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In response to the oil spill in English Bay on April 8, 2015, we assembled a panel of experts from various fields, who have studied oil spills first hand. We will discuss the health, environmental…

There is no exchange value to something useless. It strives to impede, slow down, and malfunction. Uselessness is unabsorbable. It destabilizes the substrate into which it is brought and adds…

An enlightening evening of personal stories and reflections shared by Canadian Muslim women. This dialogue will reveal the diversity of the writers featured in this anthology and highlight varying…

British Columbia has a rich heritage of sustainable social, environmental, financial and cultural change. This isn’t easy to do. The sharp, disruptive edges of our solutions are often forgotten,…

Democracy and the City was the first student led forum hosted by the Urban Studies Graduate Student Association at Simon Fraser University. The forum explores how, and why, urban regions are…

A celebrated part of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival since 2010, Barrio Flamenco: Flamenco for the People, is a community of spirit, pride, and passion. Kelty McKerracher and…

The evening’s discussion is around what Vancouver’s heritage is and what heritage values ought to be recognized. We then tie these values to a discussion of the Heritage Register, an inventory that…

“We either bring our languages back or we die.” says Khelsilem, the founder of the Squamish Language Immersion Program at SFU. With Trudeau’s announcement of a National Indigenous Languages Act, and…

Andy Yan, senior urban planner with Bing Thom Architects, researcher with BTAworks and adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, looks at…

An evening with the internationally bestselling author of No god but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Reza Aslan offers us a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously…

Is there an art to reinventing home in the upheaval of displacement? This presentation offers a feast of poetic narratives on how communities in transition are creating new spaces of belonging –…

In a rare Vancouver appearance, Coleman Barks leads the audience on a journey through the life and works of Rumi. His recitations will be accompanied, as Sufi poetry often was, with music. On stage…

Listen to these three-image makers talk of their work, and the intersections between art, aesthetics, memory and politics. For Orijit Sen, David Wong, and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, the graphic…

Jazz, poetry and the visual arts meet in this presentation of cross-media storytelling. Inspired by the Komagata Maru Episode and other narratives of the South Asian Canadian experience, eight…

Last year, Megaphone readers funded a 6-part in-depth series seeking solutions to the homelessness crisis. As Megaphone wraps up part 6 of the project, experts in policy and folks with lived…

From NSA surveillance to Jihadist social media and the Sino-Google Wars, computation has become more than a type of machine, it is a global infrastructure that is changing not only how governments…

A community-driven event about how we can achieve women's equality in BC.On April 1 the Single Mothers' Alliance BC held an all-candidates debate and keynote speakers on women's rights…

Groucho Marx perhaps said it best: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” Politics and politicians are always…

In this panel, speakers explore the hot topic of neighbourhood character in Vancouver.•What features give areas their distinctive character?•How can we balance heritage conservation with other…

The lives of working people in Canada are undergoing fundamental shifts and changes. As rapid automation eliminates jobs employment trends towards precarious arrangements and breakthrough innovations…