A few classes ago, after watching the documentary video directed by Anne Marie Nakagawa left me with some impression of Vancouver. Having never lived in this city/ country, the only knowledge I had prior coming here was that it was ranked top three places to live in the world, a city known for its diversity in ethnicity and language.

However, the documentary set me with a new perspective that behind this multi-national/cultural Vancouver, the bi-racial people who are of a Caucasian origin and a “visible minority” face conflicts on their day to day basis such as being questioned and even interrogated, in extreme cases of their originality and not feeling that they are accepted to either side of their community.

I want to find more about Vancouver’s identity not only as a multi-diverse place to live in but the people who have lived in this particular place feel insecure of their identity as in not being completely accepted by this community.

After watching the video, one of the last comment was that even though they have one citizenship i.e. Canadian citizenship, they are not considered true Canadians as they are the hybrids, inter mixed of races.

I would further want to explore Vancouver’s identity through upcoming archives analysis.