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Canada is home to the fourth largest Jewish community in the world, and here in Vancouver there is a strong emphasis on Jewish culture in modern and traditional arts. [Read more…]
Aboriginal youth unite through social media
Aboriginal youth activism is on the rise. Across Canada, movements continue to gain momentum, driven both by those who have long been strident advocates for Aboriginal rights and by First Nations youth who may not have been motivated to be a part of the cause before. [Read more…]
Art helps define what it means to be “intercultural” and “multicultural”
Art has many definitions, but it is fundamentally used as a means of communication, one that can even transcend cultural boundaries. [Read more…]
Cultural Calendar
There’s still opportunity for some holiday cheer as the 6th Annual Russian Christmas will be happening this month. Other notable events include the theatrical performance, The Theory of Everything, and events that raise environmental awareness, Whale Shark Ecotourism in the Philippines, and Workshop: Energy Tonics. [Read more…]
Rick Tae: “Asian Americans and Asian Canadians are completely different.” – Guillaume Debaene
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. [Read more…]
Lantern Festival lights up darkest night of the year
On the darkest night of the year, Vancouver’s annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival brings beauty and creativity to five neighbourhoods in anticipation of the sun’s return and longer daylight hours. In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice is the time when the Tropic of Cancer is farthest away from the sun, marking the shortest day of the year, usually around Dec. 21. [Read more…]
Americans haven’t lost political identity in Canada
Mary Murphy, 64, is an American-born blogger who writes about the experiences of Americans in Canada. She has lived in British Columbia for 41 years, but has yet to obtain her Canadian citizenship. Despite her lengthy residency in Canada, she does not fully distinguish herself as either Canadian or American. However, for Murphy, like a lot of Americans living north of the 49th parallel, American issues and politics remain an important part of their lives. [Read more…]
Daughter of Che Guevara speaks in Vancouver
Dr. Aleida Guevara was only seven years old when her father, famous Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara, was executed. She laments that she was unable to spend much time with him, and has few stories about her childhood with him. [Read more…]
Canadian Films a Must-See at VIFF
Two B.C.-born, Vancouver-based film-makers are turning heads at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival. Actor and producer Chad Willett, 41, is showing his latest film Becoming Redwood, which just took Best Canadian Feature at the Edmonton International Film Festival. [Read more…]
Peruvian silver sails onto the West Coast
Luminescence: The Silver of Peru is a first-of-its-kind exhibition at The Museum of Anthropology at UBC. The exhibit, presented this fall, combines Latin American history and contemporary art. [Read more…]
