Indigenous heritage in an age of commercialism
The topic of cultural appropriation pops up from time to time in local and international media, sparking various reactions and debates.
The complexities of cultural appropriation will be addressed …
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March 7 2016 Culture “Doost” (Friend): Initiating spiritual conversations on stage
Various actors, dancers and musicians from Doost | Photo by Lisa WuNeworld Theatre founder Camyar Chai will be returning to…
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March 7 2016 selected The once and future past of the West End
In 1900, when the two houses at Davie & Jervis Streets (on the right side of this picture) were built, the West End was sparsely populated. It was a gentler place of rolling hills and scrub …
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February 22 2016 Community Immersion programs revitalize First Nation languages
With only seven fluent speakers left in the Squamish Nation, Khelsilem is in a hurry to prevent his language from becoming extinct.
Khelsilem is the program director and founder of Kwi Awt Stelmexw,…
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February 22 2016 Community Resilience: Arts in action
Members of the Punjabi community of British Columbia during an art-based dialogue for the Enacting Resilience project | Photo courtesy …
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February 22 2016 Culture Festival du Bois features local talent Alouest
Alouest: a newer take on traditional music. | Photo courtesy of AlouestThe 27th annual Festival du Bois will be hosted by …
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February 22 2016 Culture Crossing the bridge without fear: Taking a step to new places, new faces, new ideas
Itai Erdal, playwright and actor | Photo by Emily CooperItai Erdal’s play, A Very Narrow Bridge, explores the immigrant …
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February 8 2016 Community Race Literacies: Giving the spotlight to Canadian black scholars
Painting by Zeal HarrisAlthough Canada has a multicultural policy, not all perspectives are represented equally in …
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February 8 2016 Immigration Making sense of migration’s forces
The mass migration of Syrians fleeing their war-torn country has forced the international community to act urgently in response to the crisis. A panel of five Vancouver scholars and writers will …
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February 8 2016 Art Stories told through a multitude of mediums
School children at the Vancouver Japanese Language School at work on their Things (November, 2015). | Photo by Sara Sampson…