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January 11 2016 Columns So many languages...
Who knew that a choice made at the age of 11 would impact my personal and professional life for many long years? French is my mother tongue, so what would I choose to study as a second language? I …
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December 7 2015 Columns Musings from overseas
Photo courtesy of Brenna TempleLast October in Australia I fumbled over a ballot I ordered from overseas. Feeling …
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November 23 2015 Columns Belonging to a greater community
When we think about Vancouver as one of the most multicultural and diverse cities in the country it’s important to consider how this diversity is represented in the social and geographical makeup …
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November 2 2015 Columns The #49 bus route and Vancouverites
Bus #49 at UBC loop | Photo by Stephen Rees (via flickr)The most revealing experience of Vancouver’s cultural plurality …
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October 18 2015 Columns What does diversity mean?
My conscious life essentially began when I moved to Saskatchewan, just in time to begin kindergarten. There it seemed that cultural diversity didn’t mean quite as much as it does here in British …
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October 5 2015 Columns Diversity + creativity + strong economy = multiculturalism
The title of this piece is the main equation which defines the people of Vancouver and the foundations of its growth. According to the Canada 2011 Census, 603,502 citizens live in Vancouver and this …
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September 21 2015 Columns Living the multicultural life
Living the full duration of my 17 years in metro Vancouver, I have always been immersed in the cultural diversity this city embodies. My first day of kindergarten at Sir William Osler Elementary, I …
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http://www.crossed-flag-pins.comSeptember 7 2015 Verbatim A Belgian traveller’s tale
Image by http://www.crossed-flag-pins.comDo I have a valid passport? Why doesn’t the lady from the office answer? Will …
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August 24 2015 Columns “Multiculturalism is new to me”
Born in Zimbabwe to a white family in the 1980s, I was kept mostly separate from native, black Zimbabweans – albeit less so than a generation before. As I grew up and attended a racially integrated…