Articles tagged with: history
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The community activist Doris Chow joins Joseph Planta and Jackie Pierre to discuss her advocacy in saving Vancouver’s Chinatown from rapid development, as well as dispels the myth of gentrification, and highlights the work of the intergenerational organisation she helped co-found Youth Collaborative for Chinatown.
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The historian and author John Boyko discusses his new book Cold Fire: Kennedy’s Northern Front (Knopf, 2016) and the relationship between John F. Kennedy, John Diefenbaker, and Lester B. Pearson during the Cold War, with Joseph Planta.
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The award-winning theatre artist Mallory Catlett discusses her PuSh Festival show, Decoder 2017, which plays 04 February 2016 at the Fox Cabaret, with Joseph Planta.
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The acclaimed vocalist Neema Bickersteth discusses her PuSh Festival show Century Song which runs 02-06 February 2016 at The Cultch’s Historic Theatre, with Joseph Planta.
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The comedian and author Charlie Demers discusses his show Leftovers, which plays the York Theatre 26-30 January 2016 as part of the PuSh Festival, with Joseph Planta.
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The acclaimed Australian actor Jack Charles discusses his show at the PuSh Festival, Jack Charles V. The Crown, which recounts his illustrious stage and screen career, but also his drug use and crime, as well as assimilation and abuse, with Joseph Planta.
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The writer Susan Musgrave discusses her new book which celebrates the food, people and history of the place she calls home, A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting at the Edge of the World (Whitecap, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
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The acclaimed writer Caroline Adderson discusses her advocacy, and the book Vancouver Vanishes: Narratives of Demolition and Revival (Anvil Press, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
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The authors and historians Brian Antonson and Rick Antonson discuss the book they co-wrote with Mary Trainer, Whistle Posts West: Railway Tales from British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon (Heritage House, 2015), train travel, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and host of TVO’s The Agenda, Steve Paikin discusses the book he co-wrote, I Am a Victor: The Mordechai Ronen Story (Dundurn, 2015), lessons from Mr. Ronen’s life, the Holocaust, remembering, as well as Frank Sinatra; with Joseph Planta.
