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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…]
Since the Official Languages Act was passed in 1969, Canada has had two official languages: English, and French. In theory, it was designed to ensure easy access to all services in either language. In practice, it has meant that the divide between Francophone and Anglophones has stretched ever further, with little incentive to bridge that gap at all, either culturally or linguistically. [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…]
With the United States’ recent rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, the debate around the construction and expansion of oil pipelines in B.C. has seen renewed vigour. Enbridge’s proposal to build the Northern Gateway project, which would see a twin pipeline running from Bruderheim, Alta. to the coastal city of Kitimat, B.C., would help expand Canada’s current oil exports to a growing Asian market. According to Greenpeace Canada, however, the potential environmental costs would far outweigh any benefits. [Read more…]
At this time last year, a memorial was unveiled at Halifax’s Pier 21 to mark the spot where the M.S. St. Louis would have docked in 1939, offering 907 German Jews security on Canadian soil. “Would have” are the key words. Canada turned the ship away, refusing entry to the passengers onboard. Of the 907 Jews returning to an uncertain fate in Europe, 254 did not survive the Holocaust. The memorial, appropriately called The Wheel of Conscience, is meant to shed light on a dark corner of Canadian history. [Read more…]
If you live in Canada, your chances of being attacked by a beaver are higher than your chances of being an innocent victim of violent crime. According to Statistics Canada, crime of all types has been decreasing steadily over the past few decades. [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…]
Annick Forest’s fondest memory of her time in Burkina Faso was the occasion she visited Yokuna with a theatre troupe. The journey took her across the countryside and along rustic roads. Fields of cotton, millet, and corn paved the way to the tiny village where the actors, members of REVS+, a Burkinabe AIDS group, were scheduled to perform. She described Yokuna in an interview with The Source as a place where time seemingly stood still. [Lire la suite…]
Opinions continue to differ in regards to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s Dec. 12 decision to introduce new rules that require new Canadians to uncover their faces while obtaining their citizenship. The new rules are directly aimed at Muslim women. [Read more…]
A relatively new grassroots project is aiming to increase the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people within Vancouver’s various ethnic communities. The campaign, titled Our City of Colours, was founded in March 2011 and is run by a group of volunteers. [Read more…]
Milton Wong died on Dec. 31, 2011 at the age of 72. The story of the man from humble beginnings who went on to become a renowned businessman and celebrated philanthropist has swept through Vancouver. After all, he was one of our own. [Read more…]
