Jennifer Wilson

It is not about shutting down conversations, but rather white people doing the grunt work to deflect ignorant tweeters away from online spaces that Indigenous Twitter uses to organize or vent fury.

Reported by Jennifer Wilson and Shoji Whittier Young Canadians give less to charity than older generations according to Giving Tuesday organizers. This year, a new Vancouver specific movement, #VanGives, is encouraging organizations to…

Car break-ins, which on average cost ICBC and drivers around $14 million per year, are down significantly in Vancouver and Surrey, the province’s most populated cities.

Reported by Jennifer Wilson  Two South Vancouver tap dancing teachers say the style is being revived in part due to blockbuster films. The Rhythm Room dance studio in South Vancouver, owned by Jennifer Bishop, is entering its 10th…

An unconscious bias in work culture continues to hold back women’s careers, according to female business leaders at a lecture at the Kerrisdale Community Centre last week, The Threat of the Uppity Woman.

Reported by Jennifer Wilson Some non-regular faculty are struggling with debt and shame and one Langara College history instructor is speaking out. Niall Christie, who was a non-regular instructor for 11 years, represents Precarious…

Reported by Jennifer Wilson In the dark comedy The Ridiculous Darkness, Studio 58 alumna Emilie LeClerc asks the audience to confront the isolation and colonialism present in Vancouver. Originally a German radio play by Wolfram Lotz,…

In one of Vancouver’s safest neighbourhoods, police point to community engagement as the secret to success.

Reported by Jennifer Wilson I am puzzled by accusations of discrimination levelled at the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Roger Waters, in advance of his show at Rogers Arena last week, spoke of his support for the…

With only a handful of women sports reporters in the industry, Wendy Long entered sports writing in the 1980s to challenge the way female athletes and writers were represented.