Despite growing up in a small town in Northern BC, Kailee Vanderwoerd’s creativity knows no boundaries. If she isn’t out hiking, camping, playing volleyball, or baking at home in her free time, she’s hovered over a canvas and armed with several mediums. In each piece she completes, Kailee expresses her creativity vividly through her illustrations.…
I recently caught up with some friends after their trip home to Venezuela. As they talked about what they did and what they ate, I couldn’t help but crave Venezuelan comfort foods—especially when one of them claimed they were “magically cured from a cold” after eating reina pepiadas, which are arepas (a kind of bread…
The words “culture” and “community” can mean different things for each person. “Culture” is typically more personal, as it reflects your background, whereas “communities” can exist in other, less personal aspects of your life (at school, at work, etc.). For me, culture and community largely go together; they both involve connection and shared values within…