According to TRANSFORM co-curator Corey Payette, the event encourages collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists.
What seems like a simple request feels devastating as if unfolds on the screen, watching the mother’s face fall even as she agrees.
The B.C. Arts Council normally has 15 members to oversee its strategic direction and review and approve funding.
Two longstanding employees, Pawan Deol and Laura June Albert, will share the leadership role with the Indian Summer Arts Society.
After four decades on stages and screens, Pollard remains busier than ever with roles in Our Ghosts, Champions, and Virgin River.
B.C. cabinet minister Lana Popham said on March 9 that she would learn the fate of the folk fest within two weeks; it only took five days.
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nominees for its 95th Oscars, a familiar refrain of frustration rang forth.
Manx has distinguished himself as a cultural navigator and blues musician—and diversity and the blues are both hallmarks of Burnaby.
Su, a classically trained musician, has performed for dementia patients, seniors in long-term care, and children in a hospice.
Toronto-based soul singer Charles and multidisciplinary artist STORRY have each received two Juno nominations for their work.
The three memorable soloists were Ukrainian pianist Anna Sagalova, violin virtuoso Arianna Stott, and family folksinger-songwriter Ginalina.
Greta Thunberg scorns those who seem more frightened of changes that can prevent catastrophic climate change than climate change itself.
The theme of last year’s Vancouver Asian Film Festival was “Representation Matters”—and this will be on display at this year’s Oscars.
Some organizations still won’t use the “Lunar New Year” term, despite a growing Korean, Taiwanese, and Southeast Asian populations.
In the face of financial challenges, longtime devotees of the event, including former staff and performers, have banded together to save it.
Soji-George, artistic director of Gallery Gachet and curator of the Black Arts Centre, is working with the PuSh Festival for the first time.
Fry says that the rabbit is an animal of peace—and she wove this theme into a speech at the LunarFest Vancouver opening on Granville Island.
According to the Cultch, it enabled Payette to investigate a part of himself that he hasn’t had as much time to focus on in his other works
Independent curator and writer Joni Low really feels that artists are living in a transitional time. In a Zoom call
Ukrainian concert pianist Anna Sagalova, violin prodigy Arianna Stott, and family folksinger Ginalina will all perform on the Orpheum stage.
Groupthink and group polarization can be overcome when workplaces are composed of people with diverse personalities, values, and attitudes.
The board wants members to dissolve the society, which was $361,186 in the black in 2020 and 2021, when it didn’t hold a live folk festival.
Two longstanding employees, Pawan Deol and Laura June Albert, will share the leadership role with the Indian Summer Arts Society.
After four decades on stages and screens, Pollard remains busier than ever with roles in Our Ghosts, Champions, and Virgin River.
B.C. cabinet minister Lana Popham said on March 9 that she would learn the fate
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nominees for its 95th Oscars,
Formed in 1990, the all-women Sawagi Taiko bills itself as an alternative to stereotypical portraits of Asian females as quiet
Sangha, the group’s founder, wants friends and supporters to know about an upcoming 15th-anniversary gala celebration in Surrey on July
Curiosity led Chen, a master of natural dyes, on research expeditions to Southwest China, several Japanese cities, and across Taiwan.
Two UBC researchers have documented how Canadians of Asian ancestry are seeking romance through online “Chinatowns”.
Born into a fabulously wealthy Jewish family, József Hatvany lived a life of luxury until anti-Jewish laws were enacted in
Fans of Kim, a South Korean broadcaster, call themselves “Travengers”—and his YouTube channel now has more than 50 million views.
As premier, Horgan brought back the B.C. Human Rights Commission and implemented the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Yassine, who was born and raised in Lebanon, blurs boundaries because she feels that imposing rigid disciplines affects how people
Dear Jackie is writer-director Henri Pardo’s cinematic letter to baseball great Jackie Robinson and exploration of Montreal’s racist history.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the Vietnamese pop star can take comfort with how “See Tinh”
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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.
