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.

Enjoy

I spent the last month working on Sherry Wiebe’s campaign in Vancouver - Mount Pleasant. It ended up being a lot of work, but I enjoyed meeting some very dedicated people in the community and in the campaign. I’m working on a piece that will be added to my projects page shortly.

I said I could take some pictures and write some stuff. So here are some pictures.

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

I don’t think that the Governor General should have suspended prorogued Parliament. That’s like the school principal rewarding the bully when the other kids in the schoolyard have finally stood up for themselves. I can understand Stephen Harper being surprised by the other kids. He’s been taking their lunch money for so long, he didn’t think that taking their breakfast was going to stir up this much of a fight. Apparently, even Stephane Dion has limits.

So Harper is a bully, and the Governor General has allowed him to run away from a fight that he clearly started. But I personally don’t want the other kids, Dion and Jack Layton, to run my country. I am a Liberal and I disagree with a lot of Stephen Harper’s agenda, but what I’m really looking for in a leader is a moderate ability to predict the future.

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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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