qathet 365
August 9, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
460 Realty presents their first open houses on Texada. Join them during sandcastle weekend for a look at some great properties. They have two showings. At 4880, and 4810 Sanderson Road. If you are coming over for sandcastle weekend stop in and see the professionals from 460 from 12-2pm.
August 2, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – August 3, 2025 @ 9:00 pm
Celebrating the music of our local musicians! Most of our performers are from within 100 km of Gillies Bay. We have a diverse group of performers for your enjoyment while showcasing Texada Island, the largest island in the Gulf Island chain.
This Texada music festival is for everyone; fabulous blues and roots, food and craft vendors, a kids’ zone for the young ones to play, the Farmer’s Market on Sunday, and a place to quench the adults’ thirst.
Texada is unique, picturesque and diverse. There is so much to do while you are here. Spend the weekend and explore the many hiking trails, visit Stromberg Falls or swim at Shelter Point or Shingle Beach. Check out the museum and wave to our friendly locals.
Hope to see you there!
May 27, 2025 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
The ORCA Bus is an early years outreach program that happens, you guessed it, on a bus! The ORCA Bus is a renovated school bus with a cozy interior play area and mobile resources serving the qathet region. Youth & Family love having the ORCA Bus to provide all children with regular opportunities to access early years services.
On board you will find an inviting play space with many educational toys and activities to foster your child’s social-emotional growth and development. Play and discovery are important and encouraged in the ORCA programs.
The bus also carries resources and referral opportunities for families.
March 9, 2025 All day
How big is time? On the remote Canadian island of Texada, the everyday stuff of human existence – work, play and dreams – is juxtaposed against the tectonic shifts of the planet, rising and falling in cyclical patterns of creation, extinction and renewal.
In this impressionistic VR project, co-directors Claire Sanford and Josephine Anderson merge 360-degree live-action footage, captured across the island, with 3D animation of geologic upheaval to create an immersive, poetic experience. A chorus of residents’ voices ebbs and flows, unravelling the complexities of the surrounding limestone that is central to the community and economy of the island. Present in everything from toothpaste to the great Pyramids of Egypt, this humble yet ubiquitous rock is a critical element in the construction of our modern society.
Texada is about rocks, people, and time – the head-spinning vastness of terrestrial epochs contrasted with the immediacy of day-to-day human experience. Real and imagined landscapes document a journey from the Earth’s formation to the current moment: twinned streams of existence mixing and mingling in an ever-changing flow. As geologic forces continue to unfold, the only constant is transformation. Yet amongst the great heave of history, glimpses of temporal beauty, like discovering beautiful stones on a beach, help us understand our place in the universe.
In this workshop, filmmakers Josephine Anderson and Claire Sanford unpack the techniques and strategies for making work in virtual reality. Using their new VR documentary Texada (produced by the National Film Board of Canada) as a case study, the filmmakers share insights, challenges and real-world examples of what it is like to undertake a virtual reality collaboration. They will demonstrate shooting with a professional 360-degree camera and share experiences working alongside animators, developers and participants. With practices rooted in themes of time, identity and the natural world, the filmmakers unpack the question: how do we think immersively? What opportunities does this present, and how does it help us see the world differently?
3 VR headsets will be set up at the front of the auditorium. To book one of the times below, please register at the Will Call Table outside of the box office.
Saturday March 8 – 12:30pm and 1pm; 6pm and 6:30pm
Sunday March 9 – 12:30pm and 1pm; 6pm and 6:30pm
Monday March 10 – 6pm and 6:30pm
Tuesday March 11 – 6pm and 6:30pm
January 18, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
In the new year, we are coming together again to make a vision board and have lunch at Texada Island Inn!
A vision board is a simple yet powerful concept: assembling a collage of images, words, and affirmations representing your aspirations, dreams, and goals for the upcoming year.
Here’s a list of things you might want to bring:
Glue or tape to stick your cutouts onto
Magazines or printouts: bring magazines or printed images that resonate with your goals and aspirations. These can be related to your career, hobbies, travel destinations, quotes, or anything that inspires you.
Scissors: you’ll need these to cut out the pictures and words you want to include on your vision board.