PDG Penny Offer, Institute Chair
Vancouver is proud to host the 2012 Rotary Institute. We are committed to providing a memorable Institute and a fabulous West Coast experience. The Institute will commence with the opening plenary session on Thursday, October 18, 2012. The Rotary Institute will be preceded by our Zone seminars for district leaders. Rotary institutes bring future, current and past RI officers together to learn about the latest Rotary developments, including RI policies and programs. We have selected an outstanding  venue for the Rotary Institute and negotiated great rates with the hotel. Vancouver’s Westin Bayshore located on Coal Harbour overlooking Stanley Park, the North Shore Mountains and the city's West End is one of the world’s great hotels. The Westin Bayshore offers panoramic views of the coastline, mountains, and Stanley Park. Experience the beauty and mystique of this unique location for yourself. You are within a 10 minute walk of many of Vancouver's most popular sites including; Stanley Park, Robson Street, Gastown, the downtown core and the new 2010 Olympic Cauldron.

The Eagle used as the Rotary Institute logo is designed by Tony Hunt a well know BC aboriginal artist.

In the West Coast First Nations culture the Eagle is a symbol of  strength, leadership and prestige,
as well as a harbinger of  peace and friendship.

Tony Hunt  (Naquapenkim) - The art of Hereditary Kwakwaka’wakw Chief and Master Carver Tony Hunt (Naquapenkim) is a contemporary expression of an ancient design tradition of the Kwakwaka’wakw peoples of the village of T’sakis on Vancouver Island. The artist was early apprenticed to his grandfather, Master Carver Mungo Martin, who created many masks and monumental carvings for Kwakwaka’wakw ceremonies during the first half of the twentieth century. As an artist and a cultural leader among his people Tony Hunt represents an unbroken tradition that reaches back thousands of years.

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