Betsy Carstairs

Last week I went on an overnight bike trip in the southern part of Vancouver. Ladner & White Rock are not familiar terrain for me, so this was an adventure. We went biking through horse stables, farmland & along the Fraser River dikes to Pam's Garden herb farm (purchased a Australian Mint Bush with a lovely scent here) & the bird sanctuary on Westham Island. We overnighted @ a delightful Bed ...

Last weekend SFU organized an event @ the Vancouver Public Library entitled, Race Gender, Islam & The War on Terror with panel speakers Amina Jama (Fellow, Sociology & Anthropology Concordia University), Zool Suleman (Lawyer, Vancouver, BC), Sedf Arat-Koc (Professor, Politics & Public Administration Ryerson University) & Sunera Thobani (Professor, Women's Studies & Gender Relations UBC).

Bei ...