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The Korean population is now one of the most dynamic and visible communities in Greater Vancouver. The vast majority retain their own language and often have close ties with their homeland. From Burnaby to Port Coquitlam, Korean supermarkets, offices, churches and restaurants are evident by their Korean-language signs and distinctive contributions to local industry. Through…
Promoting change through education, a Vancouver-based foundation is sponsoring several events this summer to spread awareness of the South Asian community. The Hari Sharma Foundation, formed by the estate of Hari Sharma in 2011, is an organization for the advancement of education on South Asia and the South-Asian presence in Canada. While focusing on labour…
Some teenage patients at BC Children’s Hospital will have a new tool to help manage their pain, thanks to a video game created by two SFU students. The video game Farmoo has received the green light for testing. If Henry Lo and Janice Ng, students in SFU Surrey’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT),…
June is Italian Heritage month in Canada and across the world. Metro Vancouver’s Italian community will be marking the occasion through numerous activities. Locally, the Italian Cultural Centre (Il Centro) has been promoting Italian culture, heritage and values in Vancouver since 1977 through a myriad of initiatives and events, including traditional cooking classes and the…
“We had no idea what we were doing,” says YWCA Young Woman of Distinction Award 2016 nominee, Tesicca Truong, “and that’s how I think most of these things start.” Truong has been interested in environmental sustainability since high school and has since been a part of creating the Plan-It Earth conference, the Vancouver Youth4Tap movement…
Community development leader Blanca Salvatierra will be facilitating a public event to encourage dialogue and connection in the city as part of 100In1Day civic engagement festival on June 4. A number of temporary ‘interventions’ will be underway across Vancouver during the festival, creating spaces for like-minded individuals to connect on topics like public art, recreation,…
In a city where diversity is extensive, it is no surprise that the month of May is dedicated to the various cultures existing in Vancouver. The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) will be hosting Vancouver Asian Heritage Month, a celebration of Asian culture and heritage. In recognition of the Philippine community, the North Vancouver…
Embracing each day despite health challenges is the premise for Zoya Jiwa’s website, As We Are Style. While navigating her own health conditions and inspired by the need for self-expression, she launched As We Are as a platform to share stories of how individuals with different physical and mental conditions cope through fashion. Jiwa enjoys…
Brian Truong, Hue Truong and Yen Ngyugen are all part of a non-profit organization called V3, a Vietnamese traditional dance performance group. They sat down with The Source to talk about Vietnamese culture and their desire to engage the next generation of Vietnamese-Canadians. “If you ask Vietnamese around here they will say that our community…
You may not know the face but you may recognize the voice. As host of Red 93.1FM’s Sunday radio program, Sade Bache SadaVirsa, Kanwalnain (Naina) Grewal says people have started noticing her in the past couple of years – even while she’s shopping for a brand of ketchup with her mother at the grocery store.…
The Greater Vancouver Bangladesh Cultural Association (GVBCA) has been promoting the Bangladeshi national culture and heritage in Vancouver since 2002, when several organizations merged to create a unitary association, with a variety of events such as concerts, annual picnics, an Independence Day celebration, International Mother Language Day and the Bengali New Year, which will be…
There is a First Nations belief that you carry your language within. You always possess it, but you just have to find it. Valerie Bob, a member of the Hul’q’umi’num’ peoples, is embarking on a four-year PhD study to improve knowledge of the relationship between traditional Coast Salish music and the endangered Salish language Hul’q’umi’num’.…
The Armenian Cultural Association of British Columbia (ACA) will be hosting a benefit concert on April 8 at Performance Works for Syrian-Armenian refugees arriving in Vancouver. The event is raising funds for 30 families, and will feature pieces by composers such as Khachaturian, Babajanian, and Gomidas. As the Syrian refugee crisis continues to escalate, various…
