Geoff Russ
Articles by Geoff Russ

Blue Monday, pandemic blues
January 10 2022 Cover StoryProtocols in place to keep us healthy from COVID can be mentally damaging. And with Blue Monday – the third Monday in January considered the most depressing day of the entire year – …

Creating: collectively and internationally
December 6 2021 ArtJust a little collaboration can give artists the juice needed for their creative process, encourages Alia Hijaab, an artist with Flavourcel. Solo work can be taxing for artists and Flavourcel seeks …

New relationship stressor: fidgeting
November 22 2021 LocalIf seeing someone fidget makes you anxious, then you might have misokinesia (hatred of movements). Sumeet Jaswal and Todd Handy, PhD want to find out why one in three people have such a profound …

Cultural Spotlight: The Indo-Fijian story in the Lower Mainland
November 8 2021 CommunityThe Indo-Fijians: Surrey’s Pocket of Paradise, the largely untold story of the Indo-Fijian community in the Lower Mainland is open to the public at the Museum of Surrey. The exhibit, created …

Big data and better solutions
October 25 2021 Cover StoryPhoto by gotoVan
World Science Day for Peace and Development is coming up next month. Simon Fraser University (SFU)’s Data for Good initiative is applying big data and artificial intelligence …

The Bridge Program is helping newcomer youth achieve success
October 4 2021 ImmigrationWhen the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Bridge Program, which helps newcomer youth in Canada adapt to their new surroundings and set meaningful goals for their …

Changed behaviour needed for reconciliation
September 20 2021 Local“Canada, by existence, is racist in that it exists because it was able to frame Indigenous peoples as primitive, non-political subjects incapable of owning land,” says Eva Jewell associate …

Advocates want more of B.C.’s - Black experience taught in schools
August 30 2021 Cover StoryPhoto courtesy of BC Black History Awareness Society
Calls to include British Columbia’s Black history in the public-school curriculum have grown over the past year. Many Black British …

Cultural Spotlight - The Hands of Knowledge: female perspective
August 16 2021 Community“The fact that these are women doing this work is great because look at the work, it’s phenomenal,” says artist Joanne Finlay. “It’s the knowledge that they carry, it’s the patience that…

Cultural Spotlight: Podcasting: space and storytelling
July 5 2021 CommunityPodcasting has been growing as a media format. Inspired by oral storytelling, Darylina Powderface will be joining it this summer with Aiysiniiksin: Keeping the Tradition Alive.
“I want to see …