Acadie

Denis and I were on holiday in Eastern Canada this summer and one of our most poignant memories was our visit to Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. We stayed with friends who enjoy this view in front of their house. We see a church built between 1922–1930 which commemorates the deportation of the Acadians of Minas Basin. In the mists behind the church are farmlands which flow down to Horton landing, an area of marshlands believed to be the site where Acadians from this area were deported. From these mists arises a formidable history. [Read more]

International degrees seek a path to employment

Vancouver is ripe with engineers and doctors driving cabs or dishing out pizza to kids at night. [Read more]

Falling for Animals

My earliest childhood memory is of grass. I’d fallen face down on the brown-green Los Angeles fuzz and frantically summoned my 18 months of coordination skills to get up and toddle away from an angry goose that believed my little pig-tailed self was a threat. [Read more]

Now what…?

What else is there to say, when all has already been said? I’m talking of course about Jack Layton. [Read more]

Spencie’s View

Fringe Fest seeks to increase fundraising

Theatre lovers have plenty to be excited about as the 27th annual Vancouver International Fringe Festival kicks off September 8. “It’s a celebration of theatre,” says David Jordan, executive director of the Fringe Fest. “Theatre does happen all year round, but what we try to do isn’t just to put the theatre on, but to celebrate it at the same time. It’s a social event.” [Read more]

Old West Vancouver neighbourhood infused with new world culture

Neighbourhoods in and around Vancouver’s lower mainland don’t look the same as they used to 10 years ago, not to mention 50 years ago. [Read more]

Latin American films show both sides of life

Movie lovers can indulge themselves with southern sights and sounds at the 9th annual Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF). [Read more]

Congolese street music hits Vancouver

Street music in Kinshasa, Congo is supplied by the handicapped, and a few years ago Florent de la Tullaye and Renaud Barret, two French film-makers exploring the urban jungle, were introduced to a group of polio victims, who played and performed on their motor tricycles. [Read More]
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Rio theatre welcomes premiere of local film Neutral Territory

Screenwriter Joel Mark Harris’ fate was sealed from the get-go when he embraced his good friend Josias Tschanz’s native Swiss culture. Harris was prepared to have his butt handed to him during schwingen – a Swiss-style throw-down where two men, wearing leather hosing, duke it out in sawdust….and all that tussling around led to their first movie. [Read more]

Jericho Wharf

The demolition of Jericho Wharf is proceeding and will result in restoring the original beach. The project will cost nearly $3 million, but it has been expensive to maintain the structure; it creates environmental damage from the 70 year old creosote-coated pilings threatening marine life and swimmers. [Read more]

Education top priority for immigrant parents

For a lot of immigrants, education remains an important aspect of life in Canada. Indeed, the 2001 survey on immigrants by Statistics Canada showed that about 67% of the target population planned to further their education. [Read more]

Starving for a little human warmth

Immigration comes from the Latin word migratio, which means the passage from one place to the other. It was at the dawn of the new century that I decided to leave for Vancouver, with the intent of improving my English. And, contrary to all my expectations, my life in beautiful British Columbia is still going strong today. [Read more]

The Source

Forum of Diversity

Volume 12