President’s Choice brand Nanaimo bars!

I made some Nanaimo bars today! The other day Housemate came home and happily exclaimed that he had purchased some Nanaimo bars and triumphantly plopped this box down on the counter: “Uhm… those aren’...

Food and Lifestyle

Nathaniel Christopher / 19 September 2013 / 5 Comments

Ice cream tub art!

Usually the companies who produce four litre tubs of ice cream don’t put a lot of thought into the design of the lids so I was pleasantly surprised to see the incredibly cute and whimsical “lid art” o...

Nathaniel Christopher / 13 September 2013

New Yukon Catholic school policy would still hurt LGBT students: Wells

Yukon’s publicly funded Catholic school system’s new draft policy on “same-sex attraction” makes queer students second-class citizens, says one homophobia and education researcher. But the Yukon Depar...

Nathaniel Christopher / 12 September 2013

The United Church of Canada’s prophetic stance on gay rights

Six months before the United Church of Canada decided to ordain gay ministers in 1988, Tim Stevenson thought the contentious initiative was doomed to fail. “We got up onstage, the report was given, an...

Foster Care and Adoption

Partners in VIU’s Tuition Waiver Program include (left to right) MLA Parksville-Qualicum Michelle Stilwell; Ralph Nilson, VIU’s President and Vice-Chancellor; Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk; Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux; Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth, and Bill Yoachim, Kw’umut Lelum Child and Family Services, Snuneymuxw Councilor, VIU Alumnus & Governor. (Vancouver Island University)

Nathaniel Christopher / 26 August 2013 / 2 Comments

Vancouver Island University launches first-of-its-kind tuition waiver for former youth in care

Youth who grew up in foster care are welcome and wanted at university. So says Vancouver Island University (VIU) in Nanaimo which recently announced that they would waive tuition fees for former youth...

Personal

August 25, 1993 Dear Nathaniel, Thank you very much for your kind letter. It is always a pleasure for me to receive mail from young people such as you. My colleagues and I now look forward to building an even brighter future for all Canadians. We recognize the responsibility we have to you as part of the generation who will be affected most by the decisions we make today, and I appreciate your support. For your interest, I have enclosed a package on Canada's symbols which I hope you will enjoy. With warm regards, Yours sincerely, [signed] Kim Campbell

Nathaniel Christopher / 25 August 2013

My letter from Kim Campbell!

When I was 12 I received a letter from the Right Honourable Kim Campbell who served as Prime Minister of Canada from 25 June 1993 until 4 Nov. 1993. “It looks like you got something from Ottawa here,”...

Culture and Politics

Statue of Sir James Douglas at Fort Langley

Nathaniel Christopher / 5 August 2013 / 8 Comments

A History of British Columbia Day

Today is British Columbia Day – B.C.’s incidentally named civic holiday which is observed on the first Monday of August. Unlike Canada Day which is widely celebrated, B.C. Day seems to be little...

Vancouver Life

Nathaniel Christopher / 4 August 2013 / 2 Comments

Trans and Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March [Video]

Yesterday I attended the Trans and Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March in East Vancouver which attracted an incredibly diverse and engaged crowd of transgender and genderqueer people and thei...

Nathaniel Christopher / 31 July 2013

Vancouver Pride settles lawsuit with former Pride Guide publisher

The Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) has reached an out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit it filed against WE Vancouver (formerly known as the Westender). “The dispute between the Vancouver Pride Soc...

Nathaniel Christopher / 27 July 2013

Only gay community centre between Vancouver and Calgary closes July 31

The Okanagan Pride Centre — the only gay community centre between Vancouver and Calgary — will close on July 31 after the property’s owner chose not to renew the lease and changes to liquor licence en...