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Book clubs are more than just forums for reading lovers to share ideas about literary works: they can also be venues for immigrants to reconnect with their own cultures, or for speakers of several languages to strengthen their bond with a culture that is not originally their own.
How do you help a child with social anxiety so strong they won’t leave the car for their mentoring appointment? Staff at the Learning Disabilities Association of Vancouver (LDAV) found a creative solution: run the first two sessions in the car.
Between 2008 and 2011, Welcome BC’s Welcoming and Inclusive Communities and Workplace Program (WICWP) funded 89 projects across 32 communities in B.C. aimed at promoting cross-cultural understanding and developing community partnerships.
With the increase in the number of food truck permits issued by the City of Vancouver, new trucks have steadily been popping up all over the city.
Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians all have to share the road.
Dialogue brought art to life at the Richmond Art Gallery on July 30 when the public got a chance to participate in a talkback session about its current exhibition, Landed.
Documentary to inspire revolution
Revolution, the documentary that sounds the alarm about humanity’s present self-destructing trajectory, will open in Vancouver theaters April 12, during Earth Day celebrations.
Springtime calls for some singing and dancing in the rain.
Off the main path along the waterfront of the Olympic Village, barely visible amidst the new spring growth, is “Canada’s North Star.
Around this time of year, thousands of 18 to 30-year-olds around the world apply to take part in International Experience Canada (IEC), a one or two year working holiday program.
Andrew Bhatti, 33, was only nine years old when he was sexually abused by his Big Brother from the Langley Big Brothers Association. The abuse continued until the age of 14. Bhatti is now an activist for male sexual abuse and a patient at the B.C. Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (BCSMSSA), the only one of its kind in B.C.
A year after the Liberal party approved a resolution for the legalization of marijuana during the last Biennial Convention, the party released its first draft policy paper on January 18, 2013.
The Burnaby region of the B.C. library system will expand its free computer training sessions with new classes for seniors starting February 2013.
