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Women of Vancouver: Nora El Najjar tells her story of survival and hope
March 23 2020 CultureHow passionate are most people about telling their stories? Some become disheartened after a day or week of hard work. Others fall prey to entertainment streaming platforms instead of mustering the …
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A conversation on social justice at the Central Library
March 23 2020 CultureThe Hate Speech, Freedom of Expression, and Transgender Human Rights speaking event by human rights lawyer, Adrienne Smith, was scheduled to take place at the Central library but is now posponed.
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Persian Kalam Polow with meatballs
March 23 2020 Recipe by Selma Van HalderAn easy one-pot dish.
RecipeYou may know this type of one-pot rice dish under other spelling variations used around…
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Cultural Calendar
March 23 2020 EventsMy friends, I hope you’re staying safe amid the COVID-19 global pandemic that has been sweeping the world. This is the first Cultural Calendar that I can’t recommend you “go and check out some…
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Story telling from female lenses
March 2 2020 Cover StoryPhoto by Pei-Ju Hsieh
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From the Amazon to Canada to find a more sustainable life
March 2 2020 ColumnsI come from Manaus, a hot and rainy city located in the heart of the Amazonian jungle. I decided to move, looking for a more sustainable life. This might sound a little paradoxical at first, but it …
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Migrant workers’ rights in Canada – still more of a dream than reality
March 2 2020 Community“Do Canadians really find it acceptable that there’s two sets of human rights, depending on whether or not you have a piece of paper in this country?” Lee asks. Documentary filmmaker and …
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Opening hearts and doors: learning the French language
March 2 2020 CommunityTo celebrate multiculturalism, the United Nations (U.N.) declared March 20 French Language Day. But why should students learn the language of Molière in a mostly English-speaking society?
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Human and non-human connections
March 2 2020 LocalAnthropologist Sarah Ives will be at Green College at the University of British Columbia (UBC) on Mar. 16 to present her paper Blurry Lines: Race, Botany and the Anthropocene. This event will be …
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A love affair with Barcelona
March 2 2020 ColumnsI’m in love! But not with a person, with a country. Over the last few years I have slowly been falling in love with the Spanish language and culture. It started with a flirtation, taking Spanish as…