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home my site top of page community centred college for the retired established in 1973 learn for fun teach for pleasure home courses fine arts and music crafts technology photography photo handling reading writing language genealogy strategic games mental wellness registration info code of ethics important people our location hours contact us more use tab to navigate through the menu items annual general meeting thursday june 25 2026 at 11 am everyone is invited to attend and discuss the society s business the agenda will include approval of the agenda approval of the minutes of the 2025 agm financial report and approval of the budget for 2026 election of the directors any other business currently we need at least 3 or 4 new directors to run the society for the coming year it includes president treasurer registrar instructor coordinator scheduler contact us email cccr telus net phone 604 517 8732 www cccrburnaby org our mission to offer fun affordable classes to anyone 50 and over to encourage more socialization and intellectual stimulation to people who have a thirst for learning to inspire students and teachers to share their knowledge and skills in a dynamic and fun environment to promote diversity and multiculturalism by connecting people within our communities a snapshot of our classes class offerings change every semester below is a list of our recent semester course offerings the spring semester schedule can be viewed here our core set of classes mental wellness short stories discussion group memoir writing piano multiple classes social media apps for iphone ipad quilting sew knit crochet group intro to computers cyber security ai for creative minds spreadsheets bridge drawing calligraphy more ipad fun more iphone fun photos for smartphones historical photos genealogy spanish beginners advanced conversation beginner s mandarin beginner s hindi intermediate german ukulele we re looking for new instructors all the time so if you re retired and interested in teaching a course or you know someone who is don t be shy you can email us cccr telus net or give us a call 604 517 8732 we d love to hear from you an exceptional woman with an exceptional idea in 1972 over the age of 60 years mabel dunham of burnaby received her bachelor of education and adult education diploma from ubc convinced other people her age would also be interested in furthering their education it became mabel s mission to structure a self help college in 1973 encouraged by ubc professors thornton and neimi she began by offering a course entitled explorations in reading at edmonds house a newly opened senior citizens centre in burnaby this was the beginning of a new and exciting program for people over the age of 55 the response and interest proved there is no age barrier to the desire to learn new things the western community centred college for the retired society known as wcccr or community centred college for the retired was incorporated as a non profit society in 1977 on may 1 1977 the federal government granted wcccr status as a registered society with the help of a three year new horizons grant two canada works projects and several well respected members of the community wcccr was able to expand to what it is today community centred college for the retired menu visit our facebook page 6650 southoaks crescent burnaby bc canada v5e 4m7 email cccr telus net tel 1 604 517 8732 home courses fine arts and music crafts technology photography photo handling reading writing language genealogy strategic games mental wellness registration info code of ethics important people our location hours contact us website design by k hayward please contact reception at cccr telus net for more information bottom of page