Words and Pictures - Photojournalism by Jerome Wakeland

This audio slideshow originally appeared on CanadianImmigrant.ca. And the 411 Senior’s Centre Society website has the complete interviews of all the participants.

I did the photography, audio and production of this piece.

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Broken Promises, about work-at-home and pyramid schemes has just been added to CanadianImmigrant.ca

Another of my articles, Business101 has been on for awhile.

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Replica handguns and submachine guns that have been seized by Vancouver's Youth/Gang squad

I’ve also just finished an article for the Canadian Immigrant print magazine on gangs in Vancouver. It should come out in the April edition. One of the things I didn’t get a chance to talk about in the article is a movie called ‘A Warrior’s Religion’ by Mani Amar. It’s a great documentary about the violence that has occured in the south asian community and taken the lives of over 100 young men.

To see some photos that I took, but that won’t be in the magazine

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Early in the morning of Friday March 20, the new year will begin for Persians (like my wife) around the world.
I wrote an article for Canadian Immigrant about the event.
It’s online now at : Celebrating Nowruz

A project that I did this past winter for Canadian Immigrant.ca is now online. In addition to writing an article, I got to put together a multimedia project joining my pictures with audio of the interviews. The story is about the Voices of Wisdom project that the 411Seniors Centre started in Vancouver to record the stories of people in the community.

It is online here : Voices Of Wisdom

My article on Goji berries and the Apollo Hollistic Centre in Lansdowne Mall is now online at CanadianImmiggrant.ca.

Tibet’s Best Berries

My article about the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House and its program to reach out to immigrant seniors is now available online at CanadianImmigrant.ca, Cross Cultural Connections.

My article on the Hearts in Motion program is now online at CanadianImmigrant.ca under the Health sub-heading, or click on this link Fun Fitness Steps to go directly to the story.

We recently moved to Vancouver and have our first chance to observe big city politics. I went to hear the candidates speak at the Vancouver Public Library and then later in the day Cheryl called to tell me her street was blocked off because of a house fire.

Halloween

From the forum to the fire.

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My article regarding the health benefits of Pomegranates is now available online from CanadianImmigrant.ca under the Health column, or click this link CanadianImmigrant.ca/health/foodnutrition/article/1995 to go directly to the story.

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