From Prairie to Coastline, Culture Shock Knows No Bounds
Eight years ago I made the move from Edmonton, Alberta here to Vancouver. I had considered my recent experience living in Mexico more than sufficient preparation for a simple move across the …
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September 24 2012 Columns French… and Canadian
Citizenship ceremonyPhoto by Mars Discovery District, FlickrOh Canada! It’s while singing the Canadian national anthem on …
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September 10 2012 Columns Everyone is polite, but also politely distant
Moving to Vancouver was surreal. It was also not an easy decision to make. You see, I was born and raised in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) – my family still lives there. I came to Vancouver to be …
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August 27 2012 Columns A breath of fresh air on the Pacific Coast
A Skytrain employee helps a transit user at Nanaimo Skytrain Station.Photo by Presley Perswain, FlickrImmigrating to …
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August 7 2012 Columns The Wilderness
The library in Pemberton, B.C. looks small where it sits, in the middle of a nearly empty road across from a makeshift park and a dirt pond. It consists of two sections that were haphazardly stitched…
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July 9 2012 Columns Cultural Belonging. What is it?
Boulogne-Billancourt, as seen from the Sein. - Photo by Giles Rambault, Flickr
Where do I belong and do I belong …
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June 18 2012 Columns Wildebeest and other things not Tasmanian
Most of the people I’ve met in Vancouver tell me that British Columbia is full of Australians. So, you’ve probably encountered a few of us sun-loving, beer-drinking folk who drive on the wrong …
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June 4 2012 Columns At the beginning, it doesn’t look like much, but then…
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Where to begin? Images and feelings start to blend, yet I have only been in Vancouver for…
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May 21 2012 Verbatim The tricky art of being Canadian
As someone who was born in Vancouver, I’m rarely identified as so. Upon first meeting people, they often stare quizzically at me when I say I’m Canadian. “Can’t be so,” they say, “you …
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April 30 2012 Verbatim From Québec to Vancity
I’ve always been fascinated by travel, but, I’ve never been tempted to get to know my own country. I’ve always preferred visits abroad to domestic flights.
No one is a prophet in his or her own …