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OPINION: Immigrants have power at the ballot box

Barbara Brown/ Diversity Reporter Staff Nancy Hum learned about gender inequality as a young woman in the mid-1960s coming of age in a traditional Chinese-Canadian family.

Her father had immigrated during the Chinese Revolution, a few years before the 1949 take over by Communist Party leader Mao Zedong. Thomas Fong Hum married Bernice Yipp of Vancouver and moved his bride to

the Maritimes. They later opened a restaurant in Campbellton, N.B. and raised five sons and two daughters.

With hard work and determination, the family eked out a living from its restaurant and was able to help put all five sons through university.

No funds, however, were set aside for tuition or text books for their eldest daughter.

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The report was aired by CBS on its “60 Minutes” programme on Sunday night, alleges that Mortenson’s charitable organisation has also taken credit for building schools that do not exist or were built by others.

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Laughing through her tears ( Continued from page 1 ) Mrs. Hum, a woman of traditional Chinese values, sat 17-year-old Nancy down at the kitchen table one day after her high school graduation and explained the role of a dutiful daughter and future wife.

Her mother said it was not as important for the girls to attend college or university as it was for their brothers.

“She said that even if she had the money and had a choice to sponsor a male or a female, it would always be the male child. They were the important ones to carry on the family name, the head of the house. A female in the family was just an extra mouth to feed,” remembers Hum. Her mother said it would be a waste of money to send her to university because before long, she would meet the man who would become her husband and then he would provide for her and their children.

“That conversation was indelibly stamped into my memory, for on that day I had the mother of all fights with my mother,” said Hum. “I said that I would get an education on my own without her help. I would educate myself — not because of her but in spite of her — and I would be proud of myself for doing so.”Flash forward to

2003. Hum was now living in Nanaimo and just four months away from completing her Masters of Education in counseling at the University of Victoria. Over the past three decades, she had obtained a college diploma as a registered nursing assistant, received an undergraduate degree in sociology and psychology, married and shed two husbands in divorce and given birth to two wonderful sons.

It was certainly not the life her mother

had predicted.

Then came a devastating diagnosis of breast cancer that immediately curtailed the then 54-year-Hum’s plans for her Masters degree.

As a young woman, Hum had contracted lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that impaired her immune system. As a result, she was not a candidate for chemotherapy. She endured several surgeries, including a lumpectomy and mastectomy, along with serious complications.

While recovering at home, Hum began to think about her thesis on laugh therapy. She had completed her course work and only needed to pay her tuition to get reinstated in the program so she could write her thesis.

Hum’s student loan had run out during her lengthy cancer treatment and she was struggling on a disability pension to support herself and two sons.

She applied to every service club she could think of, looking for sponsorship to help complete her thesis.

“And the responses I got back were, “Well, we wish you good luck with your future endeavours but don’t call us because we can’t give you anything.”

Hum was at a loss of where to turn next when she recalled something a friend had mentioned years earlier. The friend

had told her about a little-known group known as the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO).

The nonsectarian organization had been founded in 1869 by seven young woman at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant. The small circle of women bonded over their enthusiasm for creating opportunities for other women.

They quietly began granting scholarships, awards and loans to assist women

in furthering their education.

From this humble beginning, PEO grew to include nearly 250,000 members in 6,000 chapters throughout the United States and Canada.

There were 12 chapters in Victoria alone. Hum approached one of its members and arranged to meet the other women in the chapter. She soon felt enveloped in a cocoon of empathy and support.

The sisterhood approved a $1,100 grant, which was enough to cover Hum’s tuition and get her back into the program at UVic. Her introduction to PEO was a lifealtering event, said Hum. She was back on track and decided to adapt her thesis on laugh therapy to include her own own experience with cancer and how humour had got her through the worst of times.

“These women were like my angels,” said Hum. “They were the stars in my heaven who showed me the light at the end of my tunnel.

“They didn’t just hand me a cheque and say, ‘Have a nice life... Good-bye.’

These women stayed with me through the whole time that I was going through my cancer, as I was getting myself reinstated, while I was writing my thesis and until the day I graduated.”

Her new sisters provided Hum with constant support and encouragement through their cards, letters and phone calls and even presented her with a gift to celebrate her convocation.

Not long after completing her Masters

degree, Hum’s cancer returned on the site of the scar tissue from her earlier mastectomy. There would be two more surgeries followed by another lengthy recuperation.

“I wrote my thesis on my journey with breast cancer and Laugh Therapy, since I use humour as my main coping mechanism,” Hum said in a speech she gave about the PEO sisterhood.

“I specialize in Laugh Therapy, am a certified, sometimes certifiable, leader in Laughter Yoga. I use the HA HA method of counseling. The first HA stands for Hurt and Anger, but once past that, the second HA stands for Humour and Acceptance, two of the many gifts given to me by association with PEO.” Hum, now 62, is currently president of the PEO chapter that granted her money for her Master degree. She has been free of cancer for four years.

PEO, which has no religious or political affiliations, is one of the oldest women’s organization in North America.

Its supports six philanthropies, including a fully accredited liberal arts college for women, Cottey College, in Nevada, Missouri, along with five programs that provide educational assistance through scholarships, grants, awards and loans.

This summer, PEO will celebrate its 100th anniversary in Canada with a Centennial Road Show. The show arrives in Victoria at 2 p.m. on June 11 at the Salvation Army Citadel on Douglas Street.

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Editorial Immigrants have power at the ballot box

Mohsin Abbas - Editor

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his is my first opportunity to speak to readers of Diversity Reporter since we launched in September.

As editor of a multicultural newspaper, I am a jack-of-all trades and find myself reporting, writing, editing, designing and even delivering my share of the few thousand copies that hit the streets twice each month.

It’s a lot of work, but the personal rewards are well worth the effort.

Some people believe the paper is funded by local ethnic organizations, but I think it’s important to state up front that this is not the case.

We are an independent, free newspaper and our advertisers are the oxygen we breathe.

Others warn that now is not the time to start a newspaper, multicultual or otherwise, because the print industry is doomed. I just shake my head and tell them not to worry.

Victoria is not always thought of as a multicultural city, but that is a misperception.

You need only visit the local Walmart store and check out the rich diversity of people who work there or stand in line to pay for their purchases.

My introduction to Victoria’s Walmart store came after a boat filled with Sri Lankan refugees docked in the city last year.

One reader commented on the local daily newspaper’s website about the controversy surrounding these uninvited arrivals: “Let these Tamils come in, we need refugees to work in the local Walmart,” the person remarked.

The comment made me realize there was a need for a newspaper like the Diversity Reporter. It confirmed my belief that this was the right time to start a paper that tried to foster human understanding and promote greater multicultural awareness.

The number of migrants entering Canada is growing each year. Most come with the dream of finding a good job and settling into a better life. Often, they bring a wealth of education and experience.

These newcomers struggle to be accepted in their new country and to have their knowledge and credentials recog-

nized by prospective employers and regulatory bodies.

Last week, I received a call from a refugee from Palestine, who said he has been waiting for his permanent resident card for seven years.

I was not surprised because I had ridden the roller coaster of immigration and refugee board procedures for about the same length of time.

I smiled on this side of telephone and said to the caller, “Don’t give up. Be brave.”

There are hundreds of thousands of newcomers to Canada in the same boat.

And, no, I am not referring to so-called “boat people.”

Pollsters suggest that the ethnic vote will be a key factor when voters go to the polls next month.

However, many new citizens come from underdeveloped countries where real democracy is still light years away and who have had little or no experience with legitimate elections.

So, please get out and exercise your right to vote on May 2. Choose carefully and cast your ballot for the candidate or party that will best serve your interests and those of your family and community.

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Filipino association delighted with success of Passport Renewal workshop I would like to thank you for such an excellent profile of our Outreach Program in the Diversity Reporter. On behalf of the (VFCCA) Victoria Filipino Canadian Caregivers Association, we offer our sincere thanks and appreciation for your support.

The workshop was very successful: We had around 85 people attend the renewal of passport and reintegration workshop. All the people who attended were extremely impressed with the kindness and support of Honorable Philippine Consulate General Raly Tejada and Honorable Philippine Minister Labor Attache Bernie Julve. They were thankful for the help we offered to them as well as the food we served. I heard nothing but praise from all who attended the seminar. The speakers were well prepared and workshops well attended. We have set a new standard for our association.

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Canada’s worst places to live 2011 Diversity Reporter Wire Services Deciding on Canada’s Best Places to Live is a relatively happy pursuit. Parsing through reams of data from Statistics Canada, Environment Canada and local real estate boards, the staff at MoneySense magazine assembles a picture of thriving, prosperous cities and towns with strong economies and easy access to health care and jobs. Local media from places in the top 10 trumpet the news, and municipal governments step out to remind residents how great their communities are.

The process of compiling Canada’s Worst Places to Live is decidedly less pleasant.

While Canada is a rich country, there are cities and towns in each province and territory facing serious problems such as unemployment, crime and pollution. Some of these places are fighting back, while others are in decline. Many are simply victims of economics, geography or an unfortunate combination of the two.

Each year MoneySense magazine studies every community in Canada with a population of more than 10,000 people — 180 cities and towns in all — and ranks them in more than 20 different categories for a final figure out of a possible 105 points. Economic indicators such as unemployment rates, real estate prices and household income are included, as well as crime, access to health care and taxes.

(However, there are intangible indicators — such as community spirit or a sense of hospitality — that defy measurement and are therefore not included in our criteria.)

The bottom 10 places on our list are located mainly on the East and West coasts. They suffer from relatively harsh weather conditions and/or are resourcebased economies sensitive to volatile world markets. All struggle with high unemployment rates, low household income levels and declining populations.

Here are the bottom 10:

171 La Tuque, Que.

While La Tuque is a standout in certain areas of our list — such as the second most affordable real estate in the country and a high percentage of commuters who walk or bike to work — the town faces significant problems in terms of household income, a declining population and a shortage of doctors. The 12.4% unemployment rate also presents a serious obstacle to prosperity.

172 Port Alberni, B.C.

This logging and mining town on Vancouver Island was once known as the Salmon Capital of the World until salmon stocks began to decline. While the town is transforming itself into a tourist desti-

nation for fishing enthusiasts, mountain bikers and kayakers, unemployment is a problem with the jobless rate at 10%.

This has a negative impact on household income levels and the number of new cars on the road (a reflection of discretionary income). A higher percentage of new cars indicates a growing, wealthier city with higher discretionary income while fewer cars suggest the opposite. In this category Port Alberni ranked 179th out of 180 cities.

173 Summerside, P.E.I.

Summerside is the second-largest city in P.E.I. and is home to several industries such as Vector Aerospace, Cavendish Farms, Honeywell, McCain Foods and a Canada Revenue Agency office. Despite the industrial diversity, being a small town in Canada’s smallest province is not enough to keep people from leaving nor is it enough to draw a growing population to the centre. Summerside’s small population of 14,500 is getting smaller with a growth rate that shrank 0.3% from 2001 to 2006.

174 Norfolk, Ont.

Norfolk is a municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in southern Ontario.

Once a major tobacco-growing area, it has converted to other types of agriculture. Health care access is a major concern to Norfolk residents, as the area has just 0.76 doctors per 1,000 residents (the national average is 2.2).

Mayor Dennis Travale admits that while attracting and retaining professionals is difficult, the area is making great strides in terms of infrastructure, which should lead to economic growth in the near future.

175 Campbell River, B.C.

Campbell River is a costal town on Vancouver Island known for its salmon fishing, precious metals and coal mining, and pulp and paper industry. The town is trying to reinvent itself as a home for retirees, but high unemployment and low average household income make prosperity an elusive target. To make matters worse, average real estate prices in Campbell River ($336,000) are higher than the national average. As a result, the time in which residents can afford to buy

a home is 4.85 years, ranking 153rd out of 180 cities on our list.

However, substantial investment in infrastructure and clean energy may help Campbell River turn a corner. The town recently won a green building award and is slated to host the country’s first tidal energy project.

176 Quesnel, B.C.

Located in the B.C. interior, Quesnel was originally a gold mining centre and later transitioned to forestry. The town faces several problems including high

unemployment, higher than average crime and difficulty in accessing health care.

Reduced U.S. demand for Canadian lumber and an infestation of pine beetles has hurt the forestry-dependent town. In response, Mayor Mary Sjostrom has set up an economic development corporation that has helped to secure significant grant funding for various projects.

Ranking 176th out of 180 for overall crime, Quesnel has some work to do.

However, town council is working closely with the local RCMP detachment on initiatives such as dismantling marijuana grow-ops, increasing foot patrols, focusing on frequent offenders and establishing a new Crime Reduction Unit.

177 Williams Lake, B.C.

Another British Columbia gold rush town, Williams Lake previously held the distinction of crime capital of Canada.

It’s still an issue, as the town ranks 177th out of 180 cities in the crime category.

The town faces many of the usual problems associated with crime — poor job prospects, low incomes and few incentives to attract industry.

However, Williams Lake is fighting back. Mayor Kerry Cook has partnered with the provincial government, First Nations leaders and community volunteers to address social and economic issues. Between 2008 and 2010, auto theft dropped an average of 71%, break and enters were down 40% and robberies were down 56%.

Moreover, a nearby copper-molybdenum mine is set to expand, creating up to 400 new jobs and boding well for the future of Williams Lake.

178 Val-d’or, Que.

As the name (“Valley of Gold”) suggests, this town 400 kilometres northwest of Montreal grew up around a mining operation, an industry which continues today in the form of the Lamaque gold mine. Val-d’or suffers from poor job prospects, low average household income and a population that has declined by 5% between 2001 and 2006. To make matters worse, Val-d’or also has weather that would scare even the hardiest Canadian: the average low temperature in January is -23 °C and it rains or snows 191 days a year.

179 Bay Roberts, Nfld.

Tiny Bay Roberts sits 90 kilometres north of St. John’s on the Avalon Peninsula.

Last on our 2010 list, Mayor Glenn Littlejohn explains that the notoriety of being “Canada’s worst place to live” has actually paid dividends for the town. It brought the community together and also attracted the Kraft 10 in 10 Celebration Tour (a contest featuring local communities and celebrating the accomplishments of local athletes) last summer.

The discretionary income of a town measures prosperity, and is determined by taking the average household income and removing the cost of living and tax factors. For Bay Roberts, the average household income is low at $71,000 and so is discretionary income at 23%. These statistics can be attributed to the usual problems facing small, isolated towns: lack of employment prospects, poor population growth and few large industries nearby.

Despite economic challenges, Bay Roberts is experiencing growth in both residential and commercial real estate. A new business park is being constructed, which should relieve some of the residential tax burden.

180 New Glasgow, N.S.

New Glasgow is on Nova Scotia’s north shore, 159 kilometres north of Halifax. Major employers near the town include Sobeys, Maritime Steel and Michelin Tires. Statistics Canada data state that high unemployment is the town’s main concern but, according to Mayor Barrie MacMillan, there are more jobs available than people to fill them.

New Glasgow’s crime rate is another concern, mainly due to the town’s tax base of 9,500 that services a region of close to 55,000. The result is an overstretched police force and a ranking for overall crime of 159th out of 180.

However, a multi-pronged effort is underway to turn things around, including a downtown revitalization project, a business investment strategy and numerous partnerships with private sector, public sector and community groups.

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Yukon: A Festival Destination

By Margo Pfeiff

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n Inuit throat singer, a rapper and a country crooner are whooping it up on stage. They’re belting out “I’m having a party all by myself…” but clearly that’s not true. On this warm summer day beneath the giant red and white candystriped tent a vibrating dance floor is packed with folks gyrating with hoola hoops or with kids hoisted onto their shoulders. The celebration spills outside where the music mingles with the smell of freshly cut lawn and sizzling bar-bques in the open-air beer garden. Incense drifts from a wee village of New Age vendor stalls. It’s the Sunday afternoon Pot Luck jam session on the main stage of the annual Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF). The truth is, the whole town is having a party.

The festival – in its 28th year in 2006 from July 21-23 – is Dawson City’s biggest summer event and although the mu-

Guide book: Tourism Yukon - www.travelyukon. com Festivals: Annual Dawson City International Short Film Festival Email: dawsonarts@yknet.yk.ca Website: www.kiac.org/filmfest June 21: Aboriginal Day Celebrations Tel: (867) 993-5385 Email:special.event@gov.trondek. com Website: www.trondek.com Dawson City Music Festival Tel: (867) 993-5584 Email:info@ dcmf.com Website: www.dcmf.com Authors on Eighth - Tel: (867) 9935575 Yukon Riverside Arts Festival Tel: (867) 993-5005 Email:dawsonarts@yknet.yk.ca Website: www.kiac.org/artsfest Whitehorse Frostbite Music Festival Location: Yukon College and Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse Email: frostbite@polarcom.com Website: www.frostbitefest.ca Yukon International Film Festival Tel: (867) 667-8302 Cell: (867) 3331188 Email: nancy.lewis-degraff@gov. yk.ca Yukon International Storytelling Festival - Email: yukonstory@yknet.yk.ca Website: www.storytelling.yk.net Watson Lake Watson Lake Music Festival Contact: Watson Lake Recreation Dept.

Tel:(867) 536-2246 Email: wlrecreation@northwestel.net Haines Junction Alsek Music Festival and Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival Tel: (867) 634-2520 Email: alsekpres@alsekfest.com Website: www.alsekfest.com

sic runs the gamut from Celtic to rap, folk to jazz and rockabilly, festival organizer Dylan Griffith tries to keep the focus on Northern performers. “In 2005 we had musicians from all three Canadian territories for the first time,” he says, “as well as from Alaska, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.”

The opening act kicks off on a sunny Friday afternoon at an open-air gazebo where the audience sprawls on the grassy banks of the Yukon River. One of the most breathtaking performances is by the Arctic territory of Nunavut’s Tanya Tagaq Gillis, a contemporary Inuit throat singer performing to an electronica beat.

Her primal syncopated moaning, panting, grunting and sinuous movements piqued the interest of Icelandic legend Bjork with whom she has toured and recorded.

“When Tanya finishes performing,” a fellow beside me jokingly observed, “the audience needs a cigarette.” Throughout the long weekend there was everything from Toronto’s Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir with their dance floor hopping Appalachian rhythms, to the jazzy Whitehorse based Swingin’ Fish Nuggets and Faroe Islander Eivør Palsdottir singing traditional lullabies in Swedish.

The festival is intimate and many performers express a special affection for the DCMF. Musicians are billeted with locals as there aren’t enough hotel rooms to go around and residents volunteer en mass to feed them lavish sushi, Ethiopian and Greek spreads, a far cry from the canteen cuisine they are accustomed to on the folk music festival circuit. Location is another reason. “This place is in the middle of nowhere, expensive to reach and tiny,” says Laurel Parry, the Yukon government’s manager for the arts. “That takes it off the map for industry people and allows performers to be more relaxed and take more risks musically.”

Throughout a long weekend the music festival unfolds at five venues around town. You reach them by walking along wooden boardwalks or dusty dirt streets, past swinging bat-wing bar doors, taking a right at Klondike Kate’s Café or a left at the Eldorado Hotel. Concerts are held in Parks Canada’s spectacularly reconstructed Palace Grand, a theatre built in 1899 by Arizona Wild West showman Charlie Meadows. Intimate workshops are held among the pews of two churches where individual musicians from various groups are pitched together to perform songs with themes like “Lost” or “Heroes and Villains”. They improvise their way through some truly memorable, one-off musical moments. Small wonder that

Vancouver’s alternative paper, the Georgia Straight called the DCMF “Canada’s tiny, perfect festival.”

But Dawson’s biggest summer event is only one festival celebrating a thriving cultural scene that is unparalleled in Canada. Without the Northwest Territories’ oil and diamond revenues, the Yukon has instead encouraged the arts. According to Statistics Canada (1998 are the latest figures) there is one artist – someone who makes more than 65% of their living from their craft – for every 1000 Canadian residents; in the Yukon there are 5.4 artists per 1000 residents. Since 1980 over 130 albums have been recorded in the Yukon.

That is an average of one for every 1,500 residents; the national average is one for every 28,000 residents. And it’s not just music.

At the beginning of a long tradition of culture in the territory American au-

thor Jack London came north during the 1880’s Gold Rush and lived in the Yukon where he later set Call of the Wild and White Fang. His cabin still stands in Dawson City as does that of Robert Service whose poems are read aloud daily at open air gatherings, such classics as The Cremation of Sam McGee and The Shooting of Dan McGrew. Canadian literary icon Pierre Berton grew up in Dawson City and he went on to write dozens of books including the Arctic Grail and Klondike.

His childhood home is now the site of the Dawson City Writer in Residence program.

To celebrate their deep cultural roots – which have expanded in recent years to include everything from film and storytelling to aboriginal cultural festivals - Yukoners host a year round calendar of events. They don’t even let the cold of winter get in the way; the Frostbite Music Festival, held in Whitehorse each February, is Western Canada’s only winter music festival. It plays out under the

Northern Lights for three nights and two days with a multitude of emerging and established Canadian and Yukon musical acts, dances, workshops, a kids’ festival and a youth stage. Over the Victoria Day long weekend each May it’s Watson Lake’s turn with an annual music festival focusing on young people and families.

And then in June, beneath the majestic St. Elias Mountains, bluegrass is celebrated in Haines Junction.

A new art school in Dawson City also has an artist in residence program as well as offering courses in everything from puppetry and tap dancing to caribou-hair tufting and ballet. The ODD gallery, with which it shares space, shows local works.

This is also where the International Short Film Festival has been taking place and growing in size every April since 1999.

The 2005 film festival screened over 65 films from around the world. Close on

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its heels in June is Whitehorse’s Yukon International Film Festival which celebrates overseas, Canadian and Yukon productions with a special focus on feature length environmental, independent and First Nations productions since the festival falls on National Aboriginal Day, June 21; on that same day in Dawson City the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation hosts a day of cultural celebrations.

August is literary month in the Yukon with Dawson’s Authors on Eighth named after the street where Jack London, Robert Service and Pierre Berton’s residences are located. It’s where writing contest winners receive their prizes and awards on August 17th, part of the three day Yukon Riverside Arts Festival on the sunny banks of the Yukon River. Over 30 visual artists from around the North sell and demonstrate their art in open-air tents while offering one-on-one instruction and group workshops. (continued on page 13.)

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New immigration portal for Saskatchewan companies seeking skilled foreign workers Diversity Reporter staff.

A new internet tool is available for companies in Saskatchewan that are looking for foreign skilled workers.

The online service is making it easier for employers by combining all previous application forms into one document.

The new site also features a comprehensive guide on recruiting and retaining the foreign skilled workers that the province

needs to keep its economy growing.

“We have a labour shortage in our province and it needs to be addressed if our current prosperity is to continue,” Advanced Education Employment and Immigration Minister Rob Norris said.

“Through the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP), we’re trying to do everything possible to welcome and encourage newcomers to Saskatchewan.”

Norris said he’s confident this new im-

migration portal will work, because it’s an idea that came from employers.

Currently, there are more than 1,000 employers actively using the SINP in Saskatchewan.

In the next year, the province expects 4,100 nominations through the SINP (an increase from 3,500 in 2009-10). This translates into approximately 12,000 newcomers who will join in making Saskatchewan a stronger and more vibrant place.

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New website will promote Asian Canadian studies Diversity Reporter staff A new website is up and running and aimed at promoting Asian Canadian studies and univeristy-community partnerships.

The website http:/www.asiancanadianstudies.ca was initiated by two scholars, John Price of the University of Victoria and Henry Yu, of the University of British Columbia.

“We invite everyone to become a member and help build a pan-Canadian and transnational Asian Canadian network,” said Price, an associate professor of history.

Anyone can access the site and as a member you will have the added feature of being able to post news, event and publications related to the field of study.

“This is a new website and we are still working out the bugs. We hope you will join us in this endeavour and share with everyone the fine work that you and so many others are doing,” said Price.

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El teatro en la gran pantalla La compañía Puente Theatre nos deleitó una vez más con su buen hacer en una obra en la que el cine y el teatro se dieron la mano para crear una poderosa mezcla de historias. ‘Scene+Heard Scored’ es un proyecto presentado por Puente Theatre y Cinevic en el Teatro Metro del 25 al 27 del pasado febrero. En ella pudimos ver historias contadas en los monólogos de seis fabulosos actores acompañados a sus espaldas del cine en forma de vídeos.

‘Scene+Heard’ es un creativo proyecto que se realiza cada año desde 2008. En esta nueva versión, ‘Scene+Heard Scored’, pudimos ver seis conmovedoras historias traídas de todos los rincones del planeta, desde Filipinas hasta Tanzania, todas ellas entrelazadas por la envolvente música de Oliver Swain.

La magia de estos emotivos relatos junto con el toque personal de Puente Theatre y la creatividad de Cinevic, nos ofrecieron una estupenda representación que sin duda nos hizo disfrutar del teatro de otra manera.

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Victoria Filipino Canadian Caregivers Association held a very successful workshop. About 85 people attended the renewal of passport and reintegration workshop. Community members were extremely impressed with the kindness and support of Honorable Philippine Consulate General Raly Tejada and Honorable Philippine Minister Labor Attache Bernie Julve. Photos by Mohsin Abbas/Diversity Reporter Staff

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Royal Roads University Student Association Industry Networking Event 2011

About 130 students from Royal Roads University attended a mixer to make connections with business leaders from 21 local companies. The second annual Industry Networking event was hosted by the Royal Roads University Student Association. The occasion was marked by a blessing from the university’s Aboriginal Relations Co-ordinator, Greg Sam, who is a Tsartlip First Nations elder. Communications studen Jan Hutchins said she found the event successful “because I was able to find and meet other businesses and organizations that I wouldn’t have even thought of applying at before. I will contact them as soon as we graduate.” The company representatives were all involved in the four areas of study of the students: entrepreneurial management, professional communications, environmental sciences, and international hotel management.Photos by Lindsey Poepping

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Mariachi Festival to romance Victoria Brendan Kergin

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M

ariachi Festival Canada is here in part because one of the musicians loves the sound of Ca-na-da as it trips off his tongue.

Speaking little English, Alex Alegria moved to Vancouver 15 years ago to finish his degree in tourism. Here, in these northern climes, he lived out his boyhood fantasy of becoming a Mariachi.

“One day on the TV was this great Mariachi performer. I didn’t know what a Mariachi was. I was very impressed,” recalls Alegria. “The way he stamped, the way he performed and the way he looked with his traditional outfit. I was amazingly impressed and I thought, ‘One day I will be in another country doing what this guy is doing.’’”

His childhood vision stayed with

Alegria after he came to Vancouver to work on his degree. He began to sing for patrons at the restaurant where he washed dishes.

A friend liked his performances and hired him for her son’s wedding. As payment for the gig, she bought Alegria two Mariachi outfits.

His first official gig as a Mariachi meant Alegria would have to learn the traditional Mexican music and quick — in time for the wedding.

He performed and the wedding entertainment was a success.

“One day I was brave enough and I said: ‘Well, I already have the outfit, and I already play guitar,’ so I went to Robson St. in downtown Vancouver and started to play.’ ” Busking on the streets helped to grow his repertoire and put Alegria more at ease in performing for a crowd that was not ac-

customed to the Mariachi style.

While performing in public, he began picking up other musicians with whom he eventually formed a Mariachi band.

Los Dorados still plays the odd street show in Vancouver to thank the crowds that got the band started.

“The group is made of three trumpets, five violins, a guitar, a Mexican Harp, a vihuela and a guitarrón and that’s the very traditional Mariachi sound,” says Alegria.

“It’s a very high calibre of music.”

The group has played across BC, Alberta and the Yukon. Now, after trips to Mexico to participate in Mariachi competitions, Alegria is bringing groups north to play across BC. The fourth annual Mariachi Festival Canada hopes to bring the music to a wid-

er Canadian audience.

This year the festival celebrates women, with traditional Mexican dancers and a band of female Mariachis.

There will also be a band of children from Vancouver participating. The group were all born in Canada and are students of Alegria’s Mariachi school. At the school they learn not just the music, but the history and meanings behind the lyrics.

While the festival is doing well and growing, and Alegria is proud of the school, there is one more place he would like to hear his Mariachis.

“The goal that we have is that one day we would like to be performing the national anthem at a Canucks game.”

The festival will be in Victoria on Wednesday, May 4th at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall. Tickets can be purchased at the Mexican House of Spice, at La Fogata Latina or call 778 433 7381 or online at www.mariachifestival.ca BC has a vibrant if not large Latino community. Based mostly in Victoria and Vancouver, there are less than 30,000 Latin Americans in the entire province.

However, this does not mean they don’t influence the community. Apart from the Mariachi festival there is also a film festival in Vancouver, local websites dedicated to Latin Americans in Vancouver, the Carnaval del Sol and Victoria’s Festival Mexicano. For more information on Vancouver’s scene visit latincouver.ca

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Mortenson was awarded among others the Sitara-e-Pakistan for his work.

The investigation by correspondent Steve Kroft quotes Into Thin Air author and mountaineer Jon Krakauer as saying he learned from one of Mortenson’s companions that the tale of how Mortenson got started was “a beautiful story” but “a lie.”

The book told how Mortenson got lost on a 1993 climb of K2, the world’s second highest peak, and then stumbled exhausted into the remote village of Korphe, was cared for by villagers, and promised to return and build a school.

The “60 Minutes” story draws upon observations from the porters who joined Mortenson on his mountain trip in Pakistan and dispute his being lost. They say he only visited Korphe a year later.

The report alleges that numerous schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan that Mortenson’s Central Asia Institute is said to have established either don’t exist or were built by others. According to the CAI’s website, the institute has “successfully established over 170 schools” and

helped educate over 68,000 students, with an emphasis on girls’ education.”

Mortenson, 53, founder and executive director of the Central Asia Institute, defended his work of building schools for children, especially girls, in remote villages. “I hope these allegations and attacks, the people doing these things, know this could be devastating for tens of thousands of girls, for the sake of Nielsen ratings and Emmys,” Mortenson was quoted as saying.

“I stand by the information conveyed in my book,” he wrote in a statement.

“As the co-author of the book, along with David Oliver Relin, I am responsible for the content in the book. There were many people involved in the story and also those who produced the manuscript. What was done was to simplify the sequence of events for the purposes of telling what was, at times, a complicated story.”

On its website, “60 Minutes” also reported that it interviewed three men whom Mortenson photographed and described as Taliban fighters who kidnapped him in 1996. They denied to CBS being Taliban and said they had protect-

Greg Mortenson’s inspirational tale of how he brought schooling to 60,000 girls faces attack on CBS News ed, not kidnapped Mortenson. One man charged the writer’s version was “totally false,” a tale told “to sell his book.”

Mortenson responded that the men, armed with AK-47s, had “detained” him, kept his passport and money, and had not allowed him to leave for eight days.

He also responded to questions “60

Minutes” raised about his finances in a letter. Kroft’s letter said that a number of people have raised concerns that there is “inadequate separation” between the charity’s finances and Mortenson’s personal financial interests.

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Savoie touts New Demo- Garrison pushes NDP’s cratic childcare platform environment record Diversity Reporter staff The New Democratic Party, if elected to form the next government, would help families by increasing childcare spaces and services, says Victoria’s incumbent MP. NDP candidate Denise Savoie highlighted her party’s childcare platform by introducing a local mother who is struggling with child care costs and challenges.

Melissa O’Shea, a mother of three has struggled with both the availability and cost of child care.

“Two years ago, when we needed out of school care for two kids and full-time care for one, our childcare costs came to over $14 000 in one year,” said Melissa.

“I also struggle with the logistical challenges of having children in care in different places. Families like mine are looking to the Federal government for a quality child care program.”

Savoie said the NDP would take practical steps to help families with children deal with childcare issues.

“Melissa and her family are facing the same pressures as so many other families in Victoria and across Canada,” said

Savoie. “Lack of child care spaces and high costs are overwhelming for families that are already stretching their budgets.”

The NDP platform released last week contained a commitment to establish and fund a Canada-wide child care and early learning program. The plan contains measurable goals including the creation of 25,000 new child care spaces per year for the next four years, improvements to community infrastructure to support the growth of child care spaces and the creation of integrated, community-based, child-centred early learning and education centres that provide parents with a “one-stop shop” for family services.

“I am really pleased with our platform commitments,” said Savoie.

“It is time for government to step up and finally help families access high-quality, affordable child care and early learning opportunities for their children to thrive.”

Savoie has focused her attention on child care since being elected in 2006. In 2008, she introduced Early Learning and Child Care legislation, which won majority support in the House of Commons but was blocked from becoming law. Savoie is seeking her third term as Victoria’s MP.

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Application Deadline: 4:00PM, Monday, May 16th, 2011 Saanich Police and the Reserve Program appreciate and welcome ethnocultural diversity. Language(s) other than English are an asset. For further information please check out the Recruiting section on the Saanich Police website at: www.saanichpolice.ca

Diversity Reporter staff Now is the time for a government that takes practical steps to tackle climate change and environmental threats, says Esquimalt Juan de Fuca NDP candidate Randall Garrison.

“Locally, catastrophic damage to our coastline from oil spills from tanker traffic, is a top environmental threat that concerns people. I have a strong record of leadership on that issue from Esquimalt Council and I look forward to carrying on that work at the national level,” Garrison said following the federal leaders’ televised debate.

He said NDP leader Jack Layton was the first to raise an environmental issue

during debate and scored more environmental points than the other leaders.

Garrison led the Esquimalt Council to become the first municipality in Canada to pass a motion banning tanker traffic on the West Coast in June 2010. His motion was forwarded to the Union of BC Municipalities convention in October 2010 where a tanker ban motion was also adopted.

“The tanker ban is a critical issue here,” says Garrison. “People are looking for government action to protect our coast. And they know they can trust me working with Jack Layton to provide that leadership on climate change and key environmental issues.”

Pacific command will stay in the Pacific, declares DeSouza Diversity Reporter staff The Command of the Pacific Fleet belongs in the Pacific and that is where it will remain, declared Troy DeSouza, Conservative candidate for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca after a recent media report speculated on operational changes to Canadian Navy command and control.

As a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces reserves, DeSouza has al-

ways been a strong advocate for support of Canada’s navy. The Conservative Government stands with the men and women in uniform and our record is clear.

“Here in Esquimalt, the Command is a key part of our community and these jobs stimulate our economy,” said DeSouza.

“If elected, I will work to keep our Pacific Command strong and bring more coast guard and shipbuilding jobs to the community.”

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Celebrating Vaisakhi at Ram Thaman

By Haroon Khalid

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st of Vaiaskh in the desi Bikrami calendar falls sometime around the 14th of April every year. This date also marks the beginning of the Vaisakhi festival, known as Baisakhi too, all across the Indian peninsula. The celebration of Vaisakhi commences the beginning of the cutting of wheat all over the country.

Wheat being the most important stable in South Asia is the reason why this festival is so significant to farmers in both India and Pakistan. Having purely originated from seasonal changes, Vaisakhi has been given cultural and religious hues from the local communities. The Hindus in different regions of the country pray to their local deities during this time of year.

For the Sikhs however, there is a different significance. In their culture it was on the 1st of Vaisakh that the tenth Sikh Guru finalized their religion. He gathered all his followers at Anandpur, India, where he gave them the famous 5 ks of Sikhism. He also ordered them to end their names with Singh. This is how Vaisakhi, a celebration of the harvest, became a religious festival for the Sikhs. Every year, Sikhs from all over the world, flock to their religious sanctuaries to commemorate this auspicious day. The Sikh celebrations in Pakistan which begin from Gurdwara

Punja Sahib, Hassan Abdal, and then move to Amenabad, Gujranwala, are part of the annual event.

In its inception Vaisakhi represents the joy of a farmer. Irrespective of their religion, color and caste, farmers all over South Asia have celebrated this day for thousands of years. Naturally by becoming Muslims, the farmers didn’t cease being farmers, and hence continued celebrating this event along with other religious communities. Besides the melas at Sikh Gurdwaras, other important shrines of celebrations were Ram Thaman, Kasur District, and Sakhi Sarwar, DG Khan.

The ability of Vaisakhi to bring together people beyond their religious pales is the reason why even after so many years of Partition, and decades of puritanical propaganda the people of both of these localities still celebrate this event. Another village is Jaman, at the border; however the festivities there are much smaller in scale. It is reported that the mela of Vaisakhi at Ram Thaman (originally in Lahore district, now in Kasur) used to be of an immense magnitude. Special trains from Lahore, Amritsar, Ferozpur, and other areas used to come to Kalu Khara this time of year, where the temple of Ram Thaman is located. In the Intelligence Reports of Police, found in the archives of Lahore Secretariat, it is said that around 35,000 people were present at this mela in 1946, when it was celebrated for the last time, in its former grand scale.

Munawar bibi, an old woman in her 70s, living in one of the various houses constructed in the complex of the temple, told me that she had seen the festivities at its zenith. So many people used to invade her village at that time that they would stock their food and water supplies for 3 days, and then would lock their doors.

There wouldn’t be any space for people to walk on the streets, she told me. People used to keep on coming to the festival from all over the country even after Partition. But slowly the festival lost its vital-

ity. Now only a few hundred people come here every year now. Haji Gud Khan, an influential landlord of the village has started halting people from taking part in the Vaisakhi celebrations, she tells me. Whenever the number of devotees exceeds the tolerance threshold of this gentleman, he brings in the authorities to intervene, who of course do what they are told.

Despite a backlash against the ‘nonIslamic’ celebrations, I met one gentleman, who had come all the way from Pak Pattan, to attend the mela. Faisal told me that he had come to attend the festival of Baba Rehmat Shah. He had heard about it at Pak Pattan, but was rather disappointed to see the event, he heard so much about.

He might not come next year.

I did not want to correct Faisal for calling the festival of Baba Ram Thaman, Baba Rehmat Shah’s. This is an oftrepeating phenomenon I have noticed in various cases. A celebration or a sanctuary, associated with a non-Muslim person, has been Muslimlized to retain its status as a revered.

Baba Ram Thaman was an elder cousin of the Guru Nanak. He is revered by Hindu Udasis, and Sikhs. He belonged to the neighboring village of Kalu Khara, however he settled outside of it, and when he died, a smadh (stupa) was built where he rested. Over time, this smadh became a huge complex. The entire structure is spread over an area of around 22 acres, with the adjacent pool as big as 8 acres.

There was a concrete boundary wall, protecting it, and various magnificent gates leading into the temple. Now however most of these moats, gates, and walls have been lost to the encroaching population.

Besides the two main buildings of the temple, one of which is the Smadh, and the other one a Hindu temple, all the remaining structures now house occupants, who have wrought changes to the original architecture to suit their needs. Inside these various compartments are remnants of glorious art work. Any keen observer

Waqar Butt, Diversity Reporter’s Regina correspondent at the Sikh Gurudwara Kartar Pur in Sialkot, Pakistan. Photo

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of art history is advised to visit Ram Thaman as soon as possible, before even these relics are lost. This village is on the KasurRaiwind road, about 7 km from Raiwind and 20 from Kasur. It is next to the railway station of Raja Jang.

The Vaisakhi mela at Ram Thaman has found its way into the folk songs of Punjab; such is the significance of this festival in our cultural heritage. In HeerWaris, when the writer is describing the scenario of Heer’s barat, he says: ‘Jevein log nigahein te raatan thaman dhol marde te rang lawande ne’. Thaman is Ram Thaman here. He is comparing the festivities at Heer’s Barat to those at the festival of Ram Thaman. Amongst other folk songs are: ‘Tumba wajta Thaman nu jawe, te rukhan wale dhaad wajti’ and ‘Jage wadiyan Thaman dein Kudiyan te Pind che Paachal ah gaya’.

It is really a pity that an event of such culture should be neglected this way. Vaisakhi festivals all over the country are slowly fading away. It is binding upon the Pakistan government to view the festival of Baisakhi beyond the narrow window of religion and see it as a cultural event, which marks the beginning of the harvest season. Vaisakhi should be celebrated at a State level, just like the way it is in India, and all religions, castes, and creeds should be encouraged to participate in it.

Indo-Canadian author Mistry up for Man Booker International Prize Diversity Reporter Wire Services

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ndo-Canadian Rohington Mistry, the author of three acclaimed books, has been shortlisted for the 60,000 pound (around $96,000) Man Booker International Prize 2011.

Mistry, whose 1991 book ‘Such a Long Journey’ was withdrawn from the Mumbai University syllabus last year amidst a heated debate between the Shiv Sena and the writer, is also the author of ‘A Fine Balance’ (1996) and ‘Family Matters’ (2002).

All the three books had earlier been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, a statement by the Man Group, which sponsors the prize, and the Man Booker International Prize Committee said Wednesday.

The biennial Man Booker International Prize is awarded for an author’s body of works while the Booker Prize is given every year for a single book.

Mistry, a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize winner, has been honoured with Canada-based Governor General’s Award, the Giller Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize.

He has also won the Canadian Au-

thor’s Association Award for fiction and the Timothy Findley Award given by the Writers’ Trust of Canada.

Mistry was born in Mumbai in 1952.

talgia of Indian migrants abroad.

Three Indian writers, Arundhati Roy, Arvind Adiga and Kiran Desai, had earlier won the prestigious Man Booker prize

He migrated to Canada in 1975 after graduating in mathematics and economics from St. Xavier’s College.

Mistry’s books portray facts of Indian socio-economic life and those of the Parsi community. Many of writings are categorised as ‘Ino-nostalgic,’ reflecting the nos-

for their books ‘God of Small Things’, ‘White Tiger’ and ‘Inheritance of Loss’ respectively.

Anita Desai, Kiran Desai’s mother, was shortlisted for the award three times.

Also, Amitav Ghosh had been shortlisted for the award for his novel ‘Sea of

Poppies’.

The 13 authors shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize this year include Wang Anyi, Huan Gioytisolo, James Kelman, John Le Carre, Amin Maalouf, David Malouf, Dacia Maraini, Rohington Mistry, Philip Pullman, Marilyne Robinson, Philip Roth, Su Tong and Annie Tyler.

The winner will be awarded the prize at the Sydney Writers’ Festival May 18 and later felicitated in London June 28.

In a surprise development, British espionage thriller writer John Le Carre withdrew his name from the list.

A statement issued by the author’s literary agent Curtis Brown quoting the writer, said, ‘I am enormously flattered to be named as a finalist of 2011 Man Booker International Prize. However, I do not compete for literary prizes and have therefore asked for my name to be withdrawn.’

Rick Gekoski, chair of the Man Booker International Prize 2011, however said, ‘John le Carre’s name will, of course, remain on the list. We are disappointed that he wants to withdraw from further consideration because we are great admirers of his work.’

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Carole James, MLA

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Carole James, MLA

Íß‹≈Ï∆ ’≈ÈÎß√” «Ú⁄ ÒØÛ∆∫Á∆ ‘ ÓÁÁ Á∂ ‰ Á≈ Ú≈¡Á≈ ’∆Â≈¢ ¡‹∆ Ú∆’Ò∆ Á∂ Ó∞º÷ √ßÍ≈Á’ ¡Â∂ «ÚÙÚ Íß ‹ ≈Ï∆ ’≈ȯß √ Á∂ ⁄∆¯ ¡≈◊∂È≈¬∆˜ ‚≈: ÁÙÈ «√ßÿ È∂ ¡≈͉∆ Í≈«’√Â≈È∆ Î∂  ∆ ÁΩ  ≈È

April 20, 2011

“Three Cups of Tea” (from page 10) The letter cited a warning from CAI’s own attorneys last December and January that if audited by the IRS, Mortenson would likely be found in violation of rules against gaining “excess benefits” from the charity.

Kroft’s letter pointed to CAI’s 2009 nonprofit tax statement to the IRS, and asked why only 41 per cent of the money it raised actually went to pay for schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The letter also questioned whether CAI is spending millions to advertise Mortenson’s best-selling books and to hire charter jets to take him to $30,000 speaking engagements around the country, yet it received almost none of the money from his speeches and books.

“60 Minutes” also reported that it checked on schools CAI claims to have built and found “some of them were empty, built by somebody else, or simply didn’t exist at all. The principals of a number of schools said they had not received any money from CAI in years.”

The idea that the schools are a sham “is untrue,” Mortenson said. He blamed a once-trusted but disgruntled former employee in Pakistan for the problems paying some teachers.

“This could be devastating,” he said of the report. “It’s very difficult when you’re being stalked, bullied and harassed.”

“Three Cups of Tea” was released by Penguin in 2006.

’∆Â∆¡ª Ó∆«‡ß◊ª Â∂ Ó∞Ò≈’≈ª Á∂ «Ú√Ê≈ È≈Ò Úȉ ’«Á¡ª Í≈«’√Â≈È∆ Íß‹≈Ï Á∂ ⁄∆¯ ’Ø¡≈‚∆È∂‡ √z∆ ˜≈«‘Á «¬’Ï≈Ò Á≈ ı≈√ ÂΩ “Â∂ «˜’ ’∆Â≈ Â∂ ¿∞È∑ª ÚºÒØ∫ T‘∆ Ú≈«√ «Úº⁄ «ÓÒ≈Ú‡∆ «Ù¡ª Á∂ Ú∂Ú≈U 鱧 «¬º’ Ó‘≈È ÷Ø ‹ -«’Â≈Ï Áº « √¡≈¢ ¿∞ È ∑ ª «’‘≈ «’ Ì≈Ú∂∫ ’ÒÓ Î≈¿∞∫‚∂ÙÈ ÚºÒØ∫ «¬√ ⁄È≈ 鱧 «¬º’ Òº÷ ∞ͬ∂ Á≈ È’Á «¬È≈Ó «Áº  ≈ «◊¡≈ ‘À , ˜≈«‘Á «¬’Ï≈Ò È±ß «¬√ ’ßÓ Ò¬∆ ‚∆.«Òº‡.

(Continued from page 5.) Á∆ «‚◊∆ «ÁºÂ∆ ‹≈‰∆ ⁄≈‘∆Á∆ ‘À¢ Meanwhile, on the same weekend in ‚≈: ÁÙÈ «√ßÿ È∂ Áº«√¡≈ «’ √≈∂ Á∂ √≈∂ EI Í≈«’√Â≈È∆ ¡Á∆Ϫ 鱧 Whitehorse at the Shipyards Park on the √ÍΩ ∫ √«Ùº Í ª Ì∂ ‹ ∆¡ª ‹≈ ⁄∞ º ’ ∆¡ª banks of the very same Yukon River, sto‘È¢ rytellers and performers from around the globe - particularly circumpolar artists tell stories, dance, and perform in a multitude of languages.

The secret to the Yukon’s successful foray into culture is its emphasis on encouraging home-grown talent which spawn festivals with a genuine air of local character. As the Dawson City Music Festival drew to a close well after midnight in the summer of 2005 with a finale that brought a dozen performers on stage, the master of ceremonies strode in front of the microphone. “It’s over. Go home,” Katrina White told the crowd. “But drive carefully because I don’t want to see you later on tonight.” She was also the town doctor. Hoola hoops and sleepy children were gathered up and everyone headed outside into the endless northern summer twilight.

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