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January 6 2025 selected World Braille Day: Increasing accessibility for the visually impaired
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December 9 2024 Religion Connecting with Filipino culture through Simbang Gabi
Filipino Ministry celebrations. | Photo courtesy of Archdiocese of Vancouver
As the year winds down, people look for signs of divine intervention to give them inner strength. Simbang Gabi, a …
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December 9 2024 International Celebrating World Arabic Language Day Arabic: An evolving language
World Arabic Language Day returns on Dec. 18, commemorating the 1973 decision to make Arabic one of the official languages of the United Nations. For Nesrine Basheer, assistant professor of teaching…
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December 9 2024 Local Fishing into the past: The local history of Finn Slough
The impressions of a community frozen in time is what inspired Guy Taylor to research the historical Finnish Settlement in Richmond known as Finn Slough. Winner of Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s …
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December 9 2024 Community Lucia and other Swedish Christmas traditions: A light in the dark
No chimneys here, but plenty of glögg, lussekatter, smorgasbord – and Disney. The Scandinavian Community Centre Society (SCCS) will host a diverse line-up of holiday events this month, including …
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December 9 2024 Community A Kazakh (Qazaq) community: Sharing their culture and uniting their community
Recently appointed honorary consul for Kazakhstan in B.C., Darren Klinck, says that in addition to assisting Kazakh citizens and strengthening economic ties between Kazakhstan and B.C., part of his …
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November 25 2024 Community Indigenous awareness in Cantonese - VPL’s Indigenous Considerations for Newcomers to Canada
Vancouver Public Library’s (VPL) relatively new (2022) Indigenous Considerations for Newcomers to Canada (ICNC) program is designed to educate newcomers about Canada’s Indigenous history and …
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November 25 2024 Media The future of artificial intelligence - Exploring human-centric innovations
DiPaola’s artwork made with assistance of AI. | Photo courtesy of Steve DiPaola
How can AI experts come together to dispel the panic around artificial intelligence (AI); and promote an ethical,…
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November 25 2024 Local Helping newcomer parents navigate language and cultural differences
“It takes a village to raise up a child. In case of newcomer children – it may take more than one village, and also extra resources and support,” says Valerie Lai, manager of Pacific Immigrant…