Dressed in Black: From Africa to Canada
Images of early Black immigrants. | Photo courtesy of Vancouver Maritime Museum
Growing up in England, Lolly Bennett loved to…
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February 17 2020 Local Solidarity with animals in the city
Kedi explores gentrification issues, urban poverty as well as marginalized people in the urban space. | Photo courtesy of Haluk …
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February 17 2020 International Rosio Godomar, woman extraordinaire
According to various news media, social media and other sources, women in some parts of the world are denied basic rights. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2017), there is an average…
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February 17 2020 Local An italian meal to support mental health
Chef Tyler Uguccioni, along with a variety of current and past students from the Coast Mental Health Culinary Program will be serving a dinner benefitting the program at Social Crust Café on Feb. …
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February 3 2020 Community Embracing diversity in Black communities
The African Arts and Cultural Society presents the Regional Black Canadians Forum, a community forum focused on the International Decade for People of African Descent, from Feb. 6–Feb. 7 at the …
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February 3 2020 Local Mining and morality: upcoming lecture at UBC’s Green College
B.C.’s dependency on mining is set to increase in the future, creating a moral dilemma. The need to continue increasing the output of the mining sector for different materials, clashes with …
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February 3 2020 Local Hot chocolate, anyone?
“I wanted to create something that wasn’t your regular coffee shop,” says chef Elena Krasnova, owner of Mon Paris Patisserie.
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January 20 2020 Community Authors in discussion: Omar El Akkad and Esi Edugyan at SFU
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is set to host an event to discuss Esi Edugyan’s powerful book Washington Black. Omar El Akkad will participate in a discussion with Edugyan on Jan. 30 to unpack her …
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January 20 2020 Local Argotian: learning English in virtual reality
A partnership, between the English Language and Culture Program at Simon Fraser University and the tech start-up Virtro, results in a pilot program integrating artificial intelligence and virtual …
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January 6 2020 Community New Year celebrations across the globe
Jan. 1 may officially be New Year’s Day, but not all Canadians celebrate the new year on the same date.
Canadians from the Filipino, Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian and Tibetan communities greet the new…