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29 Sep 2010

Tips and Ideas for Archiving your Vancouver Games Coverage

Posted by Kemp Edmonds

Two of the True North Media House team – Kris Krug (in person) & Dave Olson (via Skype) – are heading to London to participate in an event called #media2012. The event is about the role of outsider, online and social media at the London 2012 Olympics.

It’d be great to include some of your stuff in our debrief to the London
2012 crew & the world. -Kris Krug

At the event the guys will be talking about Vancouver 2010 and citizen media specifically the True North Media House. To create some momentum and to feature your stuff during their presentation the team is putting out a call to “Document your Documentation” and reflect on your personal True North Media House, Vancouver, the Olympics and all the fun we had, content we created and things we learned. You can do that a number of ways:

Create a post on your blog: Feature lots of your photos, images, links, videos, previous posts, associated news coverage or whatever you created as well as your thoughts or reflections on what you love and learned or what you thought didn’t work out the way you expected.

If content is not curated it can go ‘missing’ for years. Be sure to include context for your photos and videos. To preserve and share your archival coverage consider these ideas.

Index your content by including these in the title tagging it with TNMH, Vancouver, Olympics, 2010, etc. Provide rich accurate titles and categorize your content. Add your photos to the True North Media House Flickr group.

The Olympic Cauldron in Vancouver by Duncan Rawlinson

Remix and share you content with others to create through Creative Commons Licensing on Flickr, Wikicommons, YouTube, Vimeo and Archive.org. These are also great places to store your content if you don’t have a blog.
Share your content on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Post links to your Vancouver 2010 Olympics coverage in the comments and on Twitter with #TNMH and #van2010. Tag your photos, create titles with context (ie “TNMH watches the Gold Medal Hockey Final Vancouver 2010, Olympics”, “Curling photos Vancouver 2010 TNMH”).

Use social bookmarking sites like Delicious to aggregate the great content you’ve found. Please add the “TNMH” tag to your delicious bookmarks. Check out what’s there now.

Please create anything and everything you like collage art, media badge photos, round-ups or best of posts, photosets and essays.

Here are few examples for TNMHers:
Six months later, hearts are still glowing. By: John Bielher
Documenting your Documentation. By: Kris Krug

If you don’t have time that’s ok too but it’d be great to get as many of the key voices as possible involved in the discussion. Thanks for your contributions and participation in True North Media House. You are TNMH.

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Posted in: Documentation Skills

28 Sep 2010

Preparing Coverage of London Olympic Games with Media 2012

Posted by kiratiana

photo @kk

While Vancouver 2010 may have been the first social media games, London 2012 will be the first citizen reporter Games. In Vancouver we tweeted, blogged and flickrd our way through the Games. More importantly, we created a community of social reporters.

Now its time to do it again for the London 2012, but those couple of hundred of people will be thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of people.

True North Media House Accreditation Badge - Front

There’s already a movement to unite “social reporters” across the web and across the world and its called #media2012.

The leader of this movement is Andy Miah, a British academic who has been an unaccredited reporter for the Olympic Games since 2000 in Sydney, Australia. This Olympics scholar is working to bring his experience sprinkled with what we learned in Vancouver to facilitate and encourage social coverage in London 2012.

This week, Vancouver photographer Kris Krug will head to Manchester, England for the Abnormal Devices Festival (AND) Festival of digital culture, where the #media2012 plan will officially launch. Krug will discuss what he and the True North Media House accomplished during the Vancouver Games (which was alot..check out his pictures here…)

photo @kk

Get Started – Media2012 Resources

To get a head start on social media reporting for the London 2012 Olympic Games, check out the media resources below, and share them over your social networks to recruit more people.

Abandon Normal Devices – The Media 2012 will officially launch on October 2 at this festival.

#media2012 : Blueprint for #london2012 (v1.1) – Andy Miah lays out his plan for citizen reporting of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Follow @andymiah on Twitter: Also, to help Dr. Miah spread the word, consider sharing this message via your social networks:

Media Blueprint for London 2012 http://bit.ly/media2012 #media2012

Prezos about New Media and the Games

The presentations below by Dr. Miah are a primer on media coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and in particular, new media. Before you do anything, read them.

Untold Stories of the Olympic Games

Traditional Olympic media rarely provides balanced coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This presentation shows how media often, on purpose, skip the protests and negative stories.

The Twitter Olympics

The Vancouver Olympic Games the first Olympics where Twitter dominated that media chatter. This presentation follows the evolution of new media in the Olympic Committee, Olympic Reporting and Organizing Committees.

We Are the Media: The Olympic Games and Media Activism

View more presentations from Andy Miah.

Declaring #media2012

A hashtag has already been declared for social media coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games – #media2012. In the article below, Dr. Andy Miah declares that citizen journalists will take over the Games and gives them a hash tag to unite them all.

Huffington Post: Will Citizen Journalists Take Over the London 2012 Olympic Games?

Yet, it is the blogger and social media journalist that is set to dramatically transform these figures. In Vancouver, citizen journalists self-organized to create independent media centers, covering everything other than sports, from local heritage to critically discussing aspects of the Olympic program and values. One of them, True North Media House (#TNMH), embraced the most liberal approach to accreditation, asking its journalists to download a template media pass, attach their own photograph and laminate it themselves.

These trends towards a more open media environment, promise a different media landscape at an Olympic Games and, on October 4 this year, people within the UK will have their first taste of this alternative future for the Olympic and Paralympic media at an independently funded unconference.Hosted by the Abandon Normal Devices festival (@ANDfestival, #ANDfest) the #media2012 event will bring experts from recent and forthcoming Olympic & Paralympic host countries, notably Canada, Russia and Brazil into contact with the UK to consider crowd source solutions for the games’ media coverage and to find a way of making #media2012 a dominant hashtag for the Olympic and Paralympic period. One clear target is to radically transform the amount of coverage the Paralympic Games receives, which is always the poor relation of the Olympics in terms of profile

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If the hashtag #media2012 fails to dominate social media coverage during the London 2012 Games, or if citizen journalists remain fragmented, then this may reveal its failure to bring about change. That is, unless the concept of a hashtag and Twitter have ceased to exist by then.

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Tags: andymiah, hastags, huffingtonpost, london olympic games, london2012, media2012

Posted in: London 2012

22 Sep 2010

Documenting your Olympic Documentation ~ Contribute your thoughts

Posted by Dave Olson

With the Vancouver Winter Olympics long over, consider documenting your documentation. Pass along your knowledge to London, then Sochi by contributing your wrap-up thoughts and archived collections to share with international counterparts.

Crazy Dancing T-Shirt Man by Jonny Picture

Sharing Knowledge

With upcoming events to prepare citizen reporters for covering the London 2012 events, now is an ideal time to pass along your experience covering the games – and curate and contextualize your artifacts and anecdotes from the Vancouver 2010.

TNMH-er Kris Krug, along with Malcolm Levy, will share their viewpoints on media and the Olympics Abandon Normal Device festival in Liverpool – I’ll (daveo) also be contributing from Vancouver via video – we will reference your reports to share practical advice, as well as the your reactions, to documenting the Games.

Collect Your Story

Submit your “wrap-up” post which sums up what you did, what you learned and what advice you’d pass along. These musings and advice will be collected into an “open letter” to London. Add your post in the comments for publication in forthcoming report.

Here are a few posts for inspiration:

Exploring by the Numbers

Designer and media maker Ariane Colebrander created her TNMH badge at the beginning of the Games and parlayed her accreditation into access to an assortment of venues, events, and activities from ice wine tastings to a late night foray to the elusive Sochi House.

arianecdesign.com/it-started-with-a-tweet aka the power of social media. It started with one media badge (True North Media House), a few Twitter conversations and one thing led to the most fantastic weeks of my life. My final badge of honour is shown at right: Paralympic Olympic Committee accreditation.

12 media and event badges
~~225~~ 245 Olympic and Paralympic pins
4 USB sticks
Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremony items
Paralympic Media Kit
1 pair red Olympic mittens
1 Olympic sweater
1 blue DEVO energy dome hat
1 closing ceremony antlers
3 Olympic mascots
4,311 photos (whittled down from several hundred more)

KK’s Photo Essays

In his roundup post The Good, The Bad & The Gold: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics is Over! he shares a collection of photo essays with his favourite shots from the best seats and the hectic streets.

There were many demonstrations once the 2010 Winter Olympics were underway in Vancouver. Police presence, anti-anti-Olympic protestors and even bagpipers were present to exercise various forms of public expression during the demonstrations.

The Olympics may be over so if you have missed any the Olympic action as it was happening, or just care for a revisit, make sure to check out our other Olympic photo essays from the month of February:

British Columbia prepares for the Opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

With Glowing Hearts Canada welcomes the World to Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Fans, Sports, Flags, Pride, Fun – Vancouver 2010 Olympics is Rockin’.

Three stars

Kimli breaks down her experience in a medial count format in “one last medal ceremony“:

The 2nd place Silver Medal goes to: TWITTER! The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics were declared a Social Media event, and we shone just as brightly as the athletes. Sharing memorable moments over the last 17 days with people all around the world was phenominal and most of the time, hilarious. I don’t remember when I’ve had so much fun – watching the opening and closing ceremonies, sharing quips with strangers and laughing so hard at some of the jokes made I couldn’t catch my breath. The #van2010 tag added a whole new dimension to the Olympic experience, and for me was a defining moment of Web 3.0 (or whatever number we’re on now). I can’t imagine the Games without Twitter keeping me entertained, informed, enraged and aroused. The True North Media House (#tnmh) brain trust had an ambitious plan to cover the Olympics and show the world and the IOC what we’re all about, and it was pulled off with spectacular successes and a great deal of fun.

Miss Vancouver Adds it Up

Rebecca Bollwitt covered events far and wide starting from before the the crowds. She gained access to unique events including festivals in Surrey and Richmond. Along with maintaining an active photo group, she added up the following in Vancouver 2010 The Final Tally – In her post, she recounts some top experiences and how she began making media to share plus includes a final count:

I promised to cover the Games so here are some numbers…

Events attended: 3 (women’s hockey, pairs figure skating, alpine)

Posts: 118 (in total about Vancouver 2010)

Comments received: 2180

Posts about pavilions: 17

Flickr photos: 608

Athlete press conference photos: 21

Tweets: 841

Badges worn: 5

Pins collected: 65

USB thumbdrives collected: 25

Colds: 1, plus some sinus pressure

My Olympic journey started in 2003 with everyone else and picked up in November of 2009 when I visited the IOC and the Olympic Museum in Switzerland. From Lausanne, to Prince George, and to Surrey, this has been an amazing journey.

I also published 22 more articles about the Olympics prior to February 2010.

Photo Montage

One more… John Biehler’s photo/video montage collection is at My 2010 Games Highlight Reel. He says:

I managed to shoot over 17,000 photos and hours of video during the three weeks I was covering the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Whistler, Cypress and even Whitehorse, Yukon for a day.

Here is the 8 minute version of those 3 weeks:

More Resources

There are plenty more already out there, so post your in the comments for the archives.

True North Media #tnmh social bookmark on Delicious

True North Media House Flickr group

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Tags: archive, documentation, media2012, tnmh

Posted in: Documentation Skills

22 Jul 2010

With Glowing Hearts the Movie – Tweet and Toonie Torch Relay

Posted by Jason Sanders

Two years ago, Andrew Lavigne and Jon Ornoy took it upon themselves to capture the 2010 Winter Games‘ effect on Vancouver from the perspective of people directly impacted by the Olympics. Downtown Eastside residents, bloggers, photographers, activists, proponents and opponents found themselves infront of Andrew and Jon’s cameras as With Glowing Hearts documented the changes and opportunities experienced by four individuals during the lead up and execution of the largest event in British Columbia’s history.

Now, the Games are over, the cleanup is almost complete, the province is reviewing Olympic related finances and the stories have been captured. All that remains, however, is the expensive process of distilling hours of raw video into a narrative that spans two years and four stories.

In order to complete the film, Andrew, Jon and Kemp Edmonds created the Tweet and Toonie Torch Relay–a social media campaign designed to promote the film on Twitter, blogs and other online tools while helping raise the $10,000 needed to complete the film. It’s easy and fast to support this project. All you need to do is follow the steps outlined by Kemp below.

For just $2 you can become a producer: your name will appear in a word cloud much like this. A $2 donation will show your name in size one font while a $200 donation will show your name in size 100 font. All fonts are proportional to the largest contribution. An image will be posted of the cloud and made available as a poster.

Enter to win a producer credit and copy of the film with a tweet: You can also enter to win a weekly prize of a DVD or digital copy of the film and a $20 producer credit (size 10 font). Each tweet represents an entry. winner will be chosen at random. All you have to do to enter is tweet one of these messages:

I am a proud supporter and hopefully winner of a copy of the film #withglowinghearts and a producers credit! http://wghthemovie.ca

Only $2 makes me a movie producer #withglowinghearts http://wghthemovie.ca

I am entering to win a film credit and a copy of the film #withglowinghearts http://wghthemovie.ca

Support local documentaries. Become a producer #withglowinghearts http://wghthemovie.ca

(source: Kemp Edmonds)

While you donate and tweet an entry to the contest, check out this short webisode featuring True North Media House. It’s one of four clips released in anticipation of this campaign and the rest can be found embedded in Kemp Edmonds’ article announcing With Glowing Hearts’ fundraising efforts.

WGHthemovie.ca- Webisode #2 ‘True North Media House’ from Andrew Lavigne on Vimeo.

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Tags: 2010, Dave Olson, Kris Krug, Olympics, TNMH Updates, wgh, with glowing hearts

Posted in: Olympics + Media News

25 Feb 2010

TNMH Assorted Links and Headlines

Posted by Jason Sanders

Photo by Evan "ecstaticist" Leeson (Creative Commons)

It’s a rainy, Thursday morning and there’s nothing good on tv (aside from feats of human excellence on CTV). We’ve collected some TNMH-related/social media links into a handy blog post to print off, email, or read to your friends and family.

First up is a futuristic cyberlink to True North Media House’s Flickr Group. The awesome image above was shared in the group’s photo pool and taken by the incredibly talented Evan Leeson.
Jennifer Jones analyzes a few olympic tweeters including @2010tweets, @tnmh, and @W2Woodwards.
Deborah Jones examines journalistic independence during the Vancouver Olympics.
The Tyee covers an extensive list of social media people and sites based in Vancouver.
Canada.com profiles their team of social bloggers including Robert Scales, Nadia Aly, Mariska Richters, Dave Olson, Rebecca Bollwitt, Kris Krüg, and John Biehler.
Kris Krüg’s PBS photo essay on the Olympics covers TNMH, W2Woodwards, and a host of social media mavens.

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Tags: 2010 Olympics, Alternative Media, Citizen Media, Credentials, Dave Olson, flickr, Kris Krug, Press Accreditation, Raincity Studios, Robert Scales, Social Media, the tyee, tnmh, TNMH Updates, Vancouver

Posted in: News about TNMH, Social Media Wizardry, Uncategorized

23 Feb 2010

Sparkling Wine and Swords at the Police Museum – Event, Wed., Feb. 24 7PM

Posted by Dave Olson

The Vancouver Police Museum and Harry McWatters, founder of Sumac Ridge Estate Winery, invite media to a history lesson and wine event like no other!

What:

Discovery two unique pieces of British Columbia’s history: tour the Vancouver Police Museum and glean key points from the history of lawlessness and law enforcement in Vancouver; then, in the unconventional setting of the museum’s autopsy suite (complete with two autopsy tables!), hear tales of the development of, and how Sparkling wine is an important component in, the BC wine industry.

McWatters will then saber open some Sumac Ridge Sparkling wine with the Police Museum’s ceremonial “Stewart to Stewart Sword” and teach attendees how it’s done. This sword was Commissioned in 1984 to commemorate the promotion of R.J. Stewart to Chief Constable (the first Chief Constable was also a Stewart, so the sword is dubbed the “Stewart to Stewart Sword”).

This promises to be an evening of taste, tales and sights to remember!

When: Wednesday, Feb 24 7:00pm

Where:

Vancouver Police Museum: 240 East Cordova St., Vancouver BC

There is metered street parking available on Gore or parkades a short distance away.

Who:

Harry McWatters, founder of Sumac Ridge Estate Winery “Grandfather of the BC Wine Industry”

Joanna Cramond, curator, Vancouver Police Museum

Chris Mathieson, executive director, Vancouver Police Museum

Why:

For a local or world audience, this evening will offer an informative and fun snapshot of two components of British Columbia’s storied history.

About Vancouver Police Museum:

The Vancouver Police Museum is non-profit organization and registered charity dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of the Vancouver Police Department and its context in Vancouver. The museum is housed in a designated heritage building that served as City Morgue, Coroner’s Court and City Analyst’s Lab for more than 50 years. Unlike many museums, the Police Museum is self-funded through its own admission fees, program revenues and gift shop sales, receiving no operational funding from any level of government. (It also happens to be the second most-followed museum in Canada on Twitter.) For more information, visit www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca.

About Sumac Ridge Estate Winery:

Founded by Harry McWatters in Summerland, British Columbia in 1979, Sumac Ridge Estate Winery is the oldest operating estate winery in British Columbia.

Notable wines crafted by winemaker Mark Wendenburg from Sumac Ridge’s vineyards (including its acclaimed 115 acre Black Sage Vineyard) include Gewürztraminer, Meritage, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, “Methode Classique” sparkling wines, and Icewine. Open year-round, Sumac Ridge Estate Winery offers tours, a retail shop, a wine tasting bar, and a private Founder’s Tasting Room. The winery is also home to the highly praised Cellar Door Bistro which offers exceptional regional cuisine. For more information, visit www.sumacridge.com.

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Tags: Events, museum, police, wine

Posted in: Events

23 Feb 2010

First Nations Spirit Bear guardian Doug Neasloss – Event, Now til Friday, Feb. 26

Posted by Dave Olson

Bear watching and larger wildlife conservation areas the only answer to protect diverse and rare bears in the Great Bear Rainforest

What: Media are invited to meet with First Nations Spirit Bear expert and guardian Doug Neasloss, ‘Muq Vas Glaw’, the lead guide and cultural interpreter at Spirit Bear Adventures, from Klemtu, British Columbia. www.spiritbear.com

Over the past ten years Neasloss has been tracking, studying and working actively to provide protection for the Spirit Bears, which are only found in British Columbia.

He is available to speak about the importance of protecting the Spirit Bears and about how eco-cultural tourism is also playing a central role in raising awareness about the need for more protection.

Offering the world one of the most unique eco-cultural experiences in Canada, Spirit Bear Adventures is a First Nations owned and operated company on the central coast of British Columbia that conducts four and seven day tours within their ancestral lands and traditional territory.

Who: Doug Neasloss is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced Spirit Bear guides and was recently awarded the Young Adult Achievement Award by Aboriginal Tourism BC.

When: Neasloss will be at the AtBC Kla-how-ya Aboriginal Village from 9:30am to 5:00pm from Tuesday, February 23 through Friday, February 26.

Where: AtBC Kla-how-ya Aboriginal Village in the Pan Pacific Hotel on the 3rd floor of 999 Canada Place, Vancouver. Visit www.aboriginalbc.com for complete information.

About the Spirit Bears:
The rare Spirit Bear is only found in British Columbia, with the highest concentration being found in the Great Bear Rainforest. The Spirit Bears are believed to be a genetic variation of the Black Bears that are found throughout the province. The presence of a single recessive gene is responsible for the white coat that as many as one in ten of these bears are born with. It is estimated that there are less than 400 Spirit Bears in the world.

The Legend of the Spirit Bears
The Kitasoo/Xaixais First Nations people, who have lived on the central coast of British Columbia with the Spirit Bears for thousands of years, have a myth that says, “Raven made one in every ten black bears white to remind the people of a time when glaciers covered this land and to remind the people that they should be thankful of the lush and bountiful land of today.” Many of the Kitasoo/Xaixais believe the Spirit bears hold super-natural powers, hence the name Spirit Bear – a name that suits its mythical like presence.

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Tags: bears, canada north, event, first nations

Posted in: Events

23 Feb 2010

“Salute” 1968 Olympics Film about Social Justice/Black Power – Event, Thurs. Feb. 25 7PM

Posted by Dave Olson

“DOXA screens SALUTE, Thur. Feb 25 @ 7PM @ Fifth Ave Cinemas $10.00″

Olympic Black Power Saluted

On February 25th DOXA Documentary Film Festival presents the award-winning documentary SALUTE from director Matt Norman

On October 16, 1968 at the Mexico Olympics, two black American track and field medalists raised their black-gloved fists in silent protest for civil rights, while sharing the podium with white Australian runner Peter Norman. That Black Power salute is one of the most iconic images of the 20th Century.

Salute revisits this controversial incident through the eyes of that third man on that stage. Lovingly told by Peter’s nephew, Matthew, Salute is a personal reflection about a man whose courageous, simple support for human rights half a world away defied conventional logic and earned him a place in history.

Salute is a beautifully drawn portrait of three men whose bravery and strength inspired a generation of activists and is an important lesson about standing up for your beliefs in a hostile world.

Canadian premiere of award winning film.

More information here: http://doxafestival.ca/news/motionpictures/salute.html

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9NsN0ybTec

Hattip Mike Browne
Social Media Coordinator / Blogger
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Vancouver BC, Canada

http://blog.doxafestival.ca/

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Tags: 1968, black power, Events, film, movie, Olympics

Posted in: Events

23 Feb 2010

Darkness to Light celebration – Event TONIGHT Feb. 23

Posted by Dave Olson

This just in .. head on down to Richmond for a unique experience – quoting Kate Rogers from @canadasnorth

This is a rare opportunity that I wanted to bring your attention to. It is all week, with the exception of the Darkness to Light celebration.

From the numbers I’m seeing, we will have over 140 northern artists and performers at the O Zone and Gateway Theatre today. They represent all three territories. You can meet the artists and have them demonstrate their work. It is a spacious, easy to access location for everyone.

Please, let me know if you would like more details or an on-site contact to talk about the artisans and displays. Although the performance “Darkness to Light” is one night only (tonight) the other cultural displays are every day from today through February 28th.

Cheers,
Kate

Visions of the North – Artisans Market
Main Stage Area (Tent)
Feb. 23 – 28, 2010
3 – 11 p.m. weekdays: 12 – 11 p.m. on weekends
Learn more about the unique art and culture of Canada’s three northern territories in a special artisans market presented by the Pan Northern First Nations Council and Yukon Arts Centre. Carvers of bone, soapstone and wood, sewers, print makers – an extraordinary collection of artists have come together in one spot to demonstrate their skill and talent. Over 65 artists work is also on display.

From Darkness to Light – Canada’s North
Main Stage
February 23rd – One time only performance
3 – 6:30 p.m.
Experience the best that Canada’s North has to offer through an eclectic mix of performances from Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut that showcase traditional and contemporary art forms. Discover the landscapes, people and culture of the North through live music, storytelling, song, dance, video and performance. Canada’s northern territories invite you to join in a celebration of the vibrancy and beauty that is Canada’s North. With over 120 performers in this one-time, colourful, powerful series of performances, no one will be sitting still. The amazing ‘you -have – to – see – it – to – believe – it’ Blanket Toss and northern drumming will be performed.

Sewing our Traditions: Dolls of Canada’s North” Exhibition
Gateway Theatre, 6500 Gilbert Road, Richmond
12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
The Pan-Northern Doll Exhibit is a collection of hand-made dolls created by Inuit, Métis, and First Nations from Northern Canada. The dolls represent the historical and contemporary perspective Northern fashion, culture, and sport.

Sewing our Traditions: Dolls of Canada’s North – Private Reception (All media welcomed)
Gateway Theatre, 6500 Gilbert Road, Richmond
7:30p.m. – 9 p.m.
Presentations and performances by Inuvialuit Drummers and Dancers, Inuit throat singers and Rising Sun Singers.

NOTE: Media can gain access to the O-Zone site by displaying credentials at the security gate on the West side of the O Zone (Gilbert Rd.). Head towards the tennis club and turn right. Enter the restricted area and head towards the security/gate.

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Posted in: Events

22 Feb 2010

True North Media House covers Yukon Day at the Aboriginal Pavilion

Posted by Jason Sanders

By Cherisse Dye and Jason Sanders

On Sunday, February 21st, the Yukon First Nations hosted a gathering of press and VIPs to celebrate their culture and promote business development in the territory. The morning began with a brief introduction and short intermission to encourage mingling and networking among the media and territory representatives.

A table by the speaker’s podium held five beautiful pieces of artwork designed and crafted by some of the Yukon’s most talented artists. Some artists highlighted during the event were Ken Ingemund Anderson, Nancy Hager, Ann Smith, Eugene Alfred, Shirlee Frost, Jean Taylor, Vernon Asp, and Dennis Shorty.

The energetic intermission ended as a line of drummers and dancers from the Yukon were ushered into the small venue to illustrate a small part of the deep culture contained within the territory. This would be a taste of the performance to come later.

Gifts were then exchanged between the Four Host Nations and the Yukon chiefs. The local First Nation hosts welcomed the visitors with handcrafted blankets and cravings while the Yukon chiefs thanked them with five pieces of Northern artwork.

Dakamada Dancers.

The attendees were then led to a globe outside the initial presentation area where comedians, actors, dancers, drummers and singers entertained them for the next forty minutes. Each song, dance, or scene told a short, but important part of First Nations’ history.

Dakhka Khwaan Dancers

Boyd Benjamin

Raven Spirit Dance

As the performance came to an end, the collective troupe poured out onto the stage and into the crowd for the finale, proudly celebrating their First Nation heritage with the audience. An excellent end to an excellent Sunday morning.

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Tags: 2010 Olympics, aboriginal house, Alternative Media, cherisse dye, Citizen Media, Credentials, first nations, flickr, jason sanders, lady_cherry831, media centre, Olympics, Press Accreditation, Social Media, tnmh, TNMH Updates, van2010, Vancouver, yukon

Posted in: Media Centres, Olympics + Media News, Uncategorized

Tips and Ideas for Archiving your Vancouver Games Coverage

Preparing Coverage of London Olympic Games with Media 2012

Get Started – Media2012 Resources

Prezos about New Media and the Games

Declaring #media2012

Documenting your Olympic Documentation ~ Contribute your thoughts

Sharing Knowledge

Collect Your Story

Exploring by the Numbers

KK’s Photo Essays

Three stars

Miss Vancouver Adds it Up

Photo Montage

With Glowing Hearts the Movie – Tweet and Toonie Torch Relay

Sparkling Wine and Swords at the Police Museum – Event, Wed., Feb. 24 7PM

First Nations Spirit Bear guardian Doug Neasloss – Event, Now til Friday, Feb. 26

“Salute” 1968 Olympics Film about Social Justice/Black Power – Event, Thurs. Feb. 25 7PM

Darkness to Light celebration – Event TONIGHT Feb. 23

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