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The Media Girlfriends -Starting a podcast company during the pandemic - The Media Girlfriends
November 8 2021 LocalThe Media Girlfriends is a podcast company led by Nana aba Duncan, Hannah Sung and Garvia Bailey, three women of colour who use storytelling and journalism to present and honour the voices of those …
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Racial bullying in schools – a grim picture
November 8 2021 CommunityAn estimated 58 per cent of Canadian youth (12–18 years old) declare they have seen kids bullied based on their race or ethnicity at school, according to an August 2021 survey data, in partnership…
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Challenging the status quo: Inequities in a pandemic
November 8 2021 CommunityA better world has at its foundation the return to values learned in childhood, says academic-activist Manjeet Birk, PhD.
“These values are interconnected to larger issues of social justice, …
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Where an artist ought to be: a community festival for creative togetherness
November 8 2021 ArtEach November, for the past 25 years the Eastside Arts Society has produced the Eastside Culture Crawl Festival where artists from different backgrounds and practices open their studios to public …
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Paddle song - The story of indigenous existence and triumph
November 8 2021 ArtPaddle Song, a one-woman musical theatre production directed by Dinah Christie, follows Pauline Johnson, an iconic visionary Mohawk performer during the late 1700s. Co-written by Dinah Christie and …
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Cultural Calendar
November 8 2021 EventsNov. 11 is Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations, of which Canada is a member. It was originally created to honour the veterans of the First World War, and was extended to honour veterans …
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Big data and better solutions
October 25 2021 Cover StoryPhoto by gotoVan
World Science Day for Peace and Development is coming up next month. Simon Fraser University (SFU)’s Data for Good initiative is applying big data and artificial intelligence …
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Cultural Spotlight - Turkish Republic Day celebrations, Turkish-Canadian friendship and art
October 25 2021 CommunityThe Turkish-Canadian Society is releasing a video program online on Oct. 29 to celebrate the Turkish-Canadian Friendship and the Turkish Republic Day, an annual holiday that is celebrated by Turkish…
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Design to better authenticate citizen journalism
October 25 2021 LocalCitizen journalism has become more and more prominent in the era of social media, where sometimes news is being disseminated real-time on the spot through eyewitness reports before they even reach …
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PIRS offers a helping hand to Afghan women and children
October 25 2021 Immigration“The news coming out of Afghanistan is about how women leaders are fleeing for their lives, and girls are being denied the right to education,” says Holly Benna, Pacific Immigrant Resources …