A bit of buffoonery
Last year’s production of Buffoon at the Tarragon | Photo courtesy of Cylla von Tidemann
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October 19 2020 Culture Persian sounds on Canadian shores
Iranian-Canadian musician and composer Saeid Kooshki. | Photo courtesy of Saeid Kooshki
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October 5 2020 Community Funny? What’s funny?
Online dating may give us the ability to connect with people across the world, but it can also present barriers. One University of British Columbia’s (UBC) study found that understanding …
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October 5 2020 Columns The Senate honours Canadian Black artists
Stolen Identities – a painting by Nigerian-Canadian artist Yisa Akinbolaji – was installed in the Senate of Canada Building on …
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October 5 2020 Culture Nilofar Shidmehr A poetic and unflinching voice illuminating Iranian women’s stories
A girl torn between her curiosity for a young maid and her need to maintain her higher social class; a sister torn between her love for her brother and her duty to herself and to a country that asks…
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October 5 2020 Culture Alisa Blanc: raising the musical bar
Alisa Blanc, B.C.-based francophone singer-songwriter | Photo courtesy of Kaori Kasai
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September 21 2020 Community Advice for BIPOC individuals working in ecology and evolutionary biology
A co-authored article published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, an online science journal, outlines career strategies for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) researchers working in …
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September 21 2020 Local CommuniCreate builds newcomer youths’ confidence and community connections
The 2018 statistics from the Surrey Local Immigration Partnership show that youth make up over 60% of the area’s newcomer population. However, unlike for adult newcomers, there are limited options…
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September 21 2020 Culture The Sky on The Skin A call to discuss the global pandemic of misogyny through theater and performance
Set to premiere in Vancouver in 2021, Santiago Farías Calderón’s translation of Mexican playwright Edgar Chías looks at different forms of abuse towards women as it invites the audience to …
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September 21 2020 Art A ninja with a cause
“I think by doing this kind of work I’m helping everyone a bit and helping make the world a better place,” says Laura Rivera, the creator of Ninja X, a self-published children’s graphic …