The Silk Roads once dominated global trade and cultural exchange. Now they are rising again. – Peter Frankopan, NewStatesman
A place of adventure and invention. The road that helped set Europe on a path of unstoppable change, triggered a golden age and the rise of the West. – Dr. Sam Willis, historian and broadcaster, BBC documentary: The Silk Road.
The most influential people moving along the Silk Road were refugees. Waves of immigrants brought technologies from their respective homelands, practicing those skills or introducing motifs in their new homes. – Valerie Hansen, Yale professor, historian and author of The Silk Road: A New History, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
The two-day festival showcases arts, food, travel and technology from countries with affiliation to the Silk Road Routes.
Since 1990, NAAC has organized many local and international events including arts and cultural exhibitions and performance tours across multiple Canadian and US cities, the World Culinary Travel Expo at EAT Vancouver and the Thai Festival.
Established in 1976, MOSIAC is a registered charity and a leading settlement and employment services agency in the Lower Mainland assisting newcomers to Canada at 26 locations.
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Vancouver is the most ethnically and linguistically diverse modern metropolis on the Canadian West Coast. The crossroads between East and West. Its multicultural population has strong ties with countries alongside the Silk Road.
