Serafim 'Joe' Fortes arrived in Vancouver as a sailor in 1885 somewhat by accident. The ship he was working on had been badly damaged and the crew was discharged. Fortes found himself stranded in ...

“I started taking a look through the Vancouver archives and looking ... pulled me in,” said Smith Díaz of Fortes, whose full name was Seraphim Joseph Fortes. Smith Díaz refers to Fortes ...

Sean Graham talks with Ruby Smith Diaz, author of Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim ‘Joe’ Fortes. They discuss Ruby’s introduction to ...