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Millions across Canada and beyond will lace up this month to partake in the 44th annual run to commemorate Canadian legend Terry Fox. Yet, few are aware of Fox’s Métis heritage, or the Fox family’s embrace of their Métis identity in their advocacy for Cancer research. According to Lorelei Lyons, founder of the organization 2…
“Open your mind, open your heart, and try to be engaged with whatever initiative is happening around you,” says Claudia Diaz-Diaz, assistant professor of leadership studies at the University of Victoria, of her approach to climate justice and anti-colonial education. For Diaz-Diaz, decolonizing classrooms involves more than intellectualism – it also requires learning about our…
Math is one of those subjects that, no matter how much you practice, there is always more to learn. The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre is home to preserving Japanese Canadians’ history and heritage, which includes the abacus, a hand-operated calculating tool used to perform mathematical functions dating back to the 2nd century BC.…
The International Day for People of African Descent serves as an opportunity to highlight the experiences of the African diaspora around the world. Celebrated annually on Aug. 1, the UN-recognized date offers a chance to showcase and reflect on those experiences, including those with Vancouver and British Columbia as a whole. Like most things in…
As war rages on in Ukraine, an annual day to celebrate the country’s independence approaches. Ukrainian Independence Day has been celebrated annually on August 24 since 1991, the first anniversary of the Ukrainian parliament’s declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. Since that time, both residents of Ukraine and its diaspora have marked the day…
Founded in 1996 by the Canadian Government, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) was created as part of the Japanese Canadian Redress agreement, and meant to reaffirm the principles of justice and equity for all throughout the country. In that time, the organization has sought to affirm those principles through a variety of workshops, action…
The City of Burnaby’s annual Environmental Awards were recently celebrated, recognizing individuals and associations that have had an environmental impact on their community. In the category of Community Stewardship, Irene Lau, acting chair for the board of directors for the Burnaby Lake Park Association (BLPA), was acknowledged for outstanding environmental achievements contributing to environmental stewardship,…
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation supports immigrants by helping them receive opportunities to start their life in Canada. As a recent report from Statistics Canada shows, temporary foreign workers in Canada are more consistently transitioning into permanent residency, compared to previous cohorts in years prior. As such, organizations like S.U.C.C.E.S.S. look to play a key role in enabling…
The COVID-19 pandemic arguably represents society’s most unexpected turn of events in recent memory. Lockdowns and quarantines had people searching for ways to pass time – cue the resurgence of chess, a timeless board game that has always found its place within culture, but has made a particularly notable splash among youth in recent years.…
Created in 2014 by the United Nations General Assembly, July 15 marks World Youth Skills Day, a day to highlight the value and importance of enabling young people to thrive in developing their skills for employment, work and entrepreneurship. Since then, World Youth Skills day events have looked to offer an opportunity for various entities,…
In challenging our use, accessibility and attachments to space and how to design equitably and with inclusivity, the Museum of Vancouver is inviting community members to participate in ResiStories: Building Community Futures on June 29. The panel brings together moderator and political geographer, Eugene McCann, along with three members of University of British Columbia’s (UBC)…
As the month of June ends and the beginning of July approaches, there’s at least one cultural celebration on the horizon that most Canadians are familiar with, bringing along with it a host of parades, events, concerts and celebrations to mark the day. But what Canada Day celebrators might not realize is that there are…
Diversity in Games (DIG) is a Vancouver-based organization that’s looking to build spaces to promote talent diversity and the advancement of underrepresented people in the video game development industry. Dani Merrithew, co-organizer of DIG and a lead game designer at Blizzard Entertainment, says that the organization started in Vancouver 12 years ago out of the…
