Culture & History
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Theatre in Video
Online access to hundreds of the world’s most important plays, documentaries, interviews, and instructional materials in more than 800 hours of streaming video.
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This Vancouver
The Vancouver Public Library created This Vancouver to share the stories of Vancouverites and the history of Vancouver communities through images, audio clips, and videos.
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Tracing Living People
Materials about how to locate missing persons are classed in the Social Sciences Collection.
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Traditions and Characteristics
Name Order
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Chinese names traditionally consist of three parts: the Clan Name, and two given names. The Clan Name (surname) appears first. Thus Yip Sang, a prominent Chinese Canadian pioneer, would have been "Mr. Yip", since Yip was his surname.
Given Names
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One of the two given names was a "generation name". The generation name was usually, though not always, shared by all male or all female siblings of the same generation. The other was a personal name. For example, in the Wong family, two brothers share the given name, You. Each also has a unique given name, i.e.
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Trans Resources
Trans (abbreviation for Transgender) is an umbrella term that describes a wide range of people whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex at birth.* Learn more about what it means to be trans and the resources that are available to those who are transgender.*
*See Trans Care BC
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Trans, Non-Binary, and Two-Spirit Resources
The following guide provides access to information, education, and recreation resources for and about the Trans, Gender Diverse, and Two-Spirit community.
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Two-Spirit Resources
Two-Spirit is a term commonly used in North America to refer to Indigenous individuals with diverse gender identities and sexual orientations - it also has specific usages and contexts beyond being used as an umbrella term for assorted queer Indigenous identities. Although the term itself is rather new - having been proposed in 1990 as a replacement to the outdated anthropological term, "berdache" - there is a much longer tradition among some First Nations groups of acknowledging the role that these individuals have within their communities. Learn more about what it means to be two-spirit
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Uplift Asian
A series of programs to celebrate Asian cultures and perspectives — and push back against discrimination in our communities.
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US Major Dailies
This collection provides full-text access to five of the most respected national and regional newspapers in the United States. Included are: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post.