Vancouver will have its very own again this summer. This is the third year for the three day event. The of mariachi go back hundreds of years, but the “modern” mariachi began in Jalisco, back in the nineteenth century. A traditional mariachi group has at least two violins, one trumpet, a guitar, a skyline download [...]
The of 1973 was marked by . The so called Dirty War in Latin America lead to the disappearance of thousand of dissidents, many people could escape from their country as political refugees. Chilean women found in Vancouver a good place to start a new life. wrote . She is a a lecturer at the [...]
When I arrived to Vancouver I had to decide whether to give up my Mexican food habits. I had three options: I could hit Tex-Mex restaurants everyday. I could pay huge amounts of money for imported products at special grocery stores or I could give up altogether and learn to eat other kinds of food. [...]
If you look through the window of the Access Gallery, you see a vast dark sea. You will find yourself swimming alone in the middle of the night. Similar to the experience that many people shared as they escaped from Cuba. They are called Balseros people who beverly hills chihuahua 2 hd indir leave Cuba [...]
Ana Cagas Tabella knows first-hand being accredited as a nurse with international credentials in Canada can be a lottery for new immigrants. Cagas, a former nurse in Philippines, came to Canada as a member of the Live-in Caregiver Program. She was surprised that she would have to wait for a couple of years before she [...]
Tim Horton’s is an odd place for an anthropologist to find a job. But when Veronica Grigio arrived in Vancouver just over a month ago, that was her best hope. Grigio interviewed at clothing stores and for food service positions, but she didn’t mention the B.A. she completed in Rome in her resume. She thought [...]
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