canada
and Vancouver thought transit was crowded during the Olympics…
I remember before the Olympics happened a lot of people in Vancouver thought that during the games transit would look like this,
Canadian stereotype comics
If you watched the Vancouver 2010 closing ceremonies last week you saw giant inflatable beavers, moose, mounties etc… along with Canada’s music “talent” like Nickelback and Avril Lavigne.
There’s a lot more up here than wild animals and I don’t think anyone in Canada actually listens to Nickelback or Avril Lavigne so I feel like the [...]
my own closing ceremony
And now that it has been more than a week since the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, things are returning to normal. Classes have started back at UBC and the grind of assignments, lab expectations, long term projects, and midterm exams has provided a nice break from the breakneck pace of the Olympics. Moving [...]
Tom Brokaw explains Canada to the United States
In this short video, Tom Brokaw explains Canada to the United States. Plenty of great shots of Vancouver in there too. Some might say a Canadian is an American without a gun but I would say this video presents a slightly more complex view of the people of Canada. I especially liked that at the [...]
The 100 Mile Diet on Vancouver Island
Loved this short little animation for the 100 Mile Food Society! Home is Where the Food is:
things are about to get a lot more frustrating around here
As the street closings and bus re-routing begins, fellow Vancouver residents and I are in for a memorable experience.
Vancouver’s Chinatown
From Frances Bula’s latest writeup on the issues facing Chinatown,
As Vancouver busily transforms itself into a bland anime city, there’s another momentum as well. It feels as though unreconstructed Chinatown is more cherished every year by people looking for a different quality of urbanism. “I arrive at work as the Chinese grocers [...]
British Columbia rules
Flying into Charlotte-Douglas airport today was an emotional experience. My return home for the first time in five months was a great time to reflect on the beauty of all the amazing experiences I’ve had. However, I think I was mostly disappointed in the pristine landscape ruined by cookie cutter homes and cul-de-sacs cutting through [...]
my thoughts on the dark side of Vancouver 2010, a talk by Dr. Chris Shaw at UBC
I’ve been sitting in the library this morning studying for my materials chemistry class and thought that the next 20 minutes would be an opportune time to summarize notes from yesterday’s talk at UBC’s Green College by Dr. Chris Shaw.
Dr. Chris Shaw is a professor here at UBC in the Department of Opthamology and Visual [...]
I’m not alone: many leaving to US and going to school in Canada for good reasons
Apparently many other college students are leaving the United States and going to Canada.
The Canadian Embassy reports that as many as 10,000 American students are being educated in Canada this year, a three-fold increase from a decade ago.
I’m going to graduate school in Canada for several main reasons: I can work at a major [...]
