February is Black History Month and I am reminded of a short article I published many moons ago in the Vancouver Sun on the life of Sir James Douglas, first Governor of British Columbia. Many do not realise he was of “mixed-race” ancestry born in Demerara, British Guyana – the son of a “free coloured”
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Bonjour à tous et toutes: A bit of lost “herstory”… About 10-12 years ago I was involved with a women’s service club with the mandate of advancing the status of women worldwide called Zonta International (founded in the 1920s or so, Amelia Earhart was one of the original members). I eventually found out that there
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Today being Eid, I am reminded of an interfaith Ifthar dinner my colleagues and I organised in fall 2004 when I was Regional Director of the Canadian Unity Council / Centre for Research and Information on Canada in collaboration with the UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA). Since the report is no longer on the MOA website,
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