When Andy Yan was born in Vancouver, his parents made the decision to teach him Cantonese, their heritage language, as well as English. Bilingualism, which wasn’t common at the time, turned out …

“When you first arrive in a town, you see streets in perspective. Rows of nondescript buildings. Everything is unknown, virgin territory. A day will come when you’ll have walked those streets, …

DisPLACEment, a media arts program run by the Access to Media Education Society (AMES), looks to give young people in marginalized communities the platform and support that they need to tell their …

Julie Ann Crommett wants to raise awareness about the lack of women and minorities both in front of and behind the camera.
Crommett tells a sad story: across the entertainment industry, women and …

Photo courtesy of the Real Fight for Beauty
For weeks now Vancouver has been covered in ads urging us to “Fight for …

Wendy Quan, founder of the calm monkey, in the classroom. | Photo by Chung Chow
As a certified organizational change manager …

A page from Taiwanese comics. | Comic by RuanGuang Min
Nick Stember, a translator and historian in the field of Chinese comic…

The nap. | Photo courtesy of Clarissa Argueta
In an effort to pay homage to her Latin American heritage, Clarissa Argueta …

Lars Dressler and Jason Dressler, Brothers Dressler, Branches Chandelier, 2009, white oak. | Photo courtesy of Brothers …

Heather Pawsey and Yamai Tsunao in Komachi Visited.| Photo by Trevan Wong.

Master practitioners of the Japanese art form Noh…