A new report from B.C.'s human rights commissioner has confirmed hate-related incidents rose exponentially during the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting people from every corner of the province during one of the most divisive periods in its history.
Dream Cuisines, a program launched by Vancouver-based social enterprise Flavours of Hope in 2020, is helping women refugees become thriving food entrepreneurs.
The B.C. Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (OHRC) has begun accepting public submissions into rising incidents of hate during the pandemic as part of a public inquiry it launched last fall.
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It’s said to be the most Asian city outside Asia. Where a quarter of residents speak a Chinese language and the
char siu rivals what’s served in Hong Kong barbecue shops. Where a Sikh gurdwara, a Tibetan monastery and a Chinese evangelical church coexist in harmony along a three-kilometre stretch of road dubbed the Highway to Heaven. The kind of place that should be immune to a rise in pandemic-fuelled racism.
Vancouver has been anything but.
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Some ingredients for regional Mexican specialty foods were hard to come by during Angeles Canedo’s childhood in Mazatlán. So, her father would collect them during his travels around the country for her mother to use in her home cooking.
“Then when I got married and I had my kids, my husband and I took them around the country so they could learn about the different cuisines and cultures in Mexico,” she said.
Now, Canedo brings that same authenticity and dedication to her own cooking in Canada, where she arrived five years ago.
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