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It doesn’t take long to remember the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes filled the skies as the seemingly impenetrable golden gates of Pearl Harbour collapsed into the Pacific Ocean. [Read more…]
On March 3, the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC (AMSSA) will be holding its eighth Diversity Health Fair. To the surprise of many, health care and diversity are in fact two very closely related topics. [Read more…]
From the very beginning of Sadie Kuehn’s entrance into the world, her life was marked by diversity, challenges and expectation. She was part of the Black middle class and raised Catholic in what she says was a predominantly southern Baptist family. [Read more…]
Eric Wong has dedicated his entire life to diversity and human rights, and in November of 2011 he was recognized for his efforts with a Honourable Mention at the 2011 Cultural Harmony Awards. [Read more…]
Though it’s been recognized as Vietnam’s business enclave for decades, The City of Vancouver has only recently approved the designation of “Little Saigon” on Kingsway between Fraser and Nanaimo streets. [Read more…]
The Buddhist teachings at the Shambhala Centre on Heather St. and 17th Ave., don’t come from your typical monk in crimson coloured robes. Instead the Universal teachings of dignity, intelligence and diversity come from Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a Tibetan meditation master who taught thousands, smoked cigarettes and created (and led) his own army; at times doing all three while wearing full military regalia, creating paradoxes wherever he set foot. [Read more…]
Mug shots are a new sight at the corner of Robson and Granville. No, we’re not talking about an accusatory collage dedicated to shaming participants of the 2011 Stanley Cup Riots. The faces outside of the Sears’ building, have been dead for decades. [Read more…]
The numbers 211 are not regularly dialed on most people’s phones. Its better known cousin, 411, is so common that it’s become a phrase of its own: “Give me the 411.” But for more in depth information it seems you are better off dialing 211. [Read more]
Neighbourhoods in and around Vancouver’s lower mainland don’t look the same as they used to 10 years ago, not to mention 50 years ago. [Read more]
A couple of weeks ago 1 had the honor to be a part of an odd little matriarchal society named Alpha. Its inhabitants, the Alphan, are known to be easygoing fun-loving people who simply love each other’s company. [Read more…]
Chinatown is celebrating its vitality. Two parallel running blacks in Keefer and Pender Streets are transformed into an open market weekend evenings, putting a new mask on Chinatown from now to the end of September. [Read more…]
