Family stories run through Vancouver's Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival
This year's lineup includes an impressive list of authors, including Vancouver sisters Naomi Eliana Pommier Steinberg and Myriam Steinberg.
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This year's lineup includes an impressive list of authors, including Vancouver sisters Naomi Eliana Pommier Steinberg and Myriam Steinberg.
by Steve Newton on February 2nd, 2021 at 2:29 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1 SFU Urban Studies, in collaboration with SFU Public Square, presents a forum on the new realities of urban resilience during the pandemic this month. "Resilience has been an emergent theme in city planning and management in the 21st century," reads the info for the February 24 event, "and its relevance is both altered and underscored by our experience with COVID-19. We address the new realities of considering urban resilience in the context of the pandemic and in the other slow emergencies still unfolding around us in climat...
MCU Fans Freaking Out Over Black Panther Disney Plus Spinoff When Kevin Feige said a while back that you’d need a Disney Plus subscription to keep fully up to date with the latest happenings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he might have been underselling it a little bit. Since first announcing his plans for the world’s most popular franchise to expand onto television, no less than fourteen small screen exclusives have been confirmed, and there are probably even more in the earliest stages of development behind the scenes. Ryan Coogler is the latest to throw his hat into the ring, with t...
Back in 2019, just a few days after the September climate strikes brought millions of people to the streets, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood before a crowd in Burnaby and laid out his party’s climate platform. Most of the speech was pretty standard: Liberal climate promises based on a vague pledge for more ambition and a contrast between its party and the Conservatives. But one promise stood out. A little over halfway through the speech, Trudeau said that “as we move Canada forward, we need to make sure no one gets left behind.” His solution? A “Just Transition Act, ensuring tha...
Joe Biden’s ambitious climate plan ups the ante for Justin Trudeau Joe Biden’s ambitious climate plan ups the ante for Justin Trudeau Can the U.S. keep a warming planet habitable for humans? Some say the next president is already leapfrogging ahead of Canada By Charlie Smith Adam Schultz / Biden for President Most Canadians don’t think of Joe Biden as a climate hero. The long-time senator, former vice president, and incoming president has often occupied the centre of the U.S. political spectrum. But this year, after securing the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, Bid...