While the display showcase lineup was quite limited and only a handful of the known car makers and models were represented there were some wow moments to behold.
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VIFF Highlighted Films Goodbye Julia
on September 28th, 2023
Goodbye Julia | Dir. Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan Wed. Oct 4, 9:00 pm, International Village 9 | Fri. Oct 6, 3:15 pm, SFU-GCA Media Partner & Sponsor The Afro News In the lead-up to the secession of South Sudan, Mona (Eiman Yousif), a well-to-do retired singer from the North, becomes complicit in [...]
VIFF 2023 Highlighted Films
on September 26th, 2023
Union Street | Dir. Jamila Pomeroy | Canada Mon. Oct 2, 8:45 pm, SFU-GCA | Sat. Oct 7, 3:30 pm, Rio Media Partner: The Afro News Interspersing interviews with archival footage, Union Street documents the history of Vancouver’s Hogan’s Alley, the formerly Black neighbourhood which was destroyed by the construction of the [...]
Vancouver International Film Festival Announces 2023 Lineup
on September 22nd, 2023
Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) presents its 42nd edition this month, the first fully in-cinema festival since 2019. This year’s lineup features roughly 140 feature films and 100 shorts, presented on 10 screens in seven Vancouver venues. Vancouverites will be able to explore film culture through an expanded program of live events, performances, and exhibitions. [...]
Transformative Learning : A field School Experience in Ghana
on September 20th, 2023
Two local nurse educators from Douglas College have taken their students education to a new location this past year. Frankadua, Ghana is a rural community in the Easter region, bordering Volta region. Due to delays because of COVID, this field school took 3 years of planning and designing and multiple trips for organization and relationship [...]
Good Fences Make Good Neighbours
on August 14th, 2023
Media Release For immediate use and until October 7, 2023. Issued Aug. 12, 2023 Contact/photos: Chantal Kasongo, founder, Shiloh Place Orphanage Society, 604-937- 5305, siloplace@gmail.com; Shelagh Armour-Godbolt, volunteer, Shiloh Place Orphanage Society 604-415-9397, shelaghag@shaw.ca. www.shilohplace.ca “Good Fences Make Good Neighbours” Poet Robert Frost suggested that “Good fences make good neighbours”. In the case of Shiloh [...]
CBC’s Family Feud is Casting African/Black Canadian Families!
on April 28th, 2023
Family Feud Canada is back and they’re looking for Canada’s most dynamic and energetic families to feud on CBC’s hit comedy game show and we are here to help you get a head start on the competition! If you think your family has what it takes to face-off the competition and win up to $30,000 [...]
Fundraising for a Lifesaving Surgical C-Arm for Jamaica
on March 21st, 2023
Maryann Pyne of Surrey is preparing to walk 10km in mid-April’s Virtual Vancouver Sun Run – to raise funds for a very special medical need. Volunteers with the Canadian Jamaican Medical Assistance Society (CJMAS) have launched a campaign to obtain and ship to Kingston Public Hospital, Jamaica a replacement for the now worn out surgical [...]
Help KEEF Help Kids with your Time and Energy!
on December 21st, 2022
The Kenya Education Endowment Fund is hosting its annual Virtual Vancouver Sun Run. “By getting involved you can help students in Kenya, E. Africa access a high school education – which is not free there”, said KEEF volunteer Kaitlyn Leask, a student at the University of Victoria. KEEF (www.kenyaeducation.org ) seeks walkers, joggers, wheelchair users [...]
UBCP/ACTRA 11th Annual Awards Gala Celebrations
on November 20th, 2022
The 11th annual awards gala celebrates the best of British Columbia’s talent in film, television and recorded media. Agam Darshi, Eric McCormack and Stephen Lobo AMONGST WINNERS AT THE 2022 UBCP/ACTRA AWARDS Vancouver, B.C. (November 19, 2022) – This year’s UBCP/ACTRA Awards ceremony honoured performers in six categories during the live ceremony at The Vancouver Playhouse on November [...]
