Cultural Spotlight - Building fish traps, building community
Brazilian mathematics educator Marcelo C. Borba once compared the visualization of ethnomathematics to a forest ‘in which each tree would be considered as a different expression of …
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April 26 2021 Art Leena Manro: transforming a corporate and community culture through arts
The YWCA has released the inspiring nominees for the Women of Distinction Awards and will announce the winners on June 7 at their virtual gala. One of this year’s nominees, Leena Manro, truly …
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April 26 2021 Culture Someone Like Me- The challenges of queer solidarity in Vancouver
In the documentary Someone Like Me, when a queer group of strangers unite to support a gay Ugandan man seeking
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April 26 2021 Culture Festival du Bois - Sirène et Matelot’s Acadian roots run deep
Lennie Gallant and Patricia Richard tap deep into their Acadian roots, as their music balances a sincere concern for global and environmental issues with the spirit of modern upbeat Acadian …
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April 12 2021 Culture Cultural Spotlight:Festival du Bois - A glimpse into the musical community
Photo courtesy of Le Winston Band
Festival du Bois is the largest celebration of French Canadian and francophone music and culture in B.C. Traditionally held in Coquitlam, this vibrant …
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April 12 2021 Community Working towards a violence-free society
There is no vaccine for domestic violence. But that has not deterred Balbir Gurm from working to prevent relationship violence. “It’s not a shadow pandemic, it was a pandemic before COVID came …
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April 12 2021 Culture Hong Kong pro-democracy movement through an artist’s lens
“As the Chinese government puts more measures and efforts into silencing its people in Hong Kong or elsewhere, we over here have the privilege to speak up and with this privilege we have a …
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April 12 2021 Art Farahnaz Samari, artist taking inspiration from the city
Farahnaz Samari’s series, Living on the edge, is inspired by and an ode to the city of Vancouver. | Photo courtesy of Farahnaz Samari
It has been more than 25 years since Iranian-Canadian …
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March 22 2021 Community Cultural Spotlight - An Indigenous healing connection to the land
Suicide among Canada’s Indigenous people is disproportionally higher than in the non-Indigenous population according to a survey done by Statistics Canada (2011–2016). Less well known are the …
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March 22 2021 Culture Let’s go: Skoden Indigenous Film Festival
Carr Sappier, SFU School for the Contemporary Arts (SCA) film grad, says the Skoden Film Festival revolves around the Truth and Reconciliation Act but that there are also a variety of themes beyond …