UBC Journalism 'On The Beat'
There’s no signpost stating “Welcome to UTown@UBC,” but the growing community is easy to recognize. Wander far enough southeast at UBC, past the music blaring frat houses and student buzzing residences, past the cold, sterile-looking Health Sciences buildings, and there are post-card worthy neighourhoods made up of elegant condos, tree-lined bike paths, immaculately trimmed hedges […]
While apartments and townhouses are in the process of being built, homeless individuals in the area of Marpole struggle to find a place of refuge. “Rezoning Application”, said a glaring yellow sign stood in front of the large Safeway parking lot on Granville Street. At 3pm in the afternoon on Saturday, September 11th, a homeless […]
Looking for something interesting to do on the corner of Fraser and Kingsway, it is easy to gravitate towards the dainty French bistro, Les Faux Bourgeois. But the sound of boisterous laughter and beer bottles chiming across the street was more intriguing, even though it appeared as just another thank-goodness-it’s-Friday student party. Having asked a […]
The West End of Vancouver is an area of tremendous contrast. It is an area where within minutes one is able to walk directly from an elderly populated diner to Pumpjack Pub, a gay bar only three blocks away. Yet while initially these unusual images evoke the thought of “contrast,” if one walked through the […]
Despite being a 30 minute drive from the Downtown Eastside, a visible homeless population roam about in Marpole amidst the ethnic restaurants, chain coffee shops, banks, and grocery stores on Granville Street between 60th and 70th Avenue. On this cloudy Saturday afternoon, Rick Hofs sat against the brick wall of the Royal Bank of Canada […]
Welcome to the first annual launch of the ThunderBlogs, a writing hub for the UBC School of Journalism’s intrepid first-year beat reporters. From Kitsilano coffee shops to the bustling Punjabi Market in Vancouver’s Sunset neighbourhood, follow our student bloggers as they hit the streets and explore the ins and outs of Vancouver’s many diverse communities.
