VancouFur
| VancouFur | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Furry |
| Venue | Executive Airport Plaza Hotel |
| Location(s) | Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Inaugurated | 2012 |
| Most recent | 2016 |
| Website | |
| http://vancoufur.org | |
VancouFur is an annual furry convention held in Burnaby, British Columbia, celebrating the genre of anthropomorphic art and literature. VancouFur is the first such convention to be held on the west coast of Canada.[1][2] Beginning in 2012 with attendance of 347 individuals, the convention has since grown, with 810 attendees in 2016, the most recent iteration.[1][3]
Syrian refugees
The 2016 convention took place in at the same hotel where a number of Syrian refugees were temporarily being housed. Despite initial concerns of a potential culture shock, many of the refugees, especially children, enjoyed interacting with fursuiters at the convention.[4][5][6]
Attendance by year
| Convention year | Attendance | Percentage change | Fursuiters in fursuit parade | Percentage change |
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| VancouFur 2012 | 347 | - | 73 | - |
| VancouFur 2013 | 483 | 39.2% | 78 | 6.8% |
| VancouFur 2014 | 602 | 24.7% | 123 | 57.7% |
| VancouFur 2015 | 724 | 20.3% | 141 | 14.6% |
| VancouFur 2016 | 810 | 11.9% | 171 | 21.3% |
Gallery
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A panoramic shot of fursuiters at VancouFur 2016 (click to enlargen)
References
- 1 2 Parry, Laurence (14 March 2012). "VancouFur draws media attention to Canada's west-coast furs". Flayrah. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ Bartel, Mario (8 March 2012). "Costumers let their fur down at VancouFur convention". Burnaby Newsleader. Black Press, Inc. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ Chai, Daniel (7 March 2016). "Furries from all over the world celebrate fandom at VancouFur". Vancity Buzz. Buzz Connected Media Inc. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ Gilmer, Marcus (9 March 2016). "Syrian refugees get warm welcome at Vancouver Furry convention". Mashable.com. Mashable, Inc. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ Eleftheriou-Smith, Loulla-Mae (9 March 2016). "Syrian refugees in Canada got housed in same hotel as VancouFur furry convention and the children loved it". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ Graham, Chris (10 March 2016). "Syrian refugee children make some furry friends at Canada convention". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
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