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Ghia Aweida will read from “Poetry of Hope”
h4>>Ghia will read poems at the Dialogue on Saturday.
Ghia Aweida is a founding member of Intrepid Pens; a reading-writing group that began at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC) and now operates out of W2 Media Cafe (Vancouver BC). She was born November 15, 1965, in Beirut, Lebanon. She is of Palestinian, Syrian, and Lebanese descent. She attended elementary school in Lebanon, spent a …
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Todd Polich talks about engaging with kids and youth
h4>>Todd Polich is an environmental mural artist that has painted over 30 wildlife and nature conservation murals throughout the lower mainland. After graduating from Vancouver Film School Todd went on to a successful career in the film and video games industries. As a digital artist and art director for Enigma Entertainment, Radical Entertainment, and Electronic Arts Todd worked on several motion …
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Joji Kumagai speaking at Dialogue
h4>>Joji Kumagai is the Executive Director of the Strathcona Business Improvement Association (SBIA). One of the core mandates of the SBIA is its Green Zone Initiative, an initiative to create a community of businesses working to reduce enviromental impacts through resource efficiency and collaboration. Joji majored in ecology and toxicology at Simon Fraser University and is currently working …
Sandra Pronteau reading at Dialogue
h4>>S A N D R A P R O N T E A U
Found such gratitude within this province of British Columbia and feels so valued and had many opportunities in exploring and sharing many interests in all levels. With the support of past Instructors and mentors; writing is a form of Art when sharing poetry or having the courage to write argumentative essay papers or even to the past Prime Minister. Writing …
Elliott Slinn reading poetry at our Dialogue
h4>>Elliott Robert Slinn is a Canadian writer/poet from New Westminster, British Columbia. He attended Douglas College where he majored in creative writing and philosophy.
He has one collection of poems to date, titled “Act like you’re carrying a weapon” and has recently had three of his poems published in Pearls (the Douglas College yearly anthology) and was awarded ‘poem of the …
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