Guidebook Issue No. 5: Feb 28, 2014

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Celebrating
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INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S
DAY
By Sarah Berman
To honour International Women’s Day
this year, Guidebook has reached out to
international students who are leaders
in their schools (and also happen to be
women).
centres and overseeing campus clubs.
They were gracious enough to share their
challenges, as well as some advice for
other newcomers to Canada.
Please join me in celebrating all these
women have achieved.
Keeping up with school assignments
while adjusting to a new country is
a challenge for anybody who studies
abroad. Yet despite Vancouver’s language
requirements, unfamiliar transit system
and unfortunate lack of relatives or
childhood friends, these young women
have shared their stories of community
building, mentorship and solidarity.
Each of these women arrived in Canada
to study within the last few years.
During their first couple semesters of
post-secondary, they’ve already shown
immense curiosity, strength and initiative.
Nubwa Wathanafa
Second-year sociology and political
science student at Kwantlen
Secretariat for KPU’s Model United
Nations
“My advice is to not to have second
thoughts, to just do it … Don’t think
about it, just say yes.”
-Nubwa Wathanafa
They’ve supported their peers, moved far
beyond their comfort zones and brought
new conversations to light.
“My mom has a Canadian colleague,
since she works at the United Nations,”
Nubwa recalls of her decision to study
in Vancouver. “My mom was excited.”
Through a German study abroad program
called Academic Embassy, Nubwa chose
a program in Vancouver that suited her
learning style.
Through their extra-curricular
commitments, these four women have
helped fellow international students and
the wider student body better understand
the world around them. From Kwantlen
Polytechnic to Alexander College to
Simon Fraser University, I have to say,
I’ve personally learned so much from the
way these women challenge assumptions
and make tangible impacts in their
communities.
Without further ado, meet the young
women who are planning student
socials, organizing model United Nations
conferences, volunteering at women’s
Nubwa is a second-year sociology student
who was born in Nigeria and grew up
in Germany. She is part of a secretariat
at Kwantlen that simulates the United
Nations’ general assembly in cities around
the world. Nubwa will be representing
Eritrea at Harvard’s upcoming World
Model UN conference in Belgium.
“Be honest, be truthful and ardworking.”
-Kirpanpreet Dhillon
“What I liked about Kwantlen’s profile is
that you have a chance to talk to professors
on a one-on-one level,” she explains. “I’m
someone who likes being in a smaller
environment. Because of the English
language, I don’t always understand right
away. I had to raise my hand in classes and
ask the lecturer to slow down.”
Having attended English and bilingual
schools growing up, Nubwa found language
was an unexpected challenge in Canada.
“I thought my English was perfect and on
point, but when I attended my first polisci class I noticed that no—it wasn’t as
good as I thought it was,” she says. “Some
of my professors would tell me the syntax
and position of the words were wrong. I
still think in German; when writing I still
have the German sentence structure in my
head. I have to tell myself I shouldn’t think
in German.”
Nubwa co-organized Kwantlen’s first ever
Model UN conference, with 15 delegates
attending. What is Model UN? She
explains: “It’s a simulation of the real UN
general assembly, which is held a few times
throughout the year… We reenact a debate
related to a world issue. Each participant
represents a country, so that person needs
to know his country’s foreign policy and
allies and enemies.”
“It’s really interesting you see how students
take on the role of real diplomats,” she says.
Kirpanpreet Dhillon
Second-year criminology student at
Kwantlen
Director of Student Life, Kwantlen
Student Association
Kirpanpreet is the Director of Student Life
for Kwantlen’s Student Association. That
means it’s her job to make sure students
at Kwantlen are able to enjoy many social,
academic and extracurricular events.
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She came to study in Canada from India three
years ago. Kirpanpreet uses her language skills
to reach out to the international students she
represents in student government.
“I know three languages and I’m very social,”
she says. (Kirpanpreet speaks Punjabi and Hindi
as well as English).
“When I came here, I didn’t know anything that
was going on—there’s no functions, there’s no
fun,” she recalls of her first year at Kwantlen’s
Surrey campus. “So I organized a great event
where a singer came here and he performed
... I decided to go further, and applied for the
position of Director of Student Life.”
“Get out of your comfort zone. Initiate
the conversation, talk to people from
other cultures you are not familiar with.
You will be amazed.”
-Gia Xu
Kirpanpreet studied at Sheridan College near
Toronto before transferring to Kwantlen’s
criminology program. “It was a great shock,”
she says of her first few months adjusting
to Canadian culture. “Everything was new,
everything was so overwhelming. I went into a
depression for some time. Being away from my
parents, there was nobody to talk to me.”
“But fortunately there were many international
students, after a few months I talked to them
and made friends with them.” Over the three
years she’s lived in Canada, she has learned a lot
about bringing students closer together.
“The more students come to an event, the more
they they’re going to help each other. If you put
them in one room together, it is just human
nature—they exchange, they become friends,
they help each other out.”
Gia Xu
Second year general studies at Alexander
College
Student Clubs Manager
“Definitely meet people who are from
a different place than you … engage
with people who are different.”
-M.Baratova
As student clubs manager, Gia oversees
Alexander College’s nine campus clubs.
She first moved to Edmonton, Alberta from
China three years ago, where she completed
ESL training. Then she enrolled at Alexander in
January of last year. Gia plans to transfer to the
University of British Columbia’s Sauder School
of Business when she completes her studies at
Alexander.
“A friend of mine who attended Alexander
College told me that most of the courses are
transferable to UBC,” explains Gia. “It is a
smaller community, which I believe gives me
a competitive advantage compared to other
colleges that have hundreds of students in a
class.”
Gia collaborates with the school’s student
activity officer, “making sure each club functions
properly, giving advices to club presidents when
necessary, and planning club joint events, such
as school club recruitment at the beginning of
every semester.”
From one day to the next, Gia says one of
her biggest challenges is learning to think in
English. “I’ve been learning English since I was
15, although I could express myself clearly most
of the time, occasionally I find myself struggling
when it comes to deeper conversation,” she says.
“It is not always about the language itself—
things like the vocabulary and grammar; most of
the time it’s about the way of thinking. English is
my second language; I have to translate English
to Chinese in my head when I’m talking.
“It takes time to train my brain to think in
English, but I’m confident that I’m able to do
that someday.”
M. Baratova
Second-year communications at Simon Fraser
University
Organizer at SFU Women’s Centre
M. has played an instrumental role in reaching
out to students at SFU, gathering signatures
and raising awareness on behalf of the women’s
centre on campus. She’s also represented the
women’s centre during important student
government decisions—an area she plans to
explore more deeply in the future. Arriving in
Vancouver from Uzbekistan in 2012, M. is now
in her second year of a communications degree.
“The women’s centre provided a place to speak
about issues that I had been thinking about by
myself and had been getting tense about,” M.
says of her self-initiated journey. “I just realized
the things I’ve come to understand over a
long time come out when people to have these
discussions, which is the most important thing.”
Reaching out to people with different
backgrounds and experiences has been
both a challenge and a reward for M. “As an
international student, I think it was challenging
to meet people who do not have the same
international perspective,” M. explains.
“I used to go through the international school
system, and there was a different understanding
of things like colonialism … It’s less that people
are being colonial or subscribing to it, but they
don’t make the same considerations about that.
It’s not the same kind of mindset.”
Through storytelling and dialogue, M. gained
a greater understanding of Canadian cultural
context, while passing on a perspective unique
to the part of the world she comes from. “It’s
also good because it makes you a person who’s
more critical and eloquent, I think,” she says. o
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Celebrating international students on INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Event Guide, Calendar WHAT’S GOING ON ABOUT TOWN
GuideBook Immigration News
GuideBook News TALK OF THE TOWN
GuideBook News WORLD NEWS
GuideBook PERSONAL STORY: A #MAKEITCOUNT CAMPAIGN
GuideBook WOMEN MAKING MOVIES
Sports OLYMPIC RESULTS & CURLING:CHESS ON ICE
Canadian English GUIDEBOOK EXPLAINS SOME COMMON ENGLISH IDIOMS
FoodReview A TASTE FOR TACOS
The English Guy Where is Advertising Headed?
Discover Vancouver A TRIP TO STEVESTON, BC
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Editor’s Note
Welcome to the February
issue of Guidebook.
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Dearest Guidebook readers,
Sarah Berman
Editor
Here in your hands is a special International Women’s Day
issue of Guidebook, in which we’ve shared the creative and
academic achievements of women who have come to Vancouver
from around the world.
First, we celebrate international students who go above and
beyond their studies. Over the last two weeks we’ve reached
out to some gifted community leaders at Kwantlen Polytechnic,
Simon Fraser University and Alexander College who have
relocated from China, India, Germany and Uzbekistan to study
in Vancouver. Sharing these young women’s challenges and
achievements with you feels like the perfect way to honour
International Women’s Day, which is coming up fast on March 8.
Speaking of strong young women, Guidebook contributor
Tanvi Bhatia shares a personal story with us about her
involvement with a group of immigrant and refugee youth who
are challenging the education system to include English Language
Learning (ELL) for credit toward high school graduation. By the
way, the name English Language Learning officially replaced
English as a Second Language (ESL) in British Columbia thanks
to the hard work of her peer group.
Next up, our cover story is a preview of the Vancouver
International Women in Film Festival, which is happening at the
Vancity Theatre from March 6 to 9. On the cover we have a scene
from the short film L’Autre Femme by Senegalese filmmaker
Marie Kâ. Read about this film and others made in Venezuela,
Iran, Pakistan, Germany and right here in Canada—all crafted by
women filmmakers.
Also included in this issue, is a guide to discovering Steveston,
BC by reporter David P. Ball. He learned it’s a great place for
a scenic stroll and a catch-of-the-day meal. But it also carries
a history that has greatly contributed to British Columbia’s
modern-day social fabric.
Want to relive your favourite Olympic-sized moments? Not
sure what “curling” is, or why Canadians are so proud of their
teams? Our UBC and Emily Carr interns have laid out a few
highlights from the Winter Games, along with a beginner’s
introduction to “chess on ice.”
As always we’ve selected all kinds of events and resources to
help you plan your free time. Many thanks to our contributors
and advertisers for helping us put together the magazine you see
in your hands.
Finally, a big heartfelt thank you to our readers. I invite all
of you to send me an email, to let me know what you’d like to
see in the magazine. Send your suggestions, reactions, and your
favourite fashion accessory to [email protected].
Until next time,
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Event Guide, Calendar
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ALL EVENTS
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VANCOUVER
Vancouver Diversity Health
Fair - Vancouver
Croatian Cultural Centre
3250 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC
March 1, 2014
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
This free, family-friendly
event features over 50
health and wellness related
exhibitors, interactive culinary
demonstrations, health
screenings and onsite tests,
spectacular multicultural
entertainment, and children’s
activities.
communities with access to a
wide range of health and wellness
resources, presented in a number
of languages including Cantonese,
French, Korean, Mandarin,
Persian/Farsi, Punjabi, Spanish
and Vietnamese.
Festival Du Bois - Coquitlam
Mackin Park
1046 Brunette
Coquitlam, BC
February 28 to March 2, 2014
www.festivaldubois.ca
The Société francophone de
Maillardville presents its 25th
anniversary festival of Québécois,
folk, Celtic, and roots music.
The Vancouver Diversity Health
Fair, sponsored by the City of
Performers include the Yves
Vancouver and the Vancouver
Park Board, provides newcomers, Lambert Trio, De Temps Antan,
Bon Débarras, Vishtèn, Matuto,
immigrants and ethno-cultural
JouTou and Friends with Oscar
Villaneueva, Les Bucherons, and
Charlotte Diamond.
Crystal Shawanda @ the
Talking Stick Festival Vancouver York Theatre
Hope, Sweat, and Breathe North Vancouver
639 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC V5L 2W2
March 1, 2014
8:00 p.m.
www.talkingstickfest.ca
Lynn Valley Elementary School
3207 Institute Road
North Vancouver, BC
March 1, 2014
12:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Yoga-themed tradeshow and
fundraiser features yoga studios,
apparel companies, yoga-product
manufacturers, classes with Mike
Nichols, Chris Duggan, Lindsay
Collins, and Melissa Donohoe, as
well as a diamond-necklace raffle.
Proceeds go towards finding a
cure for Hunter Syndrome.
Admission by donation.
Crystal Shawanda‘s country
roots run deep. Born Native
American, on the Wikwemikong
Native Reservation on Canada’s
Manitoulin Island in Ontario,
she was automatically country—
joined to the land and the real
stories of everyday people.
Her latest album, Just Like You,
was released in 2012 on her
label New Sun Records, based in
Vancouver, BC and Nashville, TN.
Following this release, Crystal
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What’s Going on About Town
Clay Workshop with Gu
Xiong - North Vancouver
The Gordon Smith Gallery
Shadbolt Studio, 1st Floor
2121 Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver, BC
Saturday, March 1, 2014
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(604) 998-8563
Join internationally-renowned
Canadian artist, Gu Xiong
as he leads North Vancouver
community members in an
interactive art workshop. Xiong
will share insights into his
artistic practice while guiding
participants in the creation
of small clay pigs that will
be shown in our upcoming
Summer 2014 exhibition at
the Gordon Smith Gallery of
Canadian art as part of Xiong’s
new HuangPu River installation
piece.
Please call 604-998-8563 to
register.
NHL Heritage Classic Vancouver
BC Place Stadium
777 Paci ic Boulevard
Vancouver, BC
March 2, 2014
1:00 p.m.
The Vancouver Canucks take
on the Ottawa Senators at an
outdoor hockey game.
Beethoven’s Ninth
Symphony - Vancouver
Orpheum Theatre
601 Smithe Street at Seymour
Vancouver, BC
March 1, 2014 from 8:00 p.m. to
10:15 p.m.
March 2, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to
4:15 p.m.
(604) 876-3434
Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra presents: Beethoven’s
Ninth. Considered by many to
be the greatest piece of music
ever written, Beethoven’s
immortal, beloved Symphony
No. 9 is an extraordinary ode
to hope, joy and brotherhood.
Resonating through the
centuries with its emotional
message and sheer power,
hearing Beethoven’s Ninth is
one of the most inspiring and
thrilling musical experiences
you can have in a concert hall.
Introduction to Wordpress
Blogging - Vancouver
Vancouver Public Library Central
Branch
Computer Training Room, Level
7
350 W. Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
(604) 331.3603
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 22, 2014 from
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
miracle of space travel home
to Canadians and to the entire
world.”
Don’t miss an evening with a
Canadian icon who is out of this
world.
Friends of Chamber Music
present Ébène Quartet Vancouver
Vancouver Playhouse
601 Hamilton Street at Dunsmuir
Vancouver, BC
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(604) 437-5747
Learn the basics of blogging.
Set-up an account and get
started in this hands-on
session.
This highly-regarded young
French ensemble has received
glowing accolades. They were
part of the BBC New Generation
Artists series, have toured
France, England, Germany and
North America, and in 2009
Gramophone awarded their
Ravel, Debussy and Fauré disc
the grand prize: Record of the
Year.
Admission: Free
Registration is required.
The Ébène often stretch the
range of quartet literature.
Unique Lives: Chris
Hadfield - Vancouver
For a group to step outside
their own genre and succeed
is a rare thing. To do it with
such originality and verve is
astonishing.
The Orpheum
Vancouver, BC
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
1 (866) 449-8118
“Good morning, Earth.” That is
how Colonel Chris Hadfield—
writing on Twitter—woke up
the world every day while living
aboard the International Space
Station for over five months.
During his stay in space,
Hadfield became something of
an extra-planetary media star.
He not only tweeted photos,
he tweeted Queen Elizabeth,
William Shatner, talked to
school-children, strummed
his guitar and provided videos
about daily life on the station.
On his last day on the ISS he
posted his farewell music video
online—a reworking of David
Bowie’s “Space Oddity”—it
exploded, garnering millions of
views in its first hours alone.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
said the astronaut has done an
“absolutely remarkable job as
the first Canadian commander
of the International Space
Station and has brought the
Programme:
•Franz Joseph Haydn:
•Quartet in F minor, Opus 20,
No.5
•Béla Bartók:
•Quartet No.3 (1927)
•Felix Mendelssohn:
•Quartet in A major, Opus 13
Former US Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham
Clinton speaks - Vancouver
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
630 Hamilton Street at Georgia
Vancouver, BC
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
5:30 p.m.
(604) 684.2787
Hillary Rodham Clinton, the
former U.S. Secretary of State,
is the keynote speaker for the
Women’s Leadership Circle.
The Women’s Leadership Circle
(WLC) is a signature program of
The Vancouver Board of Trade.
Launched in 2007, the WLC
is one of the largest women’s
business networking groups in
Metro Vancouver.
Based on the pillars of
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performed at the presidential
inauguration in Washington,
DC in January 2013 and
won her first Juno Award for
Aboriginal Album of the Year.
She will release two EPs in 2013
and tour extensively in the USA
and Canada.
The York Theatre is located
on Commercial Drive between
Venables and Hastings.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
will speak to a Vancouver audience leading up to
International Women’s Day
Who: Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted by the Vancouver Board of
Trade’s Women’s Leadership Circle
When: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 630 Hamilton Street
In honour of International Women’s Day, the Vancouver Board
of Trade is bringing Hillary Rodham Clinton to Vancouver, as
part of its Women’s Leadership Circle program.
Clinton served as the 67th U.S. Secretary of State from 2009
until 2013, after nearly four decades in public service. Her
“smart power” approach to foreign policy repositioned American
diplomacy and development for the 21st century.
“Throughout her remarkable career, and in her roles as mother,
daughter, First Lady, senator, and Secretary of State, Hillary
Rodham Clinton’s steadfast focus on the political, economic, and
social empowerment of women has been an inspiration,” says Jill
Schnarr, vice president of community affairs at Telus and chair of
the Women’s Leadership Circle at Vancouver’s Board of Trade on
the Vancouver Board of Trade website.
As First Lady and Senator from New York, Clinton traveled
to more than 80 countries as a champion of human rights,
democracy, and opportunities for women and girls. Clinton also
worked to provide healthcare to millions of children, create jobs
and opportunity, and support first responders who risked their
lives at Ground Zero. In her historic campaign for President,
Clinton won 18 million votes.
“Clinton is recognized as an incredibly resilient leader, boosted
by her remarkable dynamism and energy. She has cultivated a
talent to stay positive and unwavering, with the ability to bounce
back from hardship to be even stronger than she was before,”
Schnarr continued. “On behalf of the Women’s Leadership
Circle, I am thrilled to welcome Hillary Rodham Clinton to The
Vancouver Board of Trade this spring.”
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connections, conversations,
recognition, and advocacy, the
WLC is an inclusive business
community which embraces
diversity and elevates women.
The Vancouver Board of Trade
believes that businesses thrive
when woman are fully engaged
at all levels.
Vancouver International
Women in Film Festival Vancouver
Vancity Theatre
1181 Seymour St
Vancouver, BC V6B 2E8
March 6 to 9, 2014
www.womenin ilm.ca/
Coinciding with International
Women’s Day on March 8th,
VIWIFF will screen a diverse
selection of shorts and feature
films produced by established
and emerging women
filmmakers from all over the
world.
With 33 films in the lineup,
gala and industry events,
workshops, visiting filmmakers,
and panel discussions, this
4-day event is something you
don’t want to miss.
Student discounts available.
Guangdong Modern Dance
Company with Goh Ballet Vancouver
Vancouver Playhouse
601 Hamilton Street at Dunsmuir
Vancouver, BC
March 7 and 8, 2014
8:00 p.m.
www.vidf.ca
(604) 662-4966
The Vancouver International
Dance Festival opens its
Vancouver Playhouse series
with the Guangdong Modern
Dance Company, China’s oldest
professional modern dance
company, and Vancouver’s Goh
Ballet sharing an enjoyable
evening of contemporary dance
and ballet.
Goh Ballet treats Vancouver
to the Walspurgisnacht Ballet
by George Ballanchine, the
foremost contemporary
choreographer in the world of
ballet, while GMDC makes its
Vancouver debut with Voice
After, a work choreographed
by its resident choreographer
Liu Qi.
Inspired by the poetry of
Bei Dao, Liu Qui depicts the
tranquility of ocean waves,
flocks of gulls, and the hidden
storm surging below.
The evening culminates with
the premiere of Mustard Seed,
also choreographed Liu Qi,
but combining the dancers of
both GMDC and Goh Ballet to
create a large-scale work that
bridges the Pacific Ocean by
connecting the vibrant energies
and technical virtuosos of these
two companies.
Sun Tzu and The Art of
War - UBC
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
UBC Point Grey Campus
1961 E Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Saturday, March 8, 2014
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
cstudies.ubc.ca/one-day
(604) 822-1444
In this One Day @ UBC Course,
explore the main ideas of Sun
Tzu and The Art of War and
discuss how this ancient work
continues to influence strategy
today.
The Art of War is widely read
not only in military academies
around the world, but also in
business and political science
programs.
Instructor Colin Green teaches
history at UBC. His current
research focuses on the role of
the military and militarization
in modern China.
To find out more or to register,
call 604.822.1444 or view
http://cstudies.ubc.ca/one-day.
International Women’s
Day Celebration: Inspiring
Change - Vancouver
1489 McRae Avenue
Vancouver, BC
Thursday, March 6, 2014
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
This celebration is cosponsored by the Pacific
Immigrant Resource Society
and The University Women’s
Club. With its theme, “Inspiring
Change,” the event features four
accomplished speakers who
have transformed lives in their
own ways. Speakers include:
•Patsy George, Women’s Rights
Activist
•Meharoona Ghani, Inclusion
and Diversity Specialist
•Carmen Aguirre, Actress and
Writer
•Rosa Tatiana Celis, Elementary
Educator and Flamenco Dancer
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A Terrible Beauty:
Edward Burtynsky’s photography
Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition opens March 1
What: Edward Burtynsky photo exhibition, work from 1983 to 2013
Where: The Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street
When: March 1 to May 26, 2014
The Vancouver Art Gallery announced the addition
of 34 photographs by world-renowned Canadian
photographer Edward Burtynsky to the gallery’s
permanent collection.
Burtynsky personally donated the 34 works, all of
which will be featured in the upcoming exhibition A
Terrible Beauty: Edward Burtynsky at the Vancouver
Art Gallery from March 1 to May 26, 2014.
“We would like to express our gratitude to Edward
Burtynsky for this significant body of work,” said
the Gallery’s Director Kathleen S. Bartels in a press
release.
“This extraordinary addition not only greatly
expands the range of Burtynsky’s oeuvre in the
Gallery’s collection, but also builds further depth
to the Gallery’s already significant photo-based
collection of works by leading contemporary artists.”
Burtynsky’s large-format colour photography has
aligned him with outstanding artists such as Stan
Douglas, Andreas Gursky and Thomas Struth who
are also represented in the Gallery’s collection.
Burtynsky’s works focus on human incursions
into the natural landscape, documenting the
impact between human beings and their evolving
environment. His subjects include marble quarries,
the oil industry, ship breaking, the Three Gorges
Dam and more recently, water.
A prolific artist, Burtynsky’s film directorial
debut Watermark has recently won the 2014 Best
Canadian Documentary Film prize, awarded by the
Toronto Film Critics Association. Shot locally, in
British Columbia, nationally and around the world
in Australia, Iceland, Spain and China, these 34
works speak to the tremendous global scope and
the universal nature of Burtynsky’s subject matter
through eight different series.
The Breaking Ground series features images of
cars, structures and roads in British Columbia,
documenting the C.N. track as it traverses the sublime
landscape of this province. Burtynsky travelled to
India, Italy and China to shoot the Quarries series
to find architecture within the landscape itself. The
extraction of resources has been an ongoing subject
matter for the artist, forming the series of Oil, Fields,
Mines and Tailings.
In the China series, Burtynsky documented the
controversial construction of the Three Gorges Dam,
the world’s largest hydroelectric engineering project
in the middle of the Yangtze River. The most recent
series Water has led Burtynsky to travel around
the world to understand the use and misuse of
this ubiquitous resource. These works include the
depiction of the result of human-inflicted disasters
such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010,
as well as imagery of circle pivot irrigation, farming,
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professional dance artists. From its studios at Main
and 8th in Vancouver, The Goh Ballet Academy has
become an internationally renowned leader in training
and performance productions.
These companies come together to present the world
premiere of the Mustard Seed by GMDC resident
choreographer Liu Qi. The production’s name refers
to a Buddhist metaphor, in which a grain as tiny as a
mustard seed can reveal the wonders of the universe.
In addition to the collaboration, each company will
perform select pieces from their celebrated repertoires,
including Voice After from GMDC, also choreographed
by Liu Qi, and Walspurgisnacht Ballet from Goh Ballet,
choreographed by George Balanchine.
CHINA’S
GUANGDONG MODERN
DANCE COMPANY
MEETS
VANCOUVER’S
More performances by Kokoro Dance, Modus
Operandi, Michael Sakamoto and Rennie Harris,
Dancers Dancing, 605 Collective, Yui Kawaguchi and
Aki Takase, Israel Galván, 10 Gates Dancing Inc with
Public Recordings, Créations Estelle Clareton, and
Montréal Danse.
GOH BALLET
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What: The Vancouver International
Dance Festival
When: March 7 to 29, 2014
Where: Various Venues
How much: Free to $60
The Vancouver International Dance
Festival (VIDF) will feature a globespanning roster of artists and creators
who will take to the city’s stages from
March 7 to 29.
This vibrant festival features a diverse
array of international icons, including
China’s Guangdong Modern Dance
Company and Spain’s flamenco
innovator Israel Galván, coupled with
local favorites Dancers Dancing, the
605 Collective, among many others.
A standout event features Guangdong
Modern Dance Company, China’s first
professional modern dance company,
appearing with Vancouver’s awardwinning Goh Ballet in “Select Works/
Mustard Seed” at the Vancouver
Playhouse on March 7 and 8 at 8:00
p.m.
“Performances like this are why
the Vancouver International Dance
Festival exists,” says Barbara Bourget,
artistic director for the festival.
“In this evening we bring together
artists of different place, age, style,
and experience to share the stage
in a unified expression. I think the
chemical reaction of this cultural
exchange will be an enormously
rewarding experience for artist and
audience alike.”
Guangdong Modern Dance Company
(GMDC), founded in 1992, is
mainland China’s first professional
modern dance company. Based in
one of the most vigorous regions in
China, the company has attracted
some of the finest and boldest artists
in the country. Works created by its
dancers, resident choreographers,
artistic directors and international
guest artists have won critical acclaim
and overwhelming audience responses
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through a game of physical interactions, whose fluid
movements gradually reveal a world of delicate,
layered, and ever-changing relationships.
Since its establishment in 1978, The
Goh Ballet has been fully committed
to offering the highest caliber of
education to young ballerinas and pre-
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12th annual Shakti Awards
Gala - Surrey
Bollywood Banquet Hall Payal
Business Centre
#201 - 8166 128th Street,
Surrey, BC V3W1R1
March 8, 2014
5:30 p.m.
The Shakti Awards have become
a tradition that Vancouverites
now look forward to year after
year as local women in our
communities are recognized
for their achievements,
determination and courage.
This year 12 awards will be
given out to women who have
been nominated for their
achievements, in honour of
International Women’s Day.
The event will include:
•An inspiring keynote address
from Ms. Eileen Mohan,
advocate and mother of the late
Chris Mohan
•Shakti Awards
•Lively entertainment by Zahra
Habib
•Fashion show by Zaira‘s
Couture
•A spectacular silent auction
•Dinner and dancing
Tickets are $35.00 per person
and $315.00 for a table of
10. To confirm your seats,
take advantage of our online
payment system.
All proceeds will go to Shakti:
Empowerment of Women,
Children and Families Society.
For further information about
Shakti Awards or Shakti
Society, contact Sonia Andhi at
604-307-8796 or Anu Pala at
604-551-3287.
Magician Wes Barker Vancouver
Vogue Theatre
918 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
Mar. 8, 2014
7:00 p.m.
www.northerntickets.com
Langley stunt magician presents
a high-energy show filled with
magic tricks, stunts, comedy,
and audience participation.
Vancouver, BC
March 9, 2014
2:00 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.
(604) 876-3434
Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra’s Symphony Sunday
presents: One of the most
critically-acclaimed violinists
of her generation, Viviane
Hagner makes her VSO
debut performing Glazunov’s
brilliant Violin Concerto. Also
- Bartók’s Dance Suite, one of
his most popular works, was
written to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the union of
Buda and Pest into the city of
Budapest. This concert includes
Kodaly’s exquisite Dances of
Galanta that movingly recall
the composer’s childhood in
what was then his northern
Hungarian home town. Michael
Francis is conductor.
Homegrown 101 - Delta
Sungod Recreation Centre
7815 112 Street
Delta, BC V4C 4V9
March 11 and 13, 2014
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
(604) 952-3000
It’s time to plan your vegetable
garden. Learn the basics
to growing your own food
including garden design and
crop rotation.
Find out how to amend your
soil to ensure maximum growth
this year and learn what seeds
you should start now. Draw
prize!
Admission is free, but
registration is required.
Louis Lortie performs
Chopin’s 1st Piano
Concerto - Vancouver
Orpheum Theatre
Vancouver, BC
March 15, 2014
8:00 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
interpretative voice across a
broad range of repertoire rather
than choosing to specialize in
one particular style.
The London Times, describing
his playing as “ever immaculate,
ever imaginative”, has identified
the artist’s “combination of
total spontaneity and meditated
ripeness that only great pianists
have.”
Chelsea Hotel: The Songs
of Leonard Cohen Burnaby
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
6450 Deer Lake Avenue
Burnaby, BC
March 12 and 13, 2014
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Leonard Cohen’s powerful
and inspirational music is the
heartbeat of Chelsea Hotel.
With extraordinary new
arrangements, six performers
play seventeen instruments in
this concert, a tribute to the
remarkable writer.
Through Cohen’s transcendent
songs and the honesty of his
lyrics, you will be transfixed
by this eclectic cabaret of loves
won and lost.
Check into New York’s
infamous hotel—a place full of
music and enchantment, desire
and passion.
Rock art of Indian Arm Vancouver
Vancouver Public Library, Central
Branch
Special Collections, 7th Floor
350 W. Georgia Street
March 12, 2014
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
A photographic tour of the
pictographs (rock art) of Indian
Arm will be conducted by
author Ralph Drew who has
studied these archaeological
sites for his recently published
book Forest & Fjord.
Admission: $20 (plus service
charges and fees)
Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra Masterworks Gold
presents: One of Canada’s
all-time favourite artists, Louis
Lortie plays Chopin’s beautiful,
romantic First Piano Concerto,
in a concert that also features
Canadian composer Dorothy
Chang, and the Finlandia-like,
Nordic landscapes of Sibelius’s
Symphony No. 1.
Symphony Sunday:
Glazunov, Bartók and
Kodaly - Vancouver
Orpheum Theatre
French-Canadian pianist Louis
Lortie has attracted critical
acclaim throughout Europe,
Asia, and the United States.
Richmond Nature Park
11851 Westminster Hwy
Kinsmen Pavilion
Richmond, BC
Saturday Mar 15, 2014 - Sunday
Mar 16, 2014
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
He has extended his
Drop in to see snakes, lizards
Admission: Free
Exotic Reptile Show Richmond
and geckos. This is a great
opportunity to talk with the
people who know reptiles best.
Presented by the West Coast
Society for the Protection and
Conservation of Reptiles.
Admission by donation.
Celtic Village and Street
Market - Vancouver
Granville Street between Robson
and Georgia
Mar. 15, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.;
Mar. 16, 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m.
www.celticfestvancouver.com
Two-day celebration of Celtic
music, dance, food and
shopping. Includes music on
the Mahony & Sons Music
Stage, local dance troupes on
the CelticFest Community
Stage, a mass Celtic-drum
session, a penny-whistle
workshop, street performers
like the Unipiper and the
Green Men, sword fighting
by Academie Duello and
the Society for Creative
Anachronism, and a street
market featuring food and the
work of artisans.
Part of CelticFest Vancouver.
The event also runs at Robson
Square.
Admission: Free
Constantinople - North
Vancouver
Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver, BC
Mar 16, 2014
7:30 p.m.
www.caravanbc.com
Caravan World Rhythms presents
Persian music from the 16th and
17th centuries, featuring singer
Sepideh Raissadat.
Admission: starting at $36
Countries in Focus - UBC
2205 Lower Mall, Building 1
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The ‘Countries in Focus’ series
aims to put a spotlight on a
specific under-represented
country for a duration of
approximately one month.
Throughout this time,
UBC’s International Student
Association puts together
events to create more cultural
awareness of the designated
country in partnership with
students, student clubs, and
faculty members.
For more info email ISA@
ubcinternational.ca
Vancouver Fashion Week Vancouver
Various Venues
Vancouver, BC
March 18 to 24, 2014
www.vanfashionweek.com
Industry event showcases
international designers from
over 30 global fashion capitals.
Participating designers include
Green Embassy, Susana
Bettencourt, Martins Paulo,
Nina Tan, Noe Bernacelli,
Ophelia Song, and Lisa
Loveday.
Admission: $30-300
Blue Man Group Vancouver
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
650 Hamilton Street
Vancouver, BC
March 25 to 30, 2014
www.ticketmaster.ca
Blue Man Group present
multimedia performances
featuring a live band playing
tribal rhythms, a prosceniumsize LED curtain, and a highresolution screen. Their wildly
popular theatrical shows and
concerts combine comedy,
music, and technology to
produce a totally unique form of
entertainment.
The New York Times heralds
the show as “One of the most
delightful performance pieces
ever staged.” E! Entertainment
News exclaims, “Blue Man
Group is what every live
performance aspires to be.”
The Baltimore Sun raves, “Blue
Man Group packs a wallop. It’s
a big, loud, funny, silly, visually
arresting production!”
Although it is impossible to
describe, people of all ages
agree that Blue Man Group is
an intensely exciting and wildly
outrageous show that leaves
the entire audience in a blissful,
euphoric state.
With no spoken language, Blue
Man Group is perfect for people
of all ages, languages, and
cultures.
Admission: $35 (plus service
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Guidebook Immigration News
For Refugees,
Starting Over Just
Got Harder
The federal government has denied funding for BC’s largest refugee
mental health agencies, leaving hundreds of trauma victims without
help. This investigation first appeared in TheTyee.ca.
By Kristian Secher, TheTyee.ca
Kristian Secher is a journalist
from Denmark completing a
practicum at The Tyee. His
work is republished here with
permission.
Carlos Mauricio Cruz, who
fled Honduras fearing his
life, found help he needed at
the Vancouver Association
for Survivors of Torture.
Photo by Kristian Secher.
By the end of the month, refugees arriving in British Columbia will no
longer receive free help to cope with the traumas they endured before
fleeing to Canada.
The change comes after Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
denied funding to refugee mental health services in BC.
As a result, organisations that have been offering free counselling
programs for years will be forced to shut their doors to refugees effective
as of March 31, 2014.
After that, refugees without the money will get no professional help
to process their experiences—a crucial step in getting settled in a new
country.
‘A mental health crisis’
“This is a mental health crisis,” says Dylan Mazur, executive
director of Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST).
They have lost 75 percent, or about $250,000, of their budget
after funding from the federal government was cut. VAST is the
largest organisation that provides refugee mental health services
in BC. In 2013 they saw 633 clients and the year before that, 655.
Carlos Mauricio Cruz was one of those clients. His mother, an influential
lawyer and social rights advocate, was murdered by gangs in their home
country of Honduras. He fled out of fear that he would be targeted next.
When Cruz arrived in BC late summer 2011 he had nothing. In Honduras
he was a lawyer, taught at the university, he owned a house, a car, had
friends—he had a life. In Canada all that was gone and Cruz didn’t speak
a single word of English.
His immigration lawyer saw how Cruz was struggling and referred
him to VAST. Initially, Cruz was hesitant to go but when he finally
did he found the centres translators helped him express himself.
It was the first time after his arrival in Canada that he could
talk about his feelings and experiences. It changed him, he says.
For 10 months he visited the centre once a week. The place was like a
community. People would meet up, cook food, drink coffee, and share
their stories.
“There were so many people with bigger issues than my own who went
to VAST and received help and support,” says Cruz. “I don’t know what
will happen to them if there is no VAST.”
Neither does Mazur.
“There’s nowhere to send these people,” he says. “There are the settlement
services but for mental health there’s no one.”
Denied without explanation
Chris Friesen, settlement services director of Immigrant Services
Society of BC (ISS) is worried as well.
“These programs are providing crucial help to men, women, children
and youth who require specialised mental health intervention. At the end
of March this will no longer be the case,” he says.
Friesen says it will have a tremendous impact on the refugee
settlement process. If traumatised refugees are blocked from proper
help, he says, it will only add more barriers to their settlement process.
ISS has been responsible for distributing the funds for refugee mental
health services in B.C. since 2008. Each year they received close to
$800,000 from the provincial government and divided it between three
B.C. organisations: VAST, Family Services of Greater Vancouver, and the
Bridge Refugee Clinic under Vancouver Coastal Health.
The funding came as part of a larger sum that the federal government
sent to British Columbia each year through the Canada-BC Immigration
Agreement to fund the provinces settlement and immigration programs.
In April 2012, CIC Minister Jason Kenney announced that he was
revoking the Canada-BC Immigration Agreement effective in two years.
Starting in 2014, organisations like ISS and VAST would have to apply
directly to CIC for funding.
Both organisations did so in the summer of 2013 but it wasn’t until
January this year—three months before their previous funding ran
out—they received notice: their applications had been
rejected.
“It was a four line email,” recalls Mazur. “There were
no reasons given just that we didn’t fit their criteria.”
No appeal process is available under CIC funding.
Friesen responded promptly and requested a debriefing
to the federal government from CIC on why ISS would
not receive funding.
“Our proposal was based on a model that is currently
being delivered in Manitoba and in Ontario where it has
been funded by CIC for several years,” he says.
Why would CIC not deliver funds to crucial programs
that already exist elsewhere in Canada? Friesen wanted
to know. He sent the request on January 16, 2014. So far
he has heard nothing but an electronic acknowledgement
that his message is received.
Nowhere to turn
At Family Services of Greater Vancouver there is also
concern as to what will happen to the refugees once
funding runs out.
Family Services of Greater Vancouver received close
to $100,000 each year through the now-discontinued
funding. They used the money to fund two therapists
who did group or individual counselling for refugees.
When March comes to an end, so does the counselling.
“These are adults and children that have witnessed
shootings and war, seen family members being
killed or they were maybe shot themselves,” says the
organisation’s manager of counselling and trauma
services Christina Melnechuk.
“Some of them show all the symptoms of anxiety and
depression and really need help before they can even
begin to feel strong enough to learn the language and
try and find work,” she says, echoing Friesen’s concern
that the loss of services will delay refugees’ settlement
process.
Melnechuk says they will continue to see refugees
through their regular counselling program but that it
won’t be for free anymore. If they don’t have the money
they won’t be able to access service, she says, adding
that refugees will have nowhere to turn then.
Government owes refugees support
Friesen says the federal government has an obligation
not to let it come to that.
Unlike other immigrants, many refugees are selected
as Government-Assisted Refugees (GARs). They are
invited to Canada, where they will receive permanent
residence upon arrival and support for up to one year.
In 2012 BC took in 711 GARs.
“The government invites and supports these people
to come to Canada and I think we owe it to provide as
much support as we can to this particular vulnerable
newcomer population,” says Friesen.
Melnechuk agrees. She doesn’t think we should be
bringing people that have had these kind of experiences
into the country and then not help them.
“On one hand we open our hearts and say with
compassion that we’re going to get you out of this
terrible situation,” she says. “But then we bring you here
and then we’re not going to give you the help you need.”
The Tyee reached out to Citizenship and Immigration
Canada who was unable to comment before publication
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Immigration minister hints at
new investor visa to Chinese
media
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander gave an interview to
the South China Post after scrapping Canada’s controversial
Immigrant Investor Program (IIP) which was popular with
wealthy Chinese applicants.
He told the South China Morning Post that Chinese citizens are
still welcome in Canada and will be able to apply for Canadian
visas under a new investor program which will open later this
year.
On the heels of the federal budget announcement, Guidebook
reported the investor program was frozen in 2012 with over
65,000 applicants—45,500 of which are Chinese—on a waiting
list. Some of the people who applied for resident visas under the
IIP had been waiting for nearly ten years.
In his interview with the Post, Alexander said that he wanted
to encourage wealthy Chinese citizens to apply for Canadian
immigration. In particular, Alexander referred to two new
programs which are expected to open later in 2014; an
Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Fund and a ‘business skills’
visa program.
He said, “Our message to would-be immigrants around the
world, but especially in China and Hong Kong, is that we are
recruiting talent on a scale that we never have before.”
“There is a range of pathways open to them,” he continued. “All
of these programmes are dominated by Asian countries. We
expect that to continue and grow.” Other Asian media outlets
have suggested Chinese investors are looking away from Canada,
and looking into immigration to countries like Australia. 
Chris Alexander, Canada’s current immigration
minister, told Chinese media two new visa programs
for investors and entrepreneurs are expected to open
later in 2014. Over 45,000 Chinese investors had
their visa applications scrapped in February.
‘Long transition period’ available for schools aiming to meet new requirements for
international students
Schools will have an additional 18 months to gain Education Quality Assurance status,
a ministry spokesperson confirms
By Sarah Berman
On February 14, Guidebook reported that British
Columbia will introduce new requirements for
post-secondary schools that accept international
students. The changes are meant to protect people
from around the world who come to BC to study
longer than six months. The change will come into
effect in June 2014, with a grace period extending
until December 2015.
There are currently more than a hundred public
and private schools that meet BC’s Education
Quality Assurance (EQA) requirements, out of 317
registered career training institutions.
Some well-known private schools such as CDI
College, Visual College of Art and Design (VCAD),
and Vancouver Career College (VCC) have not yet
received the EQA designation. All three of these
well-marketed private schools are owned by a
company called Eminata Group. Eminata’s VP
Academics Bohdan Bilan said his company plans to
apply for EQA status in the future.
“In the past few years, international students
have not been a large part of the student body of
our colleges and the EQA designation has not
previously been a requirement for acceptance of
international students,” Bilan said in an email.
“As a result of the changes occurring with respect
to study permits and the EQA designation, and
the increase in interest we are receiving from
international students at the college level, we will
move forward with the application for EQA with
the Ministry of Advanced Education.”
“Currently those three institutions do not
have EQA,” confirmed Scott Sutherland,
communications manager for the BC Ministry of
Advanced Education, reached by phone last week.
To gain EQA status, these colleges will have to
implement federally-prescribed policies, such as a
transparent tuition refund policy.
The Ministry of Advanced Education says career
colleges like VCC, CDI and VCAD will have
an extended 18-month grace period to meet
the new requirements, as long as they show
some progression towards the new standards.
“As long as they continue to progress toward EQA,
as long as they’re on the road to meeting those
criteria, then they can continue to enrol students,”
Sutherland said.
Sutherland said that the EQA registry requirement
is in response to the federal government’s
International Student Program, and that BC is
the first province in Canada to implement these
changes. He says currently-enrolled international
students at CDI, VCC and VCAD have nothing to
fear. “Those schools that currently do not have EQA
status will be able to continue to enroll students,”
he said.
“We are confident all of our educational institutions
qualify for EQA,” Bilan said of CDI, VCAD and VCC.
“We look forward to receiving the EQA designation
for all of our educational institutions and the
increased support of international students.”
Sutherland said the ministry will be sending more
information about these changes to post-secondary
institutions in the coming weeks. o
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highest quality of living
in North America,
5th in the world
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Canadian cities ‘dominate’ top five spots
in North American quality of life survey
Vancouver is the city with the best quality of living in
North America, according to a survey conducted by an
American firm called Mercer Group.
Canadian cities dominate North America’s top-five list.
Vancouver is followed by Ottawa (14th in the world),
Toronto (15), Montreal (23), and San Francisco (27).
The continent’s lowest-ranking city is Mexico City (122),
preceded by four US cities: Detroit (70), St. Louis (67),
Houston (66), and Miami (65).
“On the whole, North American cities offer a high
quality of living and are attractive working destinations
for companies and their expatriates,” Slagin Parakatil,
senior researcher at Mercer commented. “A wide range
of consumer goods are available, and infrastructures,
including recreational provisions, are excellent.”
But when including the rest of the world, Vienna is the
city with the world’s best quality of living. Zurich and
Auckland follow in second and third place, respectively.
Munich is in fourth place, followed by Vancouver.
Mercer evaluates local living conditions in more than
460 cities. Living conditions are analysed according to
39 factors, including political stability, media censorship,
pollution, education, housing, and even weather.
Ranking 25 globally, Singapore is the highest-ranking
Asian city, followed by four Japanese cities: Tokyo (43),
Kobe (47), Yokohama (49), and Osaka (57). Dushanbe
(209), Tajikistan, is the lowest-ranking city in Asia. “Asia
has a bigger range of quality-of-living standard amongst
its cities than any other region,” said Parakatil. “For many
cities, such as those in South Korea, the quality of living
is continually improving. But for others, such as some in
China, issues like pervasive poor air pollution are eroding
their quality of living.”
With their considerable growth in the last decade,
many second-tier Asian cities are starting to emerge as
important places of business for multinational companies.
Examples include Cheonan (98), South Korea, which is
strategically located in an area where several technology
companies have operations.
Over the past decades, Pune (139), India has developed
into an education hub and home to IT, other high-tech
industries, and automobile manufacturing. The city
of Xian (141), China has also witnessed some major
developments, such as the establishment of an “Economic
and Technological Development Zone” to attract foreign
investments. The city is also host to various financial
services, consulting, and computer services.
Dubai (73) ranks first across Middle East and Africa. The
city of Pointe-à-Pitre (69), Guadeloupe, takes the top spot
for Central and South America.
Mercer conducts the quality of living survey annually
to help multinational companies and other employers
compensate employees “fairly” when placing them on
international assignments. Two common incentives
include a quality-of-living allowance and a mobility
premium. A quality-of-living or “hardship” allowance
compensates for a decrease in the quality of living
between home and host locations, whereas a mobility
premium simply compensates for the inconvenience of
being uprooted and having to work in another country.
“Political instability, high crime levels, and elevated air
pollution are a few factors that can be detrimental to the
daily lives of expatriate employees their families and local
residents. To ensure that compensation packages reflect
the local environment appropriately, employers need a
clear picture of the quality of living in the cities where
they operate,” said Parakatil.
“In a world economy that is becoming more globalised,
cities beyond the traditional financial and business
centres are working to improve their quality of living
so they can attract more foreign companies. This year’s
survey recognises so-called ‘second tier’ or ‘emerging’
cites and points to a few examples from around the world.
“These cities have been investing massively in their
infrastructure and attracting foreign direct investments
by providing incentives such as tax, housing, or entry
facilities. Emerging cities will become major players that
traditional financial centres and capital cities will have to
compete with.” o
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Guidebook National News
Organ donation from deceased donors has
risen 17 percent in Canada
Canada still behind other countries when it comes to
registering as donors
Good news: organ donation is on the rise in Canada, according to a
national report.
For the first time in a decade, the number of deceased organ donors
in Canada has exceeded the number of living donors, according to a
new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
Of the 2,225 organ transplant procedures performed in Canada in
2012—an increase of nearly 5 percent over 2011—1,686 were from
deceased donors, according to Canadian Organ Replacement Register Annual Report, which was released on February 25, 2014.
Deceased donors are important because they can provide up to eight
organs for transplant to Canadians in need, while a living donor can
provide only a single organ.
CIHI’s report shows that the rate of deceased Canadian organ donors has risen by 17 percent over the past 10 years. This may be explained in part by heightened public awareness of organ donation
due to both greater media coverage and the growth of social media
campaigns.However, even with this increase, Canada’s deceased
donor rate continues to lag behind that of other countries, according to a CIHI press release. The total number of deceased donors in
the country in 2012 was 540 people — a small number compared to
Spain, which has the highest donation rate in the world due to its
“opt out” system.
“There is still a significant gap between donations and need,”
says Dr. Joseph Kim, a transplant nephrologist with the University
Health Network and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. “We need to engage both the public and the health
system to increase awareness and improve efficiencies in identifying
and evaluating potential organ donors.”
And, Dr. Kim explains, while increasing the number of donors is
both important and encouraging, it is equally important to ensure
that sufficient resources are in place to get patients with end-stage
organ failure onto waiting lists for transplant procedures.
End-stage organ failure presents complex issues and challenges for
the health care system.
While transplants cannot and do not cure patients, they can improve their quality of life dramatically. They are also more cost-effective than the alternatives.
“Over a five-year period, a kidney transplant is approximately
$250,000 less expensive per patient than dialysis,” explains Greg
Webster, CIHI’s Director of Acute and Ambulatory Care Information Services. “That’s good for both patients and the system.”
Furthermore, type two diabetes—a largely preventable disease—
continues to be the most predominant cause of end-stage kidney
disease in Canada. “Focusing efforts on prevention initiatives, such
as nutrition and lifestyle education, may result in fewer patients requiring dialysis in the first place,” says Webster. o
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Guidebook News
Talk
of the
Town
Police crime stats show decrease in
homicide, increase in sexual offenses
Coquitlam RCMP accepting students for Intro to Policing course
The Vancouver Police Department released its latest
crime statistics on February 20, revealing a record low
murder rate in the City of Vancouver.
For 16 years, the Coquitlam RCMP has offered a
course for Grade 11 and 12 students interested in
learning about becoming a police officer.
“We have no greater priority than preserving life,” says
Chief Constable Jim Chu in a press release.
“We have targeted those we know who are most
capable of murder and then we get them off the streets
before they can kill or be killed.”
The Vancouver Police Department does this through
careful intelligence analysis leading to proactive
investigations into criminal conspiracies and other
serious murder precursor offences, simply making it
very difficult to engage in “gangsterism” in Vancouver.
The result: Last year Vancouver recorded six
homicides. It reflects a steady decrease from past years
when Vancouver has recorded over 40 homicides per
year. In nearly every category Vancouver continues to
be a safer city.
The course includes presentations, hands-on
training and real-life demonstrations from police
officers and associated community partners.
Training presentations include general duty, air
services, forensic identification, police dogs, traffic
enforcement, emergency response and more.
Fewer banks were robbed. Last year there were 47. In
2008, there were 173. Fewer shots were fired. Last year
there were 23 compared to 51 in 2008.
Fewer homes are being burglarized. Last year there
were 2,347 residential break-and-enters compared to
3,551 in 2008.
Property crime in general has also fallen significantly
over that time period.
“While we have hit our goals in reducing the numbers
of property crimes, they are still unacceptably high,”
says Chief Constable Jim Chu.
“There is not a member of the VPD, sworn or civilian,
who is not tasked in some way with helping to reduce
property crime in our city. We are also proud of the
efforts of our hundreds of volunteers in programs like
Community Policing Centres, Block Watch and Citizens’
Crime Watch.”
While crime prevention programs and information
campaigns are a useful tool in driving crime rates
down, in some cases increased awareness can actually
contribute to higher rates of reporting of crimes. When
victims are encouraged to step forward, that increased
reporting is sometimes reflected in higher crime stats as
we have seen in sexual offences.
Sexual offences have risen from 412 in 2008 to 526 last
year.
“The majority of these offenses are stranger gropings,
and we believe more used to go unreported,” says Chief
Chu.
“We are grateful to the women who have the courage
to step forward and report these assaults, because only
then can we amass the evidence we need to put these
criminals away and stop them from attacking another
woman.” o
In addition, a field trip to a maximum security
correctional facility, hands-on police defence
tactics and the police physical evaluation test—
known as PARE—are in the syllabus this year.
The course costs $125, includes nine sessions, and
takes place on Monday evenings and Saturday
mornings in March and April. The classes are held
at the Coquitlam RCMP Detachment near Pinetree
Way and Guildford.
Some School Career Preparation Programs have
recognized the course for school credit and have
also paid the student fee. Financial assistance is
available.
Feedback from previous students as well
as teachers who sat in on classes has been
overwhelmingly positive. These students observe
areas of police work that regular police officers
deal with daily. Some previous participants in the
program are now of the age that they have initiated
the application process to become peace officers
while others are enjoying the rigours of police
work after having graduated from ‘Depot’ training
as RCMP Constables.
To register contact Coquitlam Continuing
Education at 604-936-4261 between 11:00 am and
8:00 pm. Space is limited. o
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Guidebook News
Students
participate in
hands-on training
during a Coquitlam
RCMP Intro to
Policing course.
Kwantlen Polytechnic gets
BC’s first publicly-funded
Chinese medicine school
Kwantlen Polytechnic University will host
British Columbia’s first public school of
traditional Chinese medicine, according
to sources at Kwantlen.
“Government is making solid progress on
its commitment to establish the province’s
first public school of traditional Chinese
medicine,” Advanced Education Minister
Amrik Virk said in a press release. “At
the end of the day, our focus is on giving
British Columbians more choice and
greater options in health care.”
With the appointment of a Parliamentary
Secretary for Traditional Chinese Medicine
in December 2013, and now the selection
of the host post-secondary institution, the
next step will be the creation, later this
year, of a program advisory committee.
“Establishing the public school at
Kwantlen Polytechnic University is an
opportunity to strengthen and consolidate
British Columbia as the country’s leader in
traditional Chinese medicine,” said TCM
Parliamentary Secretary Richard T. Lee.
Currently, B.C. has no traditional
Chinese medicine schools in its public
post-secondary system. Having the school
in the public sector will complement the
six private schools already operating
within the province that are accredited by
the Private Career Training Institutions
Agency and recognized by the College of
Traditional Chinese Medicine of British
Columbia.
“Traditional Chinese medicine is
increasingly popular,” said Minister
of International Trade and Minister
Responsible for Asia Pacific Strategy and
Multiculturalism Teresa Wat. “We are
making progress in the implementation
of a public traditional Chinese medicine
school.”
The TCM school - combined with
potential international partnerships - will
benefit British Columbians by expanding
access to preventative and complementary
health-care education.
“This is a unique opportunity,” said
Kwantlen
Polytechnic
University
president Alan Davis. “We are excited to
start working with the Province to make
the school a reality.”
The commitment to create an
environment for a school of traditional
Chinese medicine at a British Columbian
publicly
funded,
post-secondary
institution was included in the February
2013 speech from the throne and is a
government platform commitment. o
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Guidebook News
BC coroner announces
inquest into the death of
a Mexican woman who
died in Canadian Border
Service Agency (CBSA)
custody
The BC Coroners Service announced a
public inquiry into the death of Lucia
Vega Jimenez, a Mexican woman who
died while in the custody of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)
at the Vancouver airport. The BC Coroners Service announced the inquest
via press release on February 25, 2014,
following public outcry by migrant and
civil liberties activists.
Ms. Vega Jimenez was taken to
hospital the morning of December 20,
2013, after she was discovered hanging
in a shower stall at the Immigration
Holding Centre at Vancouver International Airport. She did not regain
consciousness and was removed from
life support with family present on
December 28, 2013, according to the
coroner’s media release.
Langara will host a social justice film
festival
The Just Film Festival: bringing social justice and
environmentalism to the big screen in Vancouver
Langara College will bring the voices of undocumented migrants to
the big screen during a weekend film festival that merges art and
activism.
This weekend, Amnesty International, CoDevelopment Canada,
Village Vancouver and Langara College will present BC’s largest
social justice film festival. These organizations will be screening
over 40 social justice and environmental documentaries.
The inquest is scheduled to begin
in September 2014, at the Coroner’s
Court in Burnaby. An inquest is a
formal process that allows for public
presentation of evidence relating to a
death.
“The Just Film Festival uses activist documentary film to educate
people about social justice and environmental issue and inspire them to
act for change,” says festival coordinator Erin Mullan in a press release.
During the inquest, presiding coroner
Margaret Janzen and a jury will hear
evidence from witnesses under oath
to determine the facts surrounding
the death. An inquest jury may not, by
law, make any findings of fault or legal
responsibility. However, the judge will
make recommendations related to the
evidence presented. 
The festival kicks off Friday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. with a
double bill featuring two inspiring films about the transformative
potential of art for people on the margins of society. Trash Dance
documents the daily lives of sanitation workers, culminating in an
inspired performance piece.
“These films show the different ways communities both locally
and around the world are working for social change.”
The second film, Inocente, relates the intensely personal story of a
young undocumented migrant who is inspired by art and colour to
take control of her own destiny.
Inocente is a 40-minute film
recounting the personal story of a
young undocumented migrant who
is inspired by art and colour and
endeavours to reclaim her own destiny.
The film won an Academy Award for
best documentary short. Playing at
Langara College as part of the Just
Film Festival Friday, February 28,
2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver is known for its storied history of art and activism. The
world-famous environmental group Greenpeace started here in
1969. It has since grown to a multi-million dollar non-governmental
organization with offices in over 40 countries.
On Saturday and Sunday, the Just Film Festival daytime
programs will be packed with insightful and motivating films on
the challenges facing our world. At the same time a Social Justice
Bazaar of up to 20 community groups is on hand to help educate
and connect with budding and seasoned activists alike.
Formerly known as the Vancouver World Community Film
Festival, the festival has been produced by CoDevelopment
Canada, Comox Valley-based organization World Community and
Langara College Continuing Studies for the past 12 years. This
year, Amnesty International and Village Vancouver have come on
board to join in producing the festival. “Our new name reflects this
exciting new partnership,” says Mullan.
The Just Film Festival is part of the Travelling World Community
Film Festival, which brings activist documentary to a dozen
Canadian communities.
For the full festival schedule, film descriptions and ticket
information go to www.justfilm.org o
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, New Immigrants
Protests in Venezuela grow,
opposition leader arrested
Venezuelan security forces arrested
opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez last week
on charges of fomenting unrest, bringing
tens of thousands of angry supporters
onto the streets of Caracas. 13 people have
died in street protests involving fires and
barricades.
The demonstrations that began in February
across the nation have become the biggest
challenge to president Nicolas Maduro since
his election last year following socialist
leader Hugo Chavez’s death.
Protestors demand Maduro’s resignation
over issues ranging from inflation and
violent crime to corruption and product
shortages. The student-led uprising first
began as sporadic outrage over an attempted
rape. Lopez helped rebrand the nationwide
effort as “La Salida” or “The Exit” meant to
end Maduro’s rule.
Via Reuters
Pakistani drone activist has
been freed
A prominent anti-drone campaigner
from Pakistan who was abducted from
his Rawalpindi home last week has been
released, according to Al Jazeera reports.
Karim Khan told Al Jazeera he was kept
blindfolded and handcuffed for eight days
News|WORLD
in a basement “torture chamber”, where he
was beaten and physically abused before
being released late on Thursday night.
Khan said he had been taken from his home
by approximately 20 unidentified armed
men, some of them in police uniform, during
the night of February 5—just days before he
had been due to testify before European
parliamentarians about US drone attacks.
Khan had been due to fly to Europe on
February 15, on a trip that would see him
testify before members of the European
parliament in Brussels, UK legislators in
London and the International Criminal
Court in The Hague, on the United States’
use of drone strikes in Pakistan.
Khan’s 17-year-old son, Zahinullah Khan,
and brother, Asif Iqbal, were killed in a
drone strike in the Machi Khel area of North
Waziristan on December 31, 2009.
Via Al Jazeera.
Ukrainian president leaves Kiev,
former prime minister freed
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich left
the capital Kiev for Kharkov on February
21 as parliament voted to strip him of his
powers.
Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada)
held a new emergency session, during
which it passed a law on a return to the
2004 constitution without the president’s
signature, saying that the president had
removed himself from power.
It also appointed a new head of the Ministry
of Interior and a new head speaker of the
Rada. In addition, parliament ruled to free
former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko
from prison and set early presidential
elections for May 25.
At least 80 people were killed in clashes
between protesters and Yanukovich’s police.
Via RT.
12-day worker strike in Egypt
Workers of state-owned Mahalla Spinning
and Weaving factory reached a deal with
the labour ministry and concluded a 12-day
strike, according to Daily News Egypt. The
workers had initially requested the payment
of their late bonus for 2013, which they were
supposed to receive in December, but its
delivery was delayed until February. The
workers began their sit-in on the factory
premises earlier this month.
The workers’ demands escalated on their
first day of their strike to request the
resignation of: Chairman of the Holding
Company for Cotton Spinning and Weaving
Abdel-Alim Hassan, the Commissioner of
the Spinning and Weaving Company Abdel
Fattah Al-Zoghby, and the re-election of the
workers syndicate.Workers from Mahalla
Spinning and Weaving returned to work
Saturday, February 22.
Via Daily News Egypt.
The other kind of ‘football’
is catching on in Brazil
Brazil is and always will be a soccer country,
especially during a year in which it hosts
the World Cup. Yet the major U.S. sports
leagues for football, baseball and basketball
are seeing massive growth according to
Yahoo. The National Basketball Association
(NBA) became the first U.S. league to
open a permanent office in Brazil, in 2012.
America’s National Football League (NFL)
saw its average TV audience in Brazil double
in 2013. Major League Baseball welcomed
the big-league debut of its first Brazilianborn player in 2012 and at least two others
are expected to make professional rosters
this year.
Via Yahoo.
Bahraini human rights activist
may face more prison time
In Bahrain, court proceedings against
human rights activist Zainab Alkhawaja
were postponed until March 3. Alkhawaja
could return to prison after she was released
on Sunday following nearly a year behind
bars, according to Democracy Now
“We’re calling for a country where every
Bahraini is respected, every Bahraini is
treated equally,” Alkhawaja told Democracy
Now. “We’re calling for a country where we
feel we have rights, where we feel we have
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dignity, where people can’t step all over
us, can’t torture and kill and get away with
these things. We’re living in a country,
basically, where the criminals are the most
powerful people in the country, and where
a lot of us actually feel proud when we’re in
jail, because we know that in Bahrain, when
you go to jail, it means you did something
right and not wrong.”
The pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain
marked its third anniversary in February.
Via Democracy Now.
Facebook purchases texting
app for a record $19 billion
Facebook beat out Google to acquire
WhatsApp, a messaging start-up, for $19
billion in cash and stock, according to the
New York Times.
The mind-boggling price is Facebook’s
largest acquisition by far.
Facebook will pay $4 billion in cash and
$12 billion worth of Facebook shares for
WhatsApp. An additional $3 billion in
restricted stock units will be granted to
WhatsApp employees and founders.
Via the New York Times.
Ugandan president signs
tougher punishments for
homosexuality into law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
signed into law a measure that toughens
sentences for those convicted of engaging in
homosexual acts.
Museveni said last month he wouldn’t sign
the bill but then backtracked because he
said Ugandan scientists determined there’s
no gene for homosexuality and it was
abnormal behavior, CNN reported.
While Museveni was mulling whether to
sign the bill into law, U.S. President Barack
Obama warned that enacting the bill would
affect U.S.-Uganda relations, describing the
legislation as an “affront and a danger to the
gay community” in Uganda.
The White House released a statement
Monday calling the law “a step backward,”
adding the United States will continue to
advocate for “protection of the universal
human rights of LGBT persons in Uganda
and around the world.”
Via CNN.
Spotlight on:
Bangladesh Elections
Sheikh Hasina wins third election
amid political turmoil
By Shafiqul Bashar, TheAsian.asia
The Bangladesh Awami League (AL)
president Sheikh Hasina has become the
prime minister of the government again for
the third time, as her party has achieved
massive victory in the just-concluded
parliament elections. The AL secured 232
seats in the 300-seat unicameral Jatiya
Sangsad (parliament).
Sheikh Hasina, who was sworn in as
Prime Minister on January 12, formed
her 49-member council of ministers
by inducting lawmakers of four other
parties into her cabinet. Three lawmakers
belonging to Jatiya Party (JP), which has 33
seats in the parliament, are in the cabinet.
The JP will also act as the opposition in the
parliament while Hasina described her new
cabinet as the ‘government of consensus.’
The elections of the 10th parliament of
Bangladesh held on January 5 was boycotted
by the main opposition, Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP) headed by former
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, who
is leading an alliance of 18 political parties
including the Islamic fundamentalist party
Jamaat-e-Islami. The BNP-led alliance had
not only boycotted the polls, but also tried
to resist it through hartals (general strikes),
blockades and violence.
The Election Commission (EC), however,
succeeded in holding the polls in which
40.56 percent of voters turned out to
cast their ballots. The turn out rate was
described by both AL chief Sheikh Hasina
and Chief Election Commissioner Kazi
Rakibuddin Ahmad as satisfactory, since
according to them, the elections were held
amidst boycotts and violence of major
opposition parties.
A total of 12 registered political parties
including the Awami League and its
allies participated in the polls. Some 153
candidates, mostly belonging to the AL,
were elected unopposed as they had no
rivals during the elections for the 147 seats
on January 5.
The BNP and its allies rejected the polls
results and demanded fresh polls due to
alleged rigging. The opposition vowed to
continue their movement against Hasina’s
government. A total of 22 persons were
killed during the polls and post-poll violence
was present across the country.
On January 6, the day after the polls, Sheikh
Hasina addressed a press conference and
expressed her satisfaction at the outcome
of the elections. She claimed the polls as
free and fair and said a 40.56 percent turn
out of voters in a situation created by the
opposition, is good enough.
Opposition boycotts the polls Sheikh
Hasina urged opposition leader Khaleda Zia
for talks on the peaceful holding of the next
elections for the 11th parliament. She called
upon Khaleda to come for talks discarding
the path of terrorism and violence and
severing ties with war criminals of 1971
and militant Jamaat-e-Islami. “A solution
could be reached on the next elections only
through talks and for that everyone will
have to have restraints, tolerance and stop
political violence of all sorts,” Hasina said.
The demand, for which the opposition
is agitating and boycotting polls, is the
“holding of general elections under a
non-partisan
caretaker
government.”
But Sheikh Hasina rejected the demand
saying, “Elections cannot be held under
a government of unelected persons. The
independent Election Commission would
conduct the elections while the outgoing
government should do the routine work of
administration. This is the normal practice
in the parliamentary system.”
But, Khaleda Zia remained adamant on her
stance and declined to take part in elections
if Hasina remained as Prime Minister. On
this issue, the opposition has been agitating
since November 25 when the EC announced
the schedule of the elections for the 10th
parliament. The opposition enforced
hartals, blockades on highways, railways
and waterways to put pressure on Hasina’s
government. The opposition’s agitation
programme often became violent, causing
many losses to the country’s economy.
Trains, motor vehicles, buses, trucks were
burnt or damaged in many places including
the capital city. Many lives were lost in the
violence while hundreds sustained injuries.
The activists of fundamentalist Jamaat-eIslami have been playing a key role in antigovernment agitations. The registration of
Jamaat as a political party with the Election
Commission was earlier cancelled and its
leaders are facing trials in the International
Crime Tribunal in Dhaka for their crimes
against humanity during the country’s
war of liberation in 1971. The Jamaat-eIslami collaborated with the Pakistani army
during the war and now the party’s leaders
are facing trials in the tribunal. One of
the accused Jamaat, central leader Abdul
Quader Mollah, has already been hanged
while five other leaders have been sentenced
to death and two others sentenced to
imprisonment for life. In such a situation,
Jamaat joined the alliance led by Khaleda
Zia and its activists are playing the leading
role in the agitation against Sheikh Hasina.
The policy makers of the government
believe that Jamaat is the main force in the
opposition political alliance and therefore
Sheikh Hasina has been asking Khaleda Zia
to cut ties with Jamaat.
Despite the opposition’s violent agitation,
the Election Commission carried on with its
polls schedule on January 5. While Sheikh
Hasina is set to run the new government,
Khaleda Zia has announced fresh
programmes of movement demanding
cancellation of January 5 polls and the
holding of fresh elections. The country’s
religious minority community Hindus have
become a target of opposition activists and
their houses and temples were attacked
in many places. The Hindu community
has become a target, since the opposition
believes they voted for the Awami League.
The government has already deployed
the army all over the country and law
enforcing agencies have been asked to take
stern action against those responsible for
such attacks and violence. Sheikh Hasina
also warned that severe action would be
taken against those who are responsible for
attacks on the minority community.
The worst sufferer in the recent political
violence and agitation is the country’s
business community and national economy.
The general strikes and blockades seriously
affected business and economic activities.
The country’s exports have slowed down for
the last couple of months, affecting export
earnings. Bangladesh’s export earnings
largely depend on readymade garments
(RMG), but due to volatile situations, many
orders from foreign buyers of RMG have
been cancelled.
The country’s apex business body, the
Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of
Commerce and Industries (FBCCI), has
appealed to both the government and
the opposition to sit together and reach a
consensus to settle political issues to save
the country’s economy.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon urged Bangladesh’s two major
parties to resume talks after the elections
and to urgently address the expectations of
the people for an inclusive political process.
In a statement issued on January 7, the UN
chief said, “Violence and attacks on people
and property can never be acceptable.”
Besides the UN Secretary-General and
the country’s business community, AL
chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
also underscored the need for meaningful
dialogue between the two sides for political
settlements. The people of Bangladesh also
expect a political solution ending all sorts of
violence for the welfare of the people and
protection of the country’s economy. o
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| Guidebook Q&A for Newcomer
YOUR
QUESTIONS,
ANSWERED
As a newcomer to BC, it’s natural to have a long list of questions about life in your new country. That’s why Guidbook
would like to dedicate this space to answering the questions of our readers. If you have a question about finding housing,
applying to schools, applying for visas, saving money or even discovering Vancouver’s nightlife, send your query to
[email protected]. If we don’t know the answer, we’ll find an expert to advise.
Q1: As an international student, do I have to file a
tax return?
A1: As a resident of Canada for income tax purposes for
part or all of a tax year (January 1 to December 31), you
must file a tax return if you:
•owe tax; or
•want to claim a refund.
Even if you have no income to report or tax to pay, you
may be eligible for certain payments or credits. In order to
receive the following payments or credits, you must file an
income tax return.
•the goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/
HST) credit;
•Canada child tax benefit payments; and
•payments from certain related provincial or territorial
programs.
Q2: What are my tax obligations?
A2: Your residency status determines your income tax
return filing requirements in Canada.
•If you entered Canada during the year and have
established significant residential ties with Canada, follow
the filing requirements for newcomers to Canada [see A3].
•If you have not established significant residential ties and
are not deemed to be a resident of Canada, follow the filing
requirements for non-residents of Canada [see A4].
•If you are a deemed resident of Canada, follow the filing
requirements for deemed residents [see A5].
Q3: This is my first year living in Canada. What
form do I use?
A3: As a newcomer to Canada, you should be aware
that most individuals who reside in Canada file only one
income tax return for the tax year, because the Canadian
government collects taxes on behalf of all provinces and
territories, except the Province of Quebec.
For the tax year that you are a newcomer to Canada and for
each tax year that you continue to be a resident of Canada
for income tax purposes, use the General Income Tax and
Benefit Package for the province or territory where you
resided on December 31 of the tax year.
[Available online at www.cra-arc.gc.ca/formspubs/t1gnrl/
bc-eng.html]
Q4: I spend a lot of time in my home country. Do I
still have to file a return?
A4: You are a non-resident for tax purposes if you:
•normally, customarily, or routinely live in another country
and are not considered a resident of Canada; or
•do not have significant residential ties in Canada; and
◦you live outside Canada throughout the tax year; or
◦you stay in Canada for less than 183 days in the tax year.
As a non-resident of Canada, you pay tax on income you
receive from sources in Canada. The type of tax you pay a
nd the requirement to file an income tax return depend on
the type of income you receive.
If you receive only income from employment or business
use the General Income Tax and Benefit Package for the
province or territory where you earn the income along with
Guide T4058, Non-Residents and Income Tax [available
online at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/t4058/
README.html].
However, if you also receive other types of income (capital
gains and/or taxable scholarships, fellowships, bursaries,
or research grants), you will also need Form T2203,
Provincial and Territorial Taxes for 2013 - Multiple
Jurisdictions [available online at www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/
pbg/tf/t2203/README.html].
If you receive only other types of taxable Canadian-source
income (such as scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, or
research grants, capital gains, or from a business with
no permanent establishment in Canada), use the Income
Tax and Benefit Package (for Non-Residents and Deemed
Residents of Canada) [available online at www.cra-arc.
gc.ca/formspubs/t1gnrl/nnrsdnts-eng.html].
Q5: What is a “deemed resident”? How does a
“deemed resident” file taxes?
A5: You are a deemed resident of Canada for tax purposes
if you are in one of the following situations:
•You lived outside Canada during the tax year, did not
have significant residential ties, and you are a government
employee, a member of the Canadian Forces including
their overseas school staff, or working under a Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) assistance
program. This could also apply to the family members of
an individual who is in one of these situations. For more
information, see Government employees outside Canada.
•You temporarily lived in Canada for 183 days or more
(the 183-day rule) in the tax year, do not have significant
residential ties with Canada, and are not considered a
resident of another country under the terms of a tax treaty
between Canada and that country.
If you are a deemed resident of Canada for the tax year,
you:
•must report world income (income from all sources, both
inside and outside Canada) for the entire tax year;
•can claim all deductions and non-refundable tax credits
that apply to you;
•are subject to federal tax and instead of paying provincial
or territorial tax, you’ll pay a federal surtax;
•can claim all federal tax credits, but you cannot claim
provincial or territorial tax credits; and
•are eligible to apply for the goods and services tax/
harmonized sales tax (GST/HST) credit.
For each tax year that you are a deemed resident of Canada
for tax purposes, use the Income Tax and Benefit Package
(for non-residents and deemed residents of Canada).
[Available online at www.cra-arc.gc.ca/formspubs/t1gnrl/
nnrsdnts-eng.html].
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We launched
a CAMPAIGN to
#MakeItCount
Valuing the hard work of migrant
students learning English in high school
When a high school student in BC learns a new
language, they get credit towards graduation.
Unless they are a migrant student learning English.
By Tanvi Bhatia
My first encounter with the Youth Advisory Team
(YAT), a group of immigrant and refugee youth
supported by the Vancouver Foundation and BC
Representative for Children and Youth was in 2011.
Someone recommended I attend a conference for
immigrant and refugee youth, and the chance to miss
two days of school to meet new people and potentially
learn something was an opportunity I couldn’t pass on.
I didn’t know what to expect, because this whole idea
of dialogue between immigrant and refugee youth was
alien to me.
The Make-It-Count.ca
campaign collected over
2,000 signatures and over
25,000 YouTube views.
Imagine my surprise when those two days turned
out to be more than anything I could have possibly
expected.
I found myself immersed in a diverse, insightful group
of people not so different from myself. I learned about
issues I had been unaware of, that could affect my
family as well as the people around me.
It was like a door that I had never noticed before had
been pushed open and it wasn’t closing anytime soon.
All at once, there was so much going on around me
that was wrong and I had so much admiration for the
people who were trying to make it right.
[Editor’s note:
For three years, Tanvi Bhatia has been part of a team of immigrant
and refugee youth that advocates for the rights of new Canadians
in British Columbia. The group’s successes include changing the
name of English as a Second Language (ESL) courses to English
Language Learning (ELL)—to better represent the multilingual
youth that arrive in Canada. In this issue, Tanvi reflects on her
team’s ongoing awareness campaign aimed at crediting ELL
courses toward high school graduation.]
After the summit, my life lapsed back into normalcy.
Yet, something had started that couldn’t be stopped—I
didn’t want to forget everything I had heard and said
in the past few days. Four months later I received an
email from the very group of people who had put the
summit together, looking for new members.
From there it was a whirlwind. I remember
getting started, planning dialogues and learning
how to facilitate conversation, traveling to
Nanaimo, Prince George, Victoria, and Langley
and having these important conversations with
immigrant and refugee youth across the province.
While I was immersing myself in doing my best to
help these conversations happen, the team began to
see patterns in what we heard from the youth at these
dialogues. Through our four main focuses (immigration,
education, family, and building bridges), some main
issues emerged: obstacles that were affecting people’s
daily lives, obstacles that many of us had faced, and are
still facing.
Thus emerged Make It Count. What began with a
few people became something bigger, and soon we
were working with more and more people to form
recommendations based on what we heard.
From those recommendations came a report. From the
report came the idea to focus on one recommendation
in particular. From that idea came the Make It Count
campaign. We knew, when we discussed the idea of
centering our campaign on one recommendation, which
one we would choose. It was a unanimous decision—
we wanted the work immigrant and refugee students
did in English Language Learner (ELL) courses to be
credited.
I took ELL back in elementary school, when it was
still called English as a Second Language (ESL). The
name change, by the way, can be accredited to the
Youth Advisory Team, though it was long before I ever
joined their ranks. It was simple and over in a flash. I
never gave much thought to it, because I was out of the
system before I was ever really in it. So I was appalled
when I discovered that ELL courses didn’t count for
graduation credits.
As it turned out, the only people who really knew ELL
courses weren’t being counted were the high school
students who had been enrolled in those courses. We
not only needed to get the public on board to remedy
the situation, but to first educate them on it.
The mountain in front of us was big, but none of
us doubted that we could climb it. We spent months
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“I learned about issues I had been unaware
of, that could affect my family as well as the
people around me.”
-Tanvi Bhatia
Members of the
Youth Action
Team (YAT) meet
to discuss their
campaign to credit
English Language
Learning (ELL) towards high school
graduation.
working on this campaign, molding
ideas and fixing all the little cracks until
we had something that satisfied us all.
We had a report. We had a video. We
had a launch date.
When Make It Count launched, it was
kind of surreal. To see the campaign
that the team had put so much work
into go public, to hear people talking
about it, to watch my English teacher
bring it up in front of the class—it made
it all feel real.
We had a website and a petition, we
made presentations and we talked to
friends, and as it turned out, it wasn’t
difficult for people to see the unfairness
of what we presented before them.
It was like this little campaign had
exploded and turned into pure force,
gaining momentum and preparing to
break through any barrier.
Tanvi Bhatia is a
Guidebook contributor and member
of the Youth Action
Team (YAT) which
advocates for the
rights of immigrant
and refugee youth.
In the end, the petition on make-itcount.ca received 2,399 signatures.
As of right now, the YouTube video
has 21,962 views. Our campaign was
featured on Upworthy.com and we even
had a spot on CTV news. Somehow,
we reached people, and consequently
made a dent in the surface of a much
greater issue.
There is still so much more that needs
to be done, like actually getting around
to implementing a credit system for ELL
students, as well as addressing some
of the other recommendations in the
report and making sure conversation
like these don’t stop happening, but the
Make It Count campaign was a pretty
great start.
There is not a single day when I’m not
proud of the work the YAT has done
for Make It Count and otherwise, and
likewise there is not a day when I am
not grateful to be a part of it. Through
the YAT I’ve met some amazing people,
I’ve been educated and I’ve been
humbled, and I’ve seen the difference
it makes when one chooses to listen to
voices that usually remain unheard. o
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From the cover: a short film
by Senegalese filmmaker
Marie Kâ called L’Autre
Femme. See page 37.
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El Regreso by Patricia Ortega. See
opposite page for a description.
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Women
Making
Movies
For all the career advancement women have gained
over the last century, the Hollywood film director’s
chair is one place still dominated by men.
In fact, across the top 100 highest-grossing
films in 2012, only 16.7 percent of the 1,228
directors, writers, and producers were women.
Just in time for International Women’s Day,
a Vancouver film festival has selected 33 highquality movies made by women. Female writers,
directors, producers and cinematographers from
around the world will show off their filmmaking
talents at the Vancity Theatre from March 6 to 9,
2014.
We’ve rounded up a selection of international
short and feature-length films playing during the
festival, created in Venezuela, France, Turkey,
Pakistan, Senegal, Germany, Iran and right here
in Canada.
A black comedy by German
writer and director Frauke
Finsterwalder. See page 36
for details.
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Film blurbs by Katja de Bock
and Emily Yakashiro,
courtesy of
www.wiftv.wordpress.com.
Noor (France, Turkey, Pakistan) by Çağla
Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti
Friday, March 7, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Young, handsome Noor wants to be a man.
He doesn’t belong to the Khusras, Pakistan’s
eunuch and intersex community, anymore. After
narrowly escaping a violent incident at the truck
stop where he works, he heads off on a magical
road trip across northern Pakistan hoping to
find a woman who will accept him as he is.
Inspired by the lay actor’s true biography, the
filmmakers embarked on a fascinating road
movie through a Pakistan we don’t normally hear
about—one with a stunning landscape, hopeful
romantics, and entirely devoid of notions of
terrorism and natural catastrophes. Most of the
actors and extras play themselves, as the FrenchTurkish veteran documentary filmmakers take a
vérité approach for their fictional debut.
Beautifully framed in a wide screen format,
the film premiered at the prestigious Cannes
Film Festival, and has been collecting awards
ever since. Eponymous lead actor Noor, who
had never met western people before meeting
the directors, is an astonishing talent who
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El Regreso (Venezuela) by Patricia Ortega
Saturday, March 8, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
El Regreso, a.k.a. “The Return” is a narrative
fiction that explores the tragic and true events
of April 18, 2004 in the Wayuu community
of Bahía Portete, at the Colombian Guajira, a
territory split between Colombia and Venezuela.
The cast consists of mainly non-actors from
the area’s indigenous peoples whose moving
performances are captured by Venezuelan debut
filmmaker Patricia Ortega.
The story is told from the perspective of
Shuliwala (Daniela González), a 10-year-old girl
who is forced to flee her home for an unknown
city. The film is a bold contribution to the fight
against racism while portraying little-known
images of the Wayuu indigenous community.
By focusing on a specific ethnic group, Ortega
proposes a universal approach that vindicates
the struggle for the rights of indigenous people.
Awarded
Best
Feature
Film,
Best
Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best
Actress (Daniela González) at Festival entre
Largos y Cortos de Oriente “ELCO 2013” in
Venezuela.
The film was considered "one of the jewels of
the IX edition of the Venezuelan Film Festival in
Mérida.”- Correia, Alexis. El Nacional.
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TOP Award-winning Venezuelan
film El Regreso (The Return) is
based on true events.
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documentary filmmakers Çağla
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debuted Noor at Cannes.
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Finsterworld: a daring, charmingly absurd
reflection of the broken German soul, 70
years after World War II.
has captured the hearts of festivalgoers
worldwide.
Finisterworld (Germany) by Frauke
Finsterwalder
Saturday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m.
Who says Germans don’t have a sense of
humour? This black comedy (“finster” means
“dark” in German, and the title is a wordplay
on the director’s last name). Finsterwalder
wrote the film with her husband, Swiss
novelist Christian Kracht, which is a daring,
charmingly absurd reflection of the broken
German soul 70 years after World War II.
While a group of independent high school
students has a gruesome experience at a
former concentration camp, “furries”—
people dressed up in costumes portraying
anthropomorphic
characters—gather
together looking for acceptance. A well-todo couple clinging to their youthful ideals
speeds toward Paris in a rented, “no Naziautos, please” car, and an esthetician who
despises German folk songs develops a
peculiar taste for his elderly female clients.
These tales of loss of national identity, and
the search for love in this ensemble piece
are elegantly filmed, and often surprisingly
morbid—watch out for the optical illusion
of a rotating Cadillac sign turning into a
swastika—no SFX required.
How A People Live (Canada) by Lisa
Jackson
Sunday, March 9th 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.
The
Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw
Nations
invited award-winning filmmaker Lisa
Jackson and producers Catrina Longmuir
and Sharon Bliss to trace the history of their
nations’ forced relocation from traditional
territories on the coast of British Columbia
in 1964. Candid and moving interviews,
striking archival films and photos dating
back over 100 years, as well as a visit to
their stunning ‘Homelands’ bring to life the
story of a people known for their theatrical
dances, their strong connection to the land,
and the strength that has enabled them to
overcome incredible hardships. Following
the rise of the Idle No More movement, this
masterfully lensed and edited documentary
emphasizes the importance of remembrance
and reconciliation when meditating on
Canadian history at large.
"In the film How a People Live we depict the
land, we talk about what happened over a
period of 150 years, and we demonstrate a
strength of will and soul that is moving us
toward a healthy and vibrant society once
again,” explains Colleen Hemphill, Chief
Treaty Negotiator Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw
Nations.
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How a People Live recounts the
forced relocation of the Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw Nations.
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More scenes from the short film
L’Autre Femme, shot in Dakar,
Senegal.
Chi (Canada, India) by Anne Wheeler
Saturday, March 8, 1:00 pm.
This feature documentary follows Canadian
actress Babz Chula to Kerala, India, where she is
to undergo treatment by a renowned Ayurvedic
healer in an effort to manage her six-year battle
with cancer. The bare-bones Indian clinic at first
disappoints, but Babz is uplifted as her condition
seemingly shows marked signs of improvement
following treatment and introspection. Returning
home, however, it is revealed that her cancer has
actually advanced. Amazingly, the irrepressible
actress invites filmmaker Anne Wheeler to
continue bearing witness to her journey into the
unknown.
From the Iranian
short film Saba.
For more information, and to buy
tickets, visit www.womeninfilm.ca
L’Autre Femme (Senegal) by Marie Kâ
[SHORT FILM]
Friday, March 7 at 4:00 p.m.
From Senegal comes a bold film set in the
mysterious world of polygamous households.
Kâ’s film hones in on the story of Madeleine as
she and her husband’s new, young second wife
develop a relationship far beyond conventional
norms. The intimacy has the potential to blow
apart a stable domestic situation, but it also
has the potential to rewrite the story of both
women's lives. A tender film, beautifully acted
and sensitively filmed against the backdrop of
colourful, beguiling Dakar.
Saba (Iran) by Roqiye Tavakoli [SHORT
FILM]
Friday, March 7 at 9:00 p.m.
Award-winning filmmaker Roqiye Tavakoli shot
this beautifully-lensed story about one woman’s
predicament in rural Iran: choosing between her
heart and tradition. o
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RESULTS
Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
How did
o
each country do
at the
lym
mpics?
Sochi Winter Olympics?
Many Vancouverites woke up early in the morning to
watch the game live on television at 4:00 a.m. Metro
Vancouver watched these Games with fond memories of
Canada’s record-breaking 2010 Olympic performance here
in Vancouver. Although Canada fell just short of the 26
medals won four years ago, Canada still took home a total of
25 medals in Sochi. The end of the $51 billion extravaganza
came on a day when Russia captured the medals race with
33 gold, silver and bronze.
Golden moments for Canada
Canada’s women’s hockey team won a tight 3-2 overtime
game against the USA that left many players and viewers in
tears. The Canadian men’s hockey team also won gold for
the third time in the last four Olympics, winning all six of
their games in Sochi.
Jonathan Toews scored in the first period and team captain
Sidney Crosby scored his first goal of the tournament in the
second. Chris Kunitz also scored and Carey Price made 24
saves for Canada. Quebec sisters Justine and Chloe DufourLapointe won the gold and silver medals respectively in the
women’s freestyle moguls on the first day of competition,
another golden moment for Canadians watching at home.
Canada also swept the gold medals for curling in both the
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The Sochi Winter Olympic Games completed
its 17-day run on Sunday, February 23 with
Canada’s 3-0 victory over Sweden in the
men’s hockey final.
men’s and women’s competitions. The men’s team won
eight consecutive games, while the women’s curling team
were undefeated.
(If you’ve never heard of the sport “curling” we suggest
reading Euihyeon Nam’s refresher on the following page).
Highlights from around the world
Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen claimed his
13th Olympic title in the men’s mixed biathlon. What
makes his achievement even more awe-inspiring is that the
40-year-old athlete didn’t begin his career until he was 20.
Meanwhile, Belarusian Darya Domracheva became the first
woman to win three biathlon gold medals at one Olympics.
In the last issue, Guidebook reported that Paraguay
and the Philippines both sent athletes for the first time in
2014, though neither won medals this time. Russian skiers
occupied all places on the podium in the 50km mass start
race on the final day of the Games. Aleksandr Legkov,
Maksim Vylegzhanin, and Ilya Chernousov swept all the
medals after a dramatic finish, securing Russia’s top spot
on the medals table. Finally, a massive fireworks display
marked the end of the Winter Olympics.
The breathtaking finale marked the passing of the torch to
the next Olympics host—PyeongChang, South Korea.o
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[Editor’s note:
we’ve calculated the country rankings for the
Winter Olympics using all medals—gold, silver
and bronze. This means Canada came in 4th
place instead of 3rd, but we’re okay with it.]
What is curling, anyway? By Euihyeon Nam (UBC Intern Reporter)
COUNTRY
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CURLING:
CHESS
ON ICE
1 Russia
13
11
9
33
2 United States
9
7
12
28
3 Norway
11
5
10
26
4 Canada
10
10
5
25
5 Netherlands
8
7
9
24
6 Germany
8
6
5
19
7 Austria
4
8
5
17
8 France
4
4
7
15
9 Sweden
2
7
6
15
10 Switzerland
6
3
2
11
11 China
3
4
2
9
12 Korea
3
3
2
8
13 Czech Republic
2
4
2
8
14 Slovenia
2
2
4
8
15 Japan
1
4
3
8
16 Italy
0
2
6
8
17 Belarus
5
0
1
6
18 Poland
4
1
1
6
19 Finland
1
3
1
5
20 Great Britain
1
1
2
4
21 Latvia
0
2
2
4
22 Australia
0
2
1
3
23 Ukraine
1
0
1
2
24 Slovakia
1
0
0
1
25 Croatia
0
1
0
1
26 Kaakhstan
0
0
1
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The Winter Olympic is one of the
biggest sports events worldwide. 88
countries participated in the Sochi
Olympic Games, and there are 98
events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports
such as skating, skiing, curling, ice
hockey, bobsleigh, biathlon and luge.
Canada is known as a powerhouse in
winter sports due to the number of
participating athletes and their great
results.
Among the various sports, ice hockey, skating and curling are especially
popular with many Canadians.
This article will help those who are
not familiar with curling.
The Origin and History of Curling
Curling originated in medieval Scotland in the early 17th century. It was
developed as a winter sports game
from throwing a heavy stone on the
frozen lake or river. In Canada, Royal
Montreal Curling Club was founded
in 1807. Moreover, Canadian Curling
Championships started in 1927 and
World Curling Championships is held
from 1959 to the present.
International Curling Federation
was organized in 1965 and reorganized as World Curling Federation in
1991, and the organization hosts various international competitions. Curling became an official sport in the
1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
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Anna’s Comic
The Rules
Canadian Players
First, each team takes a turn and
the skipper slips a stone towards the
circle called the ‘house.’ When the
stone is slipping towards the house,
two sweepers move along the route
of the stone and sweep the floor with
brooms to make the stone slow down,
go faster or “curl” left or right. Based
on the distance of the stone from
the house’s bullseye, each team gets
a point. At the end of the game, the
team that positions more stones close
to the centre of the house wins. It is
often called chess on the ice because
the positioning and curling of the
stones require very complex strategies. In total, there are 10 rounds
called ‘ends.’ In each end, two teams
throw eight stones and the
At the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics,
Brad Jacobs (skip), Ryan Fry (third),
E.J. Harnden (second), Ryan Harnden (lead), and Caleb Flaxey (fifth)
won gold for the men’s curling team.
The women’s team is represented by
Jennifer Jones (skip), Kaitlyn Lawes
(third), Jill Officer (second), Dawn
EcEwen (lead), and Kirsten Wall
(fifth). Canada’s women’s team also
won gold in Sochi. Jennifer Jones is a
39-yearold Canadian woman skip on
the curling team. She started playing
curling at the age of 11 and participated in many competitions since childhood.
Interestingly, she is now working as
an attorney in a Canadian financial
group called National Bank Financial. Jones has won four Canadian
championships and became a world
champion in 2008. When she led the
Canadian women’s curling team to a
gold medal win, it was Canada’s second gold in women’s curling.
Brad Jacobs, the captain of the Canadian men’s curling team, brings
his exceptional talents to the team
for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
He began curling at the age of 10 and
won a silver medal in the Victoria
2013 World Championship. He was
selected to represent Canada with his
cousins Ryan and EJ Harnden. With
his background of curling in the family, he successfully set out to relive the
glory of the Vancouver 2010 Winter
Olympics, when Canada claimed a
second gold medal in curling. o
team that has the closest stone wins.
Winning team gains points by numbers of the stones that are closer to
the house than the other team’s closest stone to the house. When points
are calculated, the parts of the stone
have to be on the circle.
Sometimes, it is hard to determine
whether the stone is positioned on
the circle or not. To deal with these
scenarios, there is a special machine
that calculates the distance between
the circle and the stone but it cannot
be used during the game. So, players
have to set up strategies based on
their experience and intuition, which
sometimes change the results of the
game.
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| CanadaEnglish
You Said What
Guidebook explains some common English idioms
Every language has expressions that have special meanings. The meanings are more than the sum
of the words. These expressions are called IDIOMS. English has many idioms. The meanings of these
expressions are not always clear. You might hear these phrases on the street, or in conversation with
English speakers. Guidebook presents some common English idioms and their meanings. We hope this
will make these expressions easier to understand.
Devil’s advocate
Meaning: to pretend to be against an idea or
plan which a lot of people support in order
to make people discuss it in more detail and
think about it more carefully.
“I like tacos, but let me play devil’s advocate
and suggest we consider eating curry
instead.”
Hold a candle
Meaning: To compare; to be even remotely
of the same quality or skill as another.
Typically used in the negative when
something does not compare, as in the
example.
“My old computer can’t hold a candle to the
new model my friend bought.”
Kill two birds with one stone
Meaning: to solve two problems at one time
with a single action.
Take five
Meaning: to take a five-minute rest period;
to take a short break.
“Hey Soojin, can we take five? I’m tired.”
Heart to heart
Meaning: a serious conversation between
two people in which they talk honestly
about their feelings.
“Do you have a minute? I’d like to have a
heart-to-heart about our friendship.”
Long in the tooth
Meaning: old, aged.
“If I can pick up some milk while I do my
laundry, then I’ll kill two birds with one
stone.”
“I may look a little long in the tooth to you
students, but reading The Odyssey makes
this old professor feel young again.”
Lead the charge
Meaning: a military concept, where one
person leads the rest of the soldiers into
the particular battle. To lead a group into
action.
In a nutshell
Meaning: a description of something using
as few words as possible.
“You’re really leading the charge when
it comes to riding a bike to school. Now
everybody’s doing it!”
“I could give you a long answer, but the
short answer, in a nutshell, is no.”
When in Rome
Meaning: to behave however the people
around you behave. To adapt yourself to the
customs of the places you visit.
“I don’t usually ride a bike, but now I live
in Vancouver, so I’m going to try it out.
What’s the saying? When in Rome, do as
the Romans do.”
Seize the day
Meaning: to enjoy the present and not
worry about the future; to live for the
moment.
“Instead of studying I’m going to seize the
day and go sing karaoke with my friends.
It’s Friday night!”o
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| FoodReview
A TASTE
for
TACOS
Brightly-painted Mexican
taquerias are all the rage
among Vancouverites
Judging by the reckless expansion of taco-focused restaurants around the city, Vancouverites have been hungry for authentic Mexican
taquerias for quite some time. What began as
small food trucks and hole-in-the-wall taco
shops a few years ago have now become empires
with several franchised locations.
Having been exposed to the small, round soft
shells and spiced fillings doused in homemade
salsa, it seems nobody is willing to return to “tex
mex”-style hard shell tacos anytime soon.
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Guidebook has ventured out to test these tasty
(though extremely messy) tacos, yet there’s still
more to discover. If you would like to share your
favourite taco experience in Vancouver, or another restaurant visit, send your story to [email protected].
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Tacofino
Commissary
2327 E Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
www.tacofino.com
(604) 253-8226
In Mexico and many parts of the United
States, tacos are a fast and cheap comfort
food bought from trucks parked in alleys
and side streets. But what started as a
food truck in Vancouver’s downtown area
has now evolved into a trendy kitchen
or “commissary” in the East Vancouver
neighbourhood Hastings Sunrise.
Keeping a taco truck inspired menu,
Tacofino offers many marinated meats
and vegetables on basic corn tortillas,
paired with interesting seasonings,
cheese and sauces.
I suppose it makes sense that Tacofino
charges more than average for a softshell taco, because they have injected
many
creative
fusion
elements,
including a seared tuna taco with soy,
sesame, wakame and wasabi mayo.
These Japanese ingredients, normally
seen in a sashimi dish, taste like an
exciting Vancouver novelty. The tacos are
also slightly bigger than those offered at
other taquerias in the city.
At lunch time, Tacofino also offers a
selection of wrapped-up burritos. In the
evenings the commissary offers high-end
tequila cocktails. o
Los Cuervos Taqueria
Y Cantina
603 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC
www.loscuervos.ca
Los Cuervos is the newest shop to follow
Vancouver’s taco trend, having opened
in the late summer of 2013. The shop
combines elements of both Tacofino and
La Taqueria, with a pan-seared albacore
tuna dish, as well as a delicious chorizo
topped with cilantro, onion and of course
a salsa of your choice.
The design is also similar to La Taqueria,
with brightly-coloured tiles and decorated
chalk boards. With so much demand for
tacos in Vancouver, the owner recently
told the Vancouver Sun the restaurant is
planning to expand into the yoga studio
next door.
This spot is for tacos only—so don’t ask
about their burrito or quesadilla selection.
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La Taqueria Pinche
Taco Shop
2549 Cambie Street
and 322 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
www.lataqueria.ca
(604) 558-2549
La Taqueria is a slightly cheaper option
which uses smaller soft shell tortillas. A
popular option is to buy four tacos for
just under $10. Each taco comes with
two shells, which can help contain the
inevitable mess that comes with eating
this type of food.
If you are an adventurous eater, there are
beef tongues and cheeks to sample; and
if you like fresh and spicy chili, be sure
to try the homemade habanero salsa.
Quesadillas are also available in most of
the taco flavours.
Be warned that the downtown location
on Hastings Street is only open until
6:00 p.m.—so watch the time if you are
planning an early dinner there.
Both locations are adorned with colourful
tiles and bottle caps, coupled with iconic
madonna imagery, making for a vibrant
ambiance. o
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English Guy
Do popular movies point where the future of
advertising is headed?
Columnist John Boucher suggests ad tech is accelerating faster than we thought
By John Boucher
Did you see the 2002 Spielberg movie Minority Report with
Tom Cruise and Max Von Sydow? It was an urban/crime/scifi plot set in the Washington, DC of 2054. It was based on a
1956 tale by Phillip K. Dick (who also wrote Blade Runner).
The story involved the use, by the police/military, of a team of
three psychics, or “Precogs,” who could predict exactly where,
when, and by whom a crime—usually a murder—would be
committed within the following two weeks or so.
The essential point of the tale was the question of free will
and justice. How can you arrest someone for a crime they
have not committed? Not yet, say the police.
The claim is that the crime would have been (inevitably)
committed if the cops had not intervened. Of course, to keep
the fast pace, they always intervene at the last second, just
as the ‘perp’ is about to ‘pull the trigger’ thus establishing
the opportunity, the weapon, and the motivation for the
criminal-to-be (all essential for a conviction).
But I’m not writing to discuss the profound ethical, judicial,
and philosophical problems presented by this masterful
work. To quote from the Guardian newspaper, June 16 2010:
For a lot of geeky fans, however, the plot was incidental
to the possibilities offered by the technologies on show. And
there were plenty: pre-crime (predicting that a particular
person will commit a crime); iris recognition (picking you out
from a crowd on the basis of the unique pattern of your iris);
personalized advertising (where what you see on hoardings
is targeted specifically at you); e-paper (electronic paper,
for newspapers with moving images that people can read on
trains) [they missed the iPhone revolution]; 3D video (do we
have to explain this?); computer-guided cars (which follow
[not-necessarily] preset patterns); spider robots (for tracking
people); jetpacks; and some rather unpleasant police
restraint technologies – including the sick stick (makes you
sick on contact) and “the collar” (which effectively paralyses
you once fitted).
Things such as gesture computing (think Wii) were still way
off (though a jetpack had been used in the opening ceremony
of the 1984 Olympic Games). But, eight years on, Spielberg
and his technical advisers look as though they were too
cautious …
That word—”hoardings” meaning billboards on buses,
trains, highways, and so on is much too limited. The
most pervasive visual feature of the film was the constant
barrage of advertising on every available surface. The ads
were personalized, (i.e. targeted at YOU) and seemed to be
projected onto walls, doors, [including those in toilet stalls],
above urinals, onto the backs of airplane, train and bus seats.
Plus those huge roadside billboards featuring moving images:
talk about distractions. The movie was set in 2054, but this
onslaught is almost upon us; With respect to the advertising,
Spielberg was wrong by about 40 years.
Two years ago, I had the privilege of visiting Cuba, one of
the two remaining Marxist/Communist states left on the
planet. I must admit I found the lack of advertising extremely
refreshing.
I hear that commercial TV is not as popular as it was, say,
five years ago, but it still has a strong grip on the population:
it is a very large industry. As an industry it should have
customers and a product, yes? Who are the customers? What
is the product? You might say that we, the viewers, are the
customers and that the programmes/shows are the product
------ Blaaaaap!
Wrong on both counts. Let us get it the right way around. By
far the biggest income of the TV companies comes from the
advertisers. They are the customers. We are the product. If
the advertisers are the fishers, the TV companies are the rod
and line, the programs are the bait, and we are the fish.
I hear some of you say, “Yeah, Yeah, blah-blah. We know all
this” but an informal survey (I forgot who did it) showed that
a large percentage of the viewers keep that wonderful mute
button close to hand for avoiding having to listen to the ads
[always louder and higher colour-intense than the shows].
On YouTube, most ads still have the option—”you may skip
this ad in 5, 4, 3…seconds.” But I wonder for how long we will
still have this luxury.
So, we have a kind of love/hate relationship with the
advertising industry. They seem now to be the backbone of
our culture and seem to give the glitter and glow to everyday
life.
We have brand-loyalty; we give driving directions in
terms of corporations- “turn left at Home Depot, then right
at McDonalds”. And yet we do so much to avoid their siren
songs. How long can this split-brain existence last? Just a
thought. o
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WHAT’S NEXT FOR GUIDEBOOK?
We’ve got some tricks up our sleeve.
Our next issue will preview international designers coming to Vancouver
Fashion week on March 18. Plus, an opportunity for businesses to become
part of Guidebook’s Discover Vancouver special issue and supplement,
coming in summer 2014.
With five issues now under our belt,
the Guidebook team of business
partners and editorial contributors
is growing every week. So, you may
ask, what is coming up next for
Vancouver’s newest magazine for
international students and new
Canadians?
PHOTOS: Emma Jorn’s label Takaokami
is starting a “rainvolution” by mixing
waterproof wearables and chic fashion.
See the next issue of Guidebook for the
full story. Image via www.emmajorn.dk
Wonder no more, as we have some
exciting plans to share with you.
For our next issue, we will be
sharing the stories of a few
international designers that are
coming to Vancouver for the city’s
bi-annual Vancouver Fashion
Week, beginning on March 18,
2014. One of those designers will
be Emma Jorn from Denmark, who
has designed “rain-volutionary”
urban clothes for the rainy seasons.
Jorn insists that her Takaokami
designs will stay chic in Metro
Vancouver’s wettest weather.
We’ll also take a look at the
fashion designs of Ophelia Song
from China, Soojin Lee from Korea,
Susana Bettencourt from Portugal
and Yuhshi Takahashi from Japan.
All of these designers are talented
media-making women who could
have easily been included in our
International Women’s Day issue.
Stay tuned for this fresh and sassy
content coming up in the March 13
issue of Guidebook.
Plus, a few more months down the
line, Guidebook will be releasing a
fold-out map and infographic that
explores all the resources, history
and shopping opportunities that
Metro Vancouver has to offer
newcomers to Canada. We’ll be
mapping out restaurants, fashion
boutiques, tourist destinations,
wellness resources and the best
places for students to socialize.
If you have a business in
Burnaby,
Richmond,
Surrey,
Coquitlam, North Vancouver,
Delta, New Westminster or any
other municipality in the Greater
Vancouver Area, we would love to
hear from you. You can get in touch
with our business partnership
team by emailing us at info@
theguidebook.ca.
The Discover Vancouver issue and
fold-out supplement will be an
invaluable resource for students
that arrive in Vancouver for
the first time during the August
shopping season. Watch this space
for more updates about the latest
Discover Vancouver opportunities
and developments.
As always, if you are a student
in Vancouver and would like to
receive academic credit as an
editorial intern please send your
resume and writing sample to
[email protected]. o
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Nothing fishy about a day-trip to a historic Fraser River factory
Want to explore some less-known BC history on your day off? Check out the Gulf of
Georgia Cannery in Steveston, BC, where immigrant fishing villages are woven into British
Columbia’s social and economic fabric.
By David P. Ball
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RIGHT: Finn Slough community
Photo: Ulrich Gaede/Finn Slough
Heritage & Wetland Society
FAR RIGHT: Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Photo: Children learn how to clean and
prepare fish in one of Canada’s only
intact historic fish factories.
Photo: Parks Canada
PHOTO: Britannia
Shipyards historic
site
Boardwalks and
marsh moats connect this village on
stilts.
Photo: City of
Richmond website
Perhaps you might dismiss this as a fishy idea, but a visit to one
of Canada’s historic fish factories makes a fantastic day trip.
Have no fear, though—the 120-year-old Gulf of Georgia
Cannery has long-since shut down its extremely stinky herring
and salmon operations. Instead, visitors to the nearly fivesquare-kilometre plant can see for themselves how many
thousands of mostly immigrants caught, prepared and tinned
BC’s once-plentiful fisheries, and how they lived.
Built in 1894 on the serene banks of the Fraser River, the
Cannery is one of Canada’s National Historic Sites and takes
about an hour to reach on transit from downtown Vancouver
(half that if you’re driving).
If you get an early start from town, you can also check out the
boardwalk village where workers lived in cramped conditions,
an enormous Buddhist temple, and even a mysterious
Scandinavian settlement built on wooden stilts.
Here are a few reasons to visit Steveston for a day, especially
if you think you’ve already seen all the sights in greater
Vancouver:
1. Seriously, the Cannery is a really impressive factory. It’s
worth grabbing a guided tour to learn how its employees –
mostly Chinese, Japanese and First Nations people—worked
at breakneck speeds to catch, clean and chop 700,000 fish
every year. Children were put to work stacking thousands
of cans. They’ll even let you try out sorting rubber fish with
a long hook.
2. For many thousands of years, fishing has been part an
essential part of West Coast culture, long before Europeans
arrived. Today, despite shrinking fish populations,
it remains a part of BC’s lifeblood. The quaint village of
Steveston still hosts Canada’s largest fishing fleet and
many restaurants where you can taste the day’s fresh
catches.
3. Other attractions in the Steveston area include Canada’s
largest active fishing fleet, a beautiful and giant Chinese
Buddhist temple, as well as the historic Finn Slough,
where Scandinavian fishing families built rickety houses
and a drawbridge on top of the water a century ago; a
handful still live to this day.
For its small size, there are also a surprising number of places
to eat in Steveston, including some waterfront restaurants
where you can try some of the freshest seafood you’ll find
anywhere – including Shady Island Seafood Bar & Grill, Pajo’s
Fish & Chips, Crab King, the Charthouse, Zen Fine Chinese
Cuisine and Yokohama Japanese restaurant.
Bring a pair of comfortable walking shoes, because not only is
the Cannery a very large factory to explore, but it’s worth the
half-hour stroll along the Fraser River’s shores to the Britannia
Shipyards, another national historic site.
It was there the factory’s workers lived, alongside people
building and repairing fishing boats nearby. Not only have the
dozen-or-so buildings been authentically restored so you can
glimpse how workers a century ago slept, ate, and entertained
themselves—but you can only reach them by wooden
boardwalks sunk on posts into the tidal marsh. Imagine
your house had a moat, like a medieval castle, but of course
significantly smaller.
Be sure to also go inside the shipyard village’s Murakami
House, which tells the story of Asayo and Otokichi Murakami
and their family. From 1929 to 1942 single grey-wooden house
hosted them and their 10 children. It faces the giant warehouse
where they built their own gillnet fishing boats every winter in
preparation for the next fishing season.
But if you think twelve family members to a tiny house
is spacious compared to the two-storey bunkhouse for
Chinese labourers further east down the boardwalk,
which once served as the shipyard’s “main street.”
After hundreds of migrant workers from China died during
construction of Canada’s national railway, many of the 17,000
workers who survived stayed and found work in the fishing
industry.
Yet despite the racism they continued to face and the terrible
conditions they worked under here, the rows of bunk beds in
the Chinese bunkhouse also show that the 75 workers living
there became friends, ate together, read political newspapers,
and played games of mah jong in their spare time.
If you feel like being a little more adventurous, you can
continue following the shores of the Fraser River east another
90 minutes walk to discover Finn Slough. (A Finn is a person
from Finland, and a slough is a muddy swamp).
This miniature real-life village includes a wooden
drawbridge, crumbling riverbank boardwalks, and some
floating houses. It was built in the late 1890s, without
any government permission, right on top of the waters
by fishing families who moved here from Finland.
Like the Gulf of Georgia Cannery to its west, Finn Slough
is a reminder of how crucial salmon fishing has been to the
economy of B.C. A small number of people, including some of
the original families, still live in this community—so please be
respectful if you visit. It is not a developed tourist destination
but a living community. There is, however, one historic sign
explaining how the Finn Slough Heritage & Wetland Society
is currently trying to save the village from being closed down.
If you find yourself with time to spare on your way back
from the cannery and shipyards, another beautiful nearby
Richmond attraction is the International Buddhist Society’s
massive Guan-Yin Temple on Steveston Highway.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary last year, this intricately
designed complex includes numerous meditation halls,
several enormous golden Buddha statues (including one
with at least ten thousand arms), and a small dining
hall where you can have lunch or tea by donation.
The temple’s motto is “inspire your mind and spirit,” and you
can spend your time peacefully enjoying its gardens, ponds
and artwork, or experiencing traditional ceremonies offered by
its nuns and monks.
There’s much more to discover in Richmond, even if you won’t
find these attractions in most tourist brochures. But the area’s
quirky sights makes it my top place to take guests when they
visit—and maybe learn a little more about the history of our
province. o
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On the following pages you will find
lists of important resources that are
valuable to international students
and new Canadians. Here you will
find everything from entertainment
to housing, from schools to libraries,
from hospitals to consulates.
We even have employment listings to
get you started on your new life in
BC.
Institution
Capilano University
Emily Carr University of
Art and Design
Fairleigh Dickinson
University
Kwantlen Polytechnic
University
Quest University
Royal Roads University
S.F.U.
(Simon Fraser University)
Thompson Rivers
University
Trinity Western
University
U.B.C.
University of Victoria
University Canada West
University of
the Fraser Valley
University of Northern British
Columbia
Vancouver River
Island University
Location(s)
E
U
P
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T
North Vancouver
1968
7,500
0
7,500
Vancouver
1925
1,870
28
1,898
Vancouver
78
2007 78 [not in citation given] 0
Richmond, Surrey, Langley
1981
16,811
0
16,811
Squamish
2002
300
0
300
Victoria
1995
887
3,385
4,272
Burnaby, Surrey & Vancouver
1965
29,697
5,507 35,204
Kamloops
1970
13,072
100
13,172
Langley
1962
2,130
730
2,860
Vancouver & Kelowna
1908
41,700
8,630 50,330
Victoria
1963
18,863
3,542 22,405
Vancouver
2005
n/a
0
n/a
Abbotsford, Chilliwackand Mission
1974
8,124
40
8,164
ColumbiaPrince George
1990
3,068
490
3,558
Nanaimo, Duncan,Parksville & Powell
1969
6,116
163
6,279
E – Established, U – Undergraduate enrolment, P – Postgraduate enrolment, T – Total enrolment
604-599-2100
8771 Lansdowne Rd, Richmond,
BC V6X 3V8
Simon Fraser University
778-782-3111
www.sfu.ca
8888 University Dr, Burnaby,
BC V5A 1S6
Institute
BCIT(British Columbia
Institute of Technology)
www.jibc.ca
604-525-5422
715 McBride Blvd., New
Westminster, B.C. V3L 5T4
Nicola Valley Institute of
Technology
www.nvit.bc.ca
1-250-378-3300
4155 Belshaw St.
Colleges
Acsenda School of
Management
www.acsenda.com
604-430-5111
9th Floor, 1090 West Pender St.,
Vancouver, BC V6E 2N7
Thompson Rivers
University
www.tru.ca/
1-250-828-5289
900 McGill Rd, Kamloops,
BC V2C 6N6
Fairleigh Dickinson University
view.fdu.edu
604-682-8112
842 Cambie St, Vancouver,
BC V6B 2P6
Vancouver Island University
www.viu.ca
1-250-753-3245
900 Fifth St, Nanaimo, V9R 5S5
Royal Roads University
www.royalroads.ca
1-250-391-2600
2005 Sooke Rd, Victoria,
BC V9B 5Y2
University of Victoria
www.uvic.ca
1-250-721-7211
3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria,
V8P 5C2
University Canada West
1-800-360-7213
www.ucanwest.ca
1111 Melville St, Vancouver,
camosun.ca
1–877–554–7555
3100 Foul Bay Rd, Victoria
B.C. V8P 5J2
Douglas College
www.jibc.ca
1-888-865-7764
715 McBride Blvd., New
Westminster, B.C. V3L 5T4
Quest
www.unbc.ca
1-250-960-5555
3333 University Way, Prince
George, BC V2N 4Z9
www.questu.ca
604-898-8000
3200 University Blvd, Squamish,
BC V8B 0N8
University of
the Fraser Valley
www.ufv.ca
604-504-7441
33844 King Rd, Abbotsford,
BC V2S 7M7
Trinity Western University
twu.ca
604-888-7511
7600, Langley, BC V2Y 1Y1
Capilano University
www.capilanou.ca
604-986-1911
2055 Purcell Way,
North Vancouver, BC V7J 3H5
Emily Carr University of
Art and Design
www.ecuad.ca
604-844-3800
1399 Johnston St, Vancouver,
BC V6H 3R9
University of British
Columbia
www.ubc.ca
604-822-2211
2329 W Mall, Vancouver,
BC V6T 1Z4
Kwantlen Polytechnic
University
www.kpu.ca
Vancouver Community College
(VCC)
www.viu.ca
1-888-920-2221
900 Fifth St., Nanaimo,
B.C. V9R 5S5
Langara College
www.langara.bc.ca
604-323-5511
100 West 49th Ave., Vancouver,
B.C. V5Y 2Z6
College of New Caledonia
www.cnc.bc.ca
1-800-371-8111
3330-22nd Ave., Prince George,
B.C. V2N 1P8
Nicola Valley Institute of
Technology
www.nvit.ca
1-877-682-3300
4155 Belshaw St., Merritt,
B.C. V1K 1R1
North Island College
www.nic.bc.ca
1-800-715-0914
1685 South Dogwood St.,
Campbell River, B.C.
V9W 8C1
Northern Lights College
www.nlc.bc.ca
250-782-5251
11401 8th St.
Dawson Creek, B.C. V1G 4G2
Northwest
Community College
www.nwcc.bc.ca
1-877-277-2288
4815 Swannell Drive Box 338
Hazelton, B.C. V0J 1Y0
Okanagan College
www.okanagan.bc.ca
1-888-831-0341
2552 Trans Hwy. NE,
Therapy
shitsu.vc
604-904-4187
142 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver, V7M 2E8
Academy of Learning College
www.AcademyofLearning.com
604-987-4277
1221 Lonsdale Ave., Suite 300
North Vancouver, V7M 2H5
www.tourismcollege.com
604-582-1122
#320 - 10362 King George Blvd,
Surrey, B.C. V3T 2W5
Alexander College
www.alexandercollege.ca
604-681-5608
#100 - 602 West Hastings,
Vancouver, B.C., V6B 1P2
Alive Academy of Natural Health
www.aliveacademy.com
604 295-9333 / 1-800-663-6580
100 - 12751 Vulcan Way,
Richmond, B.C., V6V 3C8
All Body Laser Corp.
Training Institute
www.allbodylaser.com
604-773-7515
140-2627 Shaughnessy St.,
Port Coquitlam, V3C 0E1
Alliance Career College
alliancecareercollege.com
604-498-0701
202 - 10114 King George Blvd,
Surrey, B.C. V3T 2W4
Amethyest College
www.amethystcollege.com
604-559-9123
201 - 6125 Sussex Ave., Burnaby,
BC. V5H 4G1
Arbutus College
www.arbutuscollege.com
604-681-7701
#580- Spencer Bldg Harbour
Centre, Vancouver, V6B 4N5
BC College of Optics
www.bccollegeofoptics.ca
10070 King George Blvd, Suite
#208
Surrey, BC V3T 2W4
604-581-0101
Aveda Institute
www.avedainstitute.ca
604-669-6992
101-111 Water St., Vancouver,
B.C. V6B 1A7
Blanche Macdonald Centre
www.blanchemacdonald.com
604 685-0347
100 - 555 West 12th Ave.,
Vancouver, BC. V5Z 3X7
Cambridge College
cambridgecollege.ca
604-438-7246
454 -4800 Kingsway, Burnaby,
V5H 4J2
Canadian College of
Performing Arts
www.ccpacanada.com
250-595-9970
1701 Elgin Road
Victoria, V8R 5L7
Canadian College of Shiatsu
604-738-0285
395 West Broadway, Vancouver,
V5Y 1A7
Gente Bella Beauty Academy
www.beautyschool.ca
Canadian Health Care Academy 604-795-9158
canadianhealthcareacademy.com
604-540-2421
93 Sixth St 2nd floor,
New Westminster, V3L 2Z8
Canadian Tourism College
www.tourismcollege.com
Vancouver : 604-736-8000
#300 - 530 Hornby Street.
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2E7
Surrey : 604-582-1122
#320 - 10362 King George Hwy.,
Surrey, BC V3T 2W5
CareerGate Community College
604-855-8808
107-33119 South Fraser Way
Abbotsford, BC. V2S 2B1
CDI College
Career Colleges
AD Canadian Tourism College
Justice Institute of B.C.
University of
Northern British Columbia
www.selkirk.ca
1-888-953-1133
301 Frank Beinder Way, Castlegar,
B.C. V1N 4L3
Vancouver Island University
www.douglas.bc.ca
604-527-5400
PO Box 2503, New Westminster,
B.C. V3L 5B2
BC V6E 3V6
Selkirk College
Justice Institute of British
Columbia
Camosun College
University
www.cotr.bc.ca
1-877-489-2687
2700 College Way, Box 8500,
Cranbrook B.C. V1C 5L7
www.vcc.ca
604-871-7000
1155 East Broadway, Vancouver,
B.C. V5T 4V5
www.educacentre.com
1-800-747-4825
896 West 8th Ave., Vancouver,
B.C. V5Z 1E2
o University
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o Colleges
o Career Colleges
o ESL School
o School District
College of the Rockies
www.bcit.ca
604-434-5734
3700 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby,
B.C. V5G 3H2
Collège Éducacentre
List of School
Salmon Arm, B.C. V1 E 4N3
www.cdicollege.ca
1-800-675-4392
710-626 West Pender St,
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1V9
500 - 5021 Kingsway, Burnaby,
B.C. V5H 4A5
180 - 4351 No.3 Rd, Richmond,
B.C. V6X 3A7
100 -11125 124th St., Surrey,
B.C. V3V 4V2
Centre of Art & Technology
Canada
9222 Young Road, Chilliwack,
BC. V2P 4R2
Greystone College
www.greystonecollege.com
604-682-3880
560 Granville St., Vancouver,
V6C 1W6
Hair art Academy
hairartacademy.com
604-541-1541
15585 24th Ave., Surrey,
BC. V4A 2J4
Insignia College of Health and
Business
insigniacollege.com
250-381-7733 / 1-888-681-7733
200-607 Yates St., Victoria,
BC. V8W 1L1
John Casablancas Institute of
Applied Arts
www.jcinstitute.com
604-688-0328
Suite 150-220 Cambie St,
Vancouver, B.C., V6B 2M9
Kosmetae Academy
www.kosmetae.com
604-850-5777 / 1-800-661-5755
3-32700 George Ferguson Way
Abbotsford, BC. V2T 4V6
www.digitalartschool.com
250-860-2787
100-1632 Dickson Avenue
Kelowna, V1Y 7T2
Lions Gate Career College
CG Masters School of 3D
Animation and Visual Effects
Lost Boys Studios- School of
Visual Effects
academy.cg-masters.com
604-553-2462
800 Carnarvon St. Suite 320,
New Westminster, B.C. V3M 0G3
Coastal Pacific Aviation
www.lionsgatecareercollege.com
604-639-9075
2nd Floor - 321 Water St.,
Vancouver, V6B 1B8
www.lostboys-studio.com
604-558-4999
200-495 Railway St., Vancouver,
B.C., V6A 1A7
www.coastalpacific.com
604-855-1112
30575 Approach Drive
Abbotsford, V2T 6H5
M.C. College
Drake Medox College
Metropolitan Community
College
www.drakemedoxcollege.com
604-629-0196
200 - 535 West 10th Ave.
2nd Floor, Vancouver, V5Z 1K9
Discovery Community College
discoverycommunitycollege.com
1-877-737-0758
22141 119 Ave. Maple Ridge,
B.C. V2X 2Y7
Unit A&B 1713 Bowen Road,
Nanaimo, B.C. V9S 1G8
266 Moilliet St. Parksville,
B.C. V9P 1M9
6151 Russell Place, Port Alberni,
B.C. V9Y 7W3
201 - 1025 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay,
B.C. V9N 2J9
1325 Shoppers Row, Campbell
River, B.C. V9W 2C9
mccollege.ca
Vernon 1-250-542-8393
3409 31 Ave. Vernon,
B.C., V1T 2H6
www.metropolitancollege.ca
604 320-3332
5675 Boundary Rd., Vancouver,
BC. V5R 2P9
Mirage Spa Education Canada
miragespa.ca
604-217-6631
2520 Turner St., Victoria, V8T 5J2
Ms. Lorea's College
of Esthetics & Nail Technology
Inc
www.msloreas.com
250-561-9192
1593 3rd Ave., Prince George,
B.C., V2L 3G3
MTI Community College
www.excelcareercollege.com
250 334-2452 / 1-888-280-2452
203-1995 Cliffe Ave., Courtney
BC. V9N 2L2
www.mticc.com
Vancouver 604-682-6020
541 Seymour St., Vancouver,
B.C., V6B 3H6
Burnaby 1-604-437-6030
Suite 100 - 6446 Nelson Ave.,
Burnaby, B.C., V5H 3J5
North Road 1-604-559-6020
106 – 3433 North Rd, Burnaby,
B.C., V3J 0A9
Abbotsford 1-604-864-8920
308 - 2777 Gladwin Rd,
Abbotsford, B.C., V2T 4V1
Chilliwack 1-604-392-6020
45860 Cheam Ave., Chilliwack,
B.C. V2P 1N6
Surrey 1-604-583-6020
10072 King George Blvd, Surrey,
B.C. V3T 2W4
Fraser Valley Community
College
Nimbus School of Recording
Arts
DiveSafe International
www.divesafe.com
250 287-3837 / 1-888-325-3483
342 - 1003A Island Highway
Campbell River, B.C., V9W 5B6
Eton College
www.etoncollege.ca
604-677-4431
706-333 Terminal Ave., Vancouver,
V6A 4C1
Excel Career College
www.fraservalleycommunitycollege.com
604-599-5535
210-8334 128th St., Surrey,
V3W 4G2
Gateway College
www.gwcollege.ca
nimbusrecording.com
604-875-8998
242 East 2nd Ave.,Vancouver,
V5T 1B7
North American Montesorri
School
www.montessoritraining.net
604-531-6665
13469 27 Ave., Surrey, V4P 1Z1
Omni College
omnicollege.com
604-279-1800
8788 McKim Way Suite 3180,
Richmond, B.C. V6X 4E2
Pacific Coast Community College
pacificcoastcommunitycollege.com
604-730-1106
202 - 1338 West Broadway,
Vancouver, V6H 1H2
Pacific Flying Club
www.pacificflyingclub.com
604-946-0011
Unit 4 - 4335 Skeena St., Delta,
V4K 0A6
Pacific Horticulture College
hcp.ca
1-250-479-6162
505 Quayle Road. Victoria,
BC. V9E 2J7
Pacific Institute of
Culinary Arts
www.picachef.com
604-734-4488
101-1505 West 2nd Ave.,
Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3Y4
Pacific Rim College
www.pacificrimcollege.ca
250-483-2119
229-560 Johnson St., Victoria,
V8W 3C6
ProCare Institute Inc.
www.procare.ca
640-291-0030 / 1-800-2820030
4411 Hastings Street, Suite 240
Burnaby, BC. V5C 2K1
Q College
qcollege.ca
250-298-5059
301 - 771 Vernon Ave., Victoria,
V8X 5A7
Rhodes Wellness College
www.rhodescollege.ca
604-708-4416
280-1125 Howe St., Vancouver,
V6Z 2K8
Sprott Shaw College
www.sprottshaw.com
200 – 885 Dunsmuir St,
Vancouver, B.C., V6C 1N8
Vancouver East 604-251-4473
2750 Rupert St,
Vancouver, B.C., V5M 3T7
New Westminster 604-520-3900
420 – 88 Sixth St,
New Westminster, B.C., V3L 5B3
Richmond 604-270-8867
7920 Cambie Road,
Richmond, B.C., V6X 2B8
Surrey 604-583-1004
217 – 9801 King George Blvd,
Surrey, B.C., V3T 5H5
Nanaimo 250-754-9600
6 – 140 Terminal Avenue,
Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 5C5
Abbotsford 604-504-3323
1 – 33655 Essendene Ave.
Abbotsford, B.C., V2S 2G5
Victoria 250-384-8121
2621 Douglas Street,
Victoria, B.C., V8T 4M2
Kelowna 250-860-8884
200-546 Leon Ave,
Kelowna, B.C., V1Y 6J6
Penticton 250-770-2277
2603 Skaha Lake Road,
Penticton, B.C., V2A 6E8
Kamloops 250-314-1122
301 – 340 Victoria Street,
Kamloops, B.C., V2C 2A5
Stenberg College
www.stenbergcollege.com
604-580-2772
750-13450 102nd Ave., Surrey,
V3T 5X3
Suki’s Hair Academy
www.sukis.com/academy
604-738-0519
206-1030 Georgia St., W
Vancouver, B.C. V6E 2Y3
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TEC The Education Company Inc.
www.tecglobal.net
604-634-1113
200-13889 104th Ave., Surrey,
V3T 1W8
Thompson Career College
www.thompsoncc.ca
250-372-8211
744 Victoria St., Kamloops, V2C 2B6
Tru Spa Institute
truspainstitute.ca
250-754-8637
#1 - 77 Victoria Crescent,
Abbotsford, V9R 5B9
Utopia Academy
www.utopiaacademy.com
604-681-4450
220-181 Keefer Place, Vancouver,
B.C. V6B 6C1
VanArts - Vancouver
Institute of Media Arts
www.vanarts.com
604-682-2787
570 Dunsmuir St. Suite 600,
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1Y1
Vancouver Career College
www.vccollege.ca
1-800-651-1067
1100 - 626 West Pender St.
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1V9
5021 Kingsway, Burnaby, B.C.
V5H 4A5
5-1180 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam,
B.C. V3B 7L2
Suite 230 Gateway Tower - 13401
108 Ave, Surrey, B.C. V3T 5T3
2702 Ware Street, Abbotsford,
B.C. V2S 5E6
1649 Pandosy Street, Kelowna,
B.C. V1Y 1P6
VANCOUVER COLLEGE OF
COUNSELOR TRAINING
www.vcct.ca
604 683-2442 / 1-800-667-3272
206 EAST 6TH Ave., Vancouver,
BC. V5T 1J8
WESTERN ACADEMY OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
westernacademyofphotography.com
250-383-1522 / 1-866-889-1235
755A Queens Ave., Victoria,
BC. V8T 1M2
Western Maritime Institute
www.maritimeed.com
250-245-4455
3519 Hallberg Rd., Port Alberni,
V9G 1B5
Windsong School of
Healing Ltd.
www.windsonghealing.com
250-723-3307
6199 Smith Rd., Port Alberni,
V9Y 8M1
Winston College
winstoncollege.com
604-357-8022
1176 Eighth Avenue,
New Westminste,
V3M 2R6
ESL Schools
BC, V6E 1A3
604-981-1000, Fax : 604-981-1001
EF International Language School
School District No. 044
(North Vancouver)
www.ef.com
1-800-387-2457
#400 – 929 Granville St., 4th Floor,
Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1L3
Eurocentres – Vancouver
www.languagecanada.com
604-688-7942
#250 – 815 West Hastings St.,
Vancouver, BC V6C 1B4
www.ctvancouverenglishschool.com
604-358-7292
#120-1020 Mainland St., Vancouver
Archer College
604-608-0538
Main Floor – 788 Beatty St.,
Vancouver, BC
Bodwell Language School
604-602-7633
www.bodwell.edu
473 West Hastings St., Vancouver
CSLI – Canadian as
a Second Language Institute
Inlingua Vancouver
www.sd40.B.C.ca
1001 Columbia St,
New Westminster B.C. V3M 1C4
604-517-6240, Fax : 604-517-6390
www.inlinguavancouver.com
604-605-0960
#300 – 150 Water Street (1)
Vancouver, BC, V6B 1B2
#300 – 816 Granville Street (2)
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1K3
International House
www.ihvancouver.com
604-739-9836
#200 – 1215 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC, V6H 1G7
International Language Schools
of Canada (ILSC)
www.ilsc.ca
555 Richards St., Vancouver, BC,
V6B 2Z5
Intrax International Institute
www.intraxinstitute.edu
604-609-9934
827 West PenderSt., Vancouver, BC
Kaplan Aspect Vancouver
www.kaplanaspect.com
604-602-9818
#150 – 1111 Melville St., Vancouver
Language Studies Canada
(LSC) Vancouver
www.lsc-canada.com
604-683-1199
Suite 200, 570 Dunsmuir St.,
Vancouver, BC
Newton College Vancouver
ncv.ca
604-683-7218
#790 – 555 Seymour St.,
Vancouver, BC
Pan Pacific International
English College
www.panpacificcanada.com
250-380-9030
3rd Floor – 810 Fort St., Victoria, BC
Vancouver English Centre
www.vec.ca
604-687-1600
250 Smithe St., Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Georgia College
www.vgcanada.com
604-688-9057
#101 – 1190 Melville St., Vancouver,
VanWest College
www.vanwest.com
604-731-5256 ext. 109
#200 – 1016 Nelson St., Vancouver,
V6E 1H8
www.wtccanada.com
604-844-7660
#100–626 West Pender
St.,Vancouver
Zoni Language Centre
Vancouver
www.zoni.com
604-687-7000
568 Seymour St, 4th floor,
Vancouver, BC V6B3J5
School District
(Vancouver)
www.csli.com
604-683-2754
188 Nelson St., Vancouver, BC
www.vsb.B.C.ca
1580 West Broadway, Vancouver,
B.C. V6J 5K8
604-713-5000, Fax : 604-713-5049
Canadian College of English
Language
(West Vancouver)
www.canada-english.com
604-688-9366
#450 – 1050 Alberni St., Vancouver,
(Burnaby)
GEOS Language Academy
Western Town College
Come Together Vancouver English
School
www.nvsd44.B.C.ca
2121 Lonsdale Ave,
North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2K6
604-903-3444, Fax : 604-903-3445
www.sd41.B.C.ca
5325 Kincaid St,
Burnaby, B.C. V5G 1W2
604-296-6900, Fax : 604-296-6910
www.geosvancouver.com
604-684-6407
#298 – 1199 West Pender St.,
Vancouver, BC, V6B 1B6
www.sd45.B.C.ca
1075 21st St, West Vancouver,
V7V 4A9
Hospitals
(New Westminster)
(Richmond)
www.sd38.B.C.ca
7811 Granville Ave,
Richmond, B.C. V6Y 3E3
604-668-6000, Fax : 604-233-0151
(Coquitlam)
www.sd43.B.C.ca
550 Poirier St,
Coquitlam, B.C. V3J 6A7
604-939-9201, Fax : 604-939-7828
(Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows)
www.sd42.ca
22225 Brown Ave,
Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 8N6
604-463-4200, Fax : 604-463-4181
(Mission)
www.mpsd.ca
33046 Fourth Ave, Mission, B.C.
V2V 1S5
604-826-6286, Fax : 604-826-4517
(Fraser-Cascade)
www.sd78.B.C.ca
650 Kawkawa Lake Rd,
Hope, B.C. V0X 1L4
604-869-2411, Fax : 604-869-7400
(Delta)
www.deltasd.B.C.ca
4585 Harvest Dr,
Delta, B.C. V4K 5B4
604-946-4101, Fax : 604-952-5375
(Surrey)
www.sd36.B.C.ca
14033 92nd Ave,
Surrey, B.C. V3V 0B7
604-596-7733, Fax : 604-595-6307
(Langley)
www.sd35.B.C.ca
4875 222nd St,
Langley, B.C. V3A 3Z7
604-534-7891, Fax : 604 533-1115
(Abbotsford)
www.sd34.B.C.ca
2790 Tims St,
Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 4M7
604-859-4891, Fax : 604 852-8587
(Chilliwack)
www.sd33.B.C.ca
8430 Cessna Dr, Chilliwack, B.C.
V2P 7K4
604-792-1321, Fax : 604 792-9665
(Greater Victoria)
www.sd61.B.C.ca
556 Boleskine Rd, Victoria, B.C.
V8Z 1E8
1-250-475-3212, Fax : 250 475-6161
(Gulf Islands)
www.sd64.B.C.ca
112 Rainbow Rd,
Salt Spring Island, B.C. V8K 2K3
250-537-5548, Fax : 250 537-4200
(Sooke)
www.sd62.B.C.ca
3143 Jacklin Rd,
Victoria, B.C. V9B 5R1
250-474-9800, Fax : 250 474-9825
(Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
www.sd68.B.C.ca
395 Wakesiah Ave,
Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 3K6
250-754-5521, Fax : 250 741-524
Directory
Emergency
Police/Fire/Ambulance
Poison Control Centre
Emergency First Aid
Provincial Emergency Program
BC Gas / Terasen Gas (Leaks)
BC Hydro (Emergencies)
Fortis BC (Emergencies)
911 (If available)
1-800-567-8911
604-822-4444
1-800-663-3456
1-800-663-9911
1-888-769-3766
1-866-436-7847
Non-Emergency Numbers
P : Police
F : Fire
A : Ambulance
Abbotsford
P 604-859-5225 F 604-853-3566 A 604-872-5151
Aldergrove
P 604-532-3200 F 604-532-7500 A 604-872-5151
Anmore / Belcarra
P 604-945-1550 F 604-937-4102 A 604-872-5151
Bowen Island
P 604-947-0516 F 604-947-9324 A 604-872-5151
Burnaby
P 604-294-7922 F 604-294-7190 A 604-872-5151
Chilliwack
P 604-792-4611 F 604-792-8713 A 604-872-5151
Coquitlam
P 604-945-1550 F 604-927-6400 A 604-872-5151
Davis Bay
P 604-885-2266 F 604-885-7017 A 604-872-5151
Delta
P 604-946-4411 F 604-952-3100 A 604-872-5151
Egmont
P 604-885-2266 F 604-883-9270 A 604-872-5151
Garden Bay
P 604-885-2266 F 604-883-9270 A 604-872-5151
Gibson
P 604-885-2266 F 604-886-7777 A 604-872-5151
Halfmoon Bay
P 604-885-2266 F 604-885-5712 A 604-872-5151
Langley City
P 604-532-3200 F 604-514-2880 A 604-872-5151
Langley Township
P 604-532-3200 F 604-532-7500 A 604-872-5151
Lions Bay
P 604-892-6100 F 604-543-6700 A 604-872-5151
Maderia Creek
P 604-885-2266 F 604-883-9270 A 604-872-5151
Maple Ridge
P 604-463-6251 F 604-463-5880 A 604-872-5151
Mission
P 604-826-7161 F 604-826-2313 A 604-872-5151
New Westminster
P 604-525-5411 F 604-519-1000 A 604-872-5151
North Vancouver City
P 604-985-1311 F 604-980-5021 A 604-872-5151
North Vancouver District
P 604-985-1311 F 604-980-7575 A 604-872-5151
Pender Harbour
P 604-885-2266 F 604-883-9270 A 604-872-5151
Pitt Meadows
P 604-463-6251 F 604-465-2401 A 604-872-5151
Port Coquitlam
P 604-945-1550 F 604-927-5466 A 604-872-5151
Port Moody
P 604-461-3456 F 604-469-7795 A 604-872-5151
Richmond
P 604-278-1212 F 604-278-5131 A 604-872-5151
Roberts Creek
P 604-885-2266 F 604-885-6871 A 604-872-5151
Sechelt
P 604-885-2266 F 604-885-7017 A 604-872-5151
Secret Cove
P 604-885-2266 F 604-885-5712 A 604-872-5151
Selma Park
P 604-885-2266 F 604-885-7017 A 604-872-5151
Squamish
P 604-892-6100 F 604-898-9666 A 604-872-5151
Surrey
P 604-599-0502 F 604-543-6700 A 604-872-5151
University Endowment Lands
P 604-224-1322 F 604-665-6000 A 604-872-5151
Vancouver
P 604-717-3321 F 604-665-6000 A 604-872-5151
West Vancouver
P 604-925-7300 F 604-925-7370 A 604-872-5151
Whistler
P 604-932-3044 F 604-935-8260 A 604-872-5151
White Rock
P 778-593-3600 F 604-541-2121 A 604-872-5151
Wilson Creek
P 604-885-2266 F 604-885-7017 A 604-872-5151
B.C. Children’s Hospital
604-875-2345
4480 Oak Street.
Vancouver, BC, V6H 3V4
B.C. Women’s Hospital
604-875-2424
4500 Oak Street.
Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1
Cambie Surgery Centre
604-874-1349
2836 Ash St, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 3C6
Holy Family Hospital
604-321-2661
7801 Argyle St. Vancouver, BC, V5P 3L6
Lions Gate Hospital
604-988-3131
231 15th St E,
N. Vancouver, BC V7L 2L7
Mount St. Joseph Hospital
604-874-1141
3080 Prince Edward St,
Van. BC, V5T 3N4
Providence Health Care
604-876-7191
4875 Heather St,
Vancouver, BC, V5Z 0A7
St. Paul’s Hospital
604-682-2344
1081 Burrard St,
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6
St. Vincent's Hospital
604-325-4116
Langara 255 62nd Ave
W, Vancouver. BC, V5X 4V4
UBC Hospital
604-822-7121
2211 Wesbrook Mall,
Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5
Vancouver General Hospital
604-875-4111
855 West 12th Ave,
Vancouver, B.C., V5Z 1M9
Campbell River &
District General Hospital
1-250-287-7111
375 2nd Ave. Campbell River, BC.
Central Vancouver Island Health Region
1-250-755-3010
610 495 Dunsmuir. Nanaimo, BC.
Chemainus Health Care Centre
1-250-246-3291
9909 Esplanade. Chemainus, BC.
Cowichan District Hospital
1-250-746-4141
3045 Gibbins. Duncan, BC.
Cumberland Health Center
1-250-336-8531
2696 Windermere Ave.
Cumberland, BC.
Eagle Park Health Care Facility
1-250-752-7075
777 Jones St. Qualicum Beach, BC.
Hospital Port Alice
1-250-284-3555
1090 Marine Dr. Port Alice, BC.
Hospital St George's
1-250-974-5585
182 Fir. Alert Bay, BC.
Hospital West Coast General
1-250-723-2135
3841 8th Ave. Port Alberni, BC.
Kyuquot Red Cross Hospital
1-250-332-5289
100 Okime Isl, Kyuquot, BC V0P 1J0
Ladysmith General Hospital
1-250-245-2221
1111 4th Ave. Ladysmith, BC.
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
1-250-755-7615
1200 Dufferin Cres. Nanaimo, BC.
Port Alice Hospital
1-250-284-3555
1090 Marine Dr. Port Alice, BC.
Port Hardy Hospital
1-250-949-6161
9120 Granville. Port Hardy, BC.
Port Mcneill & District Hospital
1-250-956-4461
2750 Kingcome Pl. Port Mcneill, BC.
Red Cross Outpost Hospital
1-250-728-3312
245 Bamfield Boardwalk.
Bamfield W, BC.
St George's Hospital
1-250-974-5585
182 Fir. Alert Bay, BC.
St Joseph's General Hospital
1-250-339-2242
2137 Comox. Comox, BC.
Tahsis Health Centre
1-250-934-6322
1085 S Maquinna Dr. Tahsis, BC.
Tofino General Hospital
1-250-725-3212
261 Neill Tofino, BC.
Trillium Extended Care Hospital
1-250-947-8230
401 Moilliet St, Parksville, BC V9P 1J9
Youth Clinics
Access for Deaf/Hard of Hearing
604-660-0508
Richmond or Vancouver TTY/TDD
Vancouver, BC
Boulevard Youth Clinic
604-261-6366
2110 W. 43rd Ave., Vancouver, BC
Tuesday: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Broadway Youth Resource Centre
604-709-5720
691 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC
Monday: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Thursday: 4:30pm-7:00pm
Commercial Drive Youth Clinic
604-253-3575
1145 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, B.C.
Thursday: 2:30pm-6:00pm
East Youth Clinic
604-872-2511
3452 Crowley Dr., Vancouver, B.C.
Tuesday: 3:30pm-6:00pm
Friday: 2:00pm-4:30pm
Knight Street Clinic
604-321-6151
6405 Knight St., Vancouver, B.C.
Monday: 2:00pm-4:30pm
Thursday: 5:30-8:00pm
Main Street Youth Clinic
604-709-6400
3998 Main St., Vancouver, B.C.
Wednesday: 2:30pm-5:30pm
Pine Community Health Clinic
604-736-2391
1985 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
Mon, Tue, Thu, & Fri:
9:00am-12:00pm, 2:00pm-5:00pm
Wed:
9:00am-12:00pm, 2:30pm-7:30pm
*except third Wednesday of each
month:
9:00am-12:00pm, 4:30-7:30pm
Sat. (youth under 25 only):
1:00pm-4:00pm
Three Bridges Youth Clinic
604-736-9844
1292 Hornby St., Vancouver, B.C.
Monday to Friday: 8:30am-8:00pm
**FREE CLINIC**
Consulates
Australia
604-684-1177
1225-888 Dunsmuir, Vancouver
Austria
604-683-5808
1380-200 Granville Street, Vancouver
Belgium
604-684-6838
570-688 West Hastings Street,
Vancouver
Britain
604-683-4421
800-1111 Melville Street, Vancouver
China
604-734-7492
3380 Granville Street, Vancouver
Colombia
604-685-6435
890-789 West Pender Street,
Vancouver
Croatia
604-871-9170
3550 Commerical Street, Vancouver
Denmark
604-684-5171
755-777 Hornby Street, Vancouver
Equador
604-420-7767
9032 Lyra Place, Burnaby
Finland
604-688-4483
1100-1188 West Georgia, Vancouver
Germany
604-684-8377
704-999 Canada Place, Vancouver
Greece
604-681-1381
500-688 West Hastings St.
Vancouver
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Guatemala
604-688-5209
760-777 Hornby Street, Vancouver
Honduras
604-685-7711
1026-510 West Hastings St,
Vancouver
Hong Kong
604-685-0883
615-938 Howe Street, Vancouver
Iceland
604-691-7526
2900-595 Burrard Street, Vancouver
India
604-662-8811
325 Howe Street, Vancouver
Indonesia
604-682-8855
1630 Alberni Street, Vancouver
Ireland
604-683-9233
401-1385 West 8th Ave. Vancouver
Italy
604-684-7288
Vancouver
Jamaica
604-515-0443
154A-610 6th Street, New
Westminster
Japan
604-684-5868
Vancouver
Korea
604-683-1820
1710-505 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Malaysia
604-685-9550
1805-1111 West Georgia St,
Vancouver
Malta
604-739-3200
310-1001 West Broadway St,
Vancouver
Mexico
604-684-3547
Vancouver
Monaco
604-682-4633
1111 Melville Street, Vancouver
Netherlands
604-684-6448
475 Howe Street, Vancouver
New Zealand
604-684-7388
1200-888 Dunmuir Street,
Vancouver
Norway
604-682-7977
200 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Phillippines
604-685-7645
Vancouver
Poland
604-688-3530
1177 West Hastings St. Suite 1600
Vancouver
Portugal
604-688-6514
Vancouver
Senegal
604-684-5359
Vancouver
Singapore
604-669-5115
Vancouver
Slovak Republic
604-682-0991
247 Abott Street, Vancouver
Switzerland
604-684-2231
790-999 Canada Place, Vancouver
Sweden
604-683-5838
1100-1168 West Georgia St.
Vancouver
Taiwan
604-689-7147
925 West Georgia Street, Vancouver
Thailand
604-687-1143
1040 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Turkey
604-526-1300
3-7257 Kingsway Street, Burnaby
Ukraine
604-430-5454
3819 Sunset Avenue, Burnaby
United States of America
604-685-4311
1095 West Pender Street, Vancouver
Uruguay
604-681-1377
Vancouver
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McGill Branch
604-299-8955
4595 Albert St.
Burnaby BC V5C 2G6
Tommy Douglas Library
604-522-3971
7311 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC V5E 1G8
Coquitlam Public Library
library.coquitlam.bc.ca/default.htm
Poirier Branch
604-937-4141
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City Centre Branch
1169 Pinetree Way.
$PRVJUMBN, BC. V3B 0Y1
604-554-7323
Fraser Valley Regional Library
Abbotsford Administrative Centre
604-859-7141
1-888-668-4141 (Toll free within
BC)
34589 DeLair Rd. Abbotsford, BC
Canada V2S 5Y1
Abbotsford Community Library
604-853-1753
33355 Bevan Ave.
Abbotsford, BC, V2S 0E7
Agassiz Library
604-796-9510
7140 Cheam Ave
Agassiz, B.C. V0M 1A0
Aldergrove Library
604-856-6415
26770 - 29 Avenue
Aldergrove, B.C. V4W 3B8
Boston Bar Library
604-867-8847
Boston Bar Elementary School
47643 Old Boston Bar Road
Boston Bar, B.C. V0K 1C0
Brookswood Library
604-534-7055
20045-40 Ave. Langley, B.C.
V3A 2W2
Chilliwack Library
604-792-1941
45860 First Avenue
Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 7K1
City of Langley Library
604-514-2850
20399 Douglas Crescent
Langley, B.C. V3A 4B3
Clearbrook Library
604-859-7329
32320 George Ferguson Way
Abbotsford, B.C. V2T 6N4
Fort Langley Library
604-888-0722
9167 Glover Road
Fort Langley, B.C. V1M 2R6
George Mackie Library
604-594-8155
8440 - 112th Street
Delta, B.C. V4C 4W9
Hope Library
604-869-2313
1005A - 6th Avenue
Hope, B.C. V0X 1L4
Ladner Pioneer Library
604-946-6215
4683 - 51st Street
Delta, B.C. V4K 2V8
Maple Ridge Public Library
604-467-7417
130-22470 Dewdney Trunk Road
Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 5Z6
Mission Library
604-826-6610
33247 Second Avenue
Mission, B.C. V2V 1J9
Mount Lehman Library
5875 Mt. Lehman Road
Abbotsford, B.C. V4X 1V5
604-856-4988
Muriel Arnason Library
Township of Langley Civic Centre
130 - 20338 65 Avenue
Langley, B.C. V2Y 2X3
604-532-3590
Murrayville Library
Unit 100 - 22071 48th Ave.
Langley, B.C. V3A 3N1
604-533-0339
Pitt Meadows Public Library
604-465-4113
#200 - 12099 Harris Road
Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 0E5
Sardis Library
604-858-5503
5819 Tyson Rd. Sardis, B.C. V2R 3R6
Terry Fox Library
604-927-7999
2470 Mary Hill Road
Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 3B1
Tsawwassen Library
604-943-2271
1321A - 56th St. Delta, B.C.
V4L 2A6
Walnut Grove Community Centre
Library
604-882-0410
8889 Walnut Grove Drive
Langley, B.C. V1M 2N7
White Rock Library
604-541-2201
15342 Buena Vista
White Rock, B.C. V4B 1Y6
Yale Elementary School Library
604-863-2279
65050 Albert St. Yale, B.C. V0K 2S0
Yarrow Library
604-823-4664
4670 Community Street
Yarrow, B.C. V2R 5E1
Gibsons and District Public Library
604-886-2130
gibsons.bclibrary.ca
470 South Fletcher Road
Gibsons, B.C. V0N 1V0
Greater Victoria Public Library Central
1-250-382-7241
735 Broughton St.
Victoria BC. V8W 3H2
Bruce Hutchison
1-250-727-0104
4636 Elk Lake Dr. Victoria, BC.
V8Z 7K2
Central Saanich
1-250-727-0104
4636 Elk Lake Dr.
Victoria, BC. V8Z 7K2
Emily Carr
1-250-475-6100
3500 Blanshard St.
Victoria, BC V8X 1W3
Esquimalt
1-250-414-7198
1231 Esquimalt Rd.
Victoria, BC V9A 3P1
Goudy
1-250-391-5702
119-755 Goldstream Ave.
Victoria, BC V9B 0H9
Juan de Fuca
1-250-391-0653
1759 Island Hwy.
Victoria, BC V9B 1J1
Nellie McClung
1-250-477-7111
3950 Cedar Hill Rd.
Victoria, BC V8P 3Z9
Oak Bay
1-250-592-2489
1442 Monterey Ave.
Victoria, BC. V8S 4W1
Saanich Centennial
1-250-477-9030
3110 Tillicum Rd. Victoria, BC.
V9A 6T2
New Westminster Public Library
604-527-4660
716 - 6th Ave
New Westminster BC V3M 2B3
North Central Library Federation
c/o Burns Lake Public Library
Burns Lake BC V0J 1E0
1-250-692-3192
North Vancouver City Library
120 W 14th St
North Vancouver BC. V7M 1N9
604-998-3450
Fax:604-980-8145
North Vancouver District
Public Library
www.nvdpl.ca/
Lynn Valley Branch
604-984-0286
1277 Lynn Valley Rd
North Vancouver, B.C. V7J 2A1
Capilano Branch
604-987-4471
3045 Highland Blvd.
North Vancouver, B.C. V7R 2X4
Parkgate Branch
604-929-3727
3675 Banff Court
North Vancouver, B.C. V7H 2Z8
Pemberton and District Library
pemberton.bclibrary.ca/
604-894-6916
7390A Cottonwood St.
Pemberton, B.C. VON 2L0
Port Moody Public Library
library.portmoody.ca/
604-469-4575
PO Box 37 Port Moody BC V3H 3E1
Powell River Public Library
604-485-4796
4411 Michigan Ave
Powell River BC V8A 2S3
Richmond Public Library
www.yourlibrary.ca
Brighouse Branch
100-7700 Minoru Gate
Richmond, B.C. V6Y 1R8
604-231-6404
Ironwood Branch
11688 Steveston Hwy, Unit 8200
Richmond, B.C. V7A 1N6
604-231-6468
Steveston Branch
4111 Moncton Street
Richmond, B.C. V7E 3A8
604-274-2012
Cambie Branch
Unit 150 - 11590 Cambie Road
Richmond, B.C. V6X 3Z5
604) 273-2223
Sechelt Public Library
PO Box 2104 Sechelt BC V0N 3A0
604-885-3260
Fax:604-885-5183
Squamish Public Library
PO Box 1039 Squamish
BC V8B 0A7
604-892-3110
Fax:604-892-9376
Surrey Public Library
www.surreylibraries.ca
City Centre Library
10350 University Drive
Surrey, B.C. V3T 4B8
604-598-7300
Cloverdale Branch
5642 - 176A Street
Surrey, B.C. V3S 4G9
604-598-7320
Fleetwood Branch
15996 - 84 Avenue
Surrey, B.C. V4N 0W1
604-598-7340
Guildford Branch
15105 - 105th Avenue
Surrey, B.C. V3R 7G8
604-598-7360
Newton Branch
13795 - 70th Ave.
Surrey, B.C. V3W 0E1
604-598-7400
Ocean Park Branch
12854 - 17th Avenue
Surrey, B.C. V4A 1T5
604-502-6304
Port Kells Branch
18885 - 88th Avenue
Surrey, B.C. V3S 5X7
604-598-744
Semiahmoo
1815 - 152nd Street,
Surrey, B.C. V4A 9Y9
604-592-6900
Strawberry Hill
7399 - 122nd Street
Surrey, B.C. V3W 5J2
604-501-5836
Vancouver Public Library
www.vpl.ca
Central Library
350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 6B1
604-331-3603
Britannia Branch
1661 Napier Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5L 4X4
604-665-2222
Carnegie Branch
401 Main St.
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 2T7
604-665-3010
Champlain Heights Branch
7110 Kerr St.
Vancouver, B.C. V5S 4W2
604-665-3955
Collingwood Branch
2985 Kingsway
Vancouver, B.C. V5R 5J4
604-665-3953
Dunbar Branch
4515 Dunbar St.
Vancouver, B.C. V6S 2G7
604-665-3968
Firehall Branch
1455 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V6H 1J8
604-665-3970
Fraserview Branch
1950 Argyle Drive
Vancouver, B.C. V5P 2A8
604-665-3957
Hastings Branch
604-665-3959
2674 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5K 1Z6
Joe Fortes Branch
604-665-3972
870 Denman Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6G 2L8
Kensington Branch
604-665-3961
1428 Cedar Cottage Mews
Vancouver B.C. V5N 5Z1
Kerrisdale Branch
604-665-3974
2112 West 42 Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V6M 2B6
Kitsilano Branch
604-665-3976
2425 MacDonald Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6K 3Y9
Marpole Branch
604-665-3978
8386 Granville Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6P 4Z7
Mount Pleasant Branch
604-665-3962
1 Kingsway
Vancouver, B.C. V5T 3H7
Oakridge Branch
604-665-3980
191 - 650 West 41st Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 2M9
Renfrew Branch
604-257-8705
2969 East 22nd Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V5M 2Y3
South Hill Branch
604-665-3965
6076 Fraser Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5W 2Z7
Strathcona Branch
604-665-3967
592 East Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1V5
Terry Salman Branch
604-665-3964
4575 Clancy Loranger Way
Vancouver, BC V5Y 2M4
West Point Grey Branch
604-665-3982
4480 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V6R 2H9
West Vancouver Memorial Library
604-925-7400
1950 Marine Dr
West Vancouver BC V7V 1J8
Whistler Public Library
604-935-8433
4329 Main St Whistler BC
V0N 1B4
Alert Bay Public Library
1-250-974-5721
PO Box 440, Alert Bay BC,
V0N 1A0
Kootenay Library Federation
1-888-664-4553
PO Box 3125 Castlegar BC.
V1N 3H4
Beaver Valley Branch
beavervalley.bclibrary.ca
1-250-367-7114
1847 - 1st Street PO Box 429
Fruitvale, BC V0G 1L0
Castlegar Branch
castlegar.bclibrary.ca
1-250-365-6611
1005 Third Street
Castlegar, BC V1N 2A2
Cranbrook Branch
www.cranbrookpubliclibrary.ca
250-426-4063
1212 2nd St. North
Cranbrook BC V1C 4T6
Creston Branch
www.crestonlibrary.com/
250-428-4141
531 - 16th Ave. S
Creston BC V0B 1G5
Elkford Branch
www.elkfordlibrary.org
816 Michel Road
PO Box 280
Elkford BC V0B 1H0
Fernie Branch
fernie.bclibrary.ca
1-250-423-4458
492 Third Avenue
PO Box 448
Fernie BC V0B 1M0
Grand Forks Branch
grandforks.bclibrary.ca
1-250-442-3944
7342 Fifth Street
PO Box 1539
Grand Forks BC V0H 1H0
Greenwood Branch
invermere.bclibrary.ca
1-250-342-6416
201 - 7th Avenue PO Box 989
Invermere BC V0A 1K0
Kaslo Branch
kaslo.bclibrary.ca/
1-250-353-2942
413 Fourth Street
PO Box 760 Kaslo BC V0G 1M0
Kimberley Branch
kimberley.bclibrary.c
250-427-3112
115 Spokane St
Kimberley BC V1A 2E5
Midway Branch
midway.bclibrary.ca
1-250-449-2620
612 - 6th Avenue
PO Box 268 Midway BC V0H 1M0
Nakusp Branch
nakusp.bclibrary.ca
1-250-265-3363
92 - 6th Avenue, NW
PO Box 297 Nakusp BC V0G 1R0
Nelson Branch
nelson.bclibrary.ca
1-250-352-6333
602 Stanley St
Nelson BC V1L 1N4
Radium Hot Springs Branch
radium.bclibrary.ca
1-250-347-2434
Unit #2 Main Street West
PO Box 293
Radium Hot Springs, BC, V0A 1M0
Rossland Branch
rossland.bclibrary.ca
1-250-362-7611
2180 Columbia Avenue
PO Box 190
Rossland BC V0G 1Y0
Salmo Branch
salmo.bclibrary.ca
1-250-357-2312
106 - 4th Street, PO Box 458
Salmo BC V0G 1Z0
Sparwood Branch
sparwood.bclibrary.ca
1-250-425-2299
110 Pine Avenue
PO Box 1060
Sparwood BC V0B 2G0
Trail Branch
www.traillibrary.com
1-250-364-1731
1051 Victoria St
Trail BC V1R 3T3
Lillooet Area Public Library
PO Box 939 Lillooet BC. V0K 1V0
Lillooet Library
1-250-256-7944
930 Main Street PO Box 939
Lillooet, B.C. V0K 1V0
Gold Bridge Library Branch
1-250-238-25211
Haylmore Street. General Delivery
Gold Bridge, B.C. V0K 1P0
Bridge River Library Branch
1-250-259-8242
41 Bridge River Town site
PO Box 19 Shalalth, B.C. V0N 3C0
Burns Lake Public Library
1-250-692-3192
PO Box 449 Burns Lake BC V0J 1E0
Cariboo Regional District Library
1-250-392-3351
180 - 3rd Ave N Suite D
Williams Lake BC. V2G 2A4
Castlegar & District Public Library
1-250-365-6611
1005 Third St. Castlegar BC.
V1N 2A2
Chetwynd Public Library
1-250-788-2559
PO Box 1420. Chetwynd BC.
V0C 1J0
Cranbrook Public Library
1-250-426-4063
1212 2nd St.
North. Cranbrook BC. V1C 4T6
Dawson Creek Municipal Public
Library
1-250-782-4661
1001 McKellar Ave.
Dawson Creek BC. V1G 4W7
Elkford Public Library
1-250-865-2912
PO Box 280 Elkford BC. V0B 1H0
Fernie Public Library
1-250-423-4458
PO Box 448 Fernie BC. V0B 1M0
Fort Nelson Public Library
1-250-774-6777
PO Box 330 Fort Nelson BC.
V0C 1R0
Fort St. James Public Library
1-250-996-7431
PO Box 729 Fort St. James BC
V0J 1P0
Fort St. John Public Library
1-250-785-3731
10015 - 100th Ave.
Fort St. John BC. V1J 1Y7
Fraser Lake Public Library
1-250-699-8888
PO Box 520 Fraser Lake BC V0J 1S0
Grand Forks & District Public Library
1-250-442-3944
PO Box 1539.
Grand Forks BC. V0H 1H0
Grand Forks & District Public Library
1-250-442-3944
PO Box 1539 Grand Forks BC
V0H 1H0
Granisle Public Library
1-250-697-2713
PO Box 550 Granisle BC. V0J 1W0
Greenwood Public Library
1-250-445-6111
PO Box 279 Greenwood BC.
V0H 1J0
Hazelton District Public Library
1-250-842-5961
PO Box 323 Hazelton BC. V0J 1Y0
Hazelton District Public Library
1-250-842-5961
PO Box 323 Hazelton BC. V0J 1Y0
Houston Public Library
1-250-845-2256
PO Box 840 Houston BC V0J 1Z0
Hudson's Hope Public Library
1-250-783-9414
PO Box 269
Hudson's Hope BC. V0C 1V0
Invermere Public Library
1-250-342-6416
PO Box 989 Invermere BC. V0A 1K0
Kimberley Public Library
1-250-427-3112
115 Spokane St Kimberley BC
V1A 2E5
Kimberley Public Library
1-250-427-3112
115 Spokane St.
Kimberley BC. V1A 2E5
Kitimat Public Library
1-250-632-8985
940 Wakashan Ave.
Kitimat Bc. V8C 2G3
Mackenzie Public Library
Box 750 Mackenzie BC. V0J 2C0
1-250-997-6343
McBride & District Public Library
1-250-569-2411
PO Box 489 McBride BC V0J 2E0
Midway Public Library
1-250-449-2620
PO Box 268 Midway BC. V0H 1M0
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Nelson Public Library
1-250-352-6333
602 Stanley St Nelson BC. V1L 1N4
Okanagan Regional Library
1-250-860-4033
1430 KLO Rd Kelowna BC V1W 3P6
Armstrong Branch
1-250-546-8311
#10 - 3305 Smith Drive
Armstrong, B.C. V0E 1B1
Cherryville Branch
1-250-547-9776
1114 Hwy. 6, Cherryville, B.C.
V0E 2G3
Enderby Branch
1-250-838-6488
Box 226 (Mailing Address)
514 Cliff Avenue (Location)
Enderby, B.C. V0E 1V0
Falkland Branch
1-250-379-2705
5771 - Highway 97
P.O. Box 33, Falkland, B.C.
V0E 1W0
Golden Branch
1-250-344-6516
819 Park Ave., Golden, B.C.
V0A 1H0
Hedley Branch
1-250-292-8209
789 Scott Ave., Hedley, B.C.
V0X 1K0
Kaleden Branch
1-250-497-8066
101 Linden Ave., Kaleden, B.C.
V0H 1K0
Kelowna Branch
1-250-762-2800
1380 Ellis St. Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 2A2
Keremeos Branch
1-250-499-2313
638 - 7th Ave., Keremeos, B.C.
V0X 1N0
Lake Country Branch
1-250-766-3141
#2 - 10150 Bottom Wood Lake Rd.
Lake Country, B.C. V4V 2M1
Lumby Branch
1-250-547-9528
2250 Shields Ave., Lumby, B.C.
V0E 2G0
Mission Branch
1-250-764-2254
4105 Gordon Dr. Kelowna, B.C.
V1W 4Z1
Naramata Branch
1-250-496-5679
3580 Third St. Naramata, B.C.
V0H 1N0
North Shuswap Branch
1-250-955-8198
3867 Squilax Anglemont Rd
Scotch Creek BC V0E 1M5
Okanagan Falls Branch
1-250-497-5886
#101 - 850 Railway Lane
Okanagan Falls, B.C. V0H 1R4
Oliver Branch
1-250-498-2242
6239 Station St., Oliver, B.C.
V0H 1T0
Osoyoos Branch
1-250-495-7637
8505 68th Ave., Osoyoos, B.C.
V0H 1V0
Oyama Branch
1-250-548-3377
15718 Oyama Rd.
Oyama, B.C. V4V 2E1
Peachland Branch
1-250-767-9111
Peachland Village Mall
#40 - 5500 Clements Crescent
Peachland, B.C. V0H 1X5
Princeton Branch
1-250-295-6495
107 Vermilion Avenue
Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0
Revelstoke Branch
1-250-837-5095
605 Campbell Avenue
Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0
Rutland Branch
1-250-765-8165
#20 - 301 Hwy. 33 West
Kelowna, B.C. V1X 1X8
Salmon Arm Branch
1-250-832-6161
#285 Piccadilly Mall
1151 10th Ave. SW
Salmon Arm, B.C. V1E 1T3
Sicamous Branch
1-250-836-4845
#2 - 446 Main Street
Sicamous, B.C. V0E 2V0
Silver Creek Branch
1-250-832-4719
921 Salmon River Rd.
Salmon Arm, B.C. V1E 3G3
South Shuswap Branch
1-250-675-4818
#1 - 2676 Fairway Hills Road
Blind Bay, B.C. V0E 1H2
Summerland Branch
1-250-494-5591
9525 Wharton Street
Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0
Vernon Branch
1-250-542-7610
2800 - 30th Ave.
Vernon, B.C. V1T 8S3
Westbank Branch
1-250-768-4369
#31 - 2484 Main St. (Hwy 97 S)
West Kelowna, B.C. V4T 2G2
Pender Island Public Library
PO Box 12 Pender Island
BC V0N 2M0
Pender Island Public Library Branch
1-250-629-3722
4407 Bedwell Harbour Road
Pender Island, BC V0N 2M0
Mayne Island Public Library Branch
1-250-539-2597
411 Naylor Road
Mayne Island, BC V0N 2J0
Galiano Island Community
Library Branch
1-250.539.2141
2-1290 Sturdies Bay Road
Galiano Island BC V0N 1P0
Eddie Reid Memorial
Library Branch
1-250-539-5312
140 East Point Road
Saturna Island, BC V0N 2Y0
Penticton Public Library
1-250-770-7781
785 Main St. Penticton BC.
V2A 5E3
Prince George Public Library
Bob Harkins Branch
1-250-563-9251
887 Dominion Street
Prince George, BC V2L 5L1
Nechako Branch
1-250-962-9710
6547 Hart Highway
Prince George, BC V2K 3A4
Prince Rupert Library
1-250-627-1345
101 6th Ave
W Prince Rupert BC V8J 1Y9
Radium Hot Springs Public Library
1-250-347-2434
PO Box 293 Radium
Hot Springs V0A 1M0
Rossland Public Library
1-250-362-7611
PO Box 190 Rossland BC. V0G 1Y0
Salmo Public Library
1-250-357-2312
PO Box 458 Salmo BC V0G 1Z0
Salt Spring Island Public Library
1-250-537-4666
129 McPhillips Ave
Salt Spring Island BC V8K 2T6
Smithers Public Library
1-250-847-3043
PO Box 55 Smithers BC V0J 2N0
Sparwood Public Library
1-250-425-2299
PO Box 1060 Sparwood BC
V0B 2G0
Stewart Public Library
1-250-636-2380
PO Box 546 Stewart BC V0T 1W0
Taylor Public Library
1-250-789-9878
PO Box 730 Taylor BC. V0C 2K0
Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Trail & District Public Library
1-250-364-1731
1051 Victoria St Trail BC V1R 3T3
Tumbler Ridge Public Library
1-250-242-4778
PO Box 70 Tumbler Ridge
BC V0C 2W0
Valemount Public Library
1-250-566-4367
PO Box 368 Valemount BC V0E 2Z0
Vancouver Island Regional Library
1-250-758-4697
Box 3333 Nanaimo BC V9R 5N3
Bella Coola Branch
1-250-799-5330
450 MacKenzie St
Bella Coola BC. V0T 1C0
Bowser Branch
1-250-757-9570
Box 181 #111 - 6996
W Island Hwy Bowser BC V0R 1G0
Campbell River Branch
1-250-287-3655
1240 Shoppers Row
Campbell River BC V9W 2C8
Chemainus Branch
Phone: 250-246-9471
2592 Legion St
Chemainus BC V0R 1K3
Comox Branch
1-250-339-2971
1720 Beaufort Ave
Comox BC V9M 1R7
Cortes Island Branch
1-250-935-6566
1255 Seaford Road (Linnaea Farm)
Manson's Landing, BC. V0P 1K0
Courtenay Branch
1-250-334-3369
300 6th Street
Courtenay BC V9N 9V9
Cowichan Branch
1-250-746-7661
2687 James St., Duncan BC.,
V9L 2X5
Cowichan Lake Branch
1-250-749-3431
68 Renfrew Avenue PO Box 918
Lake Cowichan BC V0R 2G0
Cumberland Branch
1-250-336-8121
2746 Dunsmuir Ave.,
Cumberland BC
Gabriola Island Branch
1-250-247-7878
#5 - 575 North Rd,
Gabriola Island BC V0R 1X5
Gold River Branch
1-250-283-2502
Gold River Branch
396 Nimpkish Dr
Gold River BC., V0P 1G0
Hornby Island Branch
1-250-335-0044
1765 Sollans Rd
Hornby Island BC
V0R 1Z0
Ladysmith Branch
1-250-245 2322
#3 - 740 First Ave.,
Ladysmith BC., V9G 1A3
Masset Branch
1-250-626-3663
Box 710, 2123 Collison Ave
Masset BC V0T 1M0
Nanaimo Harbourfront Branch
1-250-753-1154
90 Commercial St
Nanaimo BC., V9R 5G4
Nanaimo Wellington Branch
1-250-758-5544
3032 Barons Rd
Nanaimo BC V9T 4B5
Parksville Branch
1-250-248-3841
100 Jensen Ave E
Parksville BC., V9P 1K3
Port Alberni Branch
1-250-723-9511
4255 Wallace St, Unit B
Port Alberni BC V9Y 3Y6
Port Alice Branch
1-250-284-3554
Box 190, Marine Drive
Port Alice BC, V0N 2N0
Port Clements Branch
1-250-557-4402
Box. 283, 35 Cedar Ave E
Port Clements BC V0T 1R0
Port Hardy Branch
1-250-949-6661
7110 Market
Port Hardy BC V0N 2P0
Port McNeill Branch
1-250-956-3669
4-1584 Broughton
Port McNeill BC V0N 2R0
Port Renfrew Branch
Phone: 250-647-5423
PO Box 108, 6638 Deering Rd
Port Renfrew BC V0S 1K0
Quadra Island Branch
1-250-285-2216
654 Harper Rd
Quathiaski Cove BC V0P 1N0
Qualicum Beach Branch
1-250-752-6121
660 Primrose
Qualicum Beach BC. V9K 1S9
Queen Charlotte Branch
1-250-559-4518
Box 339, 138 Bay, Community Hall
Queen Charlotte BC V0T 1S0
Sandspit Branch
1-250-637-2247
Box 228, Seabreeze Plaza,
Alliford Bay Rd. Sandspit BC V0T 1T0
Sayward Branch
1-250-282-5551
641C Kelsey Way
Sayward BC V0P 1R0
Sidney / North Saanich Branch
1-250-656-0944
10091 Resthaven Drive
Sidney BC V8L 3G3
Sointula Branch
1-250-973-6493
280 1st Street
Sointula BC V0N 3E0
Sooke Branch
Phone: (250)642-3022
2065 Anna Marie Road
Sooke BC V9Z 0A4
South Cowichan Branch
1-250-743-5436
Box 118, 310-2720 Mill Bay Rd.
Mill Bay BC V0R 2P0
Tahsis Branch
1-250-934-6621
977 Maquinna Dr S
Tahsis BC V0P 1X0
Tofino Branch
1-250-725-3713
331 Main St Tofino BC V0R 2Z0
Ucluelet Branch
1-250-726-4642
500 Matterson Dr
Ucluelet BC V0R 3A0
Union Bay Branch
1-250-335-2433
5527 Island Hwy
Union Bay BC V0R 3B0
Woss Branch
1-250-281-2263
4503B Railway Ave
Woss BC V0N 3P0
Vanderhoof Public Library
1-250-567-4060
Bag 6000 Vanderhoof BC V0J 3A0
Regional Air Travel
Vancouver Airport
604-207-7077
Yvr.ca
Harbour Air
604-274-1277
Harbour-air.com
Helijet Airways
800-665-4354
Helijet.com
West Coast Air
604-606-6800
Westcoastair.com
Transportation
Veteran's Taxi Service
617-527-0300
Bay State Taxi
617-566-5000
Independent Taxi
617-426-8700
Black Top & Checker cabs
604-731-1111
Limojet
604-273-1331
Vancouver Taxi
604-871-1111
Yellow Cab
604-681-1111
Airporter bus
604-946-8866
Yvrairporter.com
Amtrak
800-872-7245
B.C. Ferries
888-BCFERRY
Bcferries.bc.ca
City buses
604-953-3333
Translink.bc.ca
Gray Line of Victoria
800-667-0882
Greyhound Lines of Canada
604-683-8133
Pacific Coach Lines
604-662-7575
Pacificcoach.com
SeaBus Translink.bc.ca
604-953-3333
SkyTrain
604-953-3333
Translink.bc.ca
VIA Rail
888-842-7245
Viarail.ca
MBTA
617-722-3200
Peter Pan
800-343-9999
Greyhound Bus Lines
800-231-2222
Continental Airlines
800-525-0280
Delta Airlines
800-221-1212
United Airlines
800-241-6522
Tourism and Trade
B.C. Chamber of Commerce
604-683-0700
Bcchamber.org
BC Place Stadium
604-669-2300
Bcplacestadium.com
Better Business Bureau
604-682-2711
Bbbvan.org
Real Estate Board of Vancouver
604-730-3000
Rebgv.org
Tourism British Columbia
800-435-5622
Hellobc.com
Tourism Vancouver
604-683-2000
Tourismvancouver.com
Shopping centres
Metropolis at Metrotown
604-438-4700
4720 Kingsway Suite 604,
Burnaby, V5H 4N2
www.metropolisatmetrotown.com
Park Royal
604-922-3211
2002 Park Royal South,
West Vancouver V7T 2W4
www.shopparkroyal.com
Pacific Centre
604-688-7236
701 Georgia St W,
Vancouver V7Y 1G5
www.pacificcentre.com
Guildford Town Centre
604-585-1565
2695 Guildford Town Centre,
Surrey V3R 7C1
www.guildfordtowncentre.com
Coquitlam Centre
604-468-5650
2929 Barnet Hwy Suite 2201,
Coquitlam V3B 5R5
www.coquitlamcentre.com
Uptown Centre
(formerly Town and Country Centre)
250-383-8093
NP, Victoria V8Z 0B9
www.shopuptown.ca
Richmond Centre
604-713-7467
6551 No 3 Rd, Richmond V6Y 2B6
www.richmondcentre.com
Woodgrove Centre
250-740-3555
6631 Island Hwy N, Nanaimo
V9T 4T7
www.woodgrovecentre.com
Lougheed Town Centre
604-421-3434
9855 Austin Ave, Burnaby V3J 1N4
www.lougheedtowncentre.com
Willowbrook Shopping Centre
604-530-2115
19705 Fraser Hwy, Langley V3A 7E9
www.shopwillowbrook.com
Central City Shopping Centre
604-588-5271
10153 King George Blvd,
Surrey V3T 2W1
www.centralcity.ca
Lansdowne Centre
604-270-1344
5300 No 3 Rd, Richmond V6X 2X9
www.lansdowne-centre.com
Sevenoaks Shopping Centre
604-853-7153
32900 S Fraser Way Suite 201,
Abbotsford V2S 5A1
www.shopsevenoaks.com
Aberdeen Centre
604-273-1234
4151 Hazelbridge Way,
RichmondV6X 4J7
www.aberdeencentre.com
Brentwood Town Centre
604-299-0606
4567 Lougheed Hwy,
Burnaby V5C 3Z6
www.brentwoodtowncentre.com
Tillicum Centre
250-381-7123
3170 Tillicum Rd, Victoria V9A 7C5
www.tillicumcentre.ca
Aberdeen Mall
250-374-3400
1320 Trans Canada Hwy
W Suite 275,
Kamloops V1S 1J2
www.aberdeenmall.ca
Westshore Town Centre
250-474-3269
2945 Jacklin Rd, Victoria V9B 5E3
www.westshoretowncentre.com
Mayfair Shopping Centre
250-383-0541
3147 Douglas St Suite 221,
Victoria V8Z 6E3
www.mayfairshoppingcentre.com
Capilano Mall
604-990-5426
935 Marine Dr,
North VancouverV7P 1S3
www.capilanomall.com
Movie Theaters
Ü Vancouver
Cineplex Odeon International
Village Cinemas
604-806-0799
88 West Pender Van, V6B 6N9
Dunbar Theatre
604-222-2991
4555 Dunbar St.
Vancouver, BC V6S 2G7
Fifth Avenue Cinemas
604-734-7469
2110 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6J 3H5
OMNIMAX Theatre at Science World
604-443-7443
1455 Quebec St. Vancouver, BC
Pacific Cinematheque
604-688-3456
1131 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7
Rio Theatre
604-878-3456
1660 E. Broadway V
ancouver, BC V5N 1W1
Scotiabank Theatre
604-630-1407
900 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC, V6Z 3G5
The Park Theatre
604-709-3456
3440 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 2W8
Vancity Theatre
604-683-3456
1181 Seymour St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7
Ü North Vancouver
Landmark Cinemas 6 Esplanade
604-983-2762
200 West Esplanade
North Vancouver. BC V7M 1A4
Park & Tilford
604-985-3911
333 Brooksbank Ave.
North Van. BC V7J 3S8
Ü Pitt Meadows
Cineplex Odeon Meadowtown
Centre Cinemas
604-460-6455
410-19800 Lougheed Hwy.
Pitt Meadows, V3Y 2W1
Hollywood 3
19190 Lougheed Hwy
Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1B3
604-459-6004
Ü Langley
Colossus
604-513-8747
20090-91A Ave. Langley, BC V1M
3Y9
Ü White Rock
Criterion 4
604-531-7456
2381 King George Hwy
White Rock, BC V4B 1A6
Rialto Twin
1732 Johnston Road (152 Street)
White Rock, BC V4B 1L3
604-541-9527
Ü Burnaby
Dolphin Cinema
4555 Hastings St.
Burnaby, BC V5C 2K3
604-569-3369
SilverCity Metropolis
4700 Kingsway Ave
Burnaby, BC V5H 4M1
604-435-7474
Ü Surrey
Hollywood 3 Cinemas
604-592-4441
7125 138th Street
Surrey, BC V3W 0E1
Landmark Cinemas 12 Guildford
604-581-4218
15051-101st Avenue
Surrey, BC V3R 7Z1
Strawberry Hills Cinemas
604-501-9400
12161 72nd Ave.
Surrey, BC V3W 2M1
Ü Coquitlam
SilverCity Coquitlam
604-523-2911
170 Schoolhouse St.
Coquitlam, BC V3K 4X9
Ü Richmond
SilverCity Riverport
604-277-5993
14211 Entertainment Way
Richmond, BC V6W 1K4
Ü New Westminster
The Landmark Cinemas 10
604-549-9292
390-800 Carnarvon Street
New Westminster, BC V3M 1G2
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Classified
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o Rent/ Homestay
o Employment
o Buy/ Sell
Source: www.gottarent.com/bc/vancouver, www.caprent.com
Rent Property
WESSEX GATE
3408 Crowley Drive Vancouver, BC V5R
6C3, Near Collingwood Village & Joyce St
Skytrain
Key property details Great selection of
contemporary studio and one and twobedroom apartments. Features include a
resident lounge and a large, bright central
laundry facility Modern exercise room
with cardio equipment, universal gym
and a TV located in neighbouring Earles
Court. 1.888.460.3108
Maple Apartments
1220 Cardero St. Vancouver, BC V6G 2H7
Near Cardero St & Davie St
Maple Apartments is a 9 storey character
building
Clean & quiet building. 1.888.311.0754
Regency Park
1225 Cardero St. Vancouver, BC V6G 2H8
Near Cardero St & Davie St, The views
alone are worth the rent, All suites are
fully renovated
In the heart of Vancouver’s West End
1.888.534.0536
Ocean Park Place
990 Broughton St. Vancouver, BC V6G
2A5
Near Nelson St. & Broughton St.
Private balconies. Just minutes to the
beach
1.866.921.1905
Collingwood Village
3528 Vanness Ave. Vancouver, BC V5R
6G4
Near Collingwood Village & Joyce St
Professional on-site staff maintains the
building premises and grounds. Fitness
Room, roof top barbecue area and
tenant lounge. Security measures, such
as computer-controlled card access and a
video surveillance system give you peace
of mind. 1.888.460.3108
The Melbourne
3433 Crowley Drive Vancouver, BC V5R
6C5
Near Collingwood Village & Joyce St
Computer-controlled card access and a
video surveillance system give you peace
of mind.
Meeting room and a large, bright central
laundry facility. 1.888.460.3108
Barafield Apartments
1260 Harwood St. Vancouver, BC V6E
2S4
Near Jervis St & Harwood St
Aquatic and Recreation Center nearby
Parking available. 1.888.556.5171
Georgian Towers
1450 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC
V6G 2T8
Near West Georgia St & Nicola St. $700
Move-in Bonus, Fabulous views from
apartments
Large gym on site. 1.866.757.0896
Forte
1755 West 14th Avenue Vancouver, BC
Near West 14th Ave & Burrard St. Forte
Apartments is surrounded by beautiful
gardens and majestic mountain and city
views. Resident managers on-site. FOB
access security system. Large updated
units. Pedestrian-friendly streets and lively
cafe-strewn sidewalks. 1.866.941.7403
600 Drake
600 Drake Street Vancouver, BC V6B 5W7
Near Yaletown, This apartment
community includes furnished and
unfurnished suites with heat and hot
water, balconies, carpet or laminate
flooring A well-lit and gated underground
parking facility and bicycle storage.
1.888.459.6068
Metropolitan Towers
930 & 980 Seymour Street Vancouver, BC
V6B 1B4. Near Seymour St & Smithe St
Now offering 3 month leases on
Furnished Bachelor Suites! *Please call for
more details
Games / Social Room & Theatre/Media
Room
Guest Suite. 1.888.430.8149
Bayview at Coal Harbour
1529 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC
V6G 3J3
Near W Pender St & Nicola St, Concierge
Service Brand new stainless steel
appliances, Great ocean and mountains
view 1.888.431.2158
Dunway Court
3550 West Broadway Vancouver,
BC V6R 2B6
Near Alma St & W Broadway
Unique California style building with
superior customer service. Indoor parking.
Close to Kitsilano Beach. 604.714.4082
Laurier House
4750 Arbutus Street Vancouver, BC V6J
4A4
Near Arbutus Street & W 33rd Avenue
Laurier House offers sophisticated West
Coast living. Beautifully landscaped
gardens
Wheel Chair Friendly. 1.866.454.9857
Larchway Gardens
2475-2485 West Broadway Vancouver,
BC V6K 2E7, Near Larch St & W
Broadway, Unique California style
building, Indoor parking, Superior
customer service. 1.877.640.1781
Kingsley Manor
2121 Franklin Street Vancouver, BC V5L
1R7
Near Lakewood Dr & Franklin St. Great
Unit! Freshly Painted Brand New Kitchen
Clean
Quiet Building You have to come and see
it!
Simon Fraser University is nearby.
1.888.540.6758
The Westridge
4170 & 4180 Nanaimo Street Vancouver
V5N 5H7, Near Nanaimo Skytrain Station
Conveniently located near Nanaimo
Skytrain Station. Many with views of the
North Shore mountains and city Smoke
free environment
1.888.460.3235
Cheryl Manor
210 East 2nd Street Vancouver, BC V7L
1C5
Near 3rd St. E. & Lonsdale Ave. Bach/
Studio. Heat & Water Included - Plus
Electricity. 1.888.310.0541
Shelley Court
230 East 2nd Street Vancouver, BC V7L
1C5
Near 3rd St. E. & Lonsdale Ave.
1.888.858.1781
Gary Manor
Near Yew St. & W 8th Ave.
2225 West 8th Avenue Vancouver, BC
V6K 2A6
1.888.544.8031
Cassiar Court
1710 Cassiar Street Vancouver, BC V5M
4R9
Near East 1 Ave & Cassiar St.
This well-designed complex offers
contemporary 1 & 2 bdrm garden
apartments and 3 bdrm townhomes.
Concert’s professional on-site staff
maintains the building premises and
grounds
Cassiar Court is pet friendly
1.888.459.4001
Fraser Pointe I and II
3033 & 3083 East Kent Avenue North
Vancouver, BC V5S 4R2, Near River
District. 1.888.544.8031
Townhomes also at this location
Pets are permitted with some restrictions
Located in Vancouver’s newest
neighbourhood - The River District
1.888.459.4207
International Plaza Apartments
1989 Marine Drive,
North Vancouver, BC
These apartments for rent in Vancouver
are just minutes away from the sea and
mountains. Located just 10 minutes
from downtown and 30 minutes from
Vancouver International Airport. 604980-3606
Dolphin Square Apartments
8200 Park Road Suite 114,
Richmond, BC
Short walk to the Richmond Centre and
in close proximity to the future Skytrain
station at No3 Road and Saba. Being
close to major shopping centres, schools
and community
604-273-0269
Carlton Park Gardens Apartments
10951 Mortfield Rd, Richmond, BC
Located south of downtown Vancouver,
is close to the Steveston Highway and
other major commuter routes. Beautifully
landscaped grounds and the perfect
community for your next home. 604-2752664
Cypress Gardens Apartments
1114 & 1132 Howie Street, Coq., BC
Located in the established central area
of Coq., 1114 and 1132 Howie St. Close
to parks and all conveniences, it is your
best choice for apartments for rent in
Coquitlam. 604-931-3273
Sydney Place Apartments
544 Sydney Ave., Coq., BC
These apartments for rent in Coquitlam
are Located in the parkland community of
the city, with mountain views, this mature
site with large trees and gardens is the
ideal location for commuting or working
in the area.
604-931-3273
Sherbrooke Manor Apartments
329 Sherbrooke St., New Westminster
Closeness to the Sky Train.
The short commute to downtown
Vancouver or for those who work close
by makes Sherbrooke Manor Apartments
the ideal place to live for all.
604-980-3606
Royal Ridge Apartments
315 Agnes Street, New Westminster
Close to the Columbia Sky train station,
the Fraser River, Quay Public Market,
Douglas College. Columbia Square Plaza
and Royal City Centre Shopping Centre.
A fitness room is also available for your
use at no extra charge.
604-521-7259
Park Regency Apartments
612 Clarke Rd., Coquitlam
Just 15 kms from the city of Vancouver
and bordering New Westminster and
Burnaby, A small property with ample
access to shopping at the Lougheed Mall
and other retailers provides everything
you would need in your day.
604-931-7376
Gateway
St. 1000 Brunette Ave. Coquitlam, BC .
Near Brunette Ave. & Nelson Newly
renovated suites.
Only minutes from Lougheed Mall,
Braemar Gardens takes pleasure in having
shopping, restaurants and a movie
theatre at its doorstep.
1-888-617-4868
WHITGIFT GARDENS
550 Cottonwood Ave.
Coquitlam, BC V3J 2S1.
walking distance of both Mountain
View and Roy Stibbs Elementary Schools.
Lougheed Town Centre, hiking or biking
on Burnaby Mountain, Simon Fraser
University and the Millennium Skytrain
Line are also nearby.
604-980-3606
Gateway
It's only a short walk to Lougheed Mall
Shopping Centre and public transit offering
transportation. Westview Manor tenants
enjoy large, renovated, one- and twobedroom suites. Rents include heat, hot
water and a storage locker. Underground
parking is available.
1-888-617-4868
Tantus Towers
810 St. Andrews Street, New Westminster,
BC
wonderful views of either the Fraser River
and Mount Baker. The units are very large
and come in various layouts, some with
eat-in kitchens. All units are equipped with
energy efficient windows.
604-521-7259
Princeton Place Apt
1021 Howay Street, New Westminster,
This beautifully maintained property is
ideal for commuters given the closeness
to the Sky Train or the short commute to
downtown Vancouver.
604-521-8831
Rent/ Room Rent/ Homestay
[Rent] Finished Basement Rent home in
Tynehead Region Surrey
8319 170A St Surrey. BC
1 Bedroom + den, 1 Bathroom : 1
Huge parking lot is ideal for RV parking or
multi family use. Come see this beauty!
5 minutes by walk from Elementary School
Bsmt is finished w/1 bdrm + den w/
separate entry Kitchen and Laundry facility
ready. Huge parking lot is ideal for RV
parking
$800 per month + Utility 1/3
Ask 778-388-1767
[Rent] 1Bed+Den Rent, DownTown SKY Train
689 Abboott St. DownTown Vancouver
1Bed + Den+1 parking+ Gym+
swimmingPool, South East face 270 View,
hard wood/ new style interior/ SKY Train
¡°China Town- STADIUM,
Costco, T&T 1ºÐ, Library, near Robson
Street.
$1,600 per month,No Pet ,NO Smoke. 604862-5959 .
[Rent] Near DownTown 2 Bedroom + Den
Condo
587 7th Ave W. Vancouver West
False Creek's prestigious Condo at Affiniti.
Featuring 2 Bdrms + 2 Baths, floor
to ceiling windows w/ large balcony
overlooking DT, False Creek and N/S Mtns.
High-end appliances for superb modern
living. Close to all amenities and one block
away from Olympic Village Skytrain Station.
Don't miss it.
$2500 per month (utilitiy not included)
Ask 778 839 7671, [email protected]
[Rent] $2600 / 4br - 2508ft- FURNISHED
4 BED + 4 BATH HOUSE RENT in FRASER
HEIGHTS, SURREY (Fraser Heights, Surrey)
108XX 166A STREET SURREY BC
FURNISHED 4 BED + 4 BATH HOUSE RENT
in Fraser Heights, Surrey
Main & Upper floor, 2508 SQFT, (NOT
including BASEMENT).
Main floor...Living room, Dining, Kitchen,
Eating area, Family room, Laundry, 1 bath.
(1 SMALL DEN IS NOT INCLUDED).
Upper floor...4 bed rooms, 3 bath rooms.
Close to everything, school, transportation
and shopping..etc.
monthly rent...$2600 per a month + 2/3
utilities.
NO PETS, NO SMOKING, PLEASE.
Available from APRIL 01ST, 2014.
For viewing, please contact Peter, Text (604)
307-2737, or Email.
[Homestay or room rental]
[email protected]
Hi, I'm looking for a student(s) who needs a
Homestay or room rental.
Walking distance to royal oak skytrain
station, nearby bus stations(including To
sfu) and Safeway, assi(Korean market) etc.very convenient location, 1st floor, separate
kitchen and entrance door- 1 room: $500
or Homestay:$800
[Rent] $2600/2br/815ft Luxury 2 bedrooms
at Jameson House
2903-838 West Hastings St. Vancouver
BC
View : Ocean view, City view, Security
deposit :$1300 1 Parking
No Pets, No Smoking (including on the
patio), No subletting
[Room Rent] 4961 IRMIN ST, BURNABY ,
BC. V5J 1Y6, Canada
Duplex in Metrotown, Year Built1970
Over 5000 sq ft of a nicely renovated legal
side by side duplex on a 66' x 125' large
duplex lot on a quiet cul-de-sac in prime
metrotown location. lots of renovations
over the past 15 years including roof,
windows, kitchens, doors, and paint.
1 Bedroom & 1 Bathroom, $400/ month
Ask; 604-438-0492(home), 604-8385836(cell).
BEST open layout and spectacular
southeast views on the 29th floor! Designed
by the world renowned
Foster + Partners, Jameson House
features ultra sleek & modern design with
leading-edge energy efficient technology.
OPEN living room, spectacular views
of city, 9-ft ceilings, in-floor radiant
heating, contemporary kitchen by Dada
Cucina of Italy, Gaggeneau & Sub-zero
appliances(Washer/Dryer,
24” Stainless Steel Oven), & imported
Travertine flooring. Enjoy 24/7 concierge
service & the first FULLY AUTOMATED
valet parking system in Canada. Within
steps to the prestigious Terminal City Club
&
high-end shopping, #2903 is truly THE
HOME to rent in the centre of Downtown
Vancouver.
Ask 778-881-2396
[Rent] [UBC] 2BD&2Bath Luxury, Modern
Condo
2280 Wesbrook mall, Vancouver, V6T
2K3
2 Bedrooms and 2 Bathrooms
Condominium on 2nd floor at Keats Hall
in centre of UBC campus. Around 840
sqft. Built by Polygon in 2005. Directly
across from UBC's medical building
(Life Science) and pharmacy building, 5
minute walk to Woodward Library and
UBC hospital. 5 minute walk to UBC
village restaurants and services, less than
10 minute walk to UBC bus loop, pool,
and gym. Clean, in excellent condition,
quiet, and secure. Well lit and sunny
with many windows, large living room,
and private patio overlooking a large
garden. 2 private bathrooms, secured
underground parking space, large washer
and dryer included in unit. Not furnished.
No pets please.
$2000/month. Hot water and heat
included. Available on January 1st, 2014.
For more information or to schedule a
viewing, please send an email or text/call
(604-715-3741). Serious inquires only
please!
[Rent] New Condo next to Olympic village.
Downtown
1Bed, 1 Bath, 1 Den, 1 Parking , Rent
$1450
Close to every amenites including public
trans, shopping and restaurants
P: 604-216-2915(9am - 5pm only)
C: 778-288-9965, cms4070@hotmail.
com
[Rent] UBC Campus 2BD&2 Bath Condo at
Keats Hall
Condominium on 2nd floor at Keats Hall
in centre of UBC campus. Around 840
sqft. Built by Polygon in 2005.
Directly across from UBC's medical
building (Life Science) and pharmacy
building, 5 minute walk to Woodward
Library and UBC hospital. 5 minute walk
to UBC village restaurants and services,
less than 10 minute walk to UBC bus
loop, pool, and gym.
Clean, in excellent condition, quiet, and
secure. Well lit and sunny with many
windows, large living room, and private
patio overlooking a large garden. 2
private bathrooms, secured underground
parking space, large washer and dryer
included in unit.
Not furnished. No pets please.
$2000/month. Hot water and heat
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included.
Available on Jan 1st, 2014.
For more information or to schedule a
viewing, please send an email or text/call
(Ethan 604-715-3741). Serious inquires
only please!
[Rent] ****ABSOLUTELY STUNNING &
SPACIOUS TOWNHOUSE FOR YOU****
(fleetwood)
$1900/m, Townhome 3Bed + den, 3
Bath 16355-82nd ave. Surrey
This place is beautiful in every way ..and
them some! Everything is 100% pristine,
the location is great, the home warm and
gorgeous, everything you could want is
here...so call me before it's gone.
First and foremost , this beauty is an end
unit and while that might not seem like a
big deal, But IT IS! With an end unit you
get more space for the whole family, you
only have one shared wall so this place is
super quite, you have way more natural
sun light from windows on 3 sides And
you will get a great breeze in the summer
when other places are all stuffy, but not
here!
Secondly, you have tons of space! With
over 1850 square feet of living space on
three full floors... that way everyone has
their own room and you can retreat fully
fenced and professionally landscaped
backyard perfect for relaxing or even
entertaining. Your new place is located
just off the Fraser Highway in Surrey,
16355-82nd ave, so you're off the main
road for peace and quiet, but close
enough so you can get anywhere quick,
fast and in a hurry.
Call Now : Emzuck 604-272-1264
[Rent] 2893 Munday Place. North
Vancouver $1400 a month
Large 2 bedroom ground level suite for
RENT!!!
2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, In suite
Laundry and Dryer
Just a few blocks from Boundry
Elementary school, tennis courts, parks
and playground.
No pets non smokers please. Avail Now
Ask 604-786-66300
[Rent] 846 Westview Crescent North
Vancouver
1,030sqft, 2 Bed, 2 Full Bath
Rent: $1,600/ month(Heating included)
Welcome to Cypress Gardens, our
housing complex located in North
Vancouver. Our nine acres and a half lot
is surrounded by creeks on the North and
West sides, limited by Westview Drive
on the East side and by the Westview
Commercial Centre on the South. It
contains 177 units between apartments
and town homes.
We enjoy one of the most desirable
locations in the North Shore and in the
Lower Mainland, close to amenities such
as William Griffith Recreation Centre,
Delbrook Recreation Centre and the
already named Westview Commercial
Centre. Lonsdale Ave. and downtown
North Vancouver are at a short distance
and we can even take a leisure stroll to
the City Hall and the modern main Library.
Several Primary and Middle schools are at
a walking distance.
Available Jan 1st or 15th. 2014.
Ask: 778-997-2496
[Rent] North Vancouver Esplanade
3 Bed 2 Bath Codo
$3,500/ month. 188 Esplanade Street.
North Vancouver
3 Bed, 2 Full bath, Parking: 1 car.
Approximately 1350 sqft.+ 500 sqft
Balcony
Lonsdale Quay Markets, IGA, Empire
Movie Theater, Famous Restaurants are
located walking distance.
Lions Gate Hospital, Capilano University,
Park Royal Shopping Center, Grouse
Mountain, Seymour Mountain and
Cypress Mountain ski hill are 20 minutes
by cars.
Ask 778 839 7671 or email rental@
alspm.ca
[Rent] 866 38TH Ave, Vancouver East
Rent: $1,600/ month, 2 Bed, 1 Bath
Excellent home with 10' ceilings & welldesigned living area.
This home has 2 suites built-in by the
developer with separate entrances that
currently bring.
This home has a tile roof, private backyard
with a detached garage & warranty.
Shows well.
The interior of the home has been nicely
maintained, & the separation of bdrms &
living area makes this a nice family home.
Built in vacuum system, security system,
H/W floors & big kitchen/breakfast area
adds to the livability of this property.
The 2 suites have access from the interior
for a family who want to use more
space. 2 years remain on the Developer's
Warranty.
Located on a quiet street w/ large, oak
trees in a very nice neighborhood. Easy
access to transit, schools & services.
This would also be a great investment
with potential rental income in the
$3,500 per month range. A nice place
to come home to. Ask Hanad: 778-9603332
[Room Rent] 1 Room, Townhouse Coquitlam
$530
Lougheed Sky Train 5 minutes by walk
T4601 3970 carrigan CT. Coquitlam
GYM, SWIM, SAUNA, HOTTUB, internet
wifi Insuite Washer, Refridgrator, Furniture
etc.Ask 778-242-4246
[Rent] House 1 floor. 2853 Mccoomb
Drive. Coquitlam.
Walk Score of 80 out of 100. This location
is Very Walkable so most errands can be
accomplished on foot.
This location is in Coquitlam. Nearby parks
include Scott Creek Ravine, Lafarge Park
and Walton Park. Nearby schools include
School Board Coquitlam, Academy of
Learning Computer & Business Career
College and Hot Salsa Dance Zone.
The closest grocery stores are Sun Tung
Fat Supermarket, T & T Supermarket
Inc and Coquitlam Integrated Health.
Nearby coffee shops include Tim
Hortons, Starbucks and 7-Eleven. Nearby
restaurants include Tanoor. Pizza, Church's
Chicken and Mini Malaysia Restaurant. no
pet no smoke
$1000/ month (utility 1/3(elect. gas)
ASk 604-249-8707
[Rent] Brand new Highrise Codo near
Coquitlam Centre
2 Beds, 2 Baths, Rent $1700, Damage
deposit $850
Outdoor Swimming pool, Hot tub,
Professionally equipped Fitness Centre,
Outdoor Barbeque area, Social Lounge
with full kitchen and media room and
Putting Green. Shopping (Coquitlam
Centre, Target, Superstore, T&T), Library,
Transit (West Coast Express, Evergreen
Line - 2016), Lougheed Hwy, Parks
and Schools (Douglas College). Brand
New Insuite Washer, Dryer, Stainless
Steel Appliances (Fridge, Dishwasher,
Gas Stove, Microwave) and Laminate
floors, Flat screen TV, Dining table,
Leather Sofa, Queen size bed & Double
bed with brand New comfortable
Mattresses.
Ask 778.986.7653
[Rent] 2 Bedrooms and 1 Bathroom condo
at Great Location in Surrey Central
Rent - $1200 / month, 13399 - 104th
Avenue, Surrey, Near Surrey Central
Shopping Center, Brand New Public
Library, North Surrey Recreation
Centre, SFU Surrey Campus, Secondary
& Elementary Schools Convenient
Commuting Location - Steps away Surrey
Central Skytrain Station 9ft ceilings,
Stainless-steel Appliances and Beige/Black
quartz Counter-tops. Available From Dec
1st. Main Floor equips with Fitness Centre
& Amenity Room including Media Room,
Library, Party Room and Pool Table. Rent
including the following:
- 5 Brand New Appliances (In Suite
Laundry),
- 1 Parking Stall, 1 Storage Locker, Cold/
Hot Water Resident Building Manager &
Night Security Guard assist your homelife.
Contact : Matt 778 839 7671 or email
[email protected]
[Rent] Two Bedroom +One Bathroom Condo
Near Lougheed Skytrain - Cora
Rent : $1,300.00 / month
Great Location at the boundary between
Burnaby & Coquitlam. Steps away from
Lougheed Skytrain & Lougheed Mall.
PriceSmart Foods, Shopper’s Drug Mart,
lots of restaurants and more shopping
along North Road and Austin Ave. 10
minutes to SFU, 15 minutes to Burnaby
High Tech and Business Park. Available
From Dec 1st. Small Pet Allowed but No
smoking
Contact : Matt 778 839 7671 or
email [email protected]
[Rent] 3 Bedroom & 2 Full Bathroom Town
House. North Vancouver-Tanager
Bedroom : 3, Bathroom : 2 Full bat,
Parking : Garage fits 2 cars. Size :
Approximately 1500 sqft. Number of
floors : 3
[Rent] New spacious town house
$2800/month, This spacious town house
was built in 2006 and is occupied and
managed very well by the owner. The
unit is equipped with : - Hardwood floor
- High-end Stainless appliances Location
is also great in a beautiful neighbourhood
which is peaceful,safe, and also is
conveniently close to :
- Ron Andrews Rec Centre, Canlan
Ice Sports, Parkgate Shopping Centre,
Windsor Secondary, Blue ridge Elementary
school, Seymour mountain park, Deep
cove, McCartney Creek Park.
- Minimum 1 year lease required. No Pet/
No Smoking, Available from : Jan 1st,
2014
Contact : Matt 778 839 7671 / rental@
alspm.ca
[Rent] Metrotown, 4959 4961 IRMIN ST,
Burnaby
$3650 / month, Over 5000 sq ft of a
nicely renovated legal side by side duplex
on a 66’ x 125’ large duplex lot on a quiet
cul-de-sac in prime metrotown location.
4 kitchens, 6 bedrooms, 6 baths, lots
of renovations over the past 15 years
including roof, windows, kitchens, doors,
and paint. Present rent $3650 to long
term tenants.
604-438-0492(home), 604-8385936(cell)
[Rent] 903-9262 University Crescent,
Burnaby
$1,650/ month, 2 Bedrooms, 2
Bathrooms, 993 Square Feet Beautiful,
fantastic, panoramic inlet and mountain
view. Sub-penthouse unit in Novo II built
by reliable Intergulf. Large balcony offers
all around open view. The suite has a
formal dining room and spacious den
for home office or 3rd bedroom with
a wonderful floorplan. Total 993 sq. ft.
of floor area plus 108 sq. ft. of balcony
provides a perfect living space. New &
quiet SFU residential community, steps
to SFU campus, Burnaby Mountain Park
& public transportation, close to indoor/
outdoor recreation facilities, hiking trails
& all levels of schools and more. 604
2916267
[Rent] New 33rd floor, 2 br,
766ft² apartment for rent at Surrey
CityCentral $1200/month. New 33rd
floor, 2 br, 766ft² apartment for rent at
Surrey CityCentral, 2min walking distance
to King George Skytrain (35min to
downtown), T&T, SFU and library. 7 min
away from Hannam Supermarket. 778300-0727.
3 beds, 2 baths, kitchen and laundry
room
$1200/month, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths,
1 living room, 1 kitchen (stove + oven +
fan + fridge) and 1 laundry room (washer
+ dryer) Whole new basement sweet for
rental. Close to Willowbrook Mall (5 mins
drive), Real Canadian
Superstore (5 mins), H-Mart (5 mins),
Costco (8 mins), easy to transit, 10 mins
drive to Kwantlan University,
15 mins drive to Trinity Western University
Located in Township of Langley 778-8384391. ease contact Eric Chang for more
information.
[Rent] Single House in Township of Langley
$1950/month, 6957 197B St Langley, BC.
3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 1 living room,
1 kitchen (stove + oven + fan + fridge)
and 1 laundry room (washer + dryer).
Close to Willowbrook Mall (5 mins drive),
Real Canadian Superstore (5 mins),
H-Mart (5 mins), Costco (8 mins), easy
to transit 10 mins drive to Kwantlan
University, 15 mins drive to Trinity Western
University. Please contact Eric Chang for
more information at 778-838-4391
[Rent] 903-9262 University Crescent,
Burnaby
$1650
2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 993 Sqft
Beautiful, fantastic, panoramic inlet and
mountain view. Sub-penthouse unit in
Novo II built by reliable Intergulf. Large
balcony offers all around open view.
The suite has a formal dining room
and spacious den for home office
or 3rd bedroom with a wonderful
floorplan. Total 993 sq. ft. of floor area
plus 108 sq. ft. of balcony provides a
perfect living space. New & quiet SFU
residential community, steps to SFU
campus, Burnaby Mountain Park & public
transportation, close to indoor/outdoor
recreation facilities, hiking trails & all levels
of schools and more. All furniture are
available. Just new laminate floor, toilet &
paint
Call 604 2916267
[Rent] 1 Bedroom Condo near Surrey City
Central
$920 a month, 13399 104 Street,
Whalley, Surrey
Located 2 blocks away from the Central
City Mall and SFU Surrey Campus,
and close by is Surrey's premier public
amenities includingSurrey Recreation
Centre, Surrey Public library, Central pub,
Blends, Starbucks, Royal Kwantlen Park,
shopping, schools and golf courses.
With the Surrey Central Sky Train Station
less than 200 meters away, D'Corize is
connected to everywhere. Go downtown,
visit New Westminster Quay or head to
Metrotown in minutes. Fully equipped
kitchen, activity room with pool table,
fireside lounge, library and a multipurpose flex room. Ask Peter Kim,
[email protected] or 778 317
2990
[Rent] D’Corize Condo- 13399 104th
Avenue, Surrey
Luxury finishes include 9-foot ceilings,
floor to ceiling windows, engineered
laminate floors, spacious balconies and
patios with wonderful views, stainless
steel appliances that compliment kitchen
decor with imported polished granite
countertops,
full-wrap walnut or zebra wood laminate
cabinets and ceramic tiled backsplash.
Elegant bathrooms feature the
?Millenium Spa?? which is an exquisite
ceiling mounted rain shower,
white ceramic wall tile and imported
polished granite countertops.
The amenities at D?Corize include a fully
equipped fitness center, a business centre,
media centre with plasma TV,
fully equipped kitchen, activity room with
pool table, fireside lounge, library and a
multi-purpose flex room.
Ask Peter 778 317 2990 or
[email protected]
[Room Rent] 1 Bed + Den, 1 Bath.
Thunderbird Lodge
Harron Place Apartments
12128 222 Street, Maple Ridge BC, V2X
5W5
Features include in-suite storage, attractive
landscaping, secured underground
parking, elevator and balconies or patios
for each suite. The rental rates are below
market for the area; strong potential exists
for future rental increases on turnover.
Harron Place located in quite peaceful
setting, while having everything nearby.
Being close to Parks, Elementary and
Secondary Schools makes this a great
place to raise your family. It is minutes
away from Haney Place Mall, Valley Fair
Mall, great restaurants and pubs, and
the Golden Ears Bridge which makes
commuting to the Lower Mainland
simple. Public transportation is nearby as
well. $450/ month (included utility) ASk
778-988-9224
[Rent] Close to Skytrain Station (West
Coquitlam)
1 room in a private house for rent
for a Student, International Student
or single working professional.Quiet
neighbourhood, clean, bright furnished
bedroom with shared bathroom,
kitchen, laundry facility, and shared
living room.
· Great and convenient location.
· Close to schools (SFU, Coquitlam
College)
· Close to Superstore, IKEA, SilverCity,
Bowling Alley, many shops and
restaurants.
· Close to bus stop and close to Skytrain.
We are looking for a tidy, quiet,
respectful, and responsible. $1,000/
Month, Wi-Fi internet access included.
Please call 604-612-8562.
[Homestay]
Hi, I'm looking for a student(s) who
needs a Homestay or room rental.
Walking distance to royal oak skytrain
station, nearby bus stations(including
To sfu) and Safeway, assi(Korean
market) etc.- very convenient location
1st floor, separate kitchen and entrance
door- 1 room: $500(2room& 1bath are
available) or Homestay:$800
604-434-0550 or 604-773-9984
[Homestay] $700 in Fraser Heights
We have a 2 furnished bedrooms in our
large, clean, non-smoking home for a
responsible, clean, quiet, non-smoking
student(s). You will be sharing our home
with our family, for a monthly shared
accommodation fee of $700 per month
which does NOT include meals. For an
additional fee, we can provide: meals for
$200 per month).
- Large 2600 sqft home, yard, private
bedroom, semi-private bathroom,
shared TV room, shared kitchen and
laundry, and wireless internet.
- Bus stop is right outside the door
- Walking distance to Fraser Heights
Secondary School
PLEASE NOTE:
- you must provide verifiable proof of
enrolment at a college or university.
you must provide verifiable proof of
your identity.
you must provide verifiable references.
NO smoking or drugs. NO pets. NO
parties.
Editorial Internships
, New Immigrants
Guidebook offers editorial internships:
The internships are full-time commitments offered for six month
periods, and include an honorarium of $250 per month plus $100
value of certificates.
Duties include participating editorial meetings, writing small & medium
articles for the magazine, have interviews with people, international
students and new immigrants.
Please email us a cover letter, resume to [email protected]
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If you are interested in sharing our “peaceful”
home with us, please contact us (778-7101838) with any questions you may have.
, New Immigrants
www.theguidebook.ca
Tel. 604 937 7979
[email protected]
[Sale for Business]
Large Dry Cleaner and Commercial Laundry
We are a medium to large dry cleaner and
commercial laundry in the beautiful seaside
town of Campbell River. All our equipment
is brand new, replaced December 2013, we
are the only drycleaner in the area as well
as the Comox Valley. We have a location
in each town. Our 2 dry-cleaning machines
are one of the very few brand new organic
K4 solvent in BC. We have been in
business over 35 years . Asking price is $
599,000 Please [email protected] for more
information.
Employment
Advertising Sales Representative
(Metro vancouver)
"Guidebook" is looking for advertising sales
representative in Metro Vancouver.
The Guidebook is published bi-weekly for
international student and new immigrants.
· Duties:
- Responsible for sales of advertising for the
publication.
- Developing new business accounts.
- Maintaining existing relationships and
expanding professional networks.
· Qualifications:
- One or more years proven (advertising)
sales experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Self motivated with a strong work ethic
- Achievement oriented
· Compensation: Basic salary plus
Commission.
· Please email us a cover letter with resume
[email protected]
Edo-Ya Sushi (Delta) is looking for Japanese/
Korean Food cooks
- Position Type : 2cooks, Full time, 37.5
hours per week
- Position requirement : Complete
secondary school. Minimum 3 years’
experience in Japanese and Korean-style
western cooking Basic English
· Duties: Developing new Korean &
Korean style western menu, Prepare and
complete dishes Ensure quality of food
and determine size of food proportions
Inspect kitchens and food service areas
Supervise kitchen staff and helpers
· Work Location : 0875995 B.C. Ltd. dba
Edo-Ya Sushi 1350 56 Street, Delta, BC
V4L 2A4
If you are interested in this opportunity
please send your resume to edoyadelta@
hotmail.com or the above address.
Sushi House in Prince Albert is looking for
kitchen helper/ Food server
· Position type : Full time, 30hours per
week, hours will vary with weekend work
· Number of positions (Vacancies) : kitchen
helper 2/ Food server 1
· Job requirement : Some of secondary
school, Experience is an asset, but not
required.
· Job duties :
- Kitchen helper
Helping cooking-Prepare simple foods
when the chef requires, Dish washing
cleaning kitchen area
Wash and peel vegetables and fruit
Unpack and store supplies in refrigerators,
cupboards and other storage areas
- Food server
Provides food and beverage service to
guests using good customer service skills
Goal is to exceed guest expectations,
Set up tables , Services food, coffee,
water and other beverages Clears tables
throughout the dining experience using
proper methods for removing Dishes,
glassware and silverware Cleans banquet
and dining rooms during and after the
dining experience
• What we Offer :
• Compensation : $ 11 per hour
• Benefit : 2 weeks paid holidays. Meals
provided, employee discount If you are
not live in Price Albert we will provide
Transportation fee, and 1 month free
accommodation and we will assist you
looking for house
· Work location : 9-77 15th Street East,
Prince Albert, SK, S6V 1E9
If you are interested, Please send your
resume to [email protected] or
above address
Office administrative assistant
Logos Holdings Ltd .(dba. Canadian
Greetings) is looking for office administrative
assistant.
· Position Type : Full Time, 30.0 hours per
week
· Requirement : Completion of secondary
school is usually required. More than 2
years clerical experience required. Positive,
energetic, lots of patience and able to
communicate effectively
· Duties : Open and distribute incoming
regular and electronic mail and other
material and co-ordinate the flow of
information internally and with other
departments and organizations
· Schedule and confirm appointments
and meetings of employer Order
office supplies and maintain inventory
Answer telephone and electronic
enquiries and relay telephone calls and
messages Set up and maintain manual
and computerized information filing
systems Determine and establish office
procedures Greet visitors, ascertain
nature of business and direct visitors to
employer or appropriate person
· What we Offer : $21.00 per hour
· Benefit : 2 weeks paid holidays
· Location : 1014 Robson St. Vancouver, BC
Please send your resume to s.jeehyun@
hotmail.com or to the above address.
Outlook Motor Hotel is looking for a Light duty
cleaner
· Position Type: Full Time, 35.0 hrs per week
· Number of positions (Vacancies) : 1
· Job requirement :
Education : Completion of secondary.
Experience : Not required . We will train.
· Duties :
- Clean the public area such as lobbies,
hallways, office and rooms of hotels
- Attend to guests’ requests for extra
supplies.
- Provide basic information on facilities.
- Make beds, change sheets and
distribute clean towels and toiletries.
· What we Offer :
· Compensation : $15.00 per hour
· Benefits : 14 days paid holidays
· Work location : 105 Franklin Street,
Outlook, SK S0L 2N0
If you are interested in this opportunity,
please send your resume to hoteloutlook@
gmail.com or the above address.
Hiring for a Logistic specialist
We are now hiring for a Logistic specialist.
If you are responsible, active, easy-going
person, looking for a great job opportunity
with a stable income, this job will suit you.
· About company:
We are a business unit delivering services
to European customers. We are a global
brand and the world’s third largest logistic
company. We present virtual addresses for
customers from Europe and Asia.
· Requirements :
- Constant access to the Internet;
- Possibility in making the photos of the
packages;
- Flexible shipping options;
- Responsibility;
- Activity;
- Readiness working in one team;
· Duties;
- Stay at workplace (home address) from
9 am till 5 pm;
- Receive packages during the working
hours;
- Inform your coordinating manager
with the photos of received packages;
- Print the shipping label;
- Place the shipping label on the
package;
- Deliver parcels to the FedEx facility;
- Report your coordinative manager with
the receipt Compensation.
Your salary will be 1500$ per month (Base
Salary), plus 20$ for each parcel you have
received (Parcel’s Payment).
You will get paid Base Salary monthly
starting of the day you sign a contract.
Parcel’s Payment will be paid biweekly. o
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