I learned about Franz Boaz in my linguistic anthropology class and thought about his warnings on ethnocentrism when he researched linguistic anthropology in the US. I had many experiences of cross-cultural conflict in my lifetime having lived on three continents, Read more…
In the past decade, Vancouver has been increasingly transit friendly with the mayor promoting cycling combined with public transportation as an environmentally friendly alternative to driving. The West Coast Express (WCE) is a commuter rail link serving eight stations between Read more…
I don’t know about you, but every time I see a news story on some flood or hurricane in the eastern seaboard of the US, I’m frustrated by their inaction. Residents are aware of the risks of resettling in an Read more…
While most of my fellow classmates went out to Victoria to do touristy things, I drove all the way out to Abbotsford to attend a reconciliation event between the Cree Nation and the church. Canada has a long history of Read more…
Legally known as the Musquem Indian Band, the Musqueam people are the indigenous people of Vancouver. They are located just south of the UBC campus and across the river from the Vancouver International Airport. Getting access to the Read more…
Part I: My Takeaways In the past four years, I’ve enrolled in four universities as a student on three continents and as far as group projects go there are at least four types of people present when a group is Read more…
In my book Another Place, there’s a chapter titled Typical People. In that chapter, I highlight how other typical foreign students in Berlin spend their time on drinking, expensive coffees, and dress in high-fashion just to impress their peers. I Read more…
Compared to some of the other people I’ve written about in this section, I haven’t known Seth for too long. We got to know each other through a Christian Fellowship group in out first year of university then we discovered Read more…
Growing up ISBN: 978-131-01221-2-5 This was my second book, but first to publish in 2015. It was written as a wedding gift for my cousin who got married in 2016, you should’ve seen her face! Anyways, I shared very few but Read more…
Adventures at the office ISBN 978-988-14890-0-5 This was my first ever book written in 2011 and published in 2016. It was an experiment into my own writing style and a journey of discovery on my passion for the written word. Read more…