Armenians celebrate their freedom
Serge Maranjyan, owner of Lamajoun, an Armenian bakery/cafe in Richmond which is usually busy on Victory and Peace Day. | Photo by …
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May 4 2020 Local Women of Vancouver: Melody Lim
Melody Lim, this year’s winner of Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize, was inspired by a local candle maker in Milos, Greece, in 2016. At a small local store, she “fell in love with the process …
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May 4 2020 International Fear and cooperation: during the dawn of globalization, and today
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought changes to people’s lives in an unprecedented way, all over the world. Travel restrictions, stagnant commerce and overloaded hospitals have not been the world …
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May 4 2020 Local Connecting people through languages
Lahore, Pakistan, 2014. | Photo courtesy of Anne Murphy
The online Language Sciences flash talks at the University of …
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May 4 2020 Culture Moral dilemmas in the time of a pandemic
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has instigated dramatic social and behavioral changes across the globe, and with them, new problems and debates arise, some of which present difficult moral choices for…
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April 20 2020 Community Om from home
Photo by Dan Walton
With no plans in place for a 2020 BC Buddhist Festival, Vesak celebrations – the annual holiday of … -
April 20 2020 Immigration Remembering an apology
When Vancouver’s Mayor Gregor Robertson and the city council headed off to Chinatown on April 22, 2018 to deliver a formal apology to the Chinese Canadian community for Vancouver’s history of …
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April 20 2020 Community Women of Vancouver: Carmen Rodríguez
Chilean-Canadian bilingual writer Carmen Rodríguez has been nominated for the YWCA Women of Distinction Award this year under the Arts, Culture & Design division for her trailblazing work in …
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April 20 2020 Local Psychologists study impacts of COVID-19
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been a watershed event for the world. It has brought drastic changes to all aspects of people’s lives, some temporary, some permanent. A new study, launched by UBC…
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April 6 2020 Community A celebration of the Chinese language
The United Nations celebrates one of its six official languages, Chinese, on April 20th. Chinese Language Day marks the contribution of the Chinese language and culture to world culture.
Jia Fei, …