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. …
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May 9 2022 Art Hip-hop in the digital age
Curated by Mark V. Campbell, Still Tho: Aesthetic Survival in Hip-Hop’s Visual Art, an exhibition presented by the Canada Council for the Arts features artwork by 13 cross disciplinary artists …
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April 25 2022 Culture Sharing stories, down the generations
Tsimshian artist and storyteller Roy Henry Vickers weaves a beautiful and simplistic tale inspired by his childhood in the Indigenous village of Kitkatla through Ben the Sea Lion, a children’s …
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April 25 2022 Community Creating culture with bannocks
Looking to connect with her Métis roots, Donna Lee started Bannock Queen Bakery in 2016 to share her culture. Alongside her husband Ray and son Michael, the family-run business operates from …
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April 25 2022 Culture Lampedusa – Fable or Truth?
Denise and Stefano live parallel lives as they are forced to sacrifice human qualities to survive in a place that is controlled by the one per cent. The characters in Lampedusa create a friendship…
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April 25 2022 Culture Dance and poetry meet to narrate the internment and dispossession of Japanese-Canadians
Kunji Mark Ikeda uses family stories and artistic expression to navigate challenging life experiences in Sansei: The Storyteller at the Chan Centre Apr. 28–29. The show follows Ikeda as he …
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April 11 2022 Religion Easter: religious rites blend with culture
Various religious communities of Metro Vancouver are observing the Holy Week, this month, which starts on Palm Sunday and culminates in the Easter celebration on Apr. 17, this year.
The Christian…
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April 11 2022 Columns A national child-care program: it took a pandemic
One of the most meaningful outcomes of the pandemic is the long-awaited establishment of a national program to provide high-quality, affordable child care. Advocates argue that this $30-billion …
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April 11 2022 Art SuperNova - Intergalactic personas and character studies to discuss and provoke the authenticity of culture
Hosted by the grunt gallery, Canadian-Iranian visual artist Rah’s new show suggests discussions that, acting as parody, essentialize qualities that validate ethnicized and racialized experiences …