Brown Girl Guilt
Harpo 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…
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June 6 2022 Culture Pass Over: A much-needed story
Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu has created a new and powerful play which merges the brutal realities that many people are living in with the classic play Waiting for Godot by playwrightSamuel Becket.…
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May 23 2022 Community A mural for Reconciliation
Photo courtesy of Port Coquitlam
Even though Reconciliation can be a daunting and confounding subject, Port Coquitlam’s Riverside Secondary School’s art department decided to engage with it …
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May 23 2022 Issues & Ideas Basic Income is an affordable and compassionate response to poverty
An act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income has been introduced to the House of Commons (C-223) by MP Leah Gazan, and in the Senate (S-233) by Senator Kim Pate. The …
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May 23 2022 Art Retornar - A world where queer latinamericans survive and live past the crisis of power - Retornar
“After a big war driven by an extreme exploitation of natural resources, Retornar (Spanish for to return / to come back) narrates the story of the last survivors on Earth and their forced journey …
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May 23 2022 Culture Humour permeates history play
In Yellow Fever, a play written by R.A. Shiomi, central character Sam Shikaze investigates the disappearance of the ‘Cherry Blossom Queen.’ The drama is set in the 1970s on Powell Street and …
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May 23 2022 Culture Whale songs mingle with soulful harmonies
Separation, both animal and human, from the natural world needs to be healed through musical connection, says Leah Abramson, singer-songwriter/composer of Songs For a Lost Pod. Using orca …
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May 9 2022 Community Gender diversity added to data in Canada
In 2017, the Canadian government amended the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canadian Criminal Code to protect individuals from discrimination and hate crimes based on gender identity and …
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May 9 2022 Columns Now is the time for Canada’s feminist foreign policy
When Ukrainian and Russian representatives meet to attempt to negotiate a way out of the crisis, the absence of women from those tables is glaring. Yet research shows that peace accords are more …
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May 9 2022 Culture DOXA Festival - Hello World presents new questions on what it means to be queer within the schooling system
“Being able to give kids positive queer role models at the same age is important,” says director Kenneth Elvebakk about Hello World.
“When I was young, not even Elton John was openly gay. …