History
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Vietnam War Resistance in Vancouver
Between 1964-1973, an estimated 100,000 Americans left the United States for Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft or protest the war. Vancouver was one of...
By Madeleine de Trenqualye -
Video Vancouver: Living in Gunter’s World
Under Queen Elizabeth I a priest named Edmund Gunter developed the measures that now frame our modern world. Colonel Richard Moody laid out the skeleton...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Then/Now
Via the Vancouver Sun: North Vancouver high school student Mitchell Przybylski posted this video, titled Vancouver Then and Now, in which he seamlessly...
By Yuri Artibise -
Vancouver’s “Familiar” Housing Styles: 1950s on
During the mid-century decades in Vancouver home building increased as higher levels of immigration created a need for housing. Designed for function...
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Book Review: Cold Case Vancouver
Author: Eve Lazarus (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015) Cold Case Vancouver is a bone-chilling journey into some of Vancouver’s most monstrous and...
By Anya Paskovic -
Early Vancouver Tourism: A Natural Industry
Tourism has been a big part of Vancouver’s story since early into its history. Long known as a ‘distinctive destination’, many of the historic places...
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Book Review: The Container Guide
By: Tim Wang and Craig Cannon (Self published, 2015) Living in a port city surrounded by a working harbour and rail yards its hard to miss the masses of...
By johnatkin -
The City Before the City: “Righting History” in c̓əsnaʔəm
A public controversy erupted in 2012 when ancestral remains were unearthed during the pre-construction of a condo development on southwest Marine Drive...
By Madeleine de Trenqualye -
EVENT: Cǝsnǝʔǝm, the City before the City , Jan. 28th
WHEN: Thursday January 28 at 7:30pm WHERE: The Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street SPEAKERS: Viviane Gosselin (Curator of Contemporary Issues...
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Book Review – Made in British Columbia: Eight Ways of Making Culture
Author: Maria Tippett (Harbour Publishing, 2015) When I first received this book for review, I was intrigued by the premise it presented: how could...
By Shelley Long -
Book Review: Raincoast Chronicles #23
Editor: Peter A. Robson (Harbour Publishing, 2015) Raincoast Chronicles is always something to look forward to. In a format that is accessible and...
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Book Review – So It Is: Vancouver
There are different ways to learn about your city. Its past. Its present. And its future. So it is: Vancouver is a collection of inspiring stories of...
By Ulduz Maschaykh