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OAC: Info Session with the Ontario Arts Council | Recording
Last week we hosted a wonderful information session with the Ontario Arts Council’s Maura Broadhurst and Alana Forslund; We are happy to say we are now able to share the recording of the full session, via the link below: Video The OAC has also been kind enough to share their presentation slides with us, download […]
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Art Crawl, Night of Indigenous Devs, and Interactive Works
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is proud to announce the visual arts and interactive programming running October 21 – 25, 2020 online, including the annual Art Crawl, Night of Indigenous Devs, and a curated selection of AR/VR, 360 Video, video games, and more. imagineNATIVE’s annual Art Crawl will take place online on Thursday, […]
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City of Saskatoon: City installs first of three new Placemaker Program public artworks
September 22, 2020 The City is pleased to announce the first of three public art sculptures has been installed in the Riversdale Business Improvement District (BID) as part of the 2020 Placemaker Program. “Saadat Qalbi/Miyawâtam 1, 2, and 3” by Ruth Cuthand and Suada Jailan, curated by Dr. Jen Budney, consists of three hand-painted aluminium […]
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Toronto residents can show love to Toronto by becoming tourists in their own neighbourhoods with StrollTO
Starting this weekend, residents can participate in StrollTO, part of the City of Toronto’s ShowLoveTO initiative. StrollTO will feature self-guided itineraries for each of the City’s 25 wards to encourage residents to actively discover shops, stops, places and spaces on their local main streets. ShowLoveTO, in association with Founding Sponsor American Express and in partnership […]
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BigArtTO turns local landmarks and buildings into art canvases to show love to Toronto
BigArtTO, a City-led ShowLoveTO initiative involving large-scale projections in each of the City of Toronto’s 25 wards was launched tonight. Mayor Tory was joined at tonight’s event by local Councillor Shelley Carroll (Ward 17 Don Valley North). A city-wide temporary public art initiative, BigArtTO will provide residents with opportunities to safely explore city neighbourhoods and […]
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‘It’s very healing’: Pulling off a pow-wow in pandemic-stricken Quebec – APTN News
Social distance pow-wows have taken place over the internet ever since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the country, forcing many to change their plans. But organizers in Quebec were dead set on making one happen in real life – and pulled it off over the weekend, despite government warnings and last minute cancellations. “My […]
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City council approves Indigenous names for Edmonton’s new ward boundaries – Globalnews.ca
All 12 of the Indigenous names proposed to Edmonton city council as new names for city wards have been approved after councillors voted nine to four in favour of the motion Monday afternoon. An all-female committee made up of 17 women representing First Nations, Inuit and Métis chose them, after discussions and conversations with the […]
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Elderly Cree woman and daughters’ annual moose hunt a family tradition – CBC
81-year-old Alice Albert goes hunting with her daughters every fall since her husband died Sep 22, 2020 Pretty much everyone loves a good moose hunting tale… but it’s even better when the group that brings down the bull is made up of an elderly Cree woman and her two daughters. Mary Jane Albert, 62, is from Norway […]
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Nominees Announced for 19th Annual DGC Awards
It is our pleasure to announce the nominations for the 2020 DGC Awards for Feature Film, Documentary and Short Film. The nominees for Television Series, Movies for Television and Mini-Series were previously announced on September 3rd and are also included below. Winners in these categories will be announced at the 19th Annual Awards on consecutive […]
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Indigenous Food Circle a standing force during COVID-19 – Tbnewswatch.com
Surviving and thriving during a global pandemic. When COVID began, the fear of a food shortage took hold of the community. We all remember walking into the grocery store witnessing empty shelves and no toilet paper, wondering what was to come if the fear proceeded into the long term. The Indigenous Food Circle took this […]
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