4466
Bonny’s Taxi: 604.435. 6655 or 604.434.8000
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Vancouver
Black Top and Checker Cabs: 604.683.4567
MacLure’s Cabs 604.683.6666
Yellow Cabs 604.681.1111
Banks:
TD Canada Trust, 329 North Road. Next door to the hotel near H-Mart.
HSBC, 405 North Road. 5 minute walk north of the hotel at the corner of North Road and
Lougheed Highway, near the Executive Plaza Hotel.
RBC Bank, 439 North Road. 10 minute walk north of the hotel on the corner of North Road and
Gatineau Place in the Cariboo Shopping Centre.
VanCity Credit Union, 3977 North Road. 10 minute walk north of the hotel on the corner of
North Road and Gatineau Place, across the street from the Cariboo Shopping
Centre.
ScotiaBank (Bank of Nova Scotia), 465 North Road. 10 minute walk north of the hotel on the
corner of North Road and Austin Avenue beside Extra Foods and Denny’s.
BMO Bank of Montreal, Lougheed Town Centre Mall. 15 minute walk north of the hotel, at the
corner of North Road & Austin Avenue, in the basement level near IHOP.
CIBC, Lougheed Town Centre Mall. 15 minute walk north of the hotel, at the corner of North
Road & Austin Avenue, near the Skytrain walkway.
Clinics:
If you have a medical emergency, dial 911 for assistance. The nearest hospital is Royal
Columbian in New Westminister, across the street from Sapperton Skytrain Station.
For less urgent medical issues, there is a Carepoint Walk-In Clinic at Burquitlam Plaza, 528A
Clarke Rd beside Shoppers Drugmart. Call (604) 936-9874 for hours. From the Lougheed
Skytrain, take the 97 B-Line and get off on the 500 Block of Clarke Road in front of Dairy
Queen. From SFU, or take the 143 Coquitlam Station and get off on Clarke Road in front of
Safeway.
Pharmacies:
Lougheed Town Centre Mall is located north of the hotel at the corner of North and Austin,
directly outside Lougheed Skytrain Station. In the mall, Walmart, Safeway and London Drugs
each have pharmacies with a big selection of health and wellness products.
Restaurants in Coquitlam/Burnaby:
There is a large variety of restaurants near the Best Western Coquitlam Inn. We haven’t had time
to try them all. Many places offer delivery. Ask the concierge for takeout menus or go to
http://www.urbanspoon.com/c/14/Vancouver-restaurants.html to get phone numbers and menus.
($= up to $10; $$ = $10-$20; $$$ = $20-$30)
Insadong Korean Barbeque ($$$): 403 North Road, corner of Lougheed near Executive Plaza
Hotel. Unique experience -- you cook the meat and seafood at your table on a built-in grill.
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Joey Coquitlam ($$$): 550 Lougheed Highway, just behind the hotel and H-Mart. Hip, west
coast style restaurant. Menu includes pasta, fish tacos, burgers, and cocktails.
Copper Club Restaurant & Lounge ($$$): 405 North Road, in the Executive Plaza Hotel on
Lougheed and North Road. Steakhouse favorites and seafood are on the menu. Friday and
Saturday nights often have live entertainment.
Foggy Dew Pub ($$): 405 North Road, in the Executive Plaza Hotel on Lougheed and North
Road. Irish style pub popular with the college crowd.
Anducci’s Italian Kitchen ($$$): 9604 Cameron Street, near Walmart. Fun, modern Italian
food, served family style with huge portions.
White Spot ($$): 4075 North Road, beside Skytrain. BC’s best known restaurant chain, famous
for the Triple O Burger. Eat in, or eat in your car at the drive in.
Wings Tap & Grill ($$): 345 North Road, corner of Lougheed. Sports bar known for its section
of hot wings and beer.
Austin Heights Dinner ($$): 2114 Austin Ave, east of the hotel. Where the locals go for
comfort food, burgers, and Chinese takeout. Award winning food, no frills atmosphere. Too far
to walk, but a short bus ride or drive. Delivery available.
Denny’s ($$): 500 Austin Ave, north of the hotel at the corner of North. Polyester-clad servers
attend the melamine booths twenty-four hours a day.
McDonalds ($): 515 North Road, just past Austin Avenue, across from Lougheed Mall. There is
another location in Lougheed Mall’s Walmart.
Cumpari’s Gelato & Café ($): 535 North Road, north past Austin. Satisfy your sweet tooth
with gelato (Italian ice cream), deserts, and coffee.
Bubble World ($): 555 North Road, north past Austin. Bubble tea is an Asian drink that is
popular in Vancouver. It usually features a fruity slush or smoothie drink and large tapioca
“pearls” that you slurp up with a big straw.
Papa John’s Pizza ($$): 555 North Road, north past Austin. Gourmet pizzas with fresh
toppings. Delivery available.
Mui Garden Restaurant ($$): 4327 North Road. Reasonably priced Chinese food.
Sushi Itshoni Japanese Restaurant ($$): 329 North Road, Sushi restaurant close to the hotel.
Kokyo Japanese Restaurant ($$): 9928 Lougheed Highway, across from Skytrain.
Yan’s Garden Chinese ($$$): 9948 Lougheed, left on North Road. Chinese cuisine with big
Dim Sum menu.
Restaurants in Lougheed Town Centre Mall:
Lougheed Mall provides more food options, plus banks, drug stores and other necessities. See
the map provided. It is a 15 minute walk or 5 minute drive north of the hotel at the corner of
Austin and Lougheed. If you are coming directly from Skytrain, take the convenient covered
walkway from the west end of the Lougheed Town Centre Station Platform.
From the hotel, go up hill (north) on North Road and turn left on Gatineau. Go past the Lougheed
Skytrain Station and cross Austin Road.
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International House of Pancakes (IHOP) ($$): Sit down restaurant located near London
Drugs. Well known for a big menu of sugary waffles and pancakes.
Tim Horton’s ($): for a Canadian take on coffee and fast food, try the chain named for a hockey
player, located near the Skytrain walkway. Originally known for doughnuts, it now supplies
breakfast sandwiches, soups, sandwiches and surprisingly palatable coffee concoctions without
the rarified language of baristas.
Starbucks ($$): World famous coffee giant. Pre-made sandwiches and snacks are available.
Located above the Food Court; there is also an outside entrance at the corner of North Road and
Austin Avenue. You can find another location in Safeway.
McDonalds ($): Located inside of Walmart, often crowded but quick and easy.
Jimmy the Greek ($): Menu features souvlaki, gyros, Greek salad, roast chicken, and lamb.
A & W ($): Famous root beer and some of the best fast food burgers you can get.
Chop & Toss Salad ($$): Self-serve salad bar.
Freshslice Pizza ($): Good quality, affordable pizza by the slice.
The Grainery Café ($): Sandwiches, coffee, soup and other café classics.
Quiznos Subs ($): Grilled submarine sandwich chain similar to Subway.
Taco Time ($): Tacos, nachos, burritos, and other Tex-Mex standards.
Thai Express ($): Fast Thai food, featuring pad Thai, curries and noodles.
Koya of Japan ($): Specialty is teriyaki chicken or beef on noodles or rice.
Manchu Wok ($): Chinese food such as sweet and sour pork, chow mein and chop suey.
Orange Julius ($): Food court classic known for hot dogs and smoothies.
KFC ($): Kentucky fried chicken and fries.
New York Fries ($) Fresh, natural cut french fries.
Gourmet Barbeque ($): Grilled chicken or beef smothered in BBQ sauce.
Sashimi Sushi ($): Sushi take-out located near the food court.
Grocery Stores:
Safeway is located in the Lougheed Mall near the Skytrain walkway, and offers a pharmacy,
deli, bakery and an in-store Starbucks. Open 7am-12pm, a good place to run if you need
something late or early.
Extra Foods (455 North Road) is a large grocery store north of the hotel on Austin and North
Road in the Cariboo Shopping Centre and is open 8am-10pm.
H-Mart (329 North Road) is a large Korean grocery store. Located next to the hotel and open
from 9am-10pm, this is the easiest place to run for necessities. This store has groceries, produce,
deli, and bakery.
Hannam Supermarket (4501 North Road) is another Korean grocery store, located across the
street from the hotel.
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GETTING DOWNTOWN ON TRANSIT
Downtown Vancouver is easily accessed from the Skytrain. It will take about 45 minutes to get
to Waterfront Station from the hotel.
Buses and Skytrain are $2.50 per one-zone trip or $3.75 per two-zone trip. If you are traveling
from Lougheed Skytrain or SFU to Vancouver, it is 2 Zones. On weekends and after 6:30pm, the
entire network is considered a single zone. Each ticket is good for an hour and a half, on all
forms of transit in a zone (bus, Seabus, Skytrain).
Bus drivers do not carry change, so ensure that you have the correct amount before boarding.
Transit daypasses are $9 at any FareDealer outlet, such as 7-Eleven, or Safeway, or at the
SeaBus or Skytrain stations. They are good only for the same day as purchase.
WALKING AND ACTIVITIES NEAR THE HOTEL
Note: To return to the hotel from New Westminster on Skytrain,
you must take the “Millenium Line –VCC Clake” train, otherwise you will end up in Surrey!
Hume Park is located south of the hotel in New Westminster and features trails through nature
areas, picnic areas and tennis courts. Stay on the hotel side of the street and walk south on North
Road, which becomes Columbia Street after the highway overpass.
Sapperton Landing Park is a scenic seawall walk along the Fraser River with stunning views
of the mountains and bridges. Access to the park is on East Columbia and Cumberland Street in
New Westminster near Sapperton Station. The park is lovely, but parts are unfinished and it is
near train tracks, so it is best enjoyed in the daytime.
The newly renovated River Market at New Westminister Quay is a BC landmark. Take the
Skytrain on the platform marked “Waterfront via Columbia” and get off at New Westminster
Station. Walk downhill, cross Columbia Street and take the walkway to enter. Inside, you’ll find
lots of organic produce and fresh seafood. The boardwalk offers great views of the Fraser River,
and the Boathouse Restaurant at the Inn at the Quay serves fresh seafood.
If you enjoy 19th and early 20th century architecture or shopping for antiques, take a stroll on
Columbia Street in New Westminster, but be prepared for a street that has seen better times.
Take the Skytrain on the platform marked “Waterfront via Columbia” and get off at Columbia.
Cross Columbia to the Army & Navy Department Store, offering bargains for over 100 years.
Next door, Lafflines Comedy Club (530 Columbia Street) has recently moved into the Old
Columbia Burr Theatre. This heritage building has been renovated to its former glory, when
people flocked to the “Golden Mile” of Columbia Street to see a movie or vaudeville show. Keep
on walking past the Burr Theatre to see the 120 year old Salvation Army Building – its original
façade was recently discovered by accident. For more shopping, walk downhill on 6th Street to
check out Antique Alley.
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New Westminster, or the Royal City, is the oldest city in Western Canada. 1865 Irving House
and New Westminster Museum and Archives (302 Royal Avenue) offer a taste of this history.
Take the Skytrain on the platform marked “Waterfront via Columbia” and get off at Columbia
and use the 4th Street Exit. Walk uphill on 4th Street, turn right on Royal Avenue. Be warned,
however, 4th Street is very steep!
Discover Coquitlam’s historic Maillardville French Quarter at Mackin House Museum and
Place des Arts (1116 Brunette Avenue on the corner of Marmont). Built in 1909, the
Edwardian-style Mackin House offers a look at Coquitlam’s original French settlers. Next door,
Place des Arts sells and exhibits the work of local artists and artisans. Walk to Skytrain and take
the 157 Bus, and get off at Marmont at Quadling. Walk downhill on Marmont to Brunette
Avenue. Be sure to visit http://www.coquitlamheritage.ca/ for information on hours and tours.
WEBSITES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Skytrain/Seabus/Bus Schedules:
http://tripplanning.translink.ca/hiwire?.a=iScheduleLookupSearch&LineName=999&LineAbbr=
999
Best Western Coquitlam Inn and Convention Centre: www.bestwesterncoquitlam.com
Simon Fraser University: www.sfu.ca
Lougheed Town Centre Mall: http://www.lougheedtowncentre.com/
Urban Spoon Vancouver (Restaurant reviews, hours, contact info, menus, etc):
http://www.urbanspoon.com/c/14/Vancouver-restaurants.html
River Market at New Westminister Quay: http://www.rivermarket.ca/
Lafflines Comedy Club (Old Columbia Burr Theatre): http://www.lafflines.com/
New Westminister Archives, Museums, Galleries:
http://www.newwestpcr.ca/culture/museum_and_archives.php
New Westminister Community Parks: http://www.newwestpcr.ca/parks/community_parks.php
Coquitlam Herritage Society (Mackin House Museum): http://www.coquitlamheritage.ca/
Place des Arts: http://www.placedesarts.ca/
Grouse Mountain: http://www.grousemountain.com
Capilano Suspension Bridge: http://www.capbridge.com
Stanley Park: http://vancouver.ca/parks/parks/stanley/
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Museum of Vancouver: http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/
Museum of Anthropology: http://www.moa.ubc.ca/
Vancouver Aquarium: http://www.vanaqua.org/
Vancouver Tourism: http://www.tourismvancouver.com/visitors/
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See the next page for a map of the hotel area.
Menus for the Pantry and Rockwell’s (in the Best Western Coquitlam Inn) follow.
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Map of Hotel Area
Walmart
London Drugs
Safeway
Tim Horton’s
Starbucks
McDonald’s
Scotiabank
Sears
Vancity
Cariboo
Shopping Centre
RBC
Executive
Plaza Hotel
Burnaby/SFU
H-Mart
Grocery Store
Best Western
Coquitlam Inn
New Westminster
Coquitlam
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