Luc Mvono
Articles by Luc Mvono
The Chutzpah! Festival returns with new sounds and rediscovered history
October 28 2024 Cover StoryKommuna Lux. | Photo courtesy of Kommuna Lux
Be transported through time and space when the Chutzpah! Festival (Nov. 1–10) offers a chance for their audience to say what they think without …
Community Spotlight - Sharing the vibrance of Métis communities in British Columbia
September 9 2024 CommunityMillions across Canada and beyond will lace up this month to partake in the 44th annual run to commemorate Canadian legend Terry Fox. Yet, few are aware of Fox’s Métis heritage, or the Fox …
Collaboration for inclusion: How the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria reaches thousands yearly in the capital region
May 6 2024 selected“It takes a village to raise a child.” This adage has been appropriated countless times and in countless contexts to communicate the value of community-mobilizing efforts. Despite the cliché it…
Reflection, togetherness, creativity: “Udlot Udlot” at the Roundhouse
April 23 2024 CultureDrawing from the oeuvre of the Filipino composer José Maceda, the Vancouver-based non-profit Western Front invites the public to gather for a rare event: the opportunity to create a work of musical…
DIVERSEcity’s Women’s Leadership Forum puts the spotlight on leading in work and life
March 4 2024 CommunityWhat does it mean to be a woman leader today? That is one of the questions that DIVERSEcity Community Resources will explore at the Women’s Leadership Forum organized in partnership with local …
The Chutzpah! Festival back for a 22nd year in the Lower Mainland - A new invitation to laugh and to dwell
October 30 2023 Cover StoryBack for the 22nd year since its launch in 2001, the Lisa Nemetz Festival of International Jewish Performing Arts – better known as the Chutzpah! Festival – will return to Vancouver from Nov. …
Fostering an integrated society through English language support for Canada’s newcomer population
September 11 2023 Cover StoryIn a news release from January 2023, the Government of Canada credited the nation’s pandemic recovery “in large part to [their] approach to immigration”. Statistics Canada’s 2021 census …
How B.C.’s largest school district supports newcomer families
August 21 2023 Cover StoryEarlier this summer, The Source released an article in honour of World Refugee Day highlighting the extensive challenges refugee claimants face to be recognized and settle in Canada ranging from …
Refugees Welcome: making room for Metro Vancouver’s asylum seekers in a tight rental market
July 10 2023 ImmigrationIn the years leading up to the pandemic, the Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia (ISSofBC) noted accelerated arrival numbers of refugee claimants in Metro Vancouver. Though the COVID-19 …
The power of community – Language support for displaced Ukrainian children
June 26 2023 ImmigrationWhen then-Simon Fraser University (SFU) student Saba Fatemi and her peers won the 2019 SFU Student Community Engagement Competition with their “CommuniCreate” initiative – a program for …