The Dance Current • 1st May 2018

Creative Critique

This feature on dance criticism in Canada looks forward, dissecting the challenges criticism faces today such as how we define this kind of response, how we decide who can do it and how to fund this critical work.

Dance International • 1st April 2018

What's Next for Arts Criticism? A new face for a digital age

(Feature available in Spring 2018 print edition only) This feature on dance criticism looks at criticism's history in the arts and explains why digital media has been both a death and rebirth of the form.

Canadian Geographic • 16th October 2017

Why the Westin Bayshore is Vancouver's most wildlife-friendly hotel

With its picturesque gardens, onsite apiary and visiting otter, Vancouver's historic waterfront hotel is close to nature by design.

The Dance Current • 15th October 2017

Choreographing Community: Vancouver’s community-engaged dance momentum

“You have to almost fall out of love before you’re going to open up to other possibilities,” recalls Karen Jamieson, of her journey into community-engaged dance. A Canadian pioneer of...

The Dance Current • 29th September 2017

The Embodied Remnants of Relationships Past and Present

Review of Saudade by Joshua Beamish and MOVETHECOMPANY

Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly • 21st September 2017

Kokoro Dance's Embryotrophic Cavatina suspends time and enters the indefinable

The Japanese dance-theatre form butoh can be intense. Intense for the performer, who cycles through a range of emotional expressions throughout a production, as well as for the viewer, who...

Passport 2017 • 18th September 2017

The Great Escape: A Six-Day Journey Through B.C.’s West Coast Trail

One trail, many tales: a Vancouver urbanite sets off on the hike of a lifetime

Story Board • 15th September 2017

Freelance journalists and responsible communication

With the changes in the industry, there are ethical, legal and contractual issues that freelance journalists need to be aware of.

Story Board • 15th August 2017

Pitching around staff writers

As a freelancer, it’s hard to keep of track of which Canadian media outlets still have budgets for outsourcing. “The Globe has a freeze on freelancers for another month,” a...

Story Board • 21st July 2017

Turning Your Holiday into a Travel Writing Opportunity

As a freelancer, days not worked are days not paid. But that doesn’t you mean don’t get to take holidays, whether in your own backyard or to somewhere more exotic....

Story Board • 12th July 2017

The fine line of the follow-up

Following up with editors after sending a story pitch can be anxiety-inducing. “Are they just too busy?” Ultimately, the radio silence you hear after sending a pitch is likely because...

Story Board • 12th July 2017

A Q&A with freelance writer Cole Kazdin

Cole Kazdin is a writer, performer and four-time Emmy winning television journalist. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she regularly contributes to VICE, MEL Magazine and Refinery29. Kazdin has...

Macleans.ca • 29th June 2017

Canada's oldest person: Living through 112 years of history

Few Canadians remember waking up to the news in 1914 that the country had entered the First World War. Or what it was like to start a family during the...

CBC North by Northwest • 11th June 2017

The man who painted Whistler: remembering Chili Thom

Whistler artist Chili Thom's work is so iconic to the mountain town that locals have taken to calling out a "Chili-esque" scene when they spot one. (Radio story begins at...

The Dance Current • 30th May 2017

All About Giselle: Review of Giselle by Coastal City Ballet

Giselle is a straightforward story ballet. Its choreography is filled with mime, emotion and corresponding musical composition, sets and costumes. Together, these elements work to pull the viewer through the...

The Dance Current • 14th April 2017

New Criticism Award Launched in BC

The Max Wyman Award for Cultural Commentary celebrates leading critical writers. On April 18, a new award that acknowledges excellence in critical writing and commentary on the visual, performing and...

12th April 2017

Limitless Legacy Through Indigenous Dance

Nigel Grenier with the Dancers of Demelahamid shares his intergenerational story of tradition.

Arts On Air • 2nd April 2017

A walk-and-talk with Professor Santa Ono

For the final episode of this season of Arts on Air we had the opportunity to speak with UBC’s president, Professor Santa Ono. On March 13th, Professor Ono visited the...

Arts On Air • 28th February 2017

The past, present and future of information studies

For this episode we stopped by the the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, also known as the iSchool. Students and faculty in this department still find themselves surrounded...

Arts On Air • 17th February 2017

The awesome complexity of human speech

For this episode we dropped by the Speech in Context Lab to meet Professor Molly Babel and her team of linguistics students. It’s a very busy team — they run...