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Jane Jae Kyung Shin - A journey of chance encounters and pivotal moments
May 10 2021 LocalJane Jae Kyung Shin, Vancouver Community College’s VP, Students and Community Development, was recently nominated for YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award in the Education, Training & …
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The invisible workers of the gig economy
May 10 2021 CulturePhoto by Shannon Walsh
The economic mammoth that is the global gig economy is the subject of director and UBC film professor Shannon Walsh’s film The Gig is Up. From the experiences of …
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Opera Transcriptions : a spiritual adventure
May 10 2021 Culture“Life and death. Those are the ultimate mysteries. We think about death not as an end in itself, but we imagine how that transforms us as energy,” says Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Vancouver-based …
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Wheel Voice: Tune in !
May 10 2021 CultureWheel Voices: Tune In! is an eclectic mix of rap music,spoken word, choral pieces and original scenes. | Photo courtesy of Caitriona Murphy
Looking beyond a disability and experiencing the joy of…
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Cultural Calendar
May 10 2021 EventsQueen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the first Canadian monarch to rule over a united self-governing Dominion of Canada from 1867 to her death in 1901. After her …
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The Taste of Desire: Pearls of wisdom
April 26 2021 Cover StoryThe humble oyster is the centre of attention in Director Willemiek Kluijfhout’s film The Taste of Desire, which will be streamed as part of this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival running from …
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For Your Interest: Adidas Yeezy Foam Runner. Real Shoes. Real Innovation.
April 26 2021 Issues & IdeasImage: RCA. adidas Yeezy Foam RNNR, Yeezy Supply. Terra, Luciano Emanuel Silva. Algae, Captain Skyhawk. Box, Yeezy Mafia. Kanye West, Dejan Pralica.
The shoe of last summer, fall and this spring …
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My COVID life – celebrating the wins
April 26 2021 ColumnsIn 2019 (which seems like it was five years ago), I was working at a job that wasn’t reflecting my worth. I had gained all I could from my position and instead of learning anything new, the …
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Cultural Spotlight - Building fish traps, building community
April 26 2021 CommunityBrazilian mathematics educator Marcelo C. Borba once compared the visualization of ethnomathematics to a forest ‘in which each tree would be considered as a different expression of …
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Climate change is already affecting the city
April 26 2021 LocalAngela Danyluk’s work and research has given her a clear picture of how environmental changes will impact residents of Vancouver, and the local effects of climate change cannot be avoided much…