Be you, here
I come from a very settled place. It’s a city, but it feels like a town. I know families who have lived in the same neighbourhoods for generations and grandparents who attended the same high …
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March 18 2019 Columns -
March 4 2019 Verbatim Discovering the Pacific Northwest
I remember running in the rain along the Arbutus Greenway – an old railway line converted into a pedestrian and bicycle path – and despite the pouring rain that had plagued the city for weeks, a …
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February 18 2019 Verbatim Now I’m surrounded by mountains
For a while it had become my daily routine to get lost in the streets of Vancouver. One minute I would be asking a stranger for directions and the next, I would be zooming in on Google Maps just to …
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February 4 2019 Verbatim I found respect everywhere
To go on a quest for a comforting place outside of one’s home is essential. To leave your hometown, to discover the world and to then share your experiences – all to enlighten the dreamy eyes of …
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January 21 2019 Verbatim Every city is a world on its own
Those who travel frequently expose themselves to the nuances of each new “world” even when they exist in a shared country. From the true metropolitan cities to small, mountainside villages each …
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January 7 2019 Verbatim A small rivalry persists – who can be more francophone than the other?
“The important thing is to just be passing through.” Eugene Dabit
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January 7 2019 Columns Holiday Greetings from Montreal
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December 10 2018 Verbatim A small-town girl captivated by diversity
I grew up in a rural community in southern Ontario. I grew up knowing every person that lived on my long country road, and I had gone to school with the same group of kids from kindergarten to grade …
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November 19 2018 Verbatim Emigration to Vancouver - A study in other cultures
To those who ask me to describe it, I like to compare Vancouver to the forests that surround it and through which I travel so often. Cedars, pines, cypresses – so many varieties make up this green…
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November 5 2018 Online Special Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube
Merging Lakota traditions with so-called Western influences, while using a powerful “mix, meld and mash” approach, Claxton addresses the oppressive legacies of colonialism by critiquing …