there’s something about being alone in a radio station there’s you and the music and your thoughts during the commercial breaks after the lights dim and the doors lock Do you know where your voice goes how you’re in one place and many at the same time you are someone’s daytime sky and night…
B.C.-based conceptual artist Mowry Baden uses perceptual psychology, science, and architecture to engage viewers to participate in his art. The Vancouver Art Gallery is featuring a 15-piece exhibition of his works that will run until June 9th, 2019. By Ali Pitargue “Have any of you danced with a mop bucket?” asked Mowry Baden, standing before…
The Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society is using virtual reality technology (VR) to help enable people to empathize with children who have autism. As part of the Autism Demystification® program, the organization aims to foster peer social relationships One in 66 Canadian children have autism , or what is more appropriately termed autism spectrum…
Illustration by Sheku Nafisi Last week I met with Trina Prince in the SA offices to discuss the history of 2SLGBTQ+ issues at BCIT. Trina has been working with the BCIT Student Association (SA) for three years, and prior to that worked for the BCIT Alumni Association for 3 years. They have been involved in…
Who among us hasn’t, at some point, referred to a diverse group of people as “guys”? Maybe you know them all well, maybe you don’t. You could be referring to three people, or a hundred—but there is a good chance that at some point in your life, one of those people felt gender dysphoria, or…
Last October, twenty-five-year-old Nadia Murad was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to stop the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. She has now become the second youngest recipient of this award. The other recipient, Malala Yousafzai, was just seventeen when she received it back in 2014. I came across Nadia…
BCIT Communications instructor Tessa Jordan discusses the impact of cultural production on Canadian feminist history. Her upcoming book, Feminist Acts, examines how the 1970s women’s magazine, Branching Out, contributed to Canadian feminism. In the summer of 1975, Rosemary Brown was making Canadian history as the first black woman to run for leadership of a…
For the first time in its history, the Vancouver Art Gallery is hosting a fashion exhibit. Launched in early October the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibit will run until January 20th 2019. The centerpiece of this exhibit is the 2015 Met Gala dress worn by singer Rihanna. This embroidered yellow dress took 50,000 hours to…
Netflix’s Bandersnatch has sent post-modern science fiction so far down the rabbit hole, the genre will never be the same. Imagine Doctor Who and Alice In Wonderland had a baby, and then raised the child on a steady diet of hallucinogens. Set in British suburbia over the second half of 1984, Bandersnatch is the latest…
words Breah Zaman Illustration Sheku Nafisi Her lips are cracked, her hair is knotted, and her heart is burnt She lurks in the shadows, smoking—a habit recently learnt She has no place to call home Her family and origins left back in Rome She was once happy, loved, and cared for Diamonds, velvet, and suede…
Rasta Comics founder Rayon Morris wants to infuse authentic Caribbean culture into the comic book landscape. Rasta Comics creator Rayon Morris makes it a goal to release at least one comic book per month. Yet, his publication’s reach does not stop in BC. He also ships a stock of several hundred copies to his motherland of…
The 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival is underway and we’re sending writers out to enjoy it. Stay tuned in the coming weeks, as they share their thoughts about this year’s films. Burning Directed by: Chang-dong Lee At face-value, Burning is a mystery story, but as the film progresses, it becomes clearer that the story more so…