Bligh, James A.V.

James A.V. Bligh, Architect

Proscenium Architecture + Interiors Inc.

James works at Proscenium Architecture + Interiors Inc. as an Architect AIBC. He holds a Masters in Architecture from the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and
Design and a Bachelors of Applied Science in Civil-Structural Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He has written for several publications and e-publications including Canadian Architect Magazine and Price Tags. James has been an architectural awards jury member for the AIBC and has served on SALA Thesis Committee. He lives in Gastown with his wife Errin, an Optometrist responsible for his cool glasses. Significant influences in James' career include John Shnier, Bruce Haden, Brigitte Shim, Shane Williamson, the team at Proscenium, LEGO, the west coast modern home he grew up in, and his loving family.
 
James Bligh spoke to us in June 2019.

Midsummer Festival

Each June we have a booth at the Midsummer Festival on the grounds of the Scandinavian Community Centre. In addition to handing out information about our club, we also sign up new members. Everyone is invited to come out to enjoy this fun annual event. If you have time available, why not consider volunteering to help with our booth?

Christmas Party

 

In December, instead of our usual monthly dinner meeting, we have our annual Christmas party. Our guests are welcomed into the hall by the cheerful sounds of the Runeberg Choir. We have a fabulous Scandinavian Christmas dinner, followed by dancing to live music.

Monthly Dinners

Our dinner schedule for 2024 will be: Feb 14th, Apr 10th, TBD. Social hour starts at 6:00pm, dinner at 7:00pm and the dinner speaker starts at about 8:00pm. The dinner is Scandinavian and usually starts with herring and salmon open-faced sandwich appetizers and ends with coffee/tea and delicious Scandinavian desserts. The theme for the after dinner talk is usually business related and hopefully with a Scandinavian connection but we also schedule other speakers of interest. Two meetings of the year we have no speaker. Instead, in February we have our Annual General meeting where we discuss business for the upcoming year and elect our new board of directors. In June, we have our annual joke-telling contest and discover who, among us, is the best teller of jokes.