Raman Kang
Articles by Raman Kang

The power of community
February 20 2023 Cover StoryEvery year Tricia-Kay Williams, CEO and registered clinical counsellor at Vancouver’s Metamorphose Counselling picks a word around which to centre her purpose and her goals. This year, that word …

Choosing forgiveness
January 9 2023 CultureHiro Kanagawa’s adaptation of Forgiveness invites us to discuss the divisive world we’ve come to live in and why embracing forgiveness is so important.
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A fire in the forest
November 7 2022 CultureNever in nature does one see different animals come together in a small space with tolerance. Then again, never in nature has anyone seen so many forest fires.
JMar Electric’s The …

The 22 per cent
August 22 2022 CultureRealwheels Theatre began as a professional theatre company with a mandate to create and produce performances that deepen understanding of disability, but they didn’t stop there.
Twenty two per …

Brown Girl Guilt
June 6 2022 LocalHarpo Mander has always said, “You can’t become what you can’t see.” That’s why when she found herself working at an unfulfilling job, where she wasn’t able to fully express herself, she…

An experiment in optimism
April 25 2022 CultureThe importance of valuing young people, by addressing their hidden fears, is an idea Valerie Methot, executive director at Some Assembly Theatre company, supports. Methot, who overcame being an …

White Noise: a dinner to remember
March 21 2022 CultureWhite Noise is a comedic look at how we navigate through the story of Canada | Photo courtesy of Savage Society
What kind of stories are people drawn to? Are they ones about hope, change, …

A rough road towards equality, democracy and freedom in Africa
February 7 2022 CultureGregory Maqoma’s Via Kanana opens with one word projected onto a white screen: corrupt.
The Soweto-born choreographer brings together the traditional township dance of pantsula with …

Virtual Humanity: a Two Spirit & Indigiqueer online experience
November 22 2021 ArtDuring this pandemic, people have had to stick to their own little bubbles, but deep-rooted issues of colonization may have been causing people to do this for much longer than they realize. With …

Cultural Spotlight: A dream come true
August 30 2021 CommunityIt was all a dream – literally. Rebecca Lyon was in the middle of pursuing her PhD in Indigenous studies when she had a dream about a jacket, unlike any she had ever worn.
“One of our …