Artist Residency Program 2011- Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site

Just a quick reminder that the deadline for applications is next Friday February 4^th, 2011.  There is still time to apply!

 

 

Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site Artist Residency Program 2011

 

Open to professional visual artists, media artists, and interdisciplinary artists residing in Yukon or British Columbia

 

Yukon Arts Centre and Parks Canada are pleased to announce a new Artist Residency Program on the Chilkoot Trail.  The goal of the program is allow a variety of audiences to experience their natural and cultural heritage through the eyes of artists. Each artist will spend 4 weeks on the Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site exploring, photographing, sketching and participating in park programming.

 

Deadline: Friday, February 4th 2011 all submissions must be postmarked by this date.

 

Application should include:

• Curriculum vitae, including exhibition record.

• Biography for promotional purposes

• 10 – 15 digital images (or other visual support material)

• Short statement of interest and a description of work to be carried out during the residency.

The applicant should also describe why he/she wishes to do the residency, and what particular

perspective he/she will bring to the program.

• Indication of public program (workshop/presentation to be offered at Lindeman for hikers)

• Indication of preferred residency (late June –mid-July or mid-July –mid August 2011).

• Summary of your experience backpacking or your ability to carry a heavy pack while hiking distances of 12-15 km in a day over varied terrain.

 

Two artists will be selected and each will receive an honorarium of $1000.00 provided by the Yukon Arts Centre.

 

Application forms and further information can be found at  http://yukonartscentre.com/gallery.html or contact Mary Bradshaw, Gallery Director Yukon Arts Centre, 667-8485 or Rhonda Markel, Partnering and Engagement Officer, Parks Canada, 667- 3936.

http://yukonartscentre.com/files/Chilkoot%20Trail%20Artist%20in%20Residency%20Program%202011.pdf

More Funding for #NWT Sports not the Arts

Territorial Sport Organization Support Program

by: Government of the Northwest Territories | Jan 25th, 2011
http://www.canadaviews.ca/2011/01/25/territorial-sport-organization-support-program/

Sport organizations in the Northwest Territories are receiving a boost from the Government of the Northwest Territories Territorial Sport Organization (TSO) Support Program. TSOs will be able to expand their programs and services with the funding provided through this program, and ultimately help increase sport participation rates across the territory.

Through this program, sport programs and services are growing, said the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA), Robert C. McLeod. Instead of getting wrapped up in administrative duties, volunteers and other sport leaders can focus their energy on increasing the number of sport participants and improving their programs.

Launched in 2008, the TSO Support Program is co-funded by MACA and Sport Canada through the Canada NWT Sport Bilateral Agreement. The program provides TSOs with funding to hire full or part-time administrative and technical staff so they can stabilize and expand sport programs. This year, 19 TSOs will benefit from having full or part-time sport staff to assist with program development and delivery, sport specific training, technical assistance, coach training and other activities.

The Government of the Northwest Territories is working to build our future by promoting healthy and active living. Improving the physical and mental wellbeing of our people will create healthy, educated Northerners as envisioned in the 16th Assemblys Vision of Northerners Working Together.

For more information, contact:

David Maguire
Communications/Website Advisor
Municipal and Community Affairs
Phone: (867) 920-3092

Yellowknife Peace Week January 30 to February 8, 2011 - itinerary (UPDATED)

FYI

> Hi,                        [my apologies for any cross posting]

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> I am organizing a YK Peace Week January 30 to February 8, 2011 and I would like to invite you to the Peace Café (4910 – 50^th Street, 1^st floor unless otherwise noted) to join in any of our events that may interest you. 

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> Sunday January 30

> 2 pm to 4 pm: Video – Peace Begins With Me, followed by discussion (hosted by Robert Stewart on the 2^nd floor) (ref.  http://www.peace.ca/peacebeginswithme.htm )

> 6 pm to 8:30 pm: Peace Networking Meet and Greet - hosted wine and cheese evening (and soft drinks).  Inviting everyone interested or working in areas contributing to building peace in our Selves, families, communities and world from the Yellowknife area to network and meet our team (very informal).  Tables will be provided to display your materials and products.  (hosted by Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace) (an RSVP to Robert at stewartr@peace.ca would be appreciated for planning purposes; please forgive us for the short notice)

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> Monday January 31

> noon to 1:30 pm: Planning for a Yellowknife Culture of Peace Program: How 'be' YK now, peace-wise?  How would we like YK to be? How do we go from here to there? (hosted by Robert Stewart ;  brown bag lunch)

> 7 pm to 9 pm: Imago Relationship building – how to build better relationships with your "significant other" (ref. http://gettingtheloveyouwant.com ) (hosted by Robert Stewart)

> 7 pm to 8:30 pm: Meditation class, This month's meditation session hosted by Jamie Bastedo will be held at the Yellowknife Public Library Writer's Room. We will follow the usual format: • Discussion on passage meditation practice; • Inspirational video or reading featuring Eknath Easwaran, founder of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation; • Half hour of meditation.  Newcomers are welcome but are strongly encouraged to explore the Blue Mountain Center's website at www.easwaran.org in advance of this session to get a better understanding of the theory and practice of passage meditation.  "This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on." - EKNATH EASWARAN (1910–1999)

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> Tuesday February 1

> noon to 1:30 pm: Video – The Joy of Stress, followed by discussion (hosted by Robert Stewart on the 2^nd floor ;  brown bag lunch)

> 7 pm to 9 pm: YK Centre for Teaching Peace Implementation Team meeting (all welcome) (hosted by Robert Stewart)

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> Wednesday February 2

> noon to 1:30 pm: NWT Community Centres for Teaching Peace – discussion of a vision of a Peace Café and Centre in every Northern community (hosted by Robert Stewart;  brown bag lunch)

> 7 pm to 9 pm: School Peace Culture – presentation and discussion on how to advance peace we desire to see in our schools (of particular interest to teachers, school administrators, board members, curriculum developers, parents, and students)  (hosted by Anne-Marie Collette, ref. http://www.peace.ca/mctpteam.htm )

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> Thursday February 3

> noon to 1:30 pm: Aboriginal Centres for Teaching Peace – discussion of Indigenous ways for building a Culture of Peace, and creating a special Aboriginal Centre in YK (hosted by Robert Stewart and Dean Green of Northern ICE, ref. http://www.peace.ca/northernice.pdf and http://www.peace.ca/indigenous.htm ;  brown bag lunch)

> 7 pm to 9 pm:  Life Skills Coaching – discussion of a vision of Life Skills Coaches in every community and every family; what is Life Skills Coaching and how it helps (hosted by Anne-Marie Collette)

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> Friday February 4

> noon to 1:30 pm: Conflict Transformation – discussion on tools for transforming conflicts at work and home (hosted by Robert Stewart;  brown bag lunch)

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> Saturday February 5

> noon to 1:30 pm: Music that makes a Difference – discussion of the role of music to uplift us, and a possible Peace Music Festival as a fundraiser for NWT Community Centres for Teaching Peace (hosted by Robert Stewart)

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> Sunday February 6

> noon to 1:30 pm: Video that makes a Difference – using video to teach around the North (hosted by Robert Stewart and Jay Bulckaert of Collective9, ref. http://theblacklodge.ca )

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> Tuesday February 8

> 7 pm:  Community Garden workshop "Seeds of Success: How to select seeds & seed swap" (facilitated by Lone Sorensen at the Peace Café).  Description of workshop: Learn to plan out your garden; What not to grow; Seeds of success; Where to buy seeds; Helpful hints; How to test and nurture soil; Seed swap and socializing after the presentation.  We'll accept donations to cover costs for rental and photocopying of handouts.

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> Thank you in advance for your consideration and thoughts.  (Please forward to anyone who you think may be interested in participating.)  If you would like to meet with me and Anne-Marie Collette any time during the week, please let me know at stewartr@peace.ca

>  

> Regards,

> Robert Stewart

> Yellowknife Centre for Teaching Peace and Peace Café (to see background information, please refer to http://www.peace.ca/yellowknife.htm )

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> [NOTE: PLEASE CHECK AT www.peace.ca/ykctppeaceweekjan30.htm FOR UPDATES AS EVENTS MAY BE CONTINUOUSLY ADDED]

 

Workshops & Courses Given by George Lessard "The MediaMentor"

Make the @Northwestel Internet Scream

Thanks to you, the Stop The Meter campaign has: Nearly 40,000 petition signatures (an unprecedented number) Local, regional and national media coverage, such as award-winning journalism innovator and Tyee founder David Beers' op-ed in the Globe And Mail today. Political support from City of Vancouver, which passed a motion against usage-based billing, and more recently, from the NDP, who publicly announced they are against Internet metering last week. This has all been possible because of the tens of thousands of you who signed and shared the Stop The Meter petition. Our numbers are our strength. But there's a new urgency to our campaign: The CRTC is set to make a critical decision about Internet metering in a matter of days! Telecom companies like Shaw, Rogers, and Bell have already started imposing punitive overage fees, and you can can bet that their armies of lobbyists are out in full force in Ottawa. As the CRTC goes through its final deliberations, let's make the Internet scream. If we all ask our family and friends to join us, the noise we create will turn the heads of politicians and policy makers. We've come this far, lets make the Internet scream -- before it's too late.  Please share the petition now through:   Facebook   Twitter   Email Now's the time. - The http://OpenMedia.ca Team  OpenMedia.ca

NatGeo photographer Paul Nicklen to talk about Arctic, polar bears

NatGeo photographer Paul Nicklen to talk about Arctic, polar bears

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/jan/24/241223/natgeo-photographer-to-talk-about-arctic-polar-bea/life/

[excerpt]

In a telephone interview Friday, he said he was already in Florida swimming with and photographing manatees at Crystal Springs. "Some of the other divers here are complaining about how cold it is, they should try diving in the Arctic," he joked.

He says this National Geographic Live! series is a first for Florida. "Most people will never see a polar bear in the wild so here's a chance to look at these magnificent animals," he says.

Some of Nicklen's other encounters include an amazing face-off with a female leopard seal, a powerful animal that could have easily killed him. But instead, she started offering him food, bringing him penguins that she had killed, This encounter and others can be seen on YouTube.

Nicklen, who is one of about 50 freelance photographers that work for National Geographic, says he is "not a tree-hugging environmentalist" but he does believe that the planet is warming up and the wildlife in Arctic is in danger.

"I want people to go away with a sense of appreciation for the wildlife that may disappear some day if the ice continues to melt," he says.

Nicklen, who lives in Whitehorse, Yukon, with his wife, has tracked Stellar sea lions in the Aleutian Islands and dived with minke whales off Australia's coral reefs.

NWT Arts Council Arts Funding Deadline: February 28, 2011

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Boris Atamanenko <Boris_Atamanenko@gov.nt.ca>
Date: 24 January 2011 12:37
Subject: NWT Arts Council Arts Funding Deadline: February 28, 2011


The Department of Education, Culture and Employment, in partnership with
the NWT Arts Council would like to inform Northerners that the next
closing date for applications for NWT Arts Council Arts Funding is
February 28, 2011.

Money is available for individual artists or registered territorial
organizations who are producing a specific artistic work, project or
event in a recognized discipline.

Copies of the revised 2011 NWT Arts Council guidelines and application
form are attached below.

*****

For more information, please contact:

Boris Atamanenko
Manager Community Programs
Culture & Heritage Division
GNWT Education, Culture & Employment

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre P.O. Box 1320  Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2L9

Ph: 867.920.6370  Fax: 867.873.0205
E-mail: boris_atamanenko@gov.nt.ca

Please visit  www.pwnhc.ca  AND  www.nwtartscouncil.ca

NWTAC NWTAC Application Guide 2011

NWTAC Application Form 2011