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‘Racial passing’ is used to describe when an individual is accepted as a member of an ethnic group other than their own. In today’s world, does anyone choose to ‘pass’ as another race? Does the term ‘racial passing’ still merit any use? Jeff Chiba Stearns, 41, co-founded Hapa-Palooza Art Festival in 2011 with the objective…
“How many of you are underestimated because of your appearance?” A sharp-looking weight loss instructor asked his audience in Heavy Craving, a debut feature film by Taiwanese director Pei-Ju Hsieh that explores fat-shaming, mainstream beauty standards and the social pressure to conform through the protagonist’s struggle to lose weight. It is perhaps a fitting question…
Get inspired and learn about the action-packed lives of adventurers and explorers by watching breathtaking presentations and listening to incredible stories. Explore the world of wildlife photographers, professional hikers, and wilderness explorers at the Vancouver Convention Centre’s Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show (Feb. 29–Mar. 1). Emmett Sparling, one of the guest speakers, is a professional…
Despite global efforts to engage women and girls in science over the last 15 years, they continue to be excluded from full participation. Less than 30 per cent of researchers worldwide are women and UNESCO data shows that “only around 30 per cent of all female students select STEM-related fields in higher education”. To recognize…
Transforming a non-linear written essay into an interesting theatre performance with relevance, humour and meaning may seem like mission impossible, but Footnote Number 12, a recent experimental theatre piece created by Andrea Spreafico in Norway and further co-created with Theatre Replacement in Vancouver, attempted just that, and through it hoped to raise interesting questions on…
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), declaring 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health provides a “once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development.” The FAO notes that plants are critical…
Emblazoned in a red banner on the front page of every issue published by The Source this year are the words, “Celebrating 20 years in 2019.” To all of our readers – from those who have been with the newspaper since 1999 to those of you who are reading for the first time in 2019…
From the East Coast to the Pacific Northwest, Ethnographic Terminalia’s 11-city decade-long tour across North America has transcended physical boundaries as its five-member curatorial collective opens the conversation between art and anthropology, allowing attendees to intimately inhabit varied cultural spaces through creative bodies of work. As a locus physically embodying the themes that have, for…
Throughout history, schisms have been fueled by intolerance towards various differences. In 1996, the United Nations invited all member states to observe an annual UNESCO International Day for Tolerance on Nov. 16 in order to celebrate and further peace efforts globally. The Source has taken this opportunity to interview three Vancouver locals regarding the state…
Granville Island will be full of authors and literary enthusiasts for the 31st annual Vancouver Writers Fest. Attendees will be able to experience performances and readings from local artists as well as many from around the country and abroad from Oct. 21–27. Among the featured writers, poet Vuyo Mgoduka, author Philip Huynh, and author/illustrator Julie…
For better or for worse, the political arena has become the place where people look for understanding, representation, and solidarity. On October 21, Canadians will have the opportunity to either re-elect the current Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or usher in a new leader to redefine the country’s direction. Canadian values are thought to be…
Featuring more than 300 curated films from every corner of the world and a list of legendary creators and master craftspeople, the 38th edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will hit town between Sept. 26 to Oct. 11 with a fully packed schedule. “The festival is certainly evolving,” says Ken Tsui, lead producer and curator…
From the number of eggs in cakes to keeping score in sports, math is ever present. Though it plays a major role in nearly everything, people are rarely conscious of the math in our surroundings. In a digital age, invisible but omnipresent algorithms do everything from guessing which ads will be clicked on to operating…
