The United Nations celebrates one of its six official languages, Chinese, on April 20th. Chinese Language Day marks the contribution of the Chinese language and culture to world culture.
Jia Fei, …

Tona Aboaba is managing on a small budget after being laid-off. | Photo by Dan Walton
As nearly everybody in the country …

Rome is known to many as the Eternal City. It has lasted for centuries and continues to stand tall even today. Over the holidays in December/January, I went on a mini-Euro adventure that included …

Shannon Permal recently won the Shakti Award for Volunteering (Youth) for her community involvement this year.
“I have become heavily involved with youth-related projects and initiatives through my…

Germaine Koh in the middle of Fallow. | Photo by Ian Verchere
In the stage-like display window above the entrance of …

Music students at St James Music Academy in the Downtown Eastside. | Photo courtesy of SJMA
St. James Music Academy (SJMA),…

The Invasion of Canada: A game that will teach you a piece of North American history. | Photo courtesy of Academy Games
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Photo courtesy of IFC’s Portlandia
‘Racial passing’ is used to describe when an individual is accepted as a member of…

I have never had the skin tightening feeling of growing out of a space, of packing a suitcase and finding my somewhere new. Vancouver is my perpetual somewhere new, a community transient, fluid and …

Easter: a time of hopping bunnies and chocolate eggs? Not for the religious communities of Metro Vancouver, who are living it up towards the Holy Week at the end of March with a whole month of …