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Library and Archives Canada offers financial assistance to preserve and share your histories and documentary heritage
From: Library and Archives Canada October 18, 2018 Library and Archives Canada announced today the launch of the 2019–2020 funding cycle for its Documentary Heritage Communities Program. Since this program was introduced in 2015, some 130 organizations have taken advantage of the financial assistance provided to enhance their capacity to sustainably preserve, share and highlight […]
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The Mi’gmaq Maliseet Aboriginal Fisheries Management Association is forging ahead with sustainable, innovative management of marine resources
From: Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions More than $2.7 million from the Government of Canada will help support innovative, structuring projects in three Indigenous communities in the Gaspé Peninsula October 10, 2018 – Gesgapegiag, Quebec – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada and Canada Economic Development for Quebec […]
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Media advisory: Indigenous Art Centre to open new exhibition titled #nofilterneeded: Shining light on the Native Indian and Inuit Photographers Association, 1985-1992
Gatineau, Quebec – Please be advised of the opening of a new exhibition at the Indigenous Art Centre of 10 Wellington, titled #nofilterneeded: Shining light on the Native Indian and Inuit Photographers Association, 1985-1992. Rheanne Chartrand, curator for the new exhibition, will take this opportunity to talk about the series of photographic works brought together for […]
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Threads of a Cree life: Montreal student unveils epic full caribou hide beadwork – CBC
My Grandmother’s Garden honours Cree, Indigenous women Sep 26, 2018 The idea to bead an entire caribou hide came to Flora Weistche in a dream. “I dreamt of my grandmother Helen sitting across the table from me, the caribou hide laid out on the table. When I looked at it, I could see the three […]
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Royal Canadian Mint celebrates indigenous culture with dazzling Fancy Dance coloured silver coin
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – September 21, 2018 – The Royal Canadian Mint has joined McGill University’s First Peoples’ House 17th Annual Pow Wow to unveil a vividly coloured silver collector coin celebrating the spectacular pageantry of the Fancy Dance, a modern Indigenous art form that is a powerful and captivating expression of Indigenous pride and heritage. “This […]
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Media Advisory – Royal Canadian Mint to unveil silver coin celebrating Pow Wow tradition of the Fancy Dance
OTTAWA, Sept. 19, 2018 – The Royal Canadian Mint will officially unveil a colourful silver collector coin showcasing the Fancy Dance, a dazzling spectacle of Indigenous pow wows. This coin will be revealed during McGill University’s First Peoples’ House annual Pow Wow on September 21, 2018. Where: McGill University Downtown campus (Lower West Field) 845 Sherbrooke […]
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Stymied by Quebec adoption agencies, U.S. man turns to DNA testing and strikes gold, at last – CBC
Ken Waisanen met his Kahnawake relatives this summer after discovering his biological father’s identity Sep 17, 2018 Ken Waisanen struggles to express what it means to him to know, at long last, the identity of his biological father. Overwhelmed with emotion, Waisanen removes his glasses several times to wipe away tears. “It’s a relief, for […]
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Wapikoni Mobile and Manon Barbeau receive 2 prestigious awards today
The 50th Anniversary Medal of the Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie (MIRF) is awarded to Wapikoni Mobile And its co-founder, Manon Barbeau, receives the Chevalier medallion of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République française (Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic) MONTREAL, Sept. 12, 2018 – A […]
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Artist collective Isuma selects curatorial team for Canada’s exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia in 2019
September 12, 2018 Isuma, led by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn, has appointed five curators to organize the collective’s exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia 2019. The team of five Canadian curators includes Asinnajaq, Catherine Crowston, Barbara Fischer, Candice Hopkins, and Josée Drouin-Brisebois. Isuma, announced as Canada’s official entry at the 58th International Art Exhibition […]
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Red Sky to open CINARS Biennale 2018
We’re thrilled that our multi-Dora award-nominated show Backbone is selected to open the CINARS Biennale 2018 in Montreal! We invite presenters and audiences to come and see Backbone! CINARS is one of the most important international showcases and networking events in Canada. The Biennale gathers more than 1500 professionals from over 40 countries to develop […]
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