My mother, then fox. The Yangs, Anjuin. Even Miss Morris. They had all made decisions on my behalf. It had been necessary, I knew that. I had been a helpless …
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(For Cole Gwinner) Taiga is the name on the matching teal jackets we bought on Christmas Eve so long ago from the Taiga store because it was three p.m. and …
A stroll along the south end of Vancouver’s Main Street reveals a story of migration. Brightly-coloured saris hang in shop windows, gold-threaded embroidery glimmering in the rare moments of Vancouver’s …
Six years ago, a small organization focused on combating racial discrimination hired me for my project management skills. I had neither academic nor professional experience working in anti-oppression. Until that …
A cold winter gust brought him a familiar smell of perfume. He dropped his cigarette and softly pressed a finger against his nose. The smoke from his fingertips …
We are both in the queue that says Australian and NZ citizens. You step across the yellow line and glance at the camera while I tentatively put my passport photo …
In 2014, the developer Beedie Living approached the City of Vancouver with a proposal to construct a new condominium. The site in question, 105 Keefer, overlooks the memorial to Chinese …
Saturday morning. The peaceful crowd forms a circle on the cross of Main and Hastings, fanning out indecisively from the Carnegie Community Centre and on to the crosswalks. The traffic …
The appearance of the highly anticipated new CBC television show, Kim’s Convenience (KC), has received critical acclaim for being authentic, funny, and ground-breaking since airing in October this year. It is …
Imagine, how it bubbles a swamp brewing with broken bubbles how it calms down ripples vanishing under the still starlight a ocean of lotus blooming towards wisdom Changming Yuan, 9-time …