Saturday, 6 March 2010

Banff - Aboriginal Research and Arts Administration Work Study

Aboriginal Research and Arts Administration Work Study

Program dates: April 15, 2010 - November 30, 2010

Application deadline: March 15, 2010

This work study program provides the opportunity to assist in the organization and support of visual arts programs through the practical application of administrative skills. Participants have the opportunity to engage in discussions about visual arts programming, schedule, and attend both formal lectures and informal discussions with program artists. Learning opportunities arise in the preparation for and facilitation of residency programs and visual arts events.

Administrative responsibilities will include ongoing communication with artists prior to their residency as well as providing support to the artists while they are in residence at The Banff Centre. The work study participant works closely with the department's administrative staff to book space, equipment, prepare paperwork, filing, writing, update correspondence, etc. Opportunities to attend workshops, discussion groups, and other cultural events including community outreach initiatives are all part of this program.

Please note: Applicants for the Visual Arts Aboriginal Administration Work Study must be status, non-status, Métis, or Inuit.

RT @Northern_Clips: #Aboriginal Research & #Arts Administration Work Study - Program Information - Banff Centre

http://ow.ly/1f08f

apply by: March 15, 2010

Tanya Tagaq, Colours of Ostrava - Inuit throat singing

See also Tanya Tagaq explains #Inuit throat singing
http://ow.ly/1eVpW

Friday, 5 March 2010

The Snowking XV Winter Festival Opening Fireworks in Yellowknife, NWT

The Fireworks to Kick off the SNOWKING XV (2010) Winter Festival in Yellowknife, NWT Canada. Captured on Video by Shane Keller, http://www.LifeintheKnife.com. February 28, 2010 - 8:30 pm.

Wednesday, 3 March 2010

2009 Personal bankruptcies in #NWT 58.8% second highest jump in country, Nunavut lowest at 11.1%

RT @Northern_Clips: 2009 Personal bankruptcies in #NWT 58.8% second highest jump in country http://ow.ly/1e1kC #Nunavut lowest at 11.1%

"...The Northwest Territories and Alberta saw the biggest jumps in total insolvencies last year with 80.8% and 58.8% respectively. Nova Scotia and Nunavut saw the lowest rises with 15.5% and 11.1% increases each...."


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Tuesday, 2 March 2010

2009 Alberta syphilis rate second only to rate in the NWT - Public Health Agency of Canada

RT @Northern_Clips:
2009 Alberta syphilis rate second only to rate in the #NWT
http://ow.ly/1dymd
says the Public Health Agency of Canada

"...According to a recent report by the Public Health Agency in Canada, eight out of every 100,000 Albertans were expected to have infectious syphilis in 2009. That's double the national average of 4.2 and second only to the Northwest Territories, where the projected 2009 infection rate was 161.7 of every 100,000. The northern territory had 41 confirmed syphilis cases in 2009, including one baby born with the disease. Many of those cases can be linked to Alberta, since there is an active travel corridor between Edmonton to Yellowknife...."




GEORGE LESSARD
Information, Communications and Media Specialist
Spécialiste en l'information, communications et  medias
451 Norseman Dr.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
X1A 2J1, Canada
Yellowknife Land Line # (867) 873-2662
Yellowknife Cell # (867) 445-9193
E-mail: mediamentor@gmail.com
Website
My Biography - My panoramic images - Photo Illustrations - Circumpolar Blog
Community Radio Around the World Blog - Photography Blog
El Alto to Lake Titicaca Bolivia Photo Book
Chelyabinsk Russian Village Photo Book
Arviat, Nunavut Photo Book
Yellowknife Maps
Twitter Feed on Northern  & First Nations Isuues
Twitter Feed on Journalism & Media Issues
Member:
Canadian Association of Journalists
Canadian Artists Representation / le Front des artistes canadiennes
Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective


Chat Skype: themediamentor Google Talk: mediamentor@gmail.com

Winter Olympics 2010: Inuit Throat Singers in Vancouver

The World's Andrea Crossan shot this on a Flip at the Aboriginal Pavilion in Vancouver during the Winter Olympics. To hear more, visit http://www.theworld.org

Monday, 1 March 2010

New Book by Valerie Alia ex-CBC North - The New Media Nation: Indigenous Peoples and Global Communication

NEW BOOK - NEW MEDIA NATION Indigenous Peoples & Global Communication
Publisher's information http://ow.ly/1cRWs
Valerie Alia ex-CBC North
50% discount  with this PDF cupon
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New Book:

THE NEW MEDIA NATION: Indigenous Peoples and Global Communication
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By Valerie Alia. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books, 2010.


Summary
Around the planet, Indigenous people are using old and new technologies to amplify their voices and broadcast information to a global audience. This is the first portrait of a powerful international movement that looks both inward and outward, helping to preserve ancient languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries.

Based on more than twenty years of research, observation, and work experience in Indigenous journalism, film, music, and visual art, this volume includes specialized studies of Inuit in the circumpolar north, and First Nations peoples in the Yukon and southern Canada and the United States.

About the Author
Valerie Alia is Adjunct Professor in the Doctor of Social Sciences program at Royal Roads University (Canada) and Visiting Professor in the Centre for Diversity in the Professions at Leeds Metropolitan University. An award-winning scholar, journalist, photographer and poet, she was Distinguished Professor of Canadian Culture at Western Washington University, Running Stream Professor of Ethics and Identity at Leeds Metropolitan University, a research associate of the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University, and a television and radio broadcaster, newspaper and magazine writer and arts reviewer in the US and Canada. Her books include: Un/Covering the North: News, Media and Aboriginal People; Media Ethics and Social Change; and Names and Nunavut: Culture and Identity in the Inuit Homeland. She is a founding member of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association.

For a 50% discount on the book, download the flyer.
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Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Language and Research Methods
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: How I Came to Be Here
Chapter 1. Scattered Voices, Global Vision
Chapter 2. Pathways and Obstacles: Government Policy and Media (Mis)Representation
Chapter 3. Lessons from Canada: Amplifying Indigenous Voices
Chapter 4. Turning the Camera and Microphone on Oneself
Chapter 5. We Have Seen the Future: 'Standing with Legs in Both Cultures'
Chronology of Key Events and Developments
Appendix: Statement of Principles for Native News Network of Canada
Filmography: Indigenous Films, Videos and Audio Recordings
Bibliography
Notes

Index


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