I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the World Premiere of director Karen Lynn Weinberg’s debut documentary KEEP TALKING at the Vancouver International Film Festival, October 5th and the great privilege to interview the director and team on our radio show , the World Poetry Café on CFRO 100.5 FM. KEEP TALKING has the power [...]
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Local Artist Launches Website
on October 28th, 2009
The Afro News Vancouver When Jan Vincent Sam, 27, launched his website to showcase a unique series of portraits last week, he couldn’t have imagined the immediate response a handful of Facebook postings would lead to. “It’s been great,” says the new and emerging versatile artist of the viral buzz his website has already generated, [...]
Why Indigenous Economic Reconciliation Needs a Seat at Energy Policy Table
Natural resources are the unspoken cornerstone of Indigenous economic reconciliation The Trudeau government has announced it will be restricting oil and gas subsidies unless they meet one or more of a short list of criteria, one of which is to support indigenous economic participation in fossil fuel activities. It didn’t take much more than this [...]