Community-based clubs
Student-led clubs where peers collaborate on Vancouver-based projects, run language exchanges, and connect with professional networking and business clubs tied to local industries.
Student Life / Community Integration
Student success goes beyond academics
MCC's student-life programs are built to help you actively engage with the local Vancouver community — through clubs, cultural events, volunteering, and field trips.
Student-led clubs
Cultural celebrations
Local volunteering
Four Ways to Engage
Find a way in that fits your style
Cultural celebrations
Inclusive events including public showcases and international food fairs, in collaboration with local artists, cultural organizations, and guest speakers.
Volunteering & leadership
Local volunteering with non-profits, shelters, food banks, and community centres. Civic engagement activities. Peer mentoring and ambassador roles.
Field trips & immersion
Guided tours of historical sites, art galleries, Indigenous museums, and civic institutions. Visits to local businesses and government facilities. Outdoor excursions throughout Vancouver.
Cultural Calendar
Some of the events MCC celebrates
Throughout the year, MCC participates in or hosts cultural events that reflect the diversity of our student community.
Lunar New Year
One of the most widely celebrated events on campus — food fairs, performances, and community connections with Vancouver's vibrant Chinatown.
Diwali
The festival of lights — a campus celebration with cultural showcases, food, and conversations about traditions across South Asia.
Eid
Celebrating the end of Ramadan and the wider Muslim community — events held in collaboration with local cultural organizations.
Indigenous Peoples Day
Programming to honour and learn from the cultures, contributions, and histories of Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia and across Canada.
Why It Matters
Engaged students graduate with more than a credential
Community engagement builds the soft skills employers actually look for: collaboration across cultures, leadership, communication, and a real sense of belonging in your new home city.
Start a club, propose an event
Have an idea? Bring it to us
Many MCC events come from students. If there is a community, cultural moment, or volunteering opportunity we should be part of, the team wants to hear from you.