Imprisoned filmmaker’s work travels North AmericaA documentary film about Chinese-occupied Tibet is being screened across North America in an effort to expose the imprisonment of its filmmaker. The documentary Leaving Fear Behind, filmed by Dhondup Wangchun, is currently on the road with help from Amnesty International and the Canada-Tibet Committee. Wangchun, whose wife has been presenting the film on the […] Continue Reading |
Events around town aim to make gardening easyCamosun students looking to find some ways to make gardening easy are going to have a busy few days. If the ol’ summer job is allowing for any disposable income, grab a copy of the recently released book Sow Simple: 100+ Green and Easy Projects to Make Your Garden Awesome, written by Christina Symons and […] Continue Reading |
UVic event gives girls of colour safe space to networkCulturally speaking, being colour blind has long been held as the ultimate goal: a world where skin colour no longer matters. Which is nonsense, according to Janet Rogers. Rogers is a workshop facilitator at Embracing Shades of Action (she’s also Victoria Poet Laureate, 2012-2015), an event for girls of colour (including indigenous girls) between the […] Continue Reading |
Subculture picks up steamIt’s fitting that a fringe subculture based on Victorian-era science-fiction is gaining such a following here in Victoria. With the third annual Victoria Steampunk Expo coming up, fans of the genre are again planning to dress up and geek out for a phenomenon that’s steadily gaining popularity all over the world. For the uninitiated, steampunk […] Continue Reading |
Fashion show raises money for AfricaA local gym will morph into a fashion show catwalk as businesses around Victoria pitch in to raise funds for various causes in Africa. Emerge Squared, a fashion show taking place at Studio 4 Athletics, is being hosted by Siyon Studios, a local clothing/art company made up of young artists who are devoted to bringing […] Continue Reading |
Making the summer count by donating timeThe semester is rapidly coming to an end and most Camosun students will be scrambling to find a menial summer job to pay off those loathsome bills. But a lot of summer jobs lack relevancy towards a career aspiration. For some students, the way around this is to volunteer. Camosun Sports Management student Sarah Smith […] Continue Reading |
Local activist Rose Henry looks back at a life well livedRose Henry’s Coast Salish roots run deep. They run so deep through the local activist that she simply has to be blunt in her assessments of Canadian government. Blunt, because she has lived the truth the government won’t speak of. “Mainstream society has been denied their right to hear the truth of what an entire […] Continue Reading |
Charger Hilary Graham plays it coolThe Chargers women’s volleyball team were missing key players that day against the Douglas College Royals. Two powers were injured; a middle had dislocated one of her fingers. Coach Chris Dahl had considered second-year right side Hilary Graham as an outside hitter, but these depletions meant other players had to try different positions. “We had […] Continue Reading |
Sports: a necessary passionEach and every day the masses of society sit glued to their television sets in waiting for the next big game between their favorite sports teams and their rivals. They sometimes do this instead of finding out the daily unraveling of current events and important societal and political issues that are on the evening news. […] Continue Reading |
Culinaire features finest in food and beverageCulinaire, being billed as Victoria’s premier food-tasting experience, is the brainchild of local food connoisseur Scott Gurney. The event came about when Gurney was looking to branch out and find more local restaurants to eat at. “Victoria has such an eclectic variety of restaurants; most locals barely scratch the surface of what’s available to us,” […] Continue Reading |
