Q&A Teaser With the IV17 Speakers
What’s the most interesting advice you’ve ever been given? You’ve been formally introduced to our IV17 line-up, now allow us to shake things up a bit. We asked each of our speakers if they’d share, off the top of their heads, a piece of advice they’d once been told that’s stuck. One of them found Read More…
Want Something Interesting to Do This Friday Night?
At the inaugural Interesting Vancouver event in 2007, a small group of you (less than 100) took your seats at the rowing club and settled in for an evening of hilarious, strange, and inspiring stories featuring some of our cities most interesting Vancouverites. Their stories were heard underneath the crunch, crunch, crunch of the apples Read More…
Our Founder Shares the Origin Story of Interesting Vancouver
The first ever Interesting Vancouver event took place way back in 2007, and was the brainchild of our founder Brett Macfarlane. On November 10th, we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary with an extra special show featuring some especially interesting Vancouverites. In anticipation of that event, we asked Brett if he’d share a little bit Read More…
Introducing the IV17 Speaker Lineup!
Interesting Vancouver is a celebration of ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things in our community. It’s also a chance for all of us to step outside of our everyday routines and interact with people from different backgrounds. On November 10th we’ll be celebrating our 10th anniversary with a brand new line-up of interesting Vancouverites Read More…
IV17 SPEAKER: Sean Bindra
A community relations professional who dresses up as Superman and organizes anti-bullying flash mobs. Born and raised in BC, Sean is a passionate community member who is focused on giving back to the community. His life philosophy is to spread love and happiness whether this is through a simple interaction, performing a Bollywood Dance routine, Read More…
IV17 SPEAKER: Amanda Strong
An award-winning stop-motion artist passionate about helping community and youth heal. Amanda Strong is an Indigenous (Michif) filmmaker, media artist, and stop motion artist currently based in unceded Coast Salish territory, also known as Vancouver. She studied photography and illustration at Sheridan Institute and extended those mediums into creations in media arts. Amanda’s work looks Read More…
IV17 SPEAKER: Adrienne Smith
A poet turned lawyer whose love of language spans the boring and the beautiful. Adrienne Smith is a human rights activist and drug policy lawyer. They graduated from UBC law school, and they live and work in the Downtown Eastside where they are working to reduce the harm that law causes on marginalized communities. They Read More…
IV17 SPEAKER: Foster Eastman
A former hairdresser turned artist who raises money and awareness for veterans. Foster Eastman is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work examines social and cultural issues often shrouded in taboo and stigma. Recent exhibits have considered diverse issues including the atrocities that occurred in China under Mao Tse-tung and the challenges returning veterans from Afghanistan face Read More…
IV17 SPEAKER: Corrina Keeling
A socially conscious acoustic artist who untaps creativity with visual facilitation. Corrina Keeling is a sidewalk chalk revolutionary, graphic recorder extraordinaire, and maker of music to move you. She uses songwriting, facilitation, and killer handwriting to create containers in public space that allow people to have complex and uncomfortable conversations about power and oppression, justice Read More…
IV17 SPEAKER: Tonye Aganaba
A soulful Afro-Canadian singer/songwriter living with MS. With a soulful, powerful, stand-out voice, Tonye was the go-to feature singer for Vancouver’s EDM producers and DJs for years. After self-releasing two R&B/soul EPS — “White Wizard” (2011) and “The Solar Twin” (2013) — she was signed to 604 Records. Her new EP, “Villain” is a fun, Read More…