
VIFF 2023: A Tour Guide sheds light on plight of North Korean defectors building new lives in South Korea
Han-young (Seol Lee) discovers in Eun-mi Kwak’s A Tour Guide that life’s problems don’t end after escaping North Korea.
Han-young (Seol Lee) discovers in Eun-mi Kwak’s A Tour Guide that life’s problems don’t end after escaping North Korea.
Sorio, a longtime B.C. resident now living in Toronto, is adding a twist to his story about being tortured in the Philippines in the 1980s.
Chung Chieh Chiang’s short film, “Big Day”, raises some important and uncomfortable questions about middle-age relationships in Asia.
John Chau comes to life in The Mission, which raises important questions about colonialism and the consequences of untramelled faith.
Most wouldn’t think of the eloquent Vescera as a disruptor, but his advocacy for sustainable exhibitions is transforming the museum sector.
The special presentations lineup includes films by Atom Egoyan, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Catherine Breillat, Ken Loach, and Justine Triet.
This month marks another round of global youth climate strikes. Young folks are demanding a “rapid, just, and equitable end to fossil fuels”.
With around 600 people attending the event, Desi-Q was a success in promoting the diversity of South Asian Queerness.
In his July 1 apology, King Willem-Alexander praised those who resisted slavery in Dutch colonies around the world.
Respini notes that the word curator originates from Latin “to care”, and she plans to approach the next year of expansion with this in mind.
Zhou believes that change is not always easy even though one’s past identity doesn’t necessarily help a person grow.
Zaragosa, who is about to begin graduate studies in Toronto, speaks Tagalog and is now learning her family’s heritage language of Oasnon.
This week, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada newsletter is promoting Taiwan’s brave female Top Guns.
Chung, deputy director of the Institute of Taiwan History at Academia Sinica, wrote Taiwanese in Nanyang During the Japanese Colonial Period.
An anonymous person shared news of the “sudden and unexpected death” of Lil Tay and her unnamed brother over social media.
Other events at Heart of the City include a musical-theatre production, Battle of Ballantyne Pier, and Spontaneous Street Poetry.
This year’s flamenco festival will feature four shows by an internationally celebrated practitioner of this artform.
A lecturer at Nelson Mandela University says that “umlungu” demonstrates how the meaning of a word can change to reflect a changing society.
Shushma Datt gave Lai the opportunity on Spice Radio Vancouver after he had graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
The good-natured Newman remains centred through yoga, mindfulness, and using his natural gifts to do something positive in the world.
Three Bollywood legends have all returned to the big screen in Rocky aur Rani, a big-budget film about love and forgiveness.
Two-spirit Indigenous advocate Jaylene Tyme knew how to strike a pose while wearing the famed dress on the Vancouver Art Gallery steps.
John Chau comes to life in The Mission, which raises important questions about colonialism and the consequences of untramelled faith.
Most wouldn’t think of the eloquent Vescera as a disruptor, but his advocacy for sustainable exhibitions is transforming the museum sector.
The special presentations lineup includes films by Atom Egoyan, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Catherine Breillat, Ken Loach,
This month marks another round of global youth climate strikes. Young folks are demanding a “rapid,
Concertmaster Liu Chen-Ling points out that even though “Chinese” is in the name of the orchestra, it plays Taiwanese music.
A Canadian environmentalist admires young folks—but he doesn’t envy them because older generations are leaving them a hell of a
This year, Vancouver TAIWANfest has a robust visual arts program, including an examination of the island nation’s most famous painter.
Taiwan’s foreign affairs minister maintains that ensuring peace and stability in East Asia is in everyone’s best interest.
Laurel (Jodi Balfour) forms a strange attachment to a house plant in “Bloom”, a short film by Lum that will
The Vancouver Fringe Festival will present the play about tensions within a judge’s family after she sends an Indigenous elder
According to a U.S.-based Korean scholar, South Korea finds itself embroiled in an all-out gender war—and it keeps getting worse.
In his music videos, Dharia always tells a story, sometimes involving a man unlucky in love, supplemented by lush cinematography.
Have you ever wondered why female ghosts are often more terrifying than male ghosts? Prof. Shu-Chun Yu will answer this
TAIWANfest is exploring historic ties between the East Asian nation and the Netherlands, which Tsao researched for decades.
Pancouver aims to build a more equal and empathetic society by advancing appreciation of visual and performing arts—and cultural communities—through education. Our goal is to elevate awareness about underrepresented artists and their organizations.
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 Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
Pancouver strives to build a more equal and empathetic society by advancing appreciation of visual and performing arts—and cultural communities—through education. Our goal is to elevate awareness about underrepresented artists and the organizations that support them.
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.