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Sailing with Captain Barkley: Frances Barkley's 18th-century sea voyage

Sailing with Captain Barkley: Frances Barkley's 18th-century sea voyage

Frances Barkley was determined not to be separated from her merchant mariner husband, so in November 1786, she joined him on an eight-year sea voyage that would take them around the world twice
Charla Huber: Innocent questions can be harmful

Charla Huber: Innocent questions can be harmful

Every time someone was in the elevator with me, they asked, “What Nation are you from?”
Monique Keiran: Anticipating the coronation of King Charles III by stocking up on bangers and crisps

Monique Keiran: Anticipating the coronation of King Charles III by stocking up on bangers and crisps

Canada is now a more diverse country, with far fewer citizens with social or family ties to merry olde Englande.
Geoff Johnson: As new tech enters classrooms, teachers are more important than ever

Geoff Johnson: As new tech enters classrooms, teachers are more important than ever

We will need to rethink what we thought we knew about uses of technology in the classroom.
Trevor Hancock: Continual growth is completely unsustainable and heightens inequality

Trevor Hancock: Continual growth is completely unsustainable and heightens inequality

There is only so much biocapacity on our finite planet, and we already exceed the limits.
Our Community: Anawim House opens for women, PISE hosts family sports festival at Camosun

Our Community: Anawim House opens for women, PISE hosts family sports festival at Camosun

Land was donated for the 4,500-square-foot, two-storey home, a secure women-only accessible facility at an unidentified location
Pandemic portraits: Images captured in first year of COVID-19 compiled in new book

Pandemic portraits: Images captured in first year of COVID-19 compiled in new book

The Royal B.C. Museum turned artist Adad Hannah’s static video portraits of people in his Burnaby neighbourhood over the first year of the pandemic into an exhibit, and now a book
Charla Huber: When it comes to residential schools, listen to survivors

Charla Huber: When it comes to residential schools, listen to survivors

The survivors of St. Augustine’s residential school in Sechelt guided the areas searched with ground-penetrating radar, and their words were validated by the results of the scanning.
Geoff Johnson: Information on early-childhood skills can help predict later success

Geoff Johnson: Information on early-childhood skills can help predict later success

Every February, kindergarten teachers fill out a questionnaire about their students that can assist educators and policymakers in anticipating students’ needs and planning effective interventions.
Our Community: Lawn bowling club marks 50 years, new music scholarship

Our Community: Lawn bowling club marks 50 years, new music scholarship

Members of the public are invited to try croquet and lawn bowling at Gordon Head Lawn Bowling Club’s 50th anniversary event on Sunday
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