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Indigenous songwriters illuminating ancestral languages
June 21, 2024Content warning: mentions of colonialism. Elisapie [caption id="attachment_128577" align="alignnone" width="300"] PHOTO: Courtesy of Leeor Wild[/caption] Prolific Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie’s latest album, Inuktitut, covers ten pop and rock classics translated into ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (Inuktitut). She grew up around this language in ᓴᓪᓗᐃᑦ (Salluit), a snowy Inuit village in Nunavik, Quebec. Elisapie’s gentle voice is like sunbeams over familiar melodies, making her tracks feel serene. Each song is tied to an intimate memory of a loved one. “Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass)” compiles grainy footage of Inuit children playing in the snow. In addition to this Blondie rendition, Inuktitut includes acoustic covers of…
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Crooked Teeth is a queer Syrian refugee’s reconnection “home”
June 10, 2024Crooked teeth is the young boy who swears he likes women. Crooked teeth are in the mouth of an officer staring back at you coldly. Crooked teeth is being the only racialized panelist discussing refugees. Crooked teeth is the wet…
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We Follow the River plunges into language, loss, and love
June 5, 2024Content warning: mentions of military violence. Pictured on the cover of We Follow the River are a young woman and man surrounded by a smoggy jungle of green brush strokes. The man wears a Shan State army uniform — the…
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Top five time management tips from expert authors
March 26, 2024We are told over and over that time is the most valuable resource we have. This saying is a cliché, yes, but it’s also true. Juggling our commitments in a world of constant digital distraction and impossible demands is overwhelming,…
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Etchos is in for more than just a “Good Run”
March 25, 2024Just in time for reflective spring strolls, Vancouver-based artist Etchos made her singer-songwriter debut with “Good Run.” The soulful track is about moving on from someone while being grateful for the memories. With a laid-back melody that compels finger snaps…
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The Taste of Things and Perfect Days find inspiration in the simplicity of everyday life
March 25, 2024The Taste of Things and Perfect Days, a French and Japanese film respectively, are two uplifting 2023 releases with simple yet moving stories. Although I watched them both with English subtitles as they were not English films, they exemplified the…
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Spots for your spring studying sessions
March 21, 2024Sweet Talk Donuts 87 Moody St., Port Moody Open Monday–Sunday from 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. If you’re planning on visiting Sweet Talk Donuts, beware — their delicious delicacies will blow your mind. Their crème brûlée donut is unlike anything else you…
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Jules Sherred makes cooking accessible in Crip Up The Kitchen
March 20, 2024Jules Sherred’s Crip Up The Kitchen is a debut cookbook with a twist — it’s written by and for disabled people, giving them the tools to prepare food for themselves and others. The book contains dozens of recipes, as well…
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Video games that helped me cope with health anxiety
March 13, 2024Content warning: mentions of illness and death. Illness anxiety, previously called hypochondria, is a type of anxiety where the affected person constantly believes they have a serious medical problem. For me, every new freckle signals cancer, and the common cold…
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Clean Air 604 aims to create safer arts spaces
March 12, 2024Clean Air 604 is currently fundraising to make Vancouver venues safer by “providing events with free masks, air purifiers, and more” in response to the lack of COVID-19 precautions at arts and culture events. “The current state of accessibility for…
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