Voluntary cinema Hunter Wood premiers My Girls in the game Vancouver Female Ice Hockey Heart in Kenya, filmed entirely Association hopes to keep by part-time volunteers. P3 young girls in sports. P8 langaravoice.ca Sato Cup kick-off Karate students gather at BCIT for a competition of skill. PRODUCED BY LANGARA JOURNALISM STUDENTS | WWW.LANGARAVOICE.CA NOVEMBER 23, 2017 + VOL. 49 NO. 7» VANCOUVER, B.C. j _— . hall . ”® : he o* Fickle, fearful and free How millennials' feartof ‘commitment isia sign Ol Se MARRIED | A MODERN APPROACH Numerous studies show that more + millennials are avoiding traditional markers of adulthood, such as starting a family. PHOTO 1: LUSTRATION School on shaky ground 90-year-old primary school awaits upgrades By DANICA WALKER A heritage school in Marpole could be demolished by the Van- couver School Board if the cost of seismic upgrades outweighs the cost of rebuilding it. David Lloyd George Elemen- tary School is a high priority in the Seismic Mitigation Program, with a risk rating of H1, it is ranked as one of the most at-risk buildings in the program. Heritage Vancouver wants the school board to provide the money to upgrade the school as they said it has architectural significance and is important in the community. Mary Anne Guthrie-Warman, a member of the advocacy commit- tee for Heritage Vancouver, said she hopes to work with the school board to preserve the heritage sig- nificance of the building, which Designed by Twizell, Twizell & Birds, the school is an example of Classical Revival architecture. DANICA WALKER PHOTO first opened in 1921. “The way to go is to try to get the province to see that saving heritage is an important part of our envi- ronment in Vancouver,” Guthrie- Warman said. Seismic mitigation is a process that needs to happen but, can be done with historic value in mind. Janson Ho, director of the project office at Vancouver School Board could not speak about the specifics of David Lloyd George Elemen- tary, as a decision has not yet been reached, but spoke of the mitiga- tion process in general. He said the process looks at the cost of upgrading a school and compares this to the cost of build- ing a new school. “If the replacement school is less [costly], then that would be a di- rection that we would recommend, rather than spending the money to seismically upgrade an old school,” Ho said. However, Ho stated that heritage value does factor into the decision- making process, and a heritage con- sultant is involved and their report helps decide which route to take. Ben Thompson is a David Lloyd George alumni who graduated in the 1980s. He said he’s hopeful that the school board will find a way to upgrade the school, while still preserving the building’s heritage value. “Of course I'd like to lean on the fact that they will do the seismic upgrade and they will preserve that part of Marpole,” Thompson said. Granville transfer a busted move lL angara's creative arts classes will not be moved to Emily Carr By LINDSEY LLOYD Langara College has not been granted the empty space on Gran- ville Island for the college’s Cre- ative Arts and Industries Division. In September, Emily Carr Uni- versity of Art + Design left their space in the South Building of Granville Island, allowing other institutions and organizations to express their interest in taking over the venue. Carolyn Jack, a ministry of tour- ism, arts and culture spokesperson said the government had originally made the commitment to Arts Um- brella, a non- profit arts edu- cation centre in March 2017. But a_ review was conducted in October ff 2017 because ff the government Lisa Fisher needed to de- — pirecror oF termine 'where coMMUNICATIONS things stood’ — AND MARKETING, LANGARA COLLEGE with other ap- plicants for the building. The B.C. government decided to stay with its original decision by giving the empty space to Arts Umbrella. “After reviewing the matter, we determined that the selection pro- cess by the former government had been rushed, however Arts Umbrella had moved forward with planning and fundraising in good faith,” Jack said. “By allowing this non-profit school for the arts some much- needed room to expand, the cre- ative and performing arts on Gran- ville Island will continue to thrive” Lisa Fisher, the director of com- munications and marketing services at Langara, said that a meeting be- tween Langara College and senior Ministry staff will be happening this week regarding the decision. Earlier this year Langara began the process to update the campus master plan due to the growing enrollment at Langara. Granville would have been used for Langara’s creative arts programs.