Snowshoeing for a cause
The 9th annual Snowshoe race is back. This year, the organizers are partnering with Jack.org, a mental health charity empowering young leaders to revolutionize mental health.
Hundreds of people, from…
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February 18 2019 Local Martin Luther King’s teachings about civil disobedience
“Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one’s whole being into the being of another,”…
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February 4 2019 Local Studying love bigger than race
Jennifer Adkins is a public scholar at UBC engaged in researching interracial relationships and social ideas about race.
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January 21 2019 Local Pesky fruit flies save lives
The fruit fly, those tiny winged insects that cluster and circulate over fruit bowls with ripening fruit, deserve a lot more respect. Local genetics researchers are using fruit flies to understand …
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January 7 2019 Local Recognition for a teacher and a community leader
Among the 2018 Civic Merit Award recipients, Leonora Angeles PhD. and associate professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), was recognized for her academic and community work on …
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December 10 2018 Local Supporting the artistic future of women of colour
The Future is You and Me, an interdisciplinary workshop series focusing on leadership brings together aspiring artists, who happen to be women of colour, says Kristen Cheung.
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December 10 2018 Local From Syria to Vancouver
Mohammed Alsaleh, a refugee advocate nominated by RBC as one of 2018’s top 25 Canadian immigrants, works as the B.C. trainer for the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP) to guide new …
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November 19 2018 Local Innovative projects lead to award
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Alex Beim, founder of Tangible Interaction, was this year’s recipient of the … -
November 19 2018 Local Exploring the notion of a Muslim world
To discuss the idea of a ‘Muslim world,’ a second lecture is being delivered at Simon Fraser University (SFU) as part of the 2018–2019 lecture series. The talk will discuss assumptions about …
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November 19 2018 Local Cooking for a good cause
Photo courtesy of Coast Mental Health
Coast Mental Health will be holding its very first Guest Chef Night fundraising event…