Host #YVRScreenScenePodcast (@YVRScreenScene). Award-winning film/TV journo (@VanCourierNews @WestenderVan). Co-owner @fishflightent 🇺🇦🇮🇳
Vancouver, BC
Joined February 2009
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#Vancouver drivers have no chill in the snow. Photos snapped by my mama near Burquitlam Station.
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Ukrainian air defense operators watching other countries struggling to take down Iranian Shaheds
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Dubai and Ukrainian city of Kharkiv are being bombed by same Iranian Shahed drones today.
The sentence I never thought I would ever need to say
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Our dаіly reаlіty. Thіs іs why russiа аnd the Іrаnіаn regіme must be stоpped.
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An Iranian Shahed drone has struck a high-rise building in Bahrain!
Instant flashbacks to what Ukrainians endure almost every single day...
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My Ukrainian friends watching Americans and Gulf Arabs panicking as Iranian “Shahid” drones land a few kilometres away:
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It’s #UkrainianRootsPodcast Day! In Episode Nine, I speak with one of my favourite Ukrainians: musician + journalist @margogontar, who talks about sharing her experience of war via songs, social media, and lessons in swearing. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
It’s #UkrainianRootsPodcast Day! In Episode Nine, I speak with one of my favourite Ukrainians: musician + journalist @margogontar, who talks about sharing her experience of war via songs, social media, and lessons in swearing. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
Tuesday marks four years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. I’m commemorating the day by hosting a vigil + charity screening of Evgeny Afineevsky’s Children in the Fire at UBC. If you’re in #Vancouver, please join us. Screening at 5pm; vigil at 7pm. eventbrite.ca/e/february-24-…
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Today, 12 years ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. Famous ‘green men’, occupying Crimea. 12 long years of my life being deformed by war with Russia. 12 years of Russia being so unable to finally let us the fck go so much they’d rather kill my people than allow Ukrainians to just
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I've wanted to explore the world of Ukrainians of colour since the day I conceived of Ukrainian Roots Podcast / Подкаст «Українське коріння». I'm Ukrainian and Indian, so this episode was a lifetime in the making. Guest: Oleksiy Grynishyn (Kolo Choir). podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
There are a lot of reasons why Ukrainians don’t talk about mental health, and one big reason why we must: mental health is health. When we don’t talk about it, we lose people. We need to break the stigma and hold each other up.
It’s #UkrainianRootsPodcastDay! In Episode Six: Mental Health Under Attack, I speak with clinical counsellor Nataliya Chorna about the impact of war on Ukrainian mental health & the barriers (cultural & otherwise) that keep so many of us from seeking help. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
It’s #YVRScreenScenePodcast Day! The legendary Jay Brazeau joins me to talk luck, improvising knife fights, why he’s appeared in 10 productions of Fiddler on the Roof, and the Winnipeg of it all. Episode sponsor: @UBCP_ACTRA podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
It’s #UkrainianRootsPodcastDay! In Episode Six: Mental Health Under Attack, I speak with clinical counsellor Nataliya Chorna about the impact of war on Ukrainian mental health & the barriers (cultural & otherwise) that keep so many of us from seeking help. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
It’s #UkrainianRootsPodcastDay! In Episode Five: Am I Ukrainian?, @adrianpetriw and I talk about what it means to be a Ukrainian in the diaspora during war, who gets to call themselves Ukrainian, and why it even matters. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
In Winnipeg for a few days to work on my documentary re: the Ukrainian Labour Temple movement and I’ve gotta say, Winnipeg: you are a DELIGHT. Best people; best vibes. But: where’s the @alekspaun statue? Isn’t he the King of Winnipeg?