From the 1990s, my parents’ home became a meeting place and a regular lodging for various members of the Líl’wat Nation and many other indigenous leaders and representatives. My mother, a retired social worker, befriended many of these activists.
When acclaimed artists Jeff Chiba Stearns and Lillian Michiko Blakey decided to pool their considerable talents to create a graphic novel for young readers,...
by Judge Maryka Omatsu LANDSCAPES OF INJUSTICE: A New Perspective on the Internment & Dispossession of Japanese Canadians Edited by Jordan Stanger-Ross McGill-Queens Press, 2020...
In 2014, Nelson resident Rachel Greenaway won the Arthur Ellis Unhanged award for best unpublished novel for her novel Cold Girl. The award led...
With the holiday season and gift giving just around the corner in this most unusual of times, we present a selection of new and...
Thanks to Veteran’s Affairs Canada, we are able to live stream the Remembrance Day service this year, and hope to reach more than the...
Jewpanese Maple KaboChallah by Carmel Tanaka At the ripe old age of 27, I learned to bake my first challah. My teacher was none...
I remember the first time following Obaachan into the root cellar. It was cooler and dark. I could see different containers and jars of preserved vegetables and fruit. Obaachan was a tiny woman, but very strong.
UBC ANTH Faculty Brown Bag Series: Dr. Millie Creighton Tuesday November 10, 2020 12:30pm On the verge of Remembrance Day 2020, a year marking...
This is the life story of Sadao, who has experienced life on two sides of the Pacific Ocean, or, in the words of Mr. Yusuke Tanaka, a “trans-Pacific voyage”.
It’s an experience that is hard to describe, there are so many layers to interacting with a story that is this personal, intergenerational, and marked in parts with silence. In some ways, retelling is reliving
When Amy and I decided to make the trek east in August to spend a couple of days camping on Kootenay Lake we were...
