We’ve scoured the city to find the creators, hosts, and hidden gems your team wishes they knew — and curated the most unforgettable experiences designed to spark connection, creativity, and culture.
Shared discovery; Trust building; New perspectives
Embark on a team-building odyssey through Vancouver’s last ancient giants — where tracking down 600-year-old firs, thousand-year-old cedars, and Canada’s largest maple becomes a shared quest that builds connection, trust, and collective awe.
Roots of Teamwork: Vancouver’s Ancient Forest Adventure with Colin Spratt
Creative collaboration; Communication; Team building
Led by an experienced printmaker, this hands-on workshop invites teams into the creative, collaborative world of printmaking — a process that turns simple materials into expressive, hand-crafted works of art. Participants explore foundational techniques while learning the stories and traditions behind different print methods, all within a relaxed, inspiring studio environment.
Designed specifically for team building, this experience encourages communication, experimentation, and shared problem-solving. The tactile, mindful nature of printmaking naturally slows the pace, sparks curiosity, and helps colleagues connect in new ways.
Coast x Canvas: Creativity Inspired by the Pacific by Scotty Alvberg
Mindful grounding; Cultural connection; Sensory exploration; Shared presence
Claudia is the co-founder of Teakan Tea Co., a women-led boutique tea company in Vancouver. As both a TCI Chinese Tea Master and a TAC Tea Sommelier, she sees tea not just as a drink, but as a way of connecting — a quiet meeting point between culture, memory, and shared experience.
Her modern tea ritual is intentionally slow and grounding. Claudia guides participants through the mindful nature of making and tasting tea, weaving in the stories, origins, and traditions behind each leaf. The experience encourages people to pause, tune into their senses, and connect with one another in a way that feels calm, present, and meaningful.
Steeped in Connection: A Modern Chinese Tea Ritual with Claudia Tse
Creative collaboration; Communication; Team building
Christine Couvelier is a globally recognized culinary expert with more than four decades of experience as an executive chef, trendologist, and advisor to some of the world’s leading food brands. She has an uncommon talent for spotting what’s emerging in food culture — and translating those insights into strategy that actually makes sense for real teams. A long-time advocate for sustainability, food waste reduction, and the circular economy, Christine brings a thoughtful, future-minded lens to everything she teaches.
Over the course of her career, she has cooked for the Royal Family, guided innovation at major corporations, mentored early-stage food founders, and shaped product development across North America. What makes Christine special is her ability to take all of that experience and turn it into engaging, hands-on workshops that spark curiosity and open up new ways of thinking.
Whether she’s leading an olive oil tasting, a charcuterie exploration, a trend-forecasting session, or a class focused on sustainability, Christine creates memorable, tailored experiences that blend storytelling, sensory discovery, and practical insight. Teams walk away inspired — and with a refreshed, delicious lens on creativity and collaboration.
Taste, Trend & Transform: A Culinary Intelligence Workshop by Christine Couvelier
Herbalist LoriAnn Bird Presents: An Indigenous Plant Wisdom Workshop
LoriAnn Bird is an Indigenous Métis herbalist and educator whose deep knowledge of wild, medicinal, and edible plants invites people to see the land around them with fresh eyes. Under her guidance, everyday parks, pathways, and neighbourhood corners become sources of nourishment, ecological teachings, and long-ignored relationships.
A refugee of the Red River Métis Nation and raised on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, LoriAnn’s work focuses on reconnecting communities with Indigenous plants and the ancestral knowledge that has sustained people here for thousands of years. Her practice encourages participants to enter into genuine dialogue with the land — to recognize local foods and medicines, understand their cultural significance, and explore how these teachings strengthen resilience and ecological care.
Whether she’s leading a plant walk, teaching a medicine-making workshop, or hosting a virtual class, LoriAnn creates a grounded, reflective space where people can reconnect with place, presence, and the living systems around them. Her approach inspires a more conscious relationship with the land beneath our cities and a renewed understanding of our collective responsibilities as caretakers.
LoriAnn Bird
Creative confidence; Cultural connection; Observation skills; Mindful presence; Team storytelling
Nishant Jain is an Indian-born sketch artist and storyteller whose work is rooted in curiosity, place, and the quiet art of noticing. After immigrating to North America and starting his career as an engineer and scientist, he turned to sketching during a period of creative block — a detour that fundamentally reshaped how he understood the world around him.
Through quick, observational drawing, Nishant learned to navigate new cities and cultures, using his sketchbook as both a compass and a way to be more present. In his workshops, he invites participants into that same process: slowing down, looking closely, and expressing what they observe using simple, approachable techniques.
Nishant’s teaching style is warm, reflective, and encouraging — especially for anyone who has ever doubted their artistic ability. His sessions help teams build creative confidence, deepen their sense of place, and rediscover the joy of learning by being curious.