Carmen Aguirre is a Chilean-Canadian author, actor and playwright and a Core Artist at Vancouver’s Electric Company Theatre.

Art in the face of fascism

In her new play, former Chilean anti-Pinochet revolutionary, Carmen Aguirre portrays her childhood heroine, the artist and revolutionary, Tina Modotti.

“Intertwined in this script, are two remarkable women, writer and subject, whose fierce intelligence, artistic brilliance, great beauty and sheer hard work combined to make their contributions to humanity and to their chosen art forms an everlasting one.” FULL STORY

Doing small things with great love

“Because Schiwy views ritual as a sacred part of the creative process, many of her workshops include components with dance… FULL STORY

The Outsider

“Freddy’s voice is spot-on—slightly self-deprecating and in equal parts awe and confusion as he interacts with a world whose social… FULL STORY

Land back

“We’re now having to deal in 2026 with issues that might have been remedied effectively 170 years ago, but were… FULL STORY

Murder at the fort

“HBC understood that its presence in New Caledonia was largely based on bluff and that a failure to uphold its… FULL STORY

The Contender

“[Twenty-six years ago,] Canada was trailing 2 to 1 when Carlo Corazzin tied the score on a stunning bicycle kick,… FULL STORY

Making it Work

Bear with me for a moment while I shake my fist at this cloud. There are, no doubt, many things… FULL STORY

Shadow Warrior

When he died in 2023, BC environmentalist David Garrick, known to friends and colleagues as “Walrus,” left more than 100… FULL STORY

Never take more than what is Needed

In Plant Teachings from My Auntie: Gathering Coast Salish Plants for Medicine, Textiles, Nourishment, and Ceremony (New Society $24.99), Geraldine… FULL STORY

To Bee or not to Bee

Edgy is a word that’s been blunted by overuse to describe art, music or writing that’s gratuitously bizarre; superficial stunts… FULL STORY

The rise of 7IDANsuu James Hart

“[With] the realization that we had an art form, something to be proud of, this put me on a beautiful… FULL STORY

A gay coach speaks up

[Betty Baxter’s] dedication to making sports better for women athletes shines through on every page. She continues to respond to… FULL STORY

From ruler to refugee

“[My grandfather’s intention] was to bear witness to, ‘the dehumanizing nature of conflict.’ His hope for humanity was that by… FULL STORY

Mind your microbes

“Cell phones carry ten times more bacteria than most toilet seats. Yet, ironically, unlike the bathroom, people rarely clean or… FULL STORY

Suzuki at 90

“When the CBC went searching for the Greatest Canadian two decades ago, with more than one million citizens voting, [David]… FULL STORY

How little I needed to survive

“… during her teen years, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho suffered from an eating disorder. She became so emaciated, her parents returned… FULL STORY

The narrowing of the light

“… this memoir has a much wider audience—all of us. It is a truism that, as we age, our lives… FULL STORY

Becoming herself

“I was not afraid of losing a partner. If my parents became distant, I felt I could handle that. However,… FULL STORY

Overwhelmed

“It is seldom that we hear from an artist’s muse. [Theresa] Kishkan reclaims autonomy by humanizing herself to the viewer… FULL STORY

To everything there is a season

Book review of author M.A.C. Farrant’s 2026 title, Seventy-Two Seasons: A memoir about noticing.

Fighting for Canadian literature

“EXCERPT: Ground to Stand On, Sandra Djwa recounts breaking through mid-century sexism and institutional bias to establish Canadian literature.“ FULL STORY