Ancient Oriental wisdom meets modern occidental thought
Practicing meditation through yoga or tai chi in parks or watching TV shows on how to “feng shui” your house is not an unusual thing in Vancouver life. Ancient Chinese wisdom originating from …
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October 6 2014 Community New project aimed at accommodating LGBTQ newcomers
MOSAIC Settlement Services has long worked to help refugees and immigrants overcome social and material obstacles during their settlement in Canadian society. The organization now aims to take its …
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September 22 2014 Community A chemical approach to policy
Oct. 2’s edition of the Philosopher’s Cafe will focus on issues surrounding the global supply chain.| Illustration by Andreas …
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September 22 2014 Economy Bamboo: a sustainable alternative to the concrete jungle?
Strong, fast-growing and widely distributed, bamboo is an attractive, yet underdeveloped material that could prove valuable to the construction industry, according to UBC researcher Felix Böck. …
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September 22 2014 Community Nikkei Museum ponders identity and future
On Sept. 27, the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre will bring together artists and cultural figures to honour and explore Nikkei identity during a time of immense change.
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September 8 2014 Local Explorer Wade Davis starts UBC stint with talk on world cultures
Wade Davis trades his explore’s hat for a professor’s tweed jacket at UBC | Photo by Martin Dee
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September 8 2014 Community Charting the moral terrain at the Philosophers’ Café
Since 1998, Simon Fraser University’s Continuing Studies program Philosophers’ Café has tackled topics ranging from the metaphysical to the mundane. Over the next several months, cafes, …
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September 8 2014 Community A new era of open education
Receiving individual course credits or a certificate from Yale, Cambridge or Harvard for free and without even leaving home is now possible. The growing trend of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) …
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August 25 2014 Featured Article Order of BC recipient encourages immigrant youth to pursue leadership roles
2014 Order of British Columbia recipient Tung Chan hopes newcomers will havea greater say in helping form public policies in leadership …
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August 25 2014 Featured Article 15 years after B.C.’s “summer of the migrants”
It was July 19, 1999, four months after Nunavut was declared Canada’s newest territory, and Jean Chrétien was prime minister. A boat arrived on the coast of B.C. from Fujian, China, the first of …