Fraudulent crowdfunding after the Lapu Lapu tragedy highlights the need for vigilance and oversight

By Jeremy Snyder, Professor, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Valorie A. Crooks, Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University

Around 100,000 members of Vancouver’s Filipino community and other residents recently gathered to take part in the Lapu Lapu street festival to celebrate Filipino culture. This vibrant community celebration ended in tragedy when a vehicle was driven at high speed through the festival.

Eleven people were killed in the April 26 attack, and dozens injured in what acting police chief Steve Rai called the “darkest…

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