Bolivia: Aymara Indigenous University starts / Universidad Indígena Aymara inicia el -Tupak Katari-Mes Recordatorio

Aymara Indian University starts

"Month of Remembrance of Tupac Katari

 

(Translated by Google from the original Spanish below)

Bolivian Aymara Indian University "Tupac Katari" begins on Monday 1 November, the "Month of Recovery of Memory" in honor of Julian Apaza Nina "Tupac Katari" the hero who in 1781 led two fences to the city of La Paz, as protest against the Spanish colonial oppression and he was dismembered.

 

The rector of the University, Benecia Quist reported that this month will be developed as a tribute acts Central, Sunday 14, with the President of the Multinational State, in Peñas (municipality of Battles) where Tupac Katari in life was torn to pieces by four horses and his body (head and limbs, upper and lower) distributed Chulumani Achacachi, Ayo Ayo, Caquiaviri, La Paz and El Alto with the sign: "For a lesson to the Indians."

 

Other acts, for 26 and November 27 is the "1st National Meeting of University Professionals Indigenous and Indigenous invited to submit papers on one of the following issues: 1) Process of Transformation of the colonial state, 2) Decolonization University Education and 3) Tupac Katari.

 

So far, Katari was no reason for deep studies, let alone in official history texts in schools and universities only in the XXI century, by Law 3102 of July 15, 2005 was declared "National Hero" as his wife and inseparable companion of anti-colonial struggle, Bartolina Sisa.

 

Born in 1750 in the ayllu Sullkawi, a community of Ayo-Ayo Sica Sica (current province of Aroma) Katari was raised by a priest, which enabled him to learn to read and write in Spanish. He grew up watching the abuses during the heyday of colonialism imposed by Spanish invaders from October 12, 1492.

 

On March 13, 1781 Katari and Sisa Aymara begin the siege of the city of La Paz, which lasted 109 days. A second siege lasted 64 days and only with the help of the royal army from Argentina, was defeated. He was betrayed by the Aymara Inga Lipe and, after being arrested "with the blessing of the priest, the mayor and the military officer" was sentenced on 13 November of that year. Following that event, Katari said: "A kill me but I will return and be millions."

 

On November 14, 1781 the sentence was carried to Katari. First you cut your hair, then the tongue still alive his arms and legs were tied to four horses that shattered into five pieces. Some historians mention that his chest and head were thrown into the current area of Faro Murillo (El Alto).

 

The Productive Intercultural Indigenous University Community Aymara of Bolivia "Tupac Katari was created on August 2, 2008, by Supreme Decree 29 664 as decentralized public institution of higher education in the service of peasant indigenous peoples. In August 2010, completed its second institutional anniversary and its first academic year of his four races of Engineering: a) Agriculture Altiplano; b) food c) Textile and d) Veterinary and Animal Husbandry. It has more than 500 students from five departments and study in their sub sites, and Cuyahuani Warisata.

 

The other Indian universities are "Guaraní Apiaguaiki Tumpa" operating in Kuruyuki (Chaco of Chuquisaca) and "Casimiro Huanca Quechua" in Villa Tunari (Cochabamba). All three were created from the denial, real or implied to the Indians in public and private universities and the authorities tried racism and university students in Sucre on May 24, 2008.

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More information:

Benecia Mr. Quispe Gutiérrez

Rector of the Universidad Intercultural Community Productive Aymara Indian from Bolivia "Tupac Katari

Phone 719-32276     benequispe@hotmail.com

 

Bolivia: University-Tupac Katari-Month Reminder

 

Universidad Indígena Aymara inicia el

"Mes de Recordación de Tupak Katari"

 

La Universidad Indígena Boliviana Aymara "Tupak Katari" inicia este lunes 1 de noviembre el "Mes de Recuperación de la Memoria" en homenaje a Julián Apaza Nina "Tupak Katari" el héroe que en 1781 encabezó dos cercos a la ciudad de La Paz, como protesta contra la opresión colonial española por lo que fue descuartizado.

 

El rector de esa Universidad, Benecio Quispe informó que este mes se desarrollarán actos como el homenaje central, el domingo 14, junto al Presidente del Estado Plurinacional, en Peñas (municipio de Batallas) donde Tupak Katari, en vida fue descuartizado por cuatro caballos y sus restos (cabeza y miembros, superiores e inferiores) distribuidos en Chulumani, Achacachi, Ayo Ayo, Caquiaviri, La Paz y El Alto con el cartel: "Para escarmiento de los indios".

 

Otro de los actos, para el 26 y 27 de noviembre es el "1º Encuentro Nacional de Profesionales Universitarios Indígenas e Indigenistas" convocados a presentar ponencias acerca de uno de los siguientes temas: 1) Proceso de Transformación del Estado colonial; 2) Descolonización de la Educación Superior Universitaria y; 3) Tupak Katari.

 

Hasta ahora, Katari no fue motivo de estudios profundos, menos aún en textos oficiales de historia, en colegios y universidades; recién en el siglo XXI, mediante la Ley 3102 de 15 de julio de 2005 fue declarado "Héroe Nacional" al igual que su esposa e inseparable compañera de lucha anticolonial, Bartolina Sisa.

 

Nacido en 1750 en el ayllu Sullkawi, comunidad de Ayo Ayo-Sica Sica (actual provincia Aroma) Katari fue criado de un sacerdote, lo que le permitió aprender a leer y a escribir en español. Creció viendo los abusos durante el auge del colonialismo impuesto por invasores españoles a partir del 12 de octubre de 1492.

 

El 13 de marzo de 1781 Katari y Sisa inician el cerco aymara a la ciudad de La Paz que duró 109 días. Un segundo cerco duró 64 días y recién, con la ayuda del ejército realista venido desde Argentina, fue vencido. Fue traicionado por el aymara Inga Lipe y, tras ser detenido "con la bendición del cura, el corregidor y el delegado militar" fue sentenciado el 13 de noviembre de ese año. Al concluir ese acto, Katari advirtió: "A mi me matan pero volveré y seré millones".

 

El 14 de noviembre de 1781 se cumplió la sentencia a Katari. Primero se le cortó el pelo, luego la lengua; aún con vida sus brazos y piernas fueron atados a cuatro caballos que lo destrozaron en cinco pedazos. Algunos historiadores mencionan que su pecho y su cabeza fueron arrojadas en la actual zona de Faro Murillo (El Alto).

 

La Universidad Indígena Comunitaria Intercultural Productiva Aymara de Bolivia "Tupak Katari" fue creada el 2 de agosto de 2008, mediante Decreto Supremo 29664 como Institución Pública Descentralizada de Educación Superior al servicio de los pueblos indígena originario campesinos. En agosto de 2010 cumplió su segundo aniversario institucional, y su primer año de funcionamiento académico en sus cuatro carreras de Ingeniería: a) Agronomía Altiplánica; b) Industria de Alimentos; c) Industria Textil; y d) Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Cuenta con más de 500 estudiantes que provienen de cinco departamentos y estudian en sus sub sedes, Warisata y Cuyahuani.

 

Las otras universidades indígenas son "Guaraní Apiaguaiki Tumpa" que funciona en Kuruyuki (Chaco de Chuquisaca) y "Quechua Casimiro Huanca" en Villa Tunari (trópico de Cochabamba). Las tres fueron creadas a partir de la negación, real e implícita a los indígenas en universidades públicas y privadas y del probado racismo de autoridades y estudiantes universitarios, en Sucre el 24 de mayo de 2008.

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Más información:

Lic. Benecio Quispe Gutiérrez

Rector de la Universidad Indígena Comunitaria Intercultural Productiva Aymara de Bolivia "Tupak Katari"

Teléfono 719-32276   benequispe@hotmail.com

 

Bolivia: Universidad-Tupak Katari-Mes Recordatorio

Racist "English Only" parking sign in Yellowknife, NWT

Racist "English Only" parking sign in Yellowknife, NWT
Originally uploaded by The MediaMentor 

A racist "Parking for English only. All others will be towed. City Ordinance: 2070" in Yellowknife, NWT marks the parking spot reserved for a Blue 2005 Ford Focus with NWT license Number: 107175 at Aven Manor.

Akaitcho Business Development Corporation Annual General Meeting & Awards Ceremony #YZF #NWT

October 28^th, 2010

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Akaitcho Business Development Corporation, I would like to invite you to attend our Annual General Meeting & Awards Ceremony to be held on Wednesday, December 01^st, 2010, from 12Noon to 1:30PM at Museum Café in the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center. A luncheon will be served. 

Please confirm your attendance by contacting Karina, Tanya or Raymond at 920-2502 on or before Friday, November 19^th, 2010. 

We look forward to seeing you. 

Sincerely, 
 

Darrell Beaulieu 
 

Darrell Beaulieu

Chairperson 

Akaitcho Business

Development Corporation

Akaitcho Business Development Corporation

(867) 920-2502

(867) 920-0363

 

 

 

 

Canadian Worker Co-op Federation Conference streaming live in Old Town Yellowknife #YZF #NWT

Conference streaming live in Old Town

Matthew Grogono
President, YGR.coop 
(867)669-7654
cell: 445-5995
matthew@ygr.coop
http://www.ygr.coop

SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - Yk Glass Recyclers is taking an innovative and green-minded approach to participating in a Canadian Worker Co-op Federation conference beginning today and ending Saturday. While president Matthew Grogono had originally planned on flying to Vancouver to attend the event in person, he decided it would be more in keeping with the environmentally green practices of the business to stay in Yellowknife and take part in the event via live streaming. "It seemed contradictory to me to fly down to a green conference and use up all those hydrocarbons for one person," he said.

WHERE: On the top floor above & in back of TJ's Nut Hut in Old Town, Yk Glass Recyclers will host a venue where Yellowknifers and businesses can watch a live stream of various workshops on a large screen. "It's going to be a great opportunity to gather a group of people together that are interested in building a strong worker co-operative environment," said Grogono.

Thursday, October 28, 2010
 
1:00-1:30 pm Pacific Time (PT)
 
Conference Introduction, including:
The Potential of Worker Co-operatives
by CWCF President Alain Bridault (in English & in French)
 
3:00-4:30pm PT
 
Worker Co-ops 101 - Rationale and the Basics
by Melanie Conn, Devco
 
7:30-8:30pm PT
 
The Role of Worker Co-ops in Building the Green Economy
by Peter Robinson, David Suzuki Foundation
 
Friday, October 29, 2010
 
8:30-9:30am PT
 
Panel Discussion - How Can We Promote the Worker Co-operative Model as a Way to Help Build the Green and Sustainable Economy Among Environmentalists, Social Justice Advocates, and Social/ Solidarity Economy Organizations?
by Yuill Herbert, Sustainability Solutions Group, moderator; Lindsay Cole, City of Vancouver; Maureen Cureton, Vancity; Kevin Millsap, Vancouver School Board
 
1:00-4:30pm PT (may end earlier)
 
CWCF Annual General Meeting*
 
Saturday, October 30, 2010
 
9:00-10:30am PT
 
Managing the Democratic Life in a Worker Co-op: Role of Members, the Board & Managers/ Co-ordinators
by Alain Bridault (in French & in English)
 
11:00-11:45am PT
 
Vision for the Co-op Movement in the next 100 years: What are the Opportunities? The Challenges?
by Ian MacPherson, founder and past Director, Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy, University of Victoria
 
1:00-2:30pm PT
 
Marketing for Worker Co-ops: What Does your Worker Co-op Do? What Works and What Does Not?
by Lee Fuge, International Women's Catering Co-op, and others
 

French Association builds haunted house

Frightening Francophones

French Association builds haunted house
http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/oct26_10fre-arts.html
Daron Letts
Northern News Services
Published Tuesday, October 26, 2010

SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - Pumpkins are more than just an artistic medium. The plump orange squash is also a delicious ingredient in pies, breads, muffins, soups, salty snacks and other homemade treats.

Francoise Blanchard, left, displays her elaborate carnivorous Jack-O-Lantern alongside French Association director Marie Coderre, who carved a more classic scary pumpkin face. The association is hosting two Halloween events for the community this week. - Daron Letts/NNSL photo

Ghoulish gourmands are invited to share their creepy culinary creations early tomorrow evening at the French Association offices downtown.

From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 28 guests are encouraged to bring their pumpkin-themed foods to be judged in a spooky cooking competition.

Pumpkin carvers are also welcome to cart their creations to the event for the Jack-O-Lantern competition. About a dozen carved pumpkins have already been submitted to the contest.

The community event is part of the regular weekly cultural programming organized by the association to promote fun opportunities for residents to practise speaking French in a relaxed social setting.

Later this week the association is hosting another freaky Francophone Halloween event.

For the second year in a row, the association staff and volunteers will transform their offices into a blue haunted house of terror.

From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, costumed characters of all ages can tour the indoor cemetery upstairs before descending into the disturbing downstairs dungeon.

The association partnered with the NWT Judo Association and the NWT Native Women's Association to co-ordinate the ghostly gathering. For a small donation, families can visit the scary scene, while enjoying some spine-tingling treats.

"It's going to be a very awesome haunted house," said French Association director Marie Coderre.

Symposium: "Fishing People of the North," Anchorage, Alaska, 14-18 September 2011

Symposium: "Fishing People of the North," Anchorage, Alaska, 14-18 September 2011

The 27th Lowell Wakefield International Fisheries Symposium, FISHING PEOPLE OF THE NORTH: CULTURES, ECONOMIES, AND MANAGEMENT RESPONDING TO CHANGE, will be held 14-18 September 2011 in Anchorage, Alaska. This international symposium will provide a forum for scholars, fishery managers, fishing families, and others to explore the human dimensions of fishery systems and growing need to include social science research in policy processes.

Theme areas will include: (1) Human/Environment Relationships; (2) Fishing Communities in Transition; (3) Indigenous and Rural Knowledge and Communities; (4) Governance and Management Issues in the North; and (5) Celebrating the Life of Fishing Peoples

Please submit proposed panel title, abstract (250 words), and expected speakers by 15 November 2010 to Courtney Carothers at: clcarothers@alaska.edu. Organizers also welcome individual paper and poster abstracts.

For more information on this symposium, see: http://seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/2011/wakefield-people/index.php.

Call for Papers: "The North Atlantic Connection: Canada & the Nordic Countries,"

Call for Papers: "The North Atlantic Connection: Canada and the Nordic Countries," Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, 10-13 August 2011

 

Organizers of the 10th Triennial Conference of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies (NACS), "The North Atlantic Connection: Canada and the Nordic Countries," to be held in Aarhus, Denmark, 10-13 August 2011, invite proposals for presentations on any relevant topic pertaining to Canada and the Nordic countries.

The following themes have been identified for special attention: (1) Cultural diversity in urban environments; (2) New perceptions, new writing; (3) Northern perspectives on war, peace, & peacekeeping; (4) Religion and the State; (5) Teaching Canadian studies; (6) The Scramble for the Arctic; (7) Trans-northern-Atlantic relations. Proposals are also welcome for other special thematic sessions.

Proposals, in English or French, should be sent by email to nacs@utu.fi by 1 December 2010. They should include a 200-word abstract and a brief statement of the author's academic affiliation.

For more information, please consult the NACS website: www.nacs-anec.org

Seminar: "Modernization & Heritage: How to Combine the Two in Inuit Societies," University of Greenland

Seminar: "Modernization and Heritage: How to Combine the Two in Inuit Societies," University of Greenland

8th Seminar of the International PhD School for Studies of Arctic Societies (IPSSAS)
at Kangerlussuaq and Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland), 20-30 May 2011.

Like other societies, Inuit societies have in past and present times had to deal with the trade-off between radical social and cultural change and the preservation of cherished cultural and social customs and traditions. In modern terms, this trade-off is referred to as the trade-off between modernization and preservation of heritage. Happily, the choice of the one alternative does not necessarily imply a full rejection of the other. Like individuals, societies can change profoundly without abandoning essential elements of their former life and opinions. This seminar seeks to illuminate the ways in which Inuit societies in past and present times have endeavoured to make both ends meet in the fields of language, economy, cultural and social habits and attitudes, and literature and mass media, among others.

IPSSAS 2011 will be a unique opportunity to discuss issues and present current research on how past and present Inuit societies across the Circumpolar North have coped with the trade-off between modernization and heritage. Our goal is to cultivate substantive discussions and exchange of the highest scholarly standard in the social sciences, arts and humanities.

The first part of the seminar will take place in Kangerlussuaq near the Ice Cap/Inland Ice. Apart from being home to one of Greenland's international airports, Kangerlussuaq also is home to a natural park. The main part of the seminar takes place at Ilisimatusarfik, the University in Greenland, which is situated in Greenland's capital Nuuk.

The organizers invite graduate students working on arctic issues, based in university institutions worldwide, to participate in this session. PhD students will be given priority.

Course Credit Equivalent: 3 North American credits or equivalent in European institutions.

Information about applications is available at the IPSSAS website: http://webarkiv.hum.ku.dk/ipssas/applicationnuuk2011/html

First nations sustained by arts, “Reel Injun” by Neil Diamond & “Before Tomorrow,” a film of Inuit life in 1840, shown

Tribal nations sustained by arts

By Carol Berry, Today correspondent

Story Published: Oct 25, 2010

[excerpts] from http://ow.ly/2YRnc

DENVER – "Resilience" was the theme of a week-long film and arts festival of works that can "reaffirm collective identity, preserve collective memory, and help new generations cope with changes," festival officials said.

The stories and histories told in the films and art productions also entertained.

From the wit of Wisconsin Oneida comedian Charlie Hill to documentaries on tribal traditions to the film "Reel Injun" and analyses of Canadian Arctic policy, the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management's Seventh Annual Indigenous Film & Arts Festival displayed the wealth of narrative and visual art that sustains tribal nations.

The art and films "demonstrate why it is that after decades of programs of extermination and assimilation, American Indians, Maori, and other Native peoples stubbornly persist as strong political, social and cultural entities," said Mervyn L. Tano, IIIRM president and Jeanne M. Rubin, IIIRM general counsel and film festival director.

[...]

The comedian joined Neil Diamond, Canadian Cree from Waskaganish, director of "Reel Injun," to discuss the film's use of humor and irony as it presented non-Natives' depictions of Natives during the film industry's 50-year evolution toward movies that originate and are produced within the Native community.

The film clips in Diamond's documentary show familiar Western heroes in ways that reveal the depth of America's need to distort Native people and their societies to justify violent exploitation, using interviews with Clint Eastwood, John Trudell, Russell Means, Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti), and others.

"Americans love Westerns – it's in our blood," one interviewee said in "Reel Injun," while another recalled that, as children, "We cheered for the cowboys, never realizing we were the Indians."

"Reel Injun," shown at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, a festival partner, was also sponsored in part by the Consulate General of Canada, whose representative said Diamond is "one of our foremost aboriginal filmmakers." The documentary has been nominated for a number of awards.

The Canadian consulate was also a sponsor of a far-ranging discussion on the role of indigenous peoples in the international dimension of Canada's Northern Strategy. Consul and senior trade commissioner, Ladan Amirazizi, termed the Arctic "an essential part of Canada's history" and its protection a top foreign policy objective of the Canadian government.

[...]

The conversation was held after a showing of "Before Tomorrow," a film of Inuit life in 1840 at about the time of first contact with Europeans and a subsequent epidemic that spared only a grandmother and her young grandson, to whom she passes along enough knowledge for him to have a future

[...]

American Indian (includes Inuit) Film Gallery Free to watch & download

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American Indian Film Gallery
- Saturday,  23 October 2010, 09:32 am
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This is an update on progress at the AMERICAN INDIAN FILM GALLERY
( http://www.aifilmgallery.com ). The AIFG, a project of MacDonald & Associates,
seeks to enhance the study of American Indian civilization through the
onlining of vintage films about Native American life from the Arctic to
Cape Horn. The films are totally free to view and download.

At this juncture, the AIFG website offers 290 movies presenting
perspectives on 102 different tribes. Plus, we have another 120 films
waiting to be placed online.

But, we are always seeking additional movies to add to the project. If your
archive or library has relevant motion pictures that you would like to add
to the AIFG, please contact me directly at macfilms@att.net

J. Fred MacDonald
MacDonald & Associates
Chicago
773-267-9899

[excerpts]

CREE

● The Caribou Hunters: Canadian Indians survive by hunting caribou in Northern Manitoba (1951)

● A Dog's Life in the North Woods: reliance of Cree trapper on his dogs for hunting success and for survival (1948))

● Fur Country: Indians trapper interacts with nature and Hudson's Bay Company in Northern Canada (1941)

ESKIMO (INUIT)

● Angotee: follows life of a boy in the Eastern Arctic (1954)

● Arctic Environment: naturalist photographer Herman Kitchen captures the world of the Arctic in the summer (1970s)

● Arctic Seal Hunt: hunt for seal meat. (1955)

● Canadian Photographer: Doug Wilkinson lives for 14 months with Eskimos in Canada

● Eskimos: native life north of Nome, Alaska—as seen on TV series, Bold Journey

● Eskimo Children: Eskimo of Nunivak Island (1941)

● Eskimo Arts and Crafts: craft activities of the Inuit of Baffin Island (1947)

● Eskimo Summer: essential summer activities Inuit groups that live apart from settlements in Canada and USA (1947)

● Eskimo Hunters: (Northwestern Alaska): from The World and Its People series Produced by Louis de Rochemont (1949)

● Eskimo Walrus Hunt: Eskimo hunters in kayaks search for walrus in the early 1930s

● Eskimos—Winter in Western Alaska: 1950

● Frontiers of the North (Parts 1 and 2): the Canadian Government Arctic Expedition begins to organize the Northwest Territories and encounters realities of its natives and wild animals in 1922

● Giant of the North: installment of Primitive Peoples series (1951)

● How to Build an Igloo: Eskimo shows how to construct an ice home (1949)

● Land of the Long Day: Inuit life on Baffin Island during the changing seasons (1952)

● Nanook of the North: celebrated early documentary from documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty explores the rugged life of Eskimos (1922)

● Northward to Nome: Sullivan Richardson adventure film in Alaska (1948)

● Northward to Nome Outtakes: unused footage from Sullivan Richardson's visit to Kotsebue and Nome, Alaska in late 1940s

● North West Frontier: study of Indians, Eskimos, and whites living together and interacting in settlements in Canada's Northwest Territories (1941)

● Ramparts of Two Worlds: hunting and daily activities of Eskimos of Little Diomede Island in Alaska (1940)

● We Lived with the Eskimos: Seattle couple learns to survive in Northern Alaska by living with Eskimos—as seen on TV series, Bold Journey

m Kotzebue 1: interviews about old customs and skills

m Kotzebue 2: more discussion of old skills, especially leather work

m Kotzebue 3: discussion of the old ways concluded

m Kotzebue 4: discuss the Historical Preservation Project and Eskimo past

m Kotzebue 5: Eskimo Olympics festivities

m Kotzebue 6: interview and more July 4 festivities

m Kotzebue 7: blanket toss and dancing at festivities

m Kotzebue 8: scenes of everyday life

SCHEDULE CHANGE: CMF Industry Consultation 2010 - YELLOWKNIFE / CHANGEMENT D'HORAIRE: FMC en consultation avec l'industrie en 2010 - YELLOWKNIFE

 

Voir le message en français ci-dessous

 

CMF Industry Consultation 2010 – YELLOWKNIFE

 

Due to flight delays, the CMF industry consultation session in Yellowknife will occur on October 20, 2010 from 9:00am to 11:00am in the Gold Room at the Yellowknife Inn (5010 49^th St).

 

We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

 

Josée Laperrière

Communications Coordinator | Coordonatrice aux communications

Canada Media Fund | Fonds des médias du Canada

4 - 50 rue Wellington St. E., Toronto ON M5E 1C8

T:416.214.4429 F:416.214.4420

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Small Business Week events in Yellowknife NWT #YZF #NWT #PME

Small Business Week events in Yellowknife NWT #YZF #NWT #PME

Nunavik book offers great photos, weak text

Nunavik book offers great photos, weak text Nunatsiaq News ... Maggie Putulik and Taqralik Partridge, as well as from several non-Inuit, like Makivik Corp. lawyer Jean-François Arteau and Air Inuit's Jean Dupuis. ... Nunatsiaq News

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Canadian Northern Studies Trust Awards Program 2011-2012 / Programme de bourses Fiduciaire Canadienne d'études nordiques 2011-2012

From: Heather Cayouette [awards@acuns.ca]

Canadian Northern Studies Trust Awards Program 2011-2012

Awards being offered by the Canadian Northern Studies Trust for 2011-2012. All application forms and guidelines are available on the new ACUNS website www.acuns.ca

Deadline is January 31, 2011

Application Deadline January 31, 2011
http://www.acuns.ca

The Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) is the student awards program of the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS). It was established in 1982 to further the Association's mandate to advance knowledge and understanding of Canada's North by offering student awards for exceptional northern-based research. The purpose of the CNST is to foster scholars and scientists with northern experience and at the same time to enhance educational opportunities available for northern residents to obtain post-secondary education at Canadian colleges and universities.
The following awards are offered:
1.    CNST Scholarship $5,000

2.    Canadian Polar Commission Scholarship $10,000

3.    The W. Garfield Weston Award for Northern Studies (Doctoral) 7x $40,000

4.    The W. Garfield Weston Award for Northern Studies (Masters) 7x $15,000

5.    Northern Resident Scholarship (graduate) 4x $10,000 6.    Northern Resident Award (undergraduate) 8x $5,000

7.    Caribou Research Award $1,500

8.    Arctic Co-operatives Award $2,500

9.    Research Support Opportunity in Arctic Environmental Studies (accommodation and facilities support at Eureka Weather Station)
To be eligible for a CNST award you must be:

•    Canadian citizen or permanent resident

•    Enrolled in full time post-secondary education at a recognized Canadian University or College

•    Have an aspect of northern or circumpolar fieldwork included as part of your research that is conducted within the term of your award. (ACUNS defines "northern" Canada as on or north of the line indicated on our Northern Boundary Map. To view the map, please consult our website.

Additional, award-specific requirements are included in award guidelines

For more information, applications and guidelines please visit our website
http://www.acuns.ca

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Programme de bourses Fiduciaire Canadienne d'études nordiques 2011-2012

Les bourses décerné par la Fiduciaire canadienne d'études nordiques pour 2011-2012. Toutes les renseignements et demandes peuvent être trouvé sure notre site web www.aucen.ca

La date de limite c'est le 31 janvier, 2011

Date limite des demandes: 31 janvier 2011
http://www.aucen.ca
La Fiduciaire canadienne d'études nordiques (FCEN) a été établi en 1982 par l'Association universitaire canadienne d'études nordiques (AUCEN) pour administrer les bourses et les prix qu'elle offre et qui reflètent l'engagement de l'association à faire avancer les recherches dans le Nord et sur le Nord. L'objectif de la FCEN est de contribuer au développement d'un groupe de chercheurs et de scientifiques ayant une expérience nordique et en même temps d'améliorer les possibilités d'études offertes aux résidents du Nord.
Les bourses suivant seront offert :

1.    Bourse de la FCÉN 5 000 $

2.    Bourse de la la commission canadienne des affaires polaires 10 000 $

3.    Bourse W. Garfield Weston pour recherches nordiques (doctorat) 7x 40 000 $

4.    Bourse W. Garfield Weston pour recherches nordiques (maîtrise) 7x 15 000 $

5.    Bourse de recherches pour résidents du Nord (études supérieurs) 4x 10 000 $

6.    Bourse de recherches pour résidents du Nord (études inférieurs) 8x 5 000 $

7.    Bourse de recherches sur le caribou 1 500 $

8.    Bourse co-opérative de l'arctique 2 500 $

9.    Appui à la recherche en études environnmentales dans l'arctique (hébergement et installations à
la station météorologique Eureka)

Pour être admissible à une bourse ou un prix de la FCÉN, vous devez :

•    être citoyen canadien ou résident permanent ;

•    être inscrit à temps plein dans un établissement postsecondaire collégial ou universitaire du
Canada ;

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Frozen Eyes member Dayna Polakoff of Yellowknife will represent the NWT at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax

Focused on photography

High school student sees beauty in life's little moments

RT @Northern_Clips: Focused on photography http://ow.ly/2UcYR Dayna Polakoff of Yellowknife will represent the NWT at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax

by Daron Letts
Northern News Services
Published Thursday, October 14, 2010

SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - Dayna Polakoff will represent the NWT at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax, N.S., in February, however the Grade 11 student is not competing in any sporting events.

Alyx Crawley of Alberta creates bubbles on a summer day in this shot by her friend, Yellowknife photographer Dayna Polakoff. The photograph is among the many images featured tonight in the Frozen Eyes, Open Minds exhibit at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. - Dayna Polakoff photo

Polakoff, 16, was selected to attend the games as a cultural delegate with the National Artists Program, a countrywide initiative facilitated in the NWT by Sport North and the NWT Arts Council.

The program is designed to bring together young artists aged 16 to 22 from each territory and province and match them with professional artists who will mentor them for two weeks in their artistic discipline.

Polakoff has been paired with professional graphic designer Chris Dewolf from Fort Smith. Polakoff and Dewolf will collaborate on photography projects throughout the games, which run from Feb. 11 to 27.

Polakoff has shared her work in several Ontario magazines, and earlier this year one of her photographs appeared on the label of a Jones Soda bottle. Many of her images depict happy scenes of friends enjoying the beauty of the outdoors.

"Photography is what I love to do," Polakoff said. "I like capturing moments."

Polakoff is studying digital photography and traditional film photography at Sir John Franklin High School.

Les Cameron, Polakoff's dark room instructor, said Polakoff is an eager student.

"She has a nice eye and can see the compositions through the viewfinder," he said. "I like her enthusiasm. Photography requires three things: patience, persistence, and the pursuit of perfection. I think Dayna believes that and that should go a long way."

Polakoff is displaying some of her work tonight at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre as part of the Frozen Eyes, Open Minds photography exhibition. The exhibit is organized by the Frozen Eyes Photographic Society.

"It's pretty cool," Polakoff said.

Other Yk photographers in the show include Ozgur Oner, Pablo Saravanja, Pat Kane, Brent Reaney, and Dave Prichard. Student and amateur photographers from communities throughout the NWT are also featured.

The opening reception runs from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the museum. The exhibit will remain on display until spring.

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For some (in Nunavut), Internet defines freedom

For some, Internet defines freedom

Steve Haycox
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Published: October 14th, 2010 09:37 PM
Last Modified: October 14th, 2010 09:38 PM

[excerpts]

Driving down the Alaska Highway gave me the opportunity to listen to CBC
radio earlier this week. I was particularly struck by an interview of
people in various villages in Nunavut, the new Inuit territory north of
Quebec, such places as Iqaluit, Kimmirut, Rankin Inlet, Kugluktuk, Gjoa
Haven, Resolute Bay and others I keep tabs on weekly through Northern News
Service. The interviewer was doing a feature on how the Internet has
changed life in these places. As in Alaska villages, perhaps the greatest
impact has been the upgrade of medical and health services. But the
interviewer keenly focused his attention on the personal level, and what
most of the respondents wanted to talk about was freedom.

[...]

But it's fair to ask, if more freedom does not provide a greater
opportunity to realize one's capacities and potential for discovering the
meaning of human life, is it worth it? Few would dispute that much
American freedom is not only squandered in such meaningless pursuits as
shooting up old cars and road signs, wasted days and wasted nights playing
"Grand Theft Auto IV" and "Super Mario Galaxy 2," and watching the 15th
rerun of the "bubble boy" episode of "Seinfeld," but also in just shooting
up, and in the vicious exercise of domestic violence and abuse of the
homeless and powerless.

That's apparently not what freedom means for most of the villagers in
Iqaluit and Rankin Inlet. There, and in Mekoryuk, Wainwright and St.
Mary's, Alaska, people are grateful for the government subsidy, paid by
national taxes, that facilitates their connection with ever-widening
circles of society, in Taloyoak and Cape Dorset, and Montreal and Ottawa,
and far beyond.

Steve Haycox is a professor of history at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

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http://www.adn.com/2010/10/14/1502528/for-some-internet-defines-freedom.html#ixzz12S08FRKH

REMINDER: CMF Industry Consultation 2010 – YELLOWKNIFE/RAPPEL: FMC en consultation avec l’industrie en 2010 – YELLOWKNIFE

 

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CMF Industry Consultation 2010 – YELLOWKNIFE

 

Thank you for registering for the CMF industry consultation session in Yellowknife on October 19, 2010. The purpose of this session is to gain your input on a number of key topics as we prepare to review our program guidelines for the next fiscal year.

 

Registration will open at 2:00pm. The session will start at 2:30pm and end by 5:30pm, and will take place in the Gold Room at the Yellowknife Inn (5010 49^th St).

 

The discussion will include the following topics:

 

       Results to-date on new programs and policies implemented in 2010-2011

·         Convergent Stream

·         Experimental Stream

·         English POV Program

·         Diverse Languages Program (closes on Sept. 7)

       Performance envelopes and digital media audience measurement

       Increased focus on ROI and the CMF's role as an equity investor

       CMF support to English regional production

 

We will also open the floor to general questions and comments.

 

Thank you, in advance, for your participation!

 

 

FMC en consultation avec l'industrie en  2010 – YELLOWKNIFE

 

Merci de votre inscription à la séance de consultation de l'industrie que tiendra le Fonds des médias du Canada (FMC) à Yellowknife le 19 octobre 2010. L'objet de cette séance est de recueillir vos commentaires sur certains thèmes clés dans la perspective de la révision des principes directeurs qui régiront nos programmes au cours du prochain exercice financier.

 

L'inscription commencera à 14 h 00.  La séance débutera à 14 h 30 et se terminera vers 17 h 30 dans la salle Gold Room du Yellowknife Inn (5010, rue 49).

 

Les échanges porteront sur les thèmes suivants :

 

       Les résultats obtenus à ce jour en vertu des nouveaux programmes et politiques mis en œuvre en 2010-2011

·         Le volet convergent

·         Le volet expérimental

·         Le programme de documentaires d'auteur de langue anglaise

·         Le programme de diversité linguistique (date limite de dépôt :  7 septembre)

       Les enveloppes de rendement et les mesures de l'auditoire des composantes médias numériques

       Accent accru sur le RCI (rendement du capital investi) et rôle du FMC en tant qu'investisseur

       L'apport financier du FMC à la production régionale de langue anglaise

 

Les participants auront l'occasion de poser des questions ou de faire des commentaires sur divers aspects reliés au FMC.

 

Merci d'avance pour votre participation !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellowknife Glass Arts Cooperative Having New Members Meeting #YZF

Glass Arts Cooperative Having New Members Meeting

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (Tuesday October 12th, 2010)

 

Anyone interested in local arts and recycling is invited to join an introductory meeting for new and interested members. The meeting will be held next Monday Oct 18^th at 7pm, 47 Otto drive.  

Northern Lights Glassware (Yellowknife Glass Recyclers Cooperative) has been creating beautiful recycled glassware out of a small cottage industry in the Old Town of Yellowknife since 1994,.They use original designs created by northern artists. Each piece is individually finished, stenciled and sand-blasted by hand - and each is 100% recycled glass.  

Co-op members become involved with an active community organization that encourages local businesses, supports local artists and provides beautiful eco-friendly products to its customers.

 

Members provide guidance to the co-op by attending monthly meetings, voicing their opinions and voting on important issues. In exchange the coop provides great discounts on studio time, workshops and products.

 

For more details and to confirm your attendance please contact Summer Meyer info@ygr.coop

 

 

Yellowknife Glass Recyclers

 

Since 1994 some of the most beautiful recycled glassware on the planet has been created out of a small cottage industry in the Old Town of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. This remarkable glassware is being manufactured on the shores of Great Slave Lake surrounded by the buzz of float planes, the vibrant energy of the midnight sun and the shimmer of the northern lights. 

Northern Lights Glassware uses original designs created by northern artists. Each piece is individually finished, stenciled and sand-blasted by hand - and each  is 100% recycled glass.  

The planet-friendly Northern Lights product line now includes drinking glasses, vases, table bowls, candle lanterns, delicate mini-vases and glass guitar slides. Custom glassware, gift sets and special awards for also produced for corporations, governments and organizations who are increasingly choosing to go green, support recycling and promote north. 

Northern Lights Glassware makes a unique and green northern gift - attractively designed, northern-made and environmentally friendly.

For further information, contact: 

Summer Meyer, Business Manager

Yellowknife Glass Recyclers Co-op

(867)-669-7654