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Entering the Shaw Auditorium

You may enter the Shaw Auditorium two ways

  1. Entrance at 80 Commercial Street - this is our designated entrance for NIFSS attendees**. Take the stairs (or elevator) one floor up to the lobby of the Shaw Auditorium
  2. Entrance from Vancouver Island Conference Centre (VICC) Parkade. Please see below for specific instructions.      

**For security reasons, this entrance will be locked 15 minutes after the scheduled start time for the film. There will be no admission to the films after this time.

 VICC Parking 

  1. Enter the parkade at 101 Gordon Street (google map here) and proceed to level P2 (most P1 spaces are reserved). Choose your parking spot as soon after entering the P2 level as possible.
  2. Use the elevator entrance with P2 circled in BLUE (NOT the one with P2 circled in RED) as illustrated in the photo below. 

Additional info on downtown parking: Click Here

Fees at Conference Centre Parkade  

Parking rates are:  

  • Each 1 hour or portion $ 0.75 
  • Each 1 hour after 2 hours $1.00 
  • Each 12 hours $7.00 


Map showing location of Vancouver Island Conference Centre


The entrance at 80 Commercial Street - this is our designated entrance for NIFSS attendees

80 Commercial Street Entrance

Enter the parkade at 101 Gordon Street and proceed to level P2 (most P1 spaces are reserved). Choose your parking spot as close as possible to the entrance to the P2 Level (with the Blue P2 sign).


North West Entrance from Parking Garage (P2 Level)