Indigenizing The Museum of Vancouver
The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is one of the country’s largest and oldest civic history museums, with a long history dating back to the late nineteenth century.
Today if one visits the museum, …
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November 8 2021 Community Cultural Spotlight: The Indo-Fijian story in the Lower Mainland
The Indo-Fijians: Surrey’s Pocket of Paradise, the largely untold story of the Indo-Fijian community in the Lower Mainland is open to the public at the Museum of Surrey. The exhibit, created …
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November 8 2021 Local The Media Girlfriends -Starting a podcast company during the pandemic - The Media Girlfriends
The Media Girlfriends is a podcast company led by Nana aba Duncan, Hannah Sung and Garvia Bailey, three women of colour who use storytelling and journalism to present and honour the voices of those …
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November 8 2021 Community Racial bullying in schools – a grim picture
An estimated 58 per cent of Canadian youth (12–18 years old) declare they have seen kids bullied based on their race or ethnicity at school, according to an August 2021 survey data, in partnership…
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November 8 2021 Community Challenging the status quo: Inequities in a pandemic
A better world has at its foundation the return to values learned in childhood, says academic-activist Manjeet Birk, PhD.
“These values are interconnected to larger issues of social justice, …
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October 25 2021 Community Cultural Spotlight - Turkish Republic Day celebrations, Turkish-Canadian friendship and art
The Turkish-Canadian Society is releasing a video program online on Oct. 29 to celebrate the Turkish-Canadian Friendship and the Turkish Republic Day, an annual holiday that is celebrated by Turkish…
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October 25 2021 Local Design to better authenticate citizen journalism
Citizen journalism has become more and more prominent in the era of social media, where sometimes news is being disseminated real-time on the spot through eyewitness reports before they even reach …
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October 25 2021 Immigration PIRS offers a helping hand to Afghan women and children
“The news coming out of Afghanistan is about how women leaders are fleeing for their lives, and girls are being denied the right to education,” says Holly Benna, Pacific Immigrant Resources …
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October 4 2021 Community Cultural Spotlight - Sonya Lalli – a writer breaks from conventions
Canadian-born author of Indian heritage Sonya Lalli is this year’s Richmond’s writer-in-residence. She writes novels aimed at diverse groups, and in her novels, she covers topics like …
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October 4 2021 Immigration The Bridge Program is helping newcomer youth achieve success
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Bridge Program, which helps newcomer youth in Canada adapt to their new surroundings and set meaningful goals for their …