Betty Shea
Articles by Betty Shea

Ancient routes and new directions: The 21st century Silk Road
January 22 2018 InternationalProfessor and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Political Economy of Global Communications at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Yuezhi Zhao will speak at the next SFU …

The art of building trust
January 8 2018 CommunityYoriko Gillard, artist and PhD student in Language and Literacy Education at UBC, will be presenting KIZUNA: Past-Present-Future (A Tribute to Japanese Canadian Community) at the Nikkei National …

Designs on sustainability
December 4 2017 EconomyAlisa Yao wants to help others adopt a more sustainable lifestyle through her work. A fourth-year product design student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) and an entrepreneur, Yao creates …

Building community connections through words and deeds
November 20 2017 Cover Story Photo courtesy of Greater Vancouver Food Bank
The 2016 census data released this year reveals that roughly one in five …

Economics: A look beyond markets
September 11 2017 EconomyMany welfare projects fail because targeted beneficiaries refuse to participate. In these situations, Nathan Nunn, Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics at Harvard University, argues that cultural…

Adapting foreign degrees to local requirements
August 28 2017 Cover Story Photo courtesy of ISSofBC
Benjamin Franklin once said that ‘an investment in knowledge pays the best interest,’ and many …

An upward spiral to success
July 10 2017 CommunityEvery year for the past nine years, the RBC Royal Bank and the Canadian Immigrant magazine co-present the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants awards. The awards celebrate the achievements of Canadian …

Summer jobs light up career paths
June 12 2017 Community 2016 DIVERSEcity Youth Education and Job Fair. | Photo courtesy of DIVERSEcity
For many youth, the transition from studying …

Youth look for fulfilling careers
May 29 2017 Cover Story Photo courtesy of S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
In December 2016, Stats Canada published Perspectives on the Youth Labour Market in Canada, …

Education transforms a life
April 24 2017 ÉducationAs part of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s Together project, the Vancouver Public Library will be hosting an evening of storytelling on May 2. An international Masters student at Simon Fraser …