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A student sleeps on his bus ride to school before the sun has risen. Students often use their commute to catch up on their sleep.
Stop changing the time!
Expert says Daylight Saving Time harms students' health
 By KRISTEN HOLLIDAY
C
hanging the clocks for
Daylight Saving Time
affects students’ health
and wellbeing, yet moving
to permanent Daylight Saving
Time will have more serious impli-
cations, according to SFU psychol-
A student walks home in the dark by T Building at Langara College.
HOLLIDAY PHOTO
FEATURE
Art meets tech
ogy professor and sleep specialist
Ralph Mistlberger.
Clocks will turn back an hour to
Standard Time on Nov. 3, but the
B.C. government is reconsidering
the bi-annual practice.
Each March the clocks are moved
forward to Daylight Saving Time
to gain more evening light in the
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A Port Moody artist is taking Knowing where to find
his craft into the future. P4-5 automated external defibrillators
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OCTOBER 31, 2019 • VOL. 52 NO. 03 • VANCOUVER, B.C.
Women,
reading
matters
New StatCan study
shows impact that
reading skill levels at
age 15 have on women
several years later
 By LAUREN GARGIULO
Y
oung women with higher
levels of reading proficiency
at the age of 15 earn more
than those with lower levels —
mainly because they acquire more
educational credentials, leading to
higher earnings.
The StatCan study, titled “Does
reading proficiency at age 15 affect
employment earnings in young
adulthood?” was released Oct. 17.
This study used data from another
StatCan study “Programme for
International Student Assessment/
Youth in Transition Survey (PISA/
YITS)” released in 2000, found
KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO that high scores in the PISA test
in both men and woman accounted
for higher earnings.
Laura Gibson, co-author of the
new study, said that the wage gap
between men was largely explained
by other factors such as parental
income, the wage-gap for women
was explained by something else.
“Education explains much of the
gap in earnings between high-skill
and low-skill woman.”
spring and summer months; it also many students who would like to Sandra Enns, a sociology profes-
means shorter mornings. Clocks are see a permanent switch Daylight sor at Langara College, believes
then turned back to Standard Time Saving Time. that factors other than educa-
in autumn. “You’re more up to enjoy 9 p.m. tion also account for the wage gap
Daylight is a powerful regulator in the summer when the sun is out difference between the sexes.
for the internal clock, which controls for longer,” Paulyn said. “You have “Men and women go in
hormone more fun in the completely different fields and
levels and “You will see negative summer and those fields are paid differently.”
affects many partially spring The study does note that higher
other aspects health and safety and fall, so I’d literacy proficency levels at the age
of our lives, rather keep it 15 does make a significant impact
says Mistl- consequences if we go to that.” several years later.
berger.
“ You will to permanent Daylight ofR ae srecent ults “Skills and educational attain-
ment are closely related. For
see negative Saving Time.” government example, Canadian students with
health and survey showed higher literacy skills at age 15 are
safety conse- RALPH MISTLBERGER— SFU PROFESSOR AND that 93 per often more likely to complete high
SLEEP SPECIALIST
quences if we cent of Brit- school by age 21 and pursue post-
go to perma- ish Colum- secondary education than their
nent Daylight Saving Time, and bia residents, and 86.6 per cent of peers with lower literacy skills,”
we’re actually going to see it more students, support a move to perma- the authors said.
in young people,” said Mistlberger. nent Daylight Saving Time. Gibson added that the study
“The earlier you wake students up Gabriella Carvallo, a first-year continues to help us try and under-
relative to their internal clock, the marketing management student at stand the wage gap.
worse off they’re going to be. Their Langara, likes the current system “This study helps to shed light
ability to pay attention, to process where the clocks move forward in on the complex roll of skills and
information, working memory, all the Spring. education in outcomes such as
those things are going to be worse,” “We have one extra hour of sun earnings,” Gibson said. “
But, Michael Paulyn, a fourth- to enjoy after work,” Carvallo said. There may be other factors not
year business and marketing student “I could use that hour. I would like measured in this study such as
at Langara College, is one of the that to stay. skills acquired later in life.”
 2 THE VOICE | THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 2019 | EDITOR AUSTIN EVERETT
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'Change is
coming soon'
“We are a wave of change and together
we are unstoppable,” said Swedish
environmental activist, Greta Thunberg
Friday Oct. 25, in front of a crowd filled
with thousands of climate protestors
like herself.
Thunberg’s speech highlighted the 15
young Canadians who have sued the
Canadian federal government claiming
their rights have been violated due to
governmental contributions to climate
change.
Thunberg encouraged students to con-
tinue protesting each Friday afternoon
and encouraged working adults to leave
work.
“Change is coming whether you like it
or not,” Thunberg said.

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Francophones
fraternize, unify
Vancouverites
sees a bright future for students who
attend. 
“Members come from all over
want to learn Vancouver, sometimes with their
families, to meet and talk with
French, stats say friends in French, and to enjoy
French food,” Loriot said.
Attendance at the South Vancou-
 By HENRI NGIMBIS
ver French language learning centre

D
alila Gonzales, a retired is on the rise and so is Francophone
businesswoman who immi- influence in Vancouver.
grated from Peru 40 years C a n ad i a n s u n d e r s t a n d i n g
ago, said that although she learned the importance of their official
French while living in Montreal, languages, English and French, is
she appreciates the opportunity becoming more popular. In a 2016
Downtown Florist flower shop, located on Vancouver's Davie Street, has sustained losses daily up to $150, said shop to continue speaking French in survey, French immersion enrolment
owner Ali Tabasson. PALAK KLAIRE PHOTO Vancouver.  in schools increased 30 per cent

Shoplifting freely
Gonzales last week attended
the Rendez-vous Apéro, a type of
French cocktail hour put on by the
Alliance Française de Vancouver,
where she can practise in the largely
Anglophone city.
The Alliance Française de Vancou-
over the previous 10 years and those
who speak French a home in B.C.
increased 21 per cent over the prior
decade. The Alliance Française de
Vancouver has seen increases as well. 
“We have observed an increase of
French learners of 35 per cent in the

Shopkeepers say more police action needed

ver, founded in 1904, provides last five years in all age groups in our
French courses and cultural activi- institution,” said Loriot, who added
ties where adults and young students that their students include federal
may come and learn.  government workers and children
 By PALAK KLAIRE one calls us, we will attend,” Addi- job when shoplifters come in — and “I am so fortunate to see such who would like to work within the

H
igh rent isn’t the only
thing that challenges
Vancouver shops in the
downtown core. Some
small business owners say robbery
— sometimes with inadequate police
response — also contributes to major
difficulties.
Two Vancouver business owners
said they have struggled to get help
from the Vancouver Police Depart-
ment and are beginning to lose faith
in the justice system.
Statistics reported by the VPD in
2018 state that, Vancouver’s Central
Business District alone, 4710 inci-
dents of theft were reported and the
city’s total was 12,270 reported inci-
dents in one year.
Vancouver police media spokes-
person, Constable Steve Addison
said they work quite closely with loss
prevention officers and take all calls
very seriously.
“If someone needs us, if some-
son said.
Yet, Downtown Florist shop
owner, Ali Tabasson, said he has
sustained losses from theft anywhere
from $100 to $150 daily. Although
“We call the VPD to
report about the
issue, but they don't
answer [the call].”
— ALI TABASSON, DOWNTOWN FLORIST
SHOP OWNER
Tabasson said he has nabbed suspects
in the past, when he needed police,
he said often they do not respond.
"We call the VPD to report about
the issue, but they don't answer [the
call],” Tabasson said.
Amy’s Jr. Loonie Toonie Town
owner, Sui Huynh, said that her
business partner and husband have
sometimes needed to do the police’s
it could be dangerous.
“I am upset,” Huynh said.
With some small businesses being
pushed out of the downtown core
due to high rents, the theft of even
small items can be devastating.
“We rely on selling product to
pay this high rent… [stolen goods
valued] less than $50, they don't
seem to care,” said Huynh, of their
dollar store merchandise. “The law
seems to be in favour of shoplifting,”
she added.
Addison said the police don’t
measure the seriousness of the crime
by the value of the product.
“Anything ranging from high-end
products valued at several hundred
dollars, to someone stealing a bag of
chips and a chocolate bar, we will be
there,” Addison said.
On its website, the VPD offer
crime prevention and safety tips for
businesses which may discourage
shoplifters from targeting the busi-
ness.
events in Vancouver where I can federal administration in the future. 
practise my French,” said Gonza- Another participant, Eric Lebrun,
les, adding that being fluent in both a Belgian chemical engineer who has
Canadian national languages helps been living in Vancouver for 30 years,
unify Canada. also praised the unity of Canada
Friday, Oct. 25, was the first social by the knowledge of French and
gathering of the school year called English languages.
Rendez-vous Apéro: Celtic. Eloise “Knowing French and English
Loriot, the event coordinator of reinforces the unity of not only the
the centre, said that this particu- country but the community as well,”
lar evening is always successful and Lebrun said.
FRENCH PRESENCE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
FRANCOPHONE PRESENCE IN B.C. IS INCREASING
1. Lower Mainland
Fifty-eight per cent of B.C.'s Francophone population live in the Lower
Mainland.
2. French students
One-third of B.C.'s students are enrolled in core French programs.
3. B.C. bilingualism
Seven per cent of B.C.'s population are bilingual in English and French.
SOURCE: OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, 2016
 Campusnews EDITOR MISSY JOHNSON | THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 2019 | THE VOICE
3
Chewing
gum art
a real hit
with kids
Artists give back to
elementary students
with profitable,
interactive candy art
 By GINA ROGERS

A
fter wowing a local elemen-
tary school with their inter-
active, multi-phased candy
project, ‘Big Rock Candy Mountain,’
a pair of artists explained the kind
of impact participatory art can have
on getting students more involved
in public art.
 Helen Reed and Hannah Jick-
ling, who came to Langara College’s
Visiting Artists series to discuss
public artwork, started the participa-
tory project with Queen Alexandra
Elementary School in East Vancou-
ver, after the students were seeking
more skills-based learning.
 Reed and Jickling’s latest collabo-
ration produced chewing gums with
different flavors and names. Hello
Kitty Bubble Bath is among the Newest study by Statistics Canada suggests that students who choose to graduate with a bachelor's degree from a college versus a university make more
different kinds. Sales profits from money. PHOTO BY HAI NGUYEN VIA PEXELS

College beats university

the candies made by the students
are going toward more arts supplies,
workshops and visits from artists for
their school.
 “‘Thunder with green apple’ blows
my mind, every time,” said Jickling.
 Reed, who shares a background
in punk and music scenes with
Jickling, said they both have a very
strong interest in how to showcase StatCan study suggests college degrees earn a higher pay
art outside of regular galleries.
Don Hill, chair of Langara’s busi-
 By LINA CHUNG ness management program, is not
“We are always

interested in the
way art can sneak
into places where it
may not seem to be.”
— HELEN REED, ARTIST
 “We are always interested in the
way art can sneak into places where
it may not seem to be,” Reed said.
 Or “where it may not be welcome,”
Jickling said.
 Artist Elizabeth Milton helped
host the event, making it the latest in
a Visiting Artists series by Langara’s
Fine Arts department.
 Milton, a fine arts instructor at
Langara, believes that exposing
students to elaborate, interactive art
that manifests in unusual ways is
beneficial.  with college bachelor degrees made
 “It’s really exciting for students
to be exposed to practices that are
participatory, are performative,”
Milton said. “And that also show
that idea of the radicalism of play and
that interrogate various institutional
structures but in a way that is acces-
sible and playful.”
 Now that Vancouver has gotten a
taste for participatory art in schools,
the reproducibility of the project, and
not just its products, could essentially
be replicated, but Jickling is confi-
dent they’ve created something quite
unique.  colleges across Canada, would the
 “The message we’ve developed is
kind of idiosyncratic and particular...
I don’t think it’s replicable” Jickling
said.  students taking those programs.”
K
aely Blanche would not
be an event coordina-
tor with Vancouver Film
School without the co-op
work experience she gained while
doing her business degree at Lang-
ara College.
“My resume would have been
passed over,” Blanche said, since she
only had restaurant server work expe-
rience previous
to getting co-op
work experience
in event coordi-
nation for Lang-
ara.
A recent
Statistics
Don Hill Canada study
BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
found that two
CHAIR years after grad-
uation, people
on average 12 per cent more than
people with university bachelor
degrees. The study found that the
major reason was because college
degree participants chose higher
paying fields such as business.
Marc Frenette, the study’s author,
said that although the wage gap is
a significant finding, college degree
graduates are only a small percent-
age, of roughly four per cent, of total
university degree graduates.  Annual earnings of certificate
“If bachelor degree programs
were offered in all community
findings still hold?” said Frenette.
“It’s not clear. This could be a very
select group of colleges and types of
surprised by the wage differential
because colleges, in general, are more
applied than universities. 
“We tend to give [students] more
of an education that is business
ready,” Hill said.
Rochelle Grayson, chair of Langa-
ra’s marketing management program,
said she is consistently reading job
descriptions that are posted online.
“That’s what drives my curricu-
lum,” Grayson said.
Although Blanche attended
Langara with the intention to trans-
fer to UBC’s business program, she
changed her mind and decided to
stay. “I just had such a great connec-
tion with the teachers and I was just
enjoying the small classes and the
entire school,” Blanche said.
ANNUAL EARNINGS:
TWO YEARS AFTER GRADUATION
» $55, 187
Annual earnings of college
bachelor's degree holders.
» $49, 281
Annual earnings of university
bachelor's degree holders.
» $39, 935
holders.
» $38, 726
Annual earnings of diploma Kaely Blanche is pictured here in her role as events coordinator with Vancou-
holders. ver Film School, a position she credits to the education and experience she
received from Langara's business program. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY KAELY BLANCHE
SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA
 4 THE VOICE | THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 2019 | EDITOR CHRISTINA DOMMER
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im Andrews is at the helm
of a new art form, creating
computer-generated art with
a program he built himself.
Though he may receive some
pushback from the art world who
may not accept his work as conven-
tional art.
“I think that the work I do is also
very beautiful,” Andrews said.
Aleph Null, Graphic Synthe-
sizer runs until November 20th at
Massy Books on 229 Georgia St. E.
Andrews said that the exhibit is his
second after 1999, but one of his best.
The titular Aleph Null is a program
that Andrews wrote himself and has
continually updated since 2011.
Andrews likened Aleph Null to
a musical synthesizer, or an instru-
ment one learns how to play, rather
than a tool. While a synthesizer can
either create sounds from scratch or
TOP: POEM, one of the collaborative works Andrews created with Jim Leftwich featured at the exhibit.
MIDDLE: The user interface of Aleph Null, which Andrews uses to synthesize the art featured at the exhibit.
BELOW: Attendees at the exhibit's opening night gather around several of Andrews' pieces. PHOTOS SOUBHIK CHAKRABARTI
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pure colour or sample images the
user imports into it.
“Aleph Null is a software, but it’s
all about computer art. The material
I’m using is literary, it’s [poetic],” said
Andrews, in reference to his work
with bill bissett and Jim Leftwich,
collaborators featured in the exhibit.
“But then there’s the Colour Music
stuff, which is just pure colour and
that’s more like the computer art
part of it.”
A number of the pieces in the
exhibit are part of Andrews’ collabo-
ration with bissett, a renowned poet,
artist, and musician. The collabora-
tion was born after bissett reached
out to Andrews while curating
another exhibit in Toronto.
“I said, ‘how about you send me
some of your visual poetry, and I’ll
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feed it to Aleph Null, and you’ll have
something for your show and I’ll
have something for my website and
other stuff that I do’,” said Andrews,
recounting the exchange.
Some of the prints at the show,
such as pome that frees and 2 th see,
resulted from Andrews using Aleph
Null to combine some of bissett’s
archived poetry from the 1960s and
his more recent works.
“The new stuff looks kind of like
computer code and the old stuff
looks typewriter-ish,” Andrews said.
Viewers have told Andrews that
this work is “really striking visually,
but also very readable.”
Bissett calls Andrews a “genius”.
“The way he collages text is really
wonderful,” bissett said of Andrews’
work with Aleph Null. “You can see
more than usual, the stitches in the
letters and the letters in the pictures.
Most languages are [pictographic],
so language in letters… comes alive.”
One of the pieces in the exhibit,
USAMERICAN HITLER, mashes
images of Adolf Hitler and U.S.
President Donald Trump together.
Although he was commissioned to
create the work, Andrews said he’s
“not all too fond of Trump” either.
"He's going to contact the band,
the Nine Inch Nails, and hope-
fully get them interested in using
these images in a music video,” said
Andrews, of a potential collabora-
tion. He said that the project is his
and the commissioner’s attempt to
“fight fascism”.
Peter Courtemanche, an exhibit
attendee, thought Andrews’ work
was unique. “It’s different because of TOP: Attendees at the exhibit's opening night
the painted look. It looks more like look at (from left to right) care uv th earth, isis
printing on paper, like multi-media,” sisi, and turning 2 him.
Courtemanche said.
LEFT: USAMERICAN HITLER, commissioned
by Bob Kasher, is both Kasher's and Andrews'
attempt to "fight fascism with images". PHOTOS
SOUBHIK CHAKRABARTI

Movements that rocked the art world

LEFT: Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night, a well-known post-impressionist painting. PHOTO PRUDENCE HEWARD VIA FLICKR
RIGHT: Fountain, a controversial 'readymade' piece by Marcel Duchamp. PHOTO ART IS A WORD VIA FLICKR

T
he entirety of the
impressionist movement,
similar to Jim Andrews'
Aleph Null, made audiences ques-
tion what counted as art.
Impressionists such as Claude
Monet and Paul Cézanne painted
quickly as if to capture fleeting
moments in their paintings, like early
morning or evening light.
The results were frequently panned
by conservative art critics of the
time, who thought the scenes looked
sloppy and unfinished.
The Impressionist movement was
all about breaking hyperrealistic and
academic tradition within art of the
period.
The movement rejected traditional
subjects, such as scenes from history,
religion, and mythology, in favour of
capturing middle-class urban scenes
and landscapes.
Historically, they weren't the
only ones to get push back. In
1917, Marcel Duchamp submit-
ted a urinal to the Society of Inde-
pendent Artists. Fountain is a
'readymade', an everyday object
considered art simply because the
artist said it was.
Baffled audiences of the day
wondered what the evaluation
process was for submitted art, and
asked whether Fountain and other
readymades should be even called art.
Regardless, the piece shaped
the direction of art created in the
20th century.

ALEPH NULL
QUICK FACTS SOURCE: JIM ANDREWS' ARTIST'S STATEMENT

r" synthesized from Aleph Null. Andrews likens Aleph Null to a music
the outside world. IMAGE JIM ANDREWS
» The typical resolution of
an Aleph Null print reaches 12,000
by 6,750 pixels, about 50% higher
than 8K resolution monitors.
» Andrews wrote a similar
graphic synthesizer program called
dbCinema, which he used in an ear-
lier collaboration with Jim Leftwich.
» 20 total pieces will be on
display during the exhibit, including
Andrews' collaboration with bill
bissett's dirtee konkreet poetry from
the 1960s.
 6 THE VOICE | THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 2019 | EDITOR NATHAN GAN
Viewpoints
Read
on. It'll
pay off,
girl!
W
hether it’s fictitious tales
of magic flying carpets
and genies, or a real
historical recounting of a brave war
hero, we need to be encouraging our
youth to read – especially young
women.
On Oct. 17, 2019, StatCan
released a study called Does reading
proficiency at age 15 affect employment
earnings in young adulthood, which
concluded that the degree of liter-
acy prowess in women by the age of
15 was more closely linked to their
eventual income than men of the
same age.
While this particular study brings
me delight, I can’t help but think
if this harms
women’s image
or proves their
strength as a sex.
Gender coding
of terms like
bookworm has
been involved in
OPINION institutionalized
sexism in our
western society
NATHAN for decades and
GAN for valid reasons.
The earliest
documented book club dates back to
the 1630’s with Anna Hutchinson, a
religious reformer, and the women’s
meetings she hosted to discuss their
minister’s weekly sermons.
There is one compelling question
that comes to mind; when consid-
ering the recent StatCan study and
the traces of sexism closely associat-
ing women with reading through-
out history is, do we fight it? Is this
stereotype that women are known The days immediately after starting Daylight Saving Time are agitating and stressful. Considering all the potential health risks and overall decrease of per-
for their love of books a bad thing? sonal wellbeing, is that equally brief moment of gaining the hour back really worth it? JOE AYRES ILLUSTRATION

Need my Daylight refund

Modern media has frequently
incorporated this history of proven
bias for arbitrary plot points, a major
example being the media conglom-
erate, The Walt Disney Company.
The company openly indulged in
the stereotype with their depiction

of Belle from the 1991 film Beauty
and the Beast. In the movie, there
is an entire musical number that
summarizes that Belle is beautiful
but weird, mostly because she reads.
Fighting stereotypes that have
already been integrated into pop
culture will always be difficult espe-
cially for women, who arguably fight
the oppression of men every day.
However, these literacy biases can
be their strength.
If we can continue to promote
young women’s literacy as a surefire
sign of a successful future, then that
secures a substantial shift in the bias.
T
here is evidence to
suggest that Daylight
Saving Time is harmful
in the long run, and I for
one am not sleeping on the issue.
This semi-annual ritual affects our
daily routines and causes sleep depri-
vation. This is especially apparent in
March, when clocks are scheduled to
be set forward an hour.
I dread losing that hour of sleep
every year, as it makes life chaotic to
the highest point.
It’s a complex situation where
many different people have strong
opinions. These strong opinions are in favour of year-round Daylight productivity and an increased risk of
what is motivating the B.C. govern- Saving Time. heart attacks.
ment to consider It’s both dangerous and unhealthy I myself would opt for permanent
doing away with to switch back on and off of daylight Daylight Saving Time, because I
the bi-annual saving, as it interferes with how we believe that the small shift of hours
time change. should be gradually adapting to negatively influences our perfor-
A c c o r d - seasonal changes. mance on basic day-to-day tasks.
ing to a recent The idea that this practice is essen- Imagine going  to  sleep  whi-
survey done by tial for creating more time for shop- le the sun is still up: how can you
the provincial ping and recreational activities is just expect  to  wake  up feeling  fresh,
government, 93
per cent of B.C.
OPINION an illusion.
SFU professor Ralph Mistlberger
luminous and glittery when it’s still
dark outside?
residents and PALAK specializes in sleep patterns and says Just one of many reasons to change
86.6 per cent KLAIRE changes to the number of hours the system and let our clocks have a
of students are you rest can result in reduced work rest for once!

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Orchestras feel the ensemble

South Vancouver orchestras forging community, creating music together

Musicians rehearsing for the Vancouver Pops Orchestra on Oct. 23, 2019. Music director Tom Kuo believes that it is important for the orchestra to stay affordable for many people. RAY CHOPPING PHOTO

 By RAY CHOPPING fun, progressive and chal- “Arts are crucial to our making a living doing something

M
any people take the
time to learn to play
a musical instru-
ment growing up and
during their schooling — but where
does a classically trained musician
go in South Vancouver to continue
practising their art?
Vancouver’s community orches-
tras provide non-professional musi-
cians a place to practise and perform
their art in large ensembles.
Vancouver Pops Orchestra,
located on 8881 Selkirk St., was
founded by Tom Kuo in 2008. The
orchestra’s mission is to provide a
lenging environment for development as individu- else,” MacIntyre said.
musicians to thrive. als, ” Koh said. A Little Night Music Orchestra’s
Operating as a charity, “We really want She also believes that the conductor and music director, Alana
Kuo feels it is important that live performances might Chan, believes that while it’s fair to
Vancouver Pops is affordable to be here for the inspire other residents that say a community orchestra is not
and open to as many people they are welcome to join in. professional, it would also be unfair
as possible.
community.” SFU professor of music, to call them amateur too.
“We really want to be here — TOM KUO David MacIntyre, believes “They fall somewhere in between,”
VANCOUVER POPS ORCHESTRA FOUNDER
for the community,” Kuo said. the role community Chan said.
For many musicians, RAY CHOPPING PHOTO orchestras play in Vancou- Both orchestras regularly put on
whose music is not the ver is essential to keeping Christmas and Spring shows each
primary source of their income, the moved to Vancouver from South big ensemble music alive. year throughout the city.
community orchestra is the only Africa three years ago. Many of the musicians who play Violinist Matthew Low feels that
available option they have to play. Wendy Koh, another violin- in these community orchestras our city can always use more art.
“The orchestra really helped me ist, said to her the comradery was a bring an enormous amount of expe- “Not everyone can afford to watch
to feel part of the community,” said very important part of being in the rience with them. They allow play- the Vancouver Symphony Orches-
Kimira Reddy, a violin player who orchestra. ers to “continue making music while tra,” Low said.

Night jogs program is a great way to get

together as a group, especially for
women or people unfamiliar with

can bring the neighbourhood.

“It’s definitely about creating the
community. I love when a whole

people to- bunch of people are consistently

meeting up and getting to know each
other,” Moore said.

gether A FEW TIPS

FOR SOLO NIGHT JOGGERS
Beginners join late-
night five kilometres » Stay in the spotlight
sessions due to full
workday schedules »Do not rely on your
smartphone for secu-
 By STEVEN CHANG Joggers preparing themselves before a night session near Eastside Fitness on Oct. 24, 2019. STEVEN CHANG PHOTO
leaving a little early to fit in a class. fourth on the list. Gradually, their tion RUNVAN, says that there are
rity

B
eth Ringdahl was a long-time
office worker. That eventually
led to symptoms of sciatica.
She understood all too well the
importance of staying in shape for
the longevity heading towards the
next decade.
So she joined Eastside Fitness,
which has a night jogging program
that offers a free, weekly event in the
South Vancouver neighbourhood as
an alternative fitness option corre-
sponding to people’s busy schedule.
“I find it important to keep the
working perspective. If it means
Just knowing that fitness is as impor-
tant as your work and knowing that
there’s friends when you get to East-
side Fitness,” Ringdahl said.
Located on 5788 Fraser St., East-
side Fitness was established by
co-founders Wendy Sinclair and
Darnelle Moore. Their goal is to
create a friendly fitness community.
As a former police officer, Sinclair
acknowledges the challenges women
encounter towards exercising, which
includes working full-time, raising
children and safety at night.
“Women put themselves third or
health declines in terms of mobility
and weight gain. In the long run, it
“Fitness is as
important as your
work.”
—BETH RINGDAHL, EASTSIDE FITNESS
NIGHT JOGGER
can cause other problems,” Sinclair
said.
Lara Penno, manager of runner
services at the non-profit organiza-
a few reasons why people decide to
night jog across Vancouver.
“I often run first thing in the » Make sure you know
morning, before work, before my if your friends are
kids are awake. Running in the dark
in the morning is the only time of the outdoor exercising as
day I can get out to run,” Penno said. well
She says that from a women’s
perspective, there is always that fear
factor when you jog in the dark. »Travel on routes you
“You’re a little bit unsure if some-
one could be waiting around the know are safe
corner, someone could be jumping
out at you,” Penno said. SOURCE: WOMENSRUNNING.COM
Moore says the night jogging
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Aiming for Paralympic inclusion

Members of the Vancouver Lightning Power Soccer team, at their weekly practice game at Killarney Community Centre. ANITA ZHU PHOTO

Power Soccer needs more members for consideration: coach FALCONS'

 By ANITA ZHU TALLY

W
hile Power Soccer has inclusion issues. awareness and to provide financial fun.”
been turned down Margaret McLeod, who manages support in this rewarding program.” Lareina’s sister, Lianna Alexandra VIU MARINERS
for inclusion multi- the Vancouver Lightning Club, said Lareina Yung has been playing Yung, has been coaching the team W-D-L
ple times, the team she would like to Power soccer for more than 10 years and said the 8-1-3
manager of a Vancouver league says see it included “We don't just play for 13 years, sport provides a much-needed way Ranked: 1st
the sport provides great benefits and one day. travelling to for players to exercise and learn the
DOUGLAS ROYALS
should be included in the Paralym- “It has been to get into the Montreal value of teamwork.
W-D-L
pic Games. ver y disap- and San “This is the only sport they can
Power soccer is a game played pointing Power Paralympics. We play Jose to play play,” she said. 6-3-3
using motorized wheelchairs, or Soccer contin- matches. "They wouldn’t have the physical Ranked: 2nd
powerchairs, with specialized foot ues to fail to because it is fun.” Yu n g is abilities to join other Paralympic CAPILANO BLUES
guards that allow physically disabled meet the inclu- — LAREINA YUNG, POWER SOCCER PLAYER optimistic sports.” W-D-L
individuals to kick the ball. The game sion criteria in about power However, in order for there to be 5-5-2
is played in teams off four, includ- a number of areas to gain Paralym- soccer’s future in the Paralympics, a stronger chance to qualify for the Ranked: 3rd
ing a goalkeeper, with two 20 minute pic status,” said McLeod, whose son but isn’t worried about the possibil- Paralympics, Yung says there needs
periods. Dale looks forward to his games each ity of another failed bid. to be more players. LANGARA FALCONS
The sport failed to qualify for the week. “I think in the future they probably Currently there are only about W-0-L
2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo and the 2024 “This sport provides so much value will include it,” Yung said. 10 power soccer players in Vancou- 1-0-11
Paris Paralympics, with the Interna- to its players and reaching the Para- “We don’t just play to get into the ver, and 70 players all together in Ranked: 4th
tional Paralympic Committee citing lympic status will help to create more Paralympics. We play because it is Canada.

Pacer: time to give back

Runner become Todd Nickel, who’s pacing for the
first time at RunVan’s Fall Classic
the four hour group, I should be able
to run a three and a half hour mara-
half marathon, said he hopes he’ll thon.”
pacer to help be able to help out his fellow racers. Even with pacers, races can be
“It's a way that I can also give back
unpredictable, Bonzo said. Runners
marathon peers to the community, which is primarily can have bad days, or pacers can
why I volunteer to race,” Nickel said.
encounter unexpected difficulties
“I'm hoping that I'm also going to that might delay their expected
 By LAUREN GARGIULO be the guy that helps some people completion time in a race.
achieve a goal.” “So that’s why we like to have

E
xperienced runners sweated Justin Bonzo is the manager at Theabout a half hour cushion.”
it out last week, setting the Running Room, on Denman Street RunVan, which hosts several of
pace instead of competing in which provides pacers for races in Vancouver’s most popular races
an effort to give back to including the BMO Vancou-
their running commu- ver Marathon in May as well
nity by helping their “I'm hoping that I'm as the Fall Classic at UBC,
fellow athletes pump said they use pacers in their
up their race times. also going to be the races to encourage runners.
Pacers, experienced “The majority of people
athletes who help racers guy that helps some who are using pacers are in all
through marathons and different race times. It’s really
other races but don’t people achieve a just to reach a goal time.” Lara
compete themselves,
have made headlines
goal.” Penno said. As the manager of
Runner Services at RunVan,
recently with the unrec- — TODD NICKEL Penno is in charge of hiring
LAUREN GARGIULO RACER / PACER
ognized marathon PHOTO pacers.
world record set by “They're just very enthusi-
Eliud Kipchoge, who was equipped Vancouver, and said there's certain astic runners that really want to give
with a team of pace setters. requirements he looks for in pacers. back,” Penno said.
Pacers run at a specific pace that “We prefer them to be able to run “They've had good experiences A pacer at the Fall Classic marathon at UBC. The sign held indicates the time
runners can match themselves to half an hour faster than what they’re and then they want to help other
reach a certain runtime. pacing,” Bonzo said. “If I'm pacing runners.” runners following him will make. LAUREN GARGIULO PHOTO