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Celebrating all that is similar and unique about our two amazing countries.

UBC Student Studies Israelis in Vancouver

October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off

By Lauren Kramer
It’s estimated there are some 45,000 Israelis in Canada, a number that piqued the interest of Brent Harris a few years ago, when he first heard the number. “Although I had grown up in the Canadian Jewish community, I had never encountered too many Israelis, and this led me to wonder how much [...]

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Tags: education · research

An Israeli Answer To Wasted Energy

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

By Lauren Kramer
Remember the last time you stayed in a hotel? In all probability, you forgot to turn off the lights when you left the room, and you almost certainly didn’t change the temperature. That means even when your room was unoccupied the hotel’s energy costs for that room were high. Such scenarios, when lights, [...]

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Tags: business · environment

Recap of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

by Jonathan Arenson
This past weekend Israeli artists Rachelle Goldraich and “Moshiko” Botser took part in the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition held at Nathan Phillips Square in Downtown Toronto.
( background information of the artists)
As I sat beside Moshiko this past Saturday, I witnessed the same question asked over and over again from passers by.
“Where did [...]

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Tags: art