The UBC-educated Derksen was killed in a car crash while driving home from her father’s funeral in Northern Alberta.
An online petition demanded that the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra confirm that it will not pursue legal action against Esther Hwang.
The petition calls on the VSO to stop using NDAs in instances of harassment, discrimination, sexual misconduct, or abuse.
Hwang told her side of the story in a letter sent to VSO musicians after publication of an article in the Globe and Mail.
Two international superstars, Lang Lang and Rahman, will perform on consecutive nights at the Orpheum Theatre.
One of the lobbyists, David Angus, is president of the Capital Hill Group and former caucus liaison to former prime minister Brian Mulroney.
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.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
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.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
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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