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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
- Q with Jian Ghomeshi – “Canada’s liveliest arts, culture and entertainment magazine.”
- Ideas with Paul Kennedy – “What we think, know and imagine.”
- Spark with Nora Young -”a blog, radio show, podcast and an ongoing conversation about technology and culture.”
- Tell Your Story with Theresa Lalonde – CBC News Vancouver wants you to share your story
- CBC Ideas – The Origins of the Modern Public, Parts 1-14: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/features/2010/04/26/the-origins-of-the-modern-public/
Community Art
- Instant Coffee – ”service oriented artist collective” and collaborative information site.
- Draw by Night – Free monthly drawing party in Vancouver.
- Artsy! Dartsy! – Vancouver’s Art & Design Guide
Experiential Learning
Fashion
Journalism
- The Tyee “B.C.’s Home for News, Culture and Solutions”: submission guidelines
- The Tyee – Call for $5000 Tyee Fellowships
- Rabble.ca Writers’ Guidelines and how to pitch stories
- This American Life – “First person stories…that are touching, funny and surprising”
- Radiolab – “On a Curiosity Bender”
- Do-it-yourself-journalism: Media in a digital Age posted on Rabble.ca
- Lester’s Army – a young magazine on growing old
- “Fact and Fiction” – Geist Magazine
History
- Historian and Broadcaster Chuck Davies “The History of Metropolitan Vancouver” website
- Walking Tours of Vancouver with John Atkin
- Author and historian Bruce Macdonald in an Georgia Straight article about Kitsilano
- Bruce Macdonald’s book Vancouver: A Visual History
- www.Illustratedvancouver.ca
- http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/Vancouver Archives (1150 Chestnut Street Vancouver, BC – “The Vancouver Archives offers a large range of historical material from our city which includes photographs, maps, newspapers, pamphlets, directories, city government records, moving images and books. You can get an idea of what the archives might offer on any given topic by using the searchbar on their website, but ultimately to access most of this material you must visit. This is not too much of a burden though, considering the helpful assistance offered by archive employees and its beautiful setting in Vanier Park.”
Mapping
- http://peoplesatlasofzagreb.wordpress.com/bibliographies/ – “critical cartographic resources”
- http://www.softhook.com/index.htm – “artist, designer and educator working to develop new participatory models for communal representation”
- http://www.mappingforchange.org.uk/ – “an innovative social enterprise that exists to support the development of sustainable communities by providing participatory mapping services to communities”
- http://vancouver.ca/maps.htm – “a vast array of online maps of the city of Vancouver, from finding where property lines are in the city to walking tours and bicycle routes”
Photography
- Dan Fairchild, photographer, has fascinating series of pictures of Vancouver Biennale sculptures being installed and used by the public on his flickr photostream, amongst many other sets about Vancouver and abroad.
Public Art
- Vancouver Sculpture Biennale
- City of Vancouver Public Art Program
- Other Sights -a non-profit society bringing temporary art projects in public spaces, with an interest in the presentation of art in unconventional venues.
Radio
- Rabble.ca “News for the Rest of Us” Podcasts
- Rabble.ca Become a podcaster
- Rabble.ca Writers’ Guidelines and how to pitch stories
- This American Life “First person stories and short fiction pieces that are touching, funny and surprising” Podcasts
- This American Life – How to submit a story
- Radiolab “Science meets culture and information sounds like music” – Podcasts
- The Moth Podcast – “People telling true, engaging, funny, touching and eye-opening stories from their lives.”
- CBC Q with Jian Ghomeshi – “Canada’s liveliest arts, culture and entertainment magazine.”
- CBC Ideas with Paul Kennedy -”What we think, know and imagine” -Podcasts
- CBC Spark with Nora Young -”an ongoing conversation about technology and culture” -Podcasts
- CBC Tell Your Story with Theresa Lalonde
- CBC Ideas: The Origins of the Modern Public, Parts 1-14: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/features/2010/04/26/the-origins-of-the-modern-public/
- AIR, Art International Radio – “Operating in lower Manhattan’s historic Clocktower Gallery, AIR, Art International Radio is a Internet radio station, free cultural archive, and art center.”
Site Specific Work
Social Media
- CellStories “a daily dose of awesome-mobile fiction for your phone” – How to submit a story
- Vancouver Is Awesome blog – “A Community-based Non-Profit Organization Dedicated to the Study, Promotion and Preservation of Vancouver Arts and Culture, with a Positive Spin”
- miss604.com – “a travel blog for residents and visitors alike.”
- Instant Coffee – “a service oriented artist collective”, post & share information.
Storytelling
Urban Planning
Video
- National Film Board of Canada (NFB) – watch documentaries, animations and dramas for free online
- vimeo – “respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the videos they make
- NFB’s “Walking” by Ryan Larkin
- NFB’s “Ryan” by Chris Landreth
- NFB’s “Spare Change” by Laurie Gordon & Ryan Larkin
Walking
Youth Empowerment