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A participant experiences an audio-smell guide with artists Millie Chen and Evelyn Von Michalofski. Still from The Seven Sauces by Millie Chen and Evelyn Von Michalofski.

Stiles, Robert, Arcand, and Alteen and the audience discuss the nature and veracity of performance art documentation, the impulse to document and publish as a function of arts institutions, and the interplay of theory born of intuition and…

Judy Radul and Geoffrey Farmer's collaborative work resulting from their excursions to Vancouver courtrooms. The artists examined the "cultural performance" that takes place within the court of law, a fertile 'stage' because…

"Take that paint!! Put it there!! You can do it!! Cause you care!!" After quitting art school, Gifford committed to a year-long regimen of physical training for cheerleading. She performs her "opening cheers" designed to unite…

Established in 1983, the Centre for Socialist Education is a community-based society working to popularize the principles of socialism through political and cultural events.

Participants gather around the market stand to experience the audio-smell guides. Still from The Seven Sauces by Millie Chen and Evelyn Von Michalofski.

Karen Jamieson Dance, under the artistic direction of Karen Jamieson, was formed in 1983. Karen has created over 100 original dance works with original scores by over 20 respected Canadian composers, performed in Canada, Europe, Japan and the United…

This is the reverse side of the certificate for shares, from the Sointula Cooperative Store Limited, issued to Matti Halminen.

The AFCR provides programs and activities to the Francophones of the Campbell River area. It changed its name to the AFCI in 2019. Its first newsletter, La Bonne Pêche, seems to have been published monthly, with each issue bearing a different…

Millie Chen and Evelyn Von Michalofski manuever their market cart. Still from The Seven Sauces by Millie Chen and Evelyn Von Michalofski.

Aason Vidaver is a writer and archivist. Drawing upon his archival work for cultural organizations as well as his previous interventions in public space, Vidaver builds a performed lecture addressing judicial selfhood and linguistic dissent. Counter…

Marlene Madison presents her collaborators Coat Cooke and Jamie Hutchinson to the audience. Still from Little Miss Mira.

Lezli sits cross-legged on the floor, speaking with someone and surrounded by objects found from November 16-20, 2003. Still from Intimate Investigations by Lezli Rubin-Kunda.

Lezli Rubin-Kunda spent five days wandering Vancouver, collecting plant materials, debris, and assorted objects: a process of playing and exploring the intertwining of the magnificent and the mundane, from primal forest to parking lots. After…

Ratatouille was the newsletter of the short-lived La Maison d’Accueil, a Francophone centre in North Vancouver in 1984-85. The collection is comprised of 3 undated issues. The first two are in folded 8 ½ in.x 14 in. format, and the last, in full-…

A participant crouches, examining a note on the floor. Still from Freedom by Peter Conlin.

Parizeau dedicates her work to freedom and the demystification of enlightenment. In this piece she represents the dream state and explores themes of death and rebirth symbolically through the psychological hysteria of a clown. This piece unfolds…

In A Simple Truth, Belmore discusses her process of creating work through a narrative involving her connection to the suicide of a student with whom she worked with during a residency. During the performance, she lies down while being surrounded by…

Matching outfits and brightly coloured dance shoes were Norma's uniform for this performance that emphasized and undermined the boundaries that separate audience and performer. This performance was presented by Access Gallery.

The CCFV was situated on 16th Ave. at the corner of Willow. The present version is in the Maison de la Francophonie on W. 7 Ave. The Bulletin was its publication. This is an incomplete collection, ranging from Feb.-Mar.-Apr. 1998 to May-Aug. 2003 Le…

La Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique est une société sans but lucratif incorporée en mars 2009 et dont la mission est : la promotion de l’histoire et de la culture des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique; le soutien d’…

Le Soleil de Vancouver, 1968-1973, weekly Le Soleil de Colombie, 1974-1993, weekly Le Soleil de Colombie-Britannique, 1993-1998, weekly This newspaper, the name of which was changed three times, was the printed voice of the Francophone community…