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5 Ways to Learn More About Indigenous Cultures This Year in Vancouver

by Tara Lee in Entertainment, Family Friendly, Food & Drink, Outside on January 16, 2024

hiininaasim Tommy Happynook; The silent song in what was not written, 2023; Screen print on drums, 24 x 3 in. and 28 x 3 in.; Courtesy of the artist

Vancouver has pledged to being a City of Reconciliation, with a Reconciliation Framework adopted in 2014. Part of reconciliation is about further education and celebration of the rich cultures of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, on whose unceded traditional territories Vancouver is situated.

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5 Ways to Learn More About Indigenous Cultures This Year in Vancouver

How to Get Off the Beaten Path in Vancouver

by Taryn Eyton in Outside, Town on October 9, 2023

Whale skeleton at Beaty Biodiversity Museum in Vancouver

Photo: Beaty Biodiversity Museum

If you want to see a side of Vancouver that locals know, skip the crowds at popular attractions. Get off the beaten path at foodie destinations, hikes, parks, and more.

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How to Get Off the Beaten Path in Vancouver

Vancouver’s MOA Exhibition Xicanx Spotlights Mexican American Art and Activism

by Tara Lee in Entertainment, Family Friendly on September 14, 2022

Muneefist Destiny, Alfred Quiroz. Collection of the artist. Photo courtesy of the artist.

The vibrancy and urgency of Mexican American visual art and the Chicano Civil Rights Movement take centre stage at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA)’s latest exhibition Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers / Soñadores + creadores del cambio, running until January 1, 2023.

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Vancouver’s MOA Exhibition Xicanx Spotlights Mexican American Art and Activism

MOA Presents a Moving Exploration of Post-Disaster Recovery and Regeneration in A Future for Memory

by Inside Vancouver in Entertainment on February 1, 2021

Flower: Southern magnolia/Location: Ukedo, Namine town, from Atsunobu Katagiri’s Sacrifice series, 2013 –2014.

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC announces the powerful group exhibition A Future for Memory: Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake, on display from February 11 to September 5, 2021. The moving exploration of post-disaster recovery and regeneration examines the power of nature and the processes of reconstruction. Continue reading:
MOA Presents a Moving Exploration of Post-Disaster Recovery and Regeneration in A Future for Memory

Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology Showcases the Subversive Potential of Ceramics

by Tara Lee in Entertainment on November 13, 2019

Flower Series #1, by Ying-Yueh Chuang (2011). Collection of the artist. Photo courtesy of the artist.

British Columbia is well known for the quality of its local ceramics. Most people, however, tend to view ‘pottery’ as decorative or practical items for serving food or displaying flowers.

A new upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC aims to unsettle this perception by exploring the ability of ceramics to make powerful statements about pressing social issues, like economic inequalities and systemic discrimination.

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Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology Showcases the Subversive Potential of Ceramics

Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology Launches Global Puppetry Exhibition

by Tara Lee in Entertainment on May 15, 2019

String puppets. By unknown makers (Sinhalese). MOA Collection: Eh149, Eh147, Eh164, Eh144, Eh142. Photo by Alina Ilyasova, courtesy of Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

Although puppets seem like simple creations, they have a rich and complex history across a variety of cultural traditions.

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC is presenting a new exhibition that offers a fascinating and comprehensive look at the world of puppetry, including the art and its theatrical experience.

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Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology Launches Global Puppetry Exhibition

Get Around Like a Local – 6 Places in Vancouver Worth Taking Public Transit To

by Yasmine Hardcastle in Town on August 15, 2018

One of my favourite things about living in Vancouver is how you can get anywhere in the city, and to some great day trip places, via public transit. There isn’t really any need to drive anywhere. Which is just as well because driving in any city can be a bit of a pain!

I’ve been taking Vancouver’s public transit all my life and I’ve got the TransLink routes locked down. While I’m always a firm believer of walking everywhere, sometimes you need to hop on the train. Here is a quick recap of the convenient and accessible transit options* and six of my favourite attractions worth taking them to.

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Get Around Like a Local – 6 Places in Vancouver Worth Taking Public Transit To