
Kwantlen Polytechnic University hosts first South Asian Arts Festival
Two KPU faculty members, Gurpreet Sian and Asma Sayed, organized the South Asian Arts Festival in the Cedar Conference Centre on March 23.

Two KPU faculty members, Gurpreet Sian and Asma Sayed, organized the South Asian Arts Festival in the Cedar Conference Centre on March 23.

The disequilibrium comes from challenging conventional notions about whose perspectives should be given primacy in this field of research.

20世纪心理学家尚·皮亚杰(Jean Piaget)以「认知失衡」(cognitive disequilibrium)一词来解释孩子逻辑及推理的发展。当他们未能凭着现有知识去理解眼前的新处境或任务,就会产生失衡。然而,皮亚杰表示可以透过突破来重建平衡。当孩子将新信息消化或据此作出调整,便会经历突破,重新掌握之前的平衡感。

20世紀心理學家尚·皮亞傑(Jean Piaget)以「認知失衡」(cognitive disequilibrium)一詞來解釋孩子邏輯及推理的發展。當他們未能憑著現有知識去理解眼前的新處境或任務,就會產生失衡。然而,皮亞傑表示可以透過突破來重建平衡。當孩子將新資訊消化或據此作出調整,便會經歷突破,重新掌握之前的平衡感。

历史除了由胜利者书写之外,更收录在政府文件库之中。然而,北卑诗大学第一民族研究教授Daniel Sims却不太认同此陈腔滥调的说法。去年,Daniel曾在《乔治王子市公民报》撰文,表示只有装聪明的人才会这样说,因为他认为历史不过是由愿意花时间的人编写,仅此而已。接下来,就是要确保别人阅读你所写的内容。

歷史除了由勝利者書寫之外,更收錄在政府檔案庫之中。然而,北卑詩大學第一民族研究教授Daniel Sims卻不太認同此陳腔濫調的說法。去年,Daniel曾在《喬治王子市公民報》撰文,表示只有裝聰明的人才會這樣說,因為他認為歷史不過是由願意花時間的人編寫,僅此而已。接下來,就是要確保別人閱讀你所寫的內容。

There’s a hoary cliché that history is written by the victors. And that’s recorded in the official archives of governments.

The mob showed up at the invitation of the Asiatic Exclusion League, founded just months before by the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council.

Linguistic diversity, like other types of diversity, can enrich life, according to McMaster University professor emeritus Michael Ross.

Sawant made history this month with a motion prohibiting caste-based discrimination in Seattle, which is home to a growing Indian population.










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The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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