Jobs

Camp Leaders – Spring Break Camps

Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association is seeking Camp Leaders to deliver nature-based Spring Break Camps for children ages 5-10 at VanDusen Botanical Garden. VBGA Camps promote environmental stewardship and a love of the natural world through a fun blend of science, gardening, games, crafts and garden exploration. Learn more!

Junior Counselors – Spring Break Camps

Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association is seeking Junior Counselors to help deliver nature-based Spring Break Camps for children ages 5-10 at VanDusen Botanical Garden. VBGA Camps promote environmental stewardship and a love of the natural world through a fun blend of science, gardening, games, crafts and garden exploration. Learn more!

Teacher Programs Specialist – Education

The Teacher Programs Specialist reports to the Assistant Director of Education and is chiefly responsible for the development & implementation of an array of teacher professional development programs & resources that advance the VBGA’s educational mission. The candidate will work to provide quality educational and interpretive nature-based programs and events to early years, primary & secondary school educators, while also contributing to the development of teacher resources within the organization.

Working closely in collaboration with other education program departments, the Teacher Program Specialist will guide the growth of program initiatives, innovate new programs, and implement evolving strategies to support equity and inclusion in our teacher programs. Learn more!

Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association and Simon Fraser University’s Institute for Environmental Learning Fellowship 2025 (VBGA Fellowships)

Now accepting applications for the 2025 VBGA Fellowship program.

The VBGA Fellowship involves participatory action research focused on environmental education programs located at VanDusen Botanical Garden and Blodel Conservatory.

With the establishment of the VBGA fellowship program, the VanDusen Gardens and the Bloedel Conservatory have become unique sites for a vibrant and expanding research program which will study the potential and efficacy of using these unique spaces as locations for diverse and inclusive environmental learning. Students proposed for these new graduate fellowships will be experienced or promising researchers enrolled at a BC Postsecondary Institution who wish to undertake community engaged research and work collaboratively with SFU’s IEL and the VBGA to formulate a program of participatory action research. Learn more!