by Staff | Feb 26, 2021 | WIR - José Teodoro |
A guest post by José Teodoro, in residence at Historic Joy Kogawa House in January and February 2021.
by Residencies | Jun 3, 2020 | Announcements, WIR - Jude Neale |
Jude Neale will make it her mission to act as an archivist for the family home and with permission by Joy Kogawa herself. Her haiku-like short poems tell intimate stories of Joy Kogawa’s life and house.
by Residencies | Dec 2, 2019 | WIR - Michael Mirolla |
Guest Post by Michael Mirolla I don’t know what it is but the cars in Vancouver seem more angry these days. Petulant. Looking for a fight. Eager to run somebody over. To prove their superiority over lowly pedestrians maybe. I mention this not because it’s so different...
by Residencies | Sep 11, 2019 | Life at the House |
Volunteers at Kogawa House Volunteers have been an invaluable part of Historic Joy Kogawa House since its inception. In our first years, volunteers helped paint and clean the house and volunteered countless hours at our events. Today, volunteers continue to do...
by Kogawa House | Nov 12, 2018 | WIR - Joseph Maviglia |
Guest Post by Joseph Maviglia (October 1 to November 20, 2018) Monday, October 1: Landed now in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver with a touch of rain after a run-around delay changing planes at Pearson Airport in Toronto. Tuesday, October 2: Now to sit down at...
by Residencies | Aug 23, 2018 | Events, WIR - Monia Mazigh |
An Evening with Monia Mazigh and Barâa Arar
“Being a person of colour, being a Muslim woman who wears the hijab, or being anyone who identifies publicly with a minority group, that identity becomes politicized by others whether you like it or not.”—Barâa Arar