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What does it mean to be Asian in North America? This is the question raised by The Theory of Everything, a quirky, comical and philosophical play by award-winning Thai-American playwright, Prince Gomolvilas.
Years, days, minutes… when it comes to the important moments which build our lives, the scales of time involved often vary. In a matter of seconds on a morning in January 1990, George Pope’s life changed forever. While getting dressed to go to work, a violent headache suddenly knocked him out. Victim of a cerebral aneurysm, he was in a coma for two and a half days before learning that he would remain paralyzed for the rest of his life.
Well before he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, Elie Wiesel was just another series of numbers lost in the horror of the extermination camp of Auschwitz: A-7713. It was in the atrocities of Auschwitz that he lost several members of his family and some hope. At 83 years old, this native of Sighet, Rumania, continues to travel the world to testify and fight against indifference. Wiesel will be in Vancouver on Monday September 10 for a conference organized by the Jewish Federation.
Kenan Malik: “I am critical of multiculturalism precisely because I defend diversity”
“What’s wrong with multiculturalism?” This is the question that English writer, Kenan Malik, will try to answer on Sunday June 3 at a conference organized by the Laurier Institution. Before his lecture, the author of From Fatwa to Jihad (2009) and Strange Fruit (2008) compares the European and Canadian systems of integration.
As in any good scenario, Nikohl Boosheri’s life is molded by new developments and different points of view. Born in Pakistan from Iranian parents, the young actress grew up in Ontario before moving to Vancouver where she studied acting. She made her public debut in the movie Circumstance, last year, in which she played Atafeh, a young Iranian from Teheran in love with her best friend Shireen (Sarah Kazemy). [Read more…]
