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The National Gallery of Canada releases Transform Together, its first ever Strategic Plan News provided by Share this article Share this article OTTAWA, ON, May 25, 2021 /CNW/ - After a year of introspection and through the collaborative work of 60 members of the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) team, Transform Together, the Gallerys first ever Strategic Plan was released to the public. The document outlines the deep changes the National Gallery of Canada aspires to make over the coming 5 yea...

Included on the list, which was shared by Confidential, was musician Billy Otto, but the bloke has just called BS on that in a post aimed at Netflix. Addressing the streaming giant directly, he begins: “Dear @netflixaustralia, this is to let you know that the rumours aren’t true, and I won’t be appearing on your Byron Bae’s TV show.” “I’m not anti-Netflix, and I’m not anti-influencer, I just don’t believe that your show is a true representation of the soul of Byron,” he co...

Posted: April 26, 2021 Local group honoured for reconciliation work Locally based xaȼqanaǂ ʔitkiniǂ (Many Ways of Doing the Same Thing) Research Team has today been honoured with a British Columbia Reconciliation Award. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, in partnership with the BC Achievement Foundation, announced the recipients of the inaugural British Columbia Reconciliation Award. The award recognizes nine extraordinary individuals and organizations who have demo...

community April 09, 2021 By Tessa Perkins Deneault How is culture connected to language? How is language connected to our imagination, worldview and the land? In September 2019, coinciding with the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages, the premiere of Lisa Jackson’s Transmissions at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts explored these questions with an immersive, Indigenous futurist multimedia installation that allowed participants to experience Indigenous lang...

Aboriginal Victoria has begun investigating potential disturbance to the Kuyang stone arrangement at Lake Bolac.  Authorised officers attended the site along the Glenelg Highway this week and met with the caretaker of the land to discuss the next steps.  Local Indigenous Elders have been gathering nearby, concerned about the several metres of rocks that have been removed.  Aboriginal Victoria said the age of the stone arrangements was difficult to determine, but some may be thousands of year...

Arctic Journal The Youth Training in Ethical Knowledge Sharing and Co-production to Advance Northern, Indigenous-led Conservation and Stewardship Program will train a generation of Indigenous youth to design and deliver relevant research projects using Indigenous and community-based research methods, as well as ethical approaches to knowledge sharing between Indigenous and Western ways of knowing. Youth will be trained both as guardians and researchers to develop the skills to understand, wo...

Teegee, BC Assembly of First Nations tackles vaccine hesitancy with new campaign SHARE ON: File Photo: BCAFN Regional Chief Terry Teegee. (Photo supplied by Brendan Pawliw, MyPGNow.com staff) The BC Assembly of First Nations has launched a campaign called “Protecting Our People” to reduce vaccine hesitancy among the Indigenous population. As vaccines continue to roll out across the province, there are some Indigenous people who remain on the fence. Regional Chief Terry Teegee told Vista Ra...

More than 400,000 people in British Columbia will be immunized from March to early April as the Province moves into Phase 2 of the largest immunization rollout in B.C.’s history. “At every step of the way, we are putting the health and safety of British Columbians first,” said Premier John Horgan. “B.C. was one of the first provinces to lay out our vaccine plan, and now we’re

I want to make a particular case for the soap opera that often does not have the same kind of artistic legitimacy as other media forms, and thus enters popular discourse via low brow appreciation. By having such a broad-based appeal, the soap opera in Australia can have unusual power to transform entrenched bias against those who are perceived to be outsiders to the dominant white settler narrative within the nation. Changing Landscape The Heights. Australia’s home-grown gem, it should rightl...

Mar 2, 2021 12:03 AM Russ Byth BC seniors 90 and older and Indigenous Elders 65 and older, can begin calling next Monday to set up a time for a covid vaccine. Those 85 and over can register on the 15th and those 80 and older can register on the 22nd. Local health authorities will have dedicated numbers to call and will be setting up clinics. Family members or caregivers can also register seniors online at gov.bc.ca/bcseniorsfirst on those dates. The government is also looking ...