I came upon an interesting site today – Our World. Our World is a National Film Board (NFB) initiative focused on digital storytelling. Through workshops with First Nations youth in British Columbia and the Yukon, youth work to develop web-based stories.
There are several things that I like about this initiative:
It is focused on First Nations [...]
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I was super happy to see that the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) has received a Library Association of Alberta award for its Aboriginal Library Services. The hard work undertaken by the Task Force (and documented in the Task Force report) has not become shelved and unused! More information can be found in the NationTalk news release.
I was [...]
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I’ll be presenting this web conference at The Partnership Education Institute on May 21, 2008. For more information, please refer to the backgrounder.
Usually, I like to do a “scan” of participants to gather more information about what they’re looking for so I can tailor my presentation to more effectively meet their needs. This is a little challenging to [...]
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On April 17, 2008, National Chief Phil Fontaine announced and called upon all Canadians to participate in the 2nd National Day of Action. His announcement is available on the Assembly of First Nations website.
Last year, peaceful marches occurred throughout the country to raise awareness of First Nations issues throughout Canada. If a march is going on in [...]
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Recently, EBSCO Publishing announced the release of GreenFILE, a freely accessible research database.
According to EBSCO, GreenFILE focuses on a range of environmental topics and includes scholarly and general interest titles, government documents and reports. Its initial release includes abstracts and indices for more than 600 titles, with a total of approximately 295,000 records. Full text [...]
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What a nice press release to read…support for First Nations learning spaces and libraries! To top it off, the new building will be built to LEED gold certification standards! Kudos to the TRU and BC government.
For more information, read the press release.
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Librarians are increasingly blogging about “greening” their libraries. In addition to mine, here’s a couple of others:
Going Green at Your Library (January 2008 – present)
Green Libraries (March 2008 – present)
If you’re aware of others, let me know and I’ll add them to the list!
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