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Empowering children with learning disabilities is the backbone ideal to the SDC Blue Ribbon Foundation – a youth driven non-profit organization that uses integrative programs and activities to foster relationships. The organization’s youth leaders first established a legacy of compassion in the Greater Vancouver area, and operations have since expanded to the international level. A…
Leave it to Shop Wrong to pick up where others may have – regrettably – left off. Tucked away within the only kink on Hasting’s long, linear stretch across Vancouver, the shop on the corner of Vernon Street functions as a shop, studio space, art gallery and support network for the East Van community. The…
The Chinese community of the early 20th century played an integral role in Vancouver’s agricultural industry.
Domestic violence is an issue that plagues many women and communities, and Shashi Assanand has founded the Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society (VLMMFSS) to specifically tackle domestic violence in immigrant populations.
Until August 10, locals can support the City of Surrey’s work against domestic violence by wearing a purple handmade bracelet ($5) for sale at various Metro Vancouver locations.
The termination of federal funding for ESL programs could prevent some students from maximizing their employment opportunities, in turn damaging British Columbia’s economy as a whole.
Members of Vancouver’s Turkish-Canadian community came together this June to commemorate the first year anniversary of Turkey’s Gezi Park protest and civil unrest by dedicating trees, …
Fifteen years ago, on this month, Mamadou Gangué introduced Vancouver to The Source in the paper’s first editorial.
Thanks to the work of local historians and writers, the intertwined history of early Chinese migrants and B.C. First Nations is now being preserved and revitalized.
A tiny puppy, rescued in a marketplace in Mussoorie, India during a monsoon in 2003, inspired an organization that has since connected hundreds of Indian street dogs with grateful North American owners.
While ensuring access to clean water and adequate health care are key elements in the fight against global inequality, expanding access to information is also vital.
In the Middle East, hospitality is among the region’s chief virtues. One can easily get a taste of such hospitality by walking into the Middle Eastern Friendship Centre (the Centre) in Surrey.
In David Thompson Second School’s auditorium, students quietly watch a film about gendercide. But they aren’t quiet for long. The energetic high school students cheer boisterously as three of their classmates urge them to help raise money for their cause, GirlKind, an organization based out of Abbotsford. This fundraiser event is part of “Next Generation,”…
