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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…

This series contains research and reference files as originally created, maintained, and filed by John Vance during his lifetime and career. The records include paperwork and letters from various organizations and the City of Vancouver, lecture…

For the closing reception of LIVE 2003, the Rodney Graham Band performed at The Drink in Vancouver. Rodney Graham is one of Canada's leading international artists. His work in every medium can be traced to a performance art sensibility. His…

The B.C. Labour Heritage Centre was established in 2004 by labour activists in the province. The Society’s mandate is to preserve, document and present the history of workers and the labour movement in the province. We work in partnership with…

The B.C. Workers’ News began publishing as a labour and progressive newspaper in 1935. It changed its title several times in ensuing years. Other titles were People’s Advocate, Advocate, The People, People, Pacific Advocate and The Pacific Tribune.…

Swedish Heritage in British Columbia is a volunteer-run organization that documents, records, and preserves the history of the Swedes and people of Swedish heritage who settled in British Columbia and helped shaped the province. This includes Swedes…

The Museum of the Cariboo-Chilcotin is the only Museum in BC to focus on ranching and rodeo and honours both the cowboys of the past and the present. The Museum is home to the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame and has a special display area featuring photos,…

This series contains the personal and professional correspondence created and received by John Vance during his lifetime and career. The records include a diary from 1934-1935 which chronicles his time under police protection, correspondence with…

La Colombie was touted as the official publication of the FCBCB. The FCFCB was founded in 1945, and the only issue held is Vol1, No. 19, Dec. 21 1946. It does seems to be a weekly. It was published by an individual, whose freely expressed opinions…

This performance is inspired by the book "Empire" by Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt with its philosophical and political propositions of shifting configurations of racism. However, it is clear that racism has not receded but actually…

Taking in Strangers is a show that explores through oral history, physical, theatre, video, and projected images, the similarities and connections between the people of Newfoundland and Québec. With text taken verbatim from conversations, this show…

Randy and Berenicci, dressed as nomadic travelers, appear to float in False Creek on a sculpture engulfed in flames. From the land, viewers used an optically assisted telescope to create the illusion of the performers waling endlessly through the…

For LIVE, Martin Beauregard produced his performance 'Fireworks', using a slide projector and live sound effects. Beauregard's simulations fall flat, never reaching the needed climax in their fulfillment of his intention to wipe out…

Lesbian art collective Kiss & Tell's Borderline Disorderly draws on their experiences as artists and activists to confront the complexity of making art as queer Canadians. This performance is about artistic process, censorship, the gulf…

The performance group One Night Only work by taking over alternate or empty spaces to create site-specific installation work in dialogue with the form and function of the space. Six artists inhabited the space of the Bartlett Exhibition and…

Barabas illustrates the body as a vessel for energy, essence, and idea. A tattoo excavates the seamline between the front and back of the artist's body. The artist asks, what is the connection? what do we contain? and what is the nature of the…

Les Échos du Pacifique is a French-language choir that has operated in the Lower Mainland from at least the 198s. The early issues of its newsletter simply bear the choirs name, Les Échos du Pacifique. This is an incomplete collection, comprising…

LMW News spanned over 20 years, highlighting the coming season’s offerings for LMW clientele. The newsletters were a family affair: Lore Maria Wiener’s daughter, Claudia Cornwall, created whimsical illustrations of her mother’s designs and provided…

Gordon Cornwall delighted in shooting on location throughout the Lower Mainland and incorporated settings as diverse as hydroelectric dams and helicopters into the marketing images he created for LMW throughout the decades.

Since 1960, the CCFPG provides programs and activities for the Francophones of Prince George. Its newsletter is Le Coin du Parc. This is an incomplete collection from Dec. 1999 to Fall-Winter 2017-18, with gaps.