Ideas Space is a cozy hub designed to host innovation and personal development.
We aim to be one of the community’s favourite places for children and adults to study, work, and play.
We’re Hiring!
Seeking tutors/instructors for our weekly classes and seasonal camps!
Please drop off your resume at the Ideas Space cafe
or contact us.
CO-WORKING/CLASSROOM SPACE AVAILABLE
IdeasSpace offers two private work spaces as an affordable and convenient location for co-working, events, classes, birthday parties, clubs and more.
Our quality spaces are $10/hour, include free drinks, printer and equipment upon request, and seat up to 10 people. Drop by today for a free tour!
IDEAL EDUCATION COURSES
At Ideas Space we aim to facilitate fun and practical courses with a hands on approach.
Spanish Club
Popular weekly classes for kids
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Pay once to sign-up for five-class bundles and save!
Check out the following weekly run classes, subject to demand, except on holidays.
See below for special classes depending on sign-up numbers. Contact us to inquire about a course.
LEGO FILMMAKING
Length: 1 hour
Do you want to make films out of Lego? Learn how to use your own device to make short stop-motion films! Develop creative skills, patience, and technical skills, and bring your legos to life with this introductory course. Bring your own iPhone or iPad, and start your filmmaking journey.
Wednesdays 4:30-5:30
Prices
- $200 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
DREAMS & GOALS
Length: 45min
Practice seeing and communicating the big picture as well as the details. Various materials and techniques will be used in sketching and compositions. Use watercolour and acrylic paint with a variety of techniques to explore, learn, and find your own expressive voice. Class focus will be determined by participant interest and skills.
Wednesdays at 4:15
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
INVENTING with LEGO
Length: 45min
This course isn’t just playing with LEGO. Kids will be given problems to solve over the course of the lesson using basic building principles. As the lessons progress the students build off their previous work to establish a cohesive construction project that they eventually combine with each other. Construction projects are concluded weekly.
Tuesdays 4:30-5:15
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ART: PAINTING & DRAWING
Length: 45min
Practice seeing and communicating the big picture as well as the details. Various materials and techniques will be used in sketching and compositions. Use watercolour and acrylic paint with a variety of techniques to explore, learn, and find your own expressive voice. Class focus will be determined by participant interest and skills.
Wednesdays at 4:15 (NOTE: NEW DAY)
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
CHESS
Length: 45 min/1 hour
The program is designed with beginner and intermediate students in mind. For new chess players the program will cover the basics of the game and progress from there. Intermediate students will learn how to improve their chess skills and various chess strategies. The subject is taught in a fun, supportive, and interesting way – designed to keep students engaged. Students will also learn to apply the problem solving skills learned in chess to their everyday lives allowing for personal growth in multiple areas. There will be regular competitions for those interested as well as more casual games for beginners.
Chess classes will run when we have enough interest. Contact us to inquire.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
MENTAL MATH & GAMES
Length: 45 min
Friday afternoon’s Mental Math classes are making a small pivot to become Mental Math & Games. We’re keeping the math, and we’re adding logic puzzles, problem solving of various kinds, and critical thinking. Participants will engage in age appropriate and flexible challenges that encourage abstract and creative problem solving. We’re excited for this new direction that keeps all the math that we love and brings in more mind puzzlers for variety and breadth.
Mondays • ages 6 to 9 – 3:15pm • ages 10 to 12 – 4:15pm (NOTE: NEW DAY)
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ARDUINO
1hr
Arduino is an open-source hardware and software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices. More basically, it’s a system for learning about and creating electronic connections and operations. Learn about and design various types of circuits, what a resistor is and what it does, and much more.
Arduino classes resume in October, day & time TBD, ages 8 to 14
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
CODING INTRO
Length: 1 hour
Coding is easy for those who start from the beginning. The core concepts are explained in our entertaining video game development projects.
Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm (NOTE: NEW TIME)
Prices
- $200 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
3D MODELING
Length: 1 hour
Using Tinkercad software students will establish the principles of modelling shapes and other simple designs for further use in 3D printing.
The course teaches how to navigate and understand Tinkercad’s tools sets and basic shape theory (aka how to create realistic shapes for printers to manage), complete a printable 3D object on Tinkercad, and includes a group project to print something every one needs but no one has.
3D Modelling classes will run when we have enough interest. Contact us to inquire.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ROBOTICS
Length: 1 hour
Robotics connects science and math concepts to the real world. By familiarizing students with programming, sensors, and automation, using VEX robotics kits, they hone critical computational thinking skills needed to succeed in both the 21st century’s workforce and in everyday life.
Beyond science and engineering principles, we encourage creativity, teamwork, leadership, passion, and problem-solving among groups.
Robotics classes will run when we have enough interest. Contact us to inquire.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
Occasional offerings
The following classes run according to participant interest and instructor availability.
If you see a class listed here that you’d like us to run, please contact us.
PHOTO WITH MOBILE
Length: 1,5 hour
Builds self-esteem, self-confidence and social skills, proves tremendously useful in real life. A hobby that might become the perfect profession in the future.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
WEB DESIGN INTRO
Length: 1 hour
Understanding the intricacies of how the Internet works and creating a complete website is the aim here. Practicing in web design is a great way to open a path to coding.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Length: 1,5 hour
Public Speaking for Kids 10-14
This fun workshop is an introduction to public speaking, and learning will be accelerated because of small group classes!
Head Start is all about confidence in self expression. We ask kids to think about who they are, what’s important to them and why it’s important! We challenge their thoughts about fear. We teach them to tell stories to make their point in the most engaging and authentic way possible! And all the fundamentals of public speaking are repeated throughout the workshop!
Students will be given multiple opportunities to express themselves in every class both in planned speaking and impromptu speaking. If your child does the work, we guarantee results. Your child will have more confidence in self expression, have a wider range of empathy for others and have a better grasp of their own values! At Head Start, we teach students how to walk through their fear and into their confidence!
Public Speaking For Teens
More than anyone, teens need to learn how to express themselves effectively. They are heading out into a very strange world and communication is one of the most important skills they can take with them. The more confidence they have in their ideas and the expression of their ideas, the more often they will take chances. More chances taken always ends in more wins. These kids are inheriting a new world. We owe it to them to give them every tool possible to succeed. This IS a skill that can be learned. Even the most shy and anxious people can learn effective self expression with time and practice. This class encourages teens to speak their minds without censorship but with intelligence, passion and authenticity! Who are you? What do you care about? Why? Your kids will know the answers to these questions and will have the ability to share the answers with confidence.
Prices
- $250 – 10 classes
+ applicable taxes
MARKETING
Length: 45 min/1 hour
Knowing how to market products on platforms such as Google and Facebook will give children a deeper understanding of the markets that influence them as well as empower to market their own ideas to others. This course goes through the fundamentals of marketing, explains how Networks, Advertisers, and Publishers work together to market products and services. Hands on practices include setting up campaigns (advertisements) and working to make them profitable, as well as other compelling tasks.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
MUSIC PRODUCTION
Length: 1 hour
Whether students are musicians, singers, or just lovers of music, this course is a chance to develop skills and experience producing music in a digital audio workstation. Learn to write, record and edit music and audio in a student-led setting. Students will be taken through the process of developing a track from scratch, as well as how to use these skills collaboratively and personally. In the digital spaces of today it has never been easier to make and release music, this course will lead students from beginning of the track to release!
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
BUILD YOUR OWN COMPUTER
Length: 1 hour
Learn how to build your very own PC with Ideas Space and Workbay Technology in these brand new classes! Learn about all of the components of your very own custom rig: form, fit, and function. Learn all about the hardware, software, and basic safety for building your very own PC Masterpiece.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
YouTube VIDEO PRODUCTION
Length: 1 hour
Ready to launch your own YouTube channel?
We start with the basic setup of your channel, making your banner and profile. Then we make videos! We will use free software and make your videos what you want them to be – fun, eye-catching and engaging.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
GUITAR INDIVIDUAL
Length: 1 hour
Unleash your inner rockstar with this introductory guitar course!
Students will learn the basics of acoustic guitar in a group setting, including chords, riffs, and basic music theory, as well as tuning and guitar anatomy. Classes will be divided into two parts each lesson: first to practice rudimentary skills including rhythm and chord fingering, and second to work on a song as a group. Students can expect to gain the skills to further their musical repertoire!
Practice makes perfect!
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ART CLASS: COLLAGE
Length: 1 hour
Learn how to compile and curate images and form to create thoughtful compositions. This series will incorporate mixed media to produce truly creative effects.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ART CLASS: HANDY-CRAFT
Length: 1 hour
Try your hand at traditional hand-crafting techniques including cross-stitch, felting, hand sewing and knitting to produce some sweet peices.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ART CLASS: SCULPTURE
Length: 1 hour
Express your self in 3D using clay, wire, paper, and found objects to make abstract and functional sculpture.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ART CLASS: JEWELLERY
Length: 1 hour
A unique peice of jewellery will be produced in each class such as a macrame pendant, wire rings, and painted wood earrings.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ART CLASS: ARCHITECTURE
Length: 1 hour
Practice your pactical and creative design skills from perspective drawing to 3D building, and interior design.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ART CLASS: DIGITAL ART
Length: 1 hour
Learn how to draw, sketch, paint and design in Procreate app! We’ll go over the basic concepts and functions such as setting up a canvas, using brushes and managing layers, as well as more advanced tools like adding texture and effects.
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
SCIENCE DISCOVERY CLASS (age 3 to 5)
Length: 45 minutes
Be amazed with the wonderful world of science with this interactive, hands on class aimed at teaching children ages 3-6 by learning through play. They will be encouraged to ask lots of questions and actively engage in their learning and understanding of the world. With sensory explorations and fun science experiments, we will be encouraging young children to learn about STEM.
Age: 3-5 years
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
ART CLASS FOR LITTLE ONES (age 3 to 5)
Length: 45 minutes
Children will work on long term projects to create a wonderful work of art. We will be using various tools and techniques to create a masterpiece that you can take home at the end of a project.
Age: 3-5 years
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
MATHEMAGICIAN (age 3 to 5)
Length: 45 minutes
We will be getting ready for school by learning about numbers, days of the week, months of the year, opposites and more! This class is designed to help children build a good foundation before starting kindergarten. We will be doing lots of fun activities, problem solving, puzzles and learning through play.
Age: 3-5 years
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
STORY CLASS (age 3 to 5)
Length: 45 minutes
We will be learning about letters and sounds through a jolly phonics program with lots of singing and reading along! Each week we will be reading about a new adventure during story time. Children will be encouraged to participate with puppet shows and retelling of traditional tales.
Age: 3-5 years
Prices
- $150 – 5 classes
+ applicable taxes
TUTORING
We offer Math, English language and ESL individual and small-group tutoring for the 6-15 years old.
PRICE (per hour)
Individual
$503 student group
based on availability
$25
CO-WORKING
Our co-working spaces offer an affordable and conveniently located space for your conference calls, classes, birthday parties and more within our open hours. We offer two separate rooms with high-speed wifi. Computers and Smart TV access available upon request. Contact us for group bundle deals!
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$10/hour rate (per person)
$25/day rate (per person)
+ applicable taxes. payment required upon start of use.
Free Coffee/Tea
Use our space for 2 hours or more and get a complimentary drink from our coffee/tea menu.
Free Printing
Book our co-working space and print up to five pages for free within your booked time.
Bring a friend
Bring a friend and both get your second hour of co-working free next time you book through our website! Applicable once per individual referral.
BUBBLE TEA & CAFE
Fall/Winter hours:
Monday – Sunday: 11:30 am – 4:00 pm
Occasional Holidays: CLOSED
December 24 – 26, 30, 31, January 1 2024 : CLOSED
Coffee & more
Drip Coffee
R $3.00/L 3.50
Americano
R $3.25/L 3.75
Latte/Cappuccino
R $4.25/L 4.75
Chai/Matcha Latte
R $5.25/L 5.75
Mocha
R $5.25/L 5.75
Hot Chocolate
$3.50
Bubble tea
Royal Milk Tea
$6.50
Thai Milk Tea
$6.50
Taro Milk Tea
$6.50
Coconut Milk Tea
$6.50
Matcha Milk Tea
$6.50
Ideas Fruit Tea
$6.50
Iced Bubble Coffee
$6.50
Warm Bubble Tea
$6.50
Ideas Smoothie
$6.50
ADULT COURSES
please contact us for availability and scheduling
We start from a narrow range of courses to test the concept. We continue gathering ideas on what would be the best to offer.
It might be a course on painting or something else – say it to us.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Length: 1,5 hour
Were you scared of public speaking as a kid? Has that fear faded as an adult? Are you tired of living behind this fear?
Head Start Public Speaking now offers a 10 week introduction course for adults! It’s not as hard as you think it is and these classes will not only be fun but will teach you a lot about yourself! We are going to talk about who we are, what we are excited by, what we are afraid of and more. You can and will increase your confidence in self expression! Your thoughts and ideas are valuable and must be shared to be appreciated! Learn how to express yourself in the most authentic and engaging way possible and break free from your fear!
One on One with Paula Howley
Do you have an important presentation coming up? A wedding speech? Valedictorian? Paula Howley has over a decade of public speaking experience and has evaluated thousands of presentations. She understands how to get ideas across effectively and with passion and authenticity. She will help you better understand your own position so that you can share it unforgettably with your audience.
Prices
$250 – 10 classes
$50 – individual class per hour
+ applicable taxes
COMPUTER SKILLS
Length: 1 hour
Whatever your current level is, we can teach you to master some new useful skills. No matter your age.
Prices
$40 – 1 class
$150 – 5 classes
$50 – individual class per hour
+ applicable taxes
M4
Length: 2 hour
(M to the power of 4) : Money, Marriage, Mindfulness & Manifesting
This course involves a 2hr session one weeknight evening, for 5 weeks: resulting in 10 instructional hours over 5 sessions.
The course was designed for couples as a way to achieve teamwork, togetherness, maturity and compassion as well as strategic goal setting in the realm of finances.
Money management and disagreements, differing beliefs and opposing viewpoints on earning/saving/spending is a lead cause of marriage dysfunction.
The hope of this course is that couple will take away a concrete jointly held cohesive vision for their future financially as a team.
The course has experiential learning techniques at each session, is very immersive, but does not need preparation. There are occasionally small tasks to complete between sessions.
Maria Hampvent, MA is a Somatic Leadership Coach whose first career was as a Financial Planner. She is passionate about how emotional intelligence, transformational psychology approaches combined with strategic planning can produce large paradigm shifts resulting in her clients’ and students’ lives becoming easier and more joy-filled
Prices
$500 per couple (5 sessions)
+ applicable taxes
ESL
Length: 1 hour
Ideas Space ESL Learning is catered to each student’s individual needs and goals. Our mission is to establish a clear understanding of the english language in all its aspects.
After an initial assessment of a student’s proficiency we work toward an achievable goal on a bi-weekly schedule.
Please do not hesitate in contacting us to receive a free assessment.
Price
30$ – 2 or 3 student group
$50 – individual class
+ applicable taxes
SPANISH/FRENCH SPEAKING CLUB
What can be better than practicing to speak a foreign language with a native speaker? Our online classes welcome you to express your thoughts on different topics.
UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES
If you believe that you have a great course to teach, or if you need a course we don’t have to offer, LET US KNOW. We will do our best in order to make it possible.
ABOUT US
Following many critical business decisions made by the company’s management, including the establishment of a new office location and the acquisition of an existing tutoring company on the Sunshine Coast, BC, A.R.T. BOOKWORLD PRODUCTION Inc. (now known as DBA: IDEAS SPACE) is pleased to announce that it has officially entered its fast expansion phase. This has been achieved before December 2022.
With over 33 years of experience as a cultural and educational services firm, IDEAS SPACE has become one of the most specialized, trusted, and all-inclusive companies in and beyond the Lower Mainland of BC. Under the exceptional leadership of the management team and the tremendous hard work of staff, plus the overwhelming support of its valued clients and the community, IDEAS SPACE now proudly serves clients from diversified educational backgrounds and all walks of life, both locally and internationally, onsite and online.
At IDEAS SPACE, we encourage free, creative, and innovative thinking and promote positive, confident, and bright minds. We do all this through our dedicated and experienced professional team, which includes educational experts, course planners and instructors, classroom assistants, program advisors, and activity coordinators. We believe in collective efforts and value unconditional commitment to the programs we offer, all of which are deeply rooted in our company’s philosophy of serving the public.
With the benefit of abundant Canadian local educational resources, we offer a variety of courses to children and adults that embrace our vision of a brighter future for the next generation. The programs and services we currently offer include school subject tutoring, academic improvement courses (AP/SAT/ACT/EUCLID/AMC/CCC/KANGAROO MATH/SINGAPORE MATH), whole-brain development creativity courses, a leadership training program (HARVARD MUN), international student bridging courses, and language learning courses. In addition, we have formed a strong partnership with various school boards, academic institutions, and other related agencies and organizations throughout the region and internationally.
Education is a lifelong investment for all of us. We make no compromises and strive for continual improvement to meet the needs of our clients by studying new trends in international education and adding more programs and extra training to meet future targets.
We aim to make our education an enjoyable growth experience for our students. We organize fun activities and provide opportunities for interaction between our teachers, parents, and all potential members who may need a social corner like IDEAS SPACE to get connected. We also provide delicious teas, coffees, and snacks and plenty of spaces to meet and chat.
All our team members are highly trained and are always ready to support you. Of course, we also like to credit our achievements to our sister company, BESTWIN ACADEMY Inc. As IDEAS SPACE’s associated business partner, BESTWIN ACADEMY acts as the foundation for certain program and service designs and implementations, including Canadian private boarding school applications, Canadian public and private school/college/university admission planning and applications, global university planning and application consulting, M.A./Ph.D. application consulting, Canadian employment guidance training, career planning, and immigration planning. BESTWIN ACADEMY has become an integral part of IDEAS SPACE’s overall operations at advisory and managerial levels.
Please visit us today if you are interested in any service mentioned above. We aim to match our brand with customer perception. Simply giving us feel-good stories about birthday celebrations makes us feel connected and makes you part of the brand family.
WHY US
We believe that every activity we offer should bring joy, value and real results
We guarantee 100% client-oriented approach
We follow strong heath safety protocols
We are a local business that gives back to its community
CONTACT FORM
Have inquiries or interested in signing for a course? Contact us here and include the class(es) and times you’d like to sign up for.
We’ll follow up to confirm the details.
We recognize that we live, work, and operate our business on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and shíshálh Nation. As settlers in this territory, we acknowledge a responsibility to the original stewards of this land to learn and honour the history of this land, its people, and the impacts of colonialism on both.