“Ordinary Canadians don’t care about the arts”

How arts organizations in B.C. are impacted by funding cuts, and why they aren’t giving up Photos By Mark Burnham It’s official — arts and culture funding...

Fat happiness: Is it wrong to be fat?

As a child, Kalamity Hildebrandt was put on diet pills by her doctor in order to lose weight. By age nine she was bulimic,...

Blood on our hands: How the international community has failed the Syrian people

In February, 1982, Hafez al-Assad ordered his army to besiege and shell the city of Hama in order to quell an uprising so strong...

The Surrey stigma: The city we love to hate

“I heard that Surrey was not the nicest place. It wasn’t a place you wanted to go to,” said Ella Sargent, a sixth-year kinesiology...

“I don’t know how to use a condom” & other tales of how sex education failed me

I thought I had pooped my pants, but who poops their pants in the fifth grade? I didn’t remember going to the bathroom that day,...

How do you bus?

Everything you’ve ever needed to know about someone can be learned from how they sit on the bus.  A great man said this once. ...

Sweat it: Why you should be worried about your lack of exercise

Are you one of those people who ceased all attempts at physical exertion the moment your university career began? If yes, withhold panic: you...

Being better: Where did our empathy go?

In late October, the story of Yue Yue went viral. The surveillance footage from Foshan, China was posted online and depicted two cars that...

Penny for your thoughts

What to consider before giving change to the homeless in Vancouver   “Panhandling isn’t a very lucrative career,” Thomas explained as we sipped warm coffees outside the...

Ditching disposables: Reusable chopsticks should be a no-brainer for sushi diners

When our graduate class in resource and environmental management was given an assignment by Dr. Anne Salomon to undertake a conservation action informed by science...