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Refracting History | Stories In Digital And Print
In her debut book Unbroken, Angela Sterritt, award-winning journalist and member of the Gitxsan Nation, gives a voice—a frustrated and ready-for-change voice—to the many victims, survivors, and family members who have been impacted by the disproporti
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Sharing The Rich History Of Doukhobors In BC
Of the many peoples forming British Columbia's cultural mosaic, few have received more media and political attention historically than the Doukhobors. Yet despite this attention, they continue to be misunderstood. Between 1908 and 1913, over 6,000 Do
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Preserving and Celebrating Doukhobor Culture in Art
I am a Doukhobor. I was born in Grand Forks in 1940 and raised there. My paternal grandfather came to Canada in 1899, at the age of 12, aboard the SS Lake Huron with Doukhobors from Russia. The Doukhobors were pacifists and left Russia because of rel

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