Local Stories
Introducing stories about climate change, created inside and outside community digital storytelling workshops and our artist-led research.
Artists’ Memories of the West End
How a group of queer performing artists lived in Vancouver's West End in the 90s and early 2000s, inspired by...
Talking Poles
A collaboration between Lorna Boschman, Victoria Moulder, T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss and local community members who shared their voices and drumming.
Mother Daughter Bake-Off
Our episodic cooking show, Jill and Lorna’s Kitchen, travels to exotic Finn Slough (outside Vancouver BC), home of Lady Justice...
Baffin Caribou on The Road to Nowhere
Baffin Caribou on The Road to Nowhere documents a population which is threatened by global warming, over-hunting and industrial development....
City We Live In
Roll through Vancouver's Olympic Village with Roberto Molino (retired Paralympian athlete) as he experiences the physical barriers that are an...
QUANTUM SMACK!
High tide and sunrise coincide on a chilly winter's day at the edge of the North West Pacific Ocean 0717hrs...
Caveman Cafe: In Serving the Community
Mark Elwin's profile of family owned businesses as they survive and thrive today in Vancouver, featuring Caveman Cafe's food donations...
Big Blue
Built in 1889, the big blue James Black Gallery has been a live-in art collective since the early 2000s in...
Watson Street – a history in 9 blocks
Explore Watson Street, part of the historic Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, in photos as you travel along the narrow street.
Echoes of Movement
A soundscape inspired by the comings and goings of people, creatures, and things over time. From the historic train-stopping Militant...
Harry Grunsky’s Humboldt
Harry Grunsky, a gay man, returns to his hometown of Humboldt, Saskatchewan after a tragic road accident devastated the local...
The People’s Garden Project
Noel at the Farm, watercolour by Angela Walcott Toronto artist Angela Walcott presents her second geolocation project with Digital Stories...
Vancouver’s Oldest Brewery Building
Local historian Bruce Macdonald asks: Where is Vancouver's oldest brewery building? It is in Mount Pleasant!
A Reno of Love
Artists renovated and beautified a heritage house with family and then lost it in Vancouver's red hot housing market.
Theatre of the Unemployed
Theatre of the Unemployed’s style varied but our philosophy was to involve people directly affected by an issue in writing...
JD Phone Home
James Diamond's personal tour of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, sharing his personal experiences of housing and reflecting on the meaning of...
Labyrinths
Imagine the 13 Labyrinths are portals to one another, making travel from one Vancouver neighbourhood to another a form of...
Kelly Roulette’s Small Dog
Kelly Roulette's family dog was named Small by her daughter when he joined their household. His job is to be...
Whispers from the Edge
Whispers from the Edge was born from a reflection and a snapshot caught in the mirrored windows of Hermes, where...
Silent Azaan
Zool Suleman explores the Silent Azaan, the Muslim call to prayer heard five times daily around the world but not...
Vancouver’s Treasured (And Threatened) Old Mount Pleasant Village
A look at the historic (and threatened by gentrification) Mount Pleasant, site of Vancouver's first neighbourhood outside the downtown core.
Donut Holes on the Playa
Vicki Moulder and her husband Todd attended Burning Man for years, making donuts in the desert with a group of...
2018 Mural Festival – People/Places collage
Thanks for sharing your portrait with us! Created for the grunt gallery’s Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen during the 2018...