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 …
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August 25 2014 Local Howard Jang appointed Director of SFU Woodward’s Cultural Unit
Photo by Rachel LandoWith a decorated career in the arts, Howard Jang has enriched the lives of Vancouver’s communities …
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August 25 2014 Community SDC Blue Ribbon Foundation: Spreading compassion for disabled youth
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 …
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August 25 2014 Local Shop Wrong makes right
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 …
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July 7 2014 Community A short history of Chinese farming in the Lower Mainland
King George Park Community Garden. | Photo by Audrey TungThe Chinese community of the early 20th century played an integral …
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July 7 2014 Community Women find guiding light in Shashi Assanand
Shashi Assanand (right), winner of the 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Community Building.Domestic violence is an …
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July 7 2014 Community Surrey’s Rakhi Project reaches across the Pacific
Karen Lipsett-Kidd, designer of the Rakhi bracelet.Until August 10, locals can support the City of Surrey’s work against …
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June 23 2014 Immigration Vancouver Community College’s ESL students left in the lurch
Signage from ESL Matters campaign. | Photo by Estefania Duran.The termination of federal funding for ESL programs could …