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Learning Hub

Home Learning Hub

Check out the Learning Hub to find out more about the STEM* concepts behind our project!

Here’s where you will find opportunities to engage with the Broadway Subway Project, such as viewing our project overview video, exploring fun facts, conducting hands-on experiments, and creating your own design to colour.

Be sure to also visit our mural at Great Northern Way, which outlines 8 different construction steps, and offers viewing windows where you can take a peek at crews and machines in action!

This page will be updated with resources as our project progresses. Be sure to check back often!

*STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

STEM Explorers

Young learners (Preschool – Grade 3) and their adult helpers can follow our 8-step subway station construction process from start to finish.  Find short, accessible activities that can easily be done with materials found in your home!

button, Step 1: Station Excavation
button, Step 2: Concrete Slab
button, Step 3: Crane Installation
button, Step 4: TBM Assembly
button, Step 5: TBM Tunnelling
button, Step 6: Station Construction
button, Step 7: Station Completion
button, Step 8: System Testing

Station Construction

Learn more about the construction of our underground Broadway subway stations, from start to finish. We’ve taken this complex process and broken it down into five steps.

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button, Station foundation infographic

Explore the Tunnel Boring Machines

Learn more about our Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), Elsie and Phyllis, and their journey across the ocean to Vancouver where they were assembled. Learn some fascinating facts about TBMs, and see them in action!

button, What is a TBM?
button, 5 steps of tunnel boring
button, Meet TBM Elsie
button, Meet TBM Phyllis
button, video link, Voyage of the Tunnel Boring Machines 1
button, video link, Voyage of the Tunnel Boring Machines 2
button, How heavy is a TBM?
button, How long is a TBM?
button, FAQ: Tunnel Boring Machines
button, video link, See the TBM in action
button, video link, Watch the TBM breakthroughs

Explore the Traffic Decks

Learn more about how we keep the traffic moving while construction happens below. You can find interesting facts, steps to build a traffic deck, and you can even watch a traffic deck being built right before your eyes!

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button, 4 steps in photos
button, FAQ: Traffic Decks
button, video link, Building a traffic deck

Photos and Videos

Curious to see more?  Check out our photo album or our Youtube channel to see what we have been busy doing!

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button, Photos
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Activities

Try your hand at some fun activities with Digby in our booklet, or use your imagination to draw where Broadway Subway Project will take you!

button, Self-guided walking tour
button, video link, How to assemble the foldable TBM
button, Where will Broadway Subway take you? Submission Gallery
button, Connect the dots
button, Tunnel maze
button, Colouring activity
button, Drawing activity
button, Word search
button, City maze
button, Activity book

This is where students (Grade 10-12) can meet some of the people who bring their talent to the Broadway Subway Project! Learn about their career paths, qualifications, and insider advice for career exploration.

button, Explore a career in finance
button, Explore a career in document control
button, Explore a career in communications and engagement
button, Explore a career in commercial and contracts
button, Explore a career in health and safety
button, Explore a career in construction
button, Explore a career in skilled trades

Connect

Keep in touch with us by following our Facebook or X, or connecting with us directly. We would love to hear from you!

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