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Internship Opportunity: Multimedia and Journalism Internship with MetroVancouver.
Multimedia and Journalism Internship with MetroVancouver. For youth aged 15-25. May 11-13 and May 18-21 Over 7 days this May, join professional media educators, producers, journalists and documentary makers to explore the creative potential of social media-making with an unique focus on sustainability. Interns will work in teams with an experienced and thoughtful mentor and professional equipment to create video blogs that investigate sustainability issues within Pacific Spirit Regional Park near UBC. Interns will be mentored to research and produce multimedia content or broadcast-ready news-magazine stories to upload to their blogs and share online. You can watch last year’s projects here: http://www.metrovancouver.org/mediaroom/videos/Pages/Video.aspx?bcpid=888483 788001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAtIJh4TE~,Ey0zR91VLds2WQTBHsEly2uYPZzBI2pw&bctid=109440 0261001 Please contact Corin Browne or Candace Ng for questions or to apply. We accept only 12 interns each year, so please contact us very soon if you are interested. Corin Browne cbrowne@sfu.ca 778-888-3341 Candace Ng Candace.Ng@metrovancouver.org … Read entire article »
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Internship Opportunity: Multimedia and Journalism Internship with MetroVancouver.
Multimedia and Journalism Internship with MetroVancouver. For youth aged 15-25. May 11-13 and May 18-21 Over 7 days this May, join professional media educators, producers, journalists and documentary makers to explore the creative potential of … Read more »
Screening of AVATARA documentary on Thursday, March 29th
AVATARA The CultureNet Program hosts a screening and discussion of this experimental documentary on avatars, identity, and everyday life in virtual reality, with Donato Mancini of the 536 media collective. Capilano University, Room … Read more »
#Occupy Capilano University
Schedule of Events for #Occupy Capilano University! Tuesday October 25th Lower Cafeteria, Birch Building, Capilano University 8:30am-late evening A student-organized occupation and a series of teach-ins and read-ins at Cap U. to promote awareness of #Occupy Vancouver … Read more »
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Review – Urbanalities: Anything but Banal
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Screening of AVATARA documentary on Thursday, March 29th
AVATARA The CultureNet Program hosts a screening and discussion of this experimental documentary on avatars, identity, and everyday life in virtual reality, with Donato Mancini of the 536 media collective. Capilano University, Room CE148, N. Vancouver, March 29th, 11:30 am, free, 604-986-1911 (2291). Reviews and previews here and here. … Read entire article »
#Occupy Capilano University
Schedule of Events for #Occupy Capilano University! Tuesday October 25th Lower Cafeteria, Birch Building, Capilano University 8:30am-late evening A student-organized occupation and a series of teach-ins and read-ins at Cap U. to promote awareness of #Occupy Vancouver downtown and the #Occupy Wall Street (#ows) movements worldwide. Students! Faculty! Staff! Friends! Community! All welcome to take part! ** Visit the Facebook Event Page for discussion of and planning of this event, or search for hashtag #occupycapu on Twitter. Date/Time: Tuesday, October 25th, 8:30am-late evening Main Floor/Forum: Lower Cafeteria, Birch Building, 8:30-late Evening (contact Reg Johanson – rjohanson@capilanou.ca or Roger Farr – rfarr@capilanou.ca @ Cap. U. for more information) Speakers (Schedule subject to change, Final Schedule Available on Monday, October 24th). Contact the organizers above if you … Read entire article »
IMAGES: CNET/Capilano University Students at #OccupyVancouver Event on Oct. 15, 2011
We attended (and some participated in) the #Occupy Vancouver event at the downtown Art Gallery. This was the CultureNet outing for Fall 2011. … Read entire article »
IMAGES: LSBA/CNET Panel on “Punk and the Politics of Everyday Life” and Film Screening
CultureNet/Capilano U. faculty Roger Farr hosts the LSBA/CNET Punk Panel before the October 4th screening of Susanne Tabata’s 2010 documentary Bloodied But Unbowed at the North Shore Credit Union Centre for the Performing Arts. The documentary offered a look at the city’s vibrant punk scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The director and local musicians were in attendance for a post-screening Q/A session. Below, Roger Farr, novelist Michael Turner, and punk musician Jill Bain (aka Jade Blade) – provide pre-screening musings on punk and the politics of “everyday life.” … Read entire article »
CNET Punk Panel
Co-Sponsored LSBA (Liberal Studies Bachelor of Arts) /CNET (CultureNet) Punk Panel | 360 Degree Thinking Tuesday, Oct 4th | 6:30pm | Lower Cafeteria | Birch Building CultureNet/Capilano University faculty member Roger Farr will be hosting the LSBA/CNET Punk Panel before the October 4th screening of Susanne Tabata’s 2010 documentary Bloodied But Unbowed at the North Shore Credit Union Centre for the Performing Arts. The documentary takes a look at the city’s vibrant punk scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The director and local musicians will be in attendance for a post-screening Q/A session. In keeping with this term’s theme of “Life”, the Punk Panel – Roger Farr, Michael Turner, and Jill Bain (aka Jade … Read entire article »
IMAGES: SIGGRAPH 2011 Computer Animation and Graphics Convention in Vancouver
Convener/faculty member Brian Ganter and 2nd-year Student Christoper Gallardo-Ganaban attended the 2011 SIGGRAPH computer animation and graphics convention, held downtown at the Vancouver Convention Centre, August 7-11, 2011. Images from the floor below. … Read entire article »
SIGGRAPH 2011 Exhibition Opens Today
This morning, SIGGRAPH 2011 opened its doors to the exhibition portion of the four-day convention. Open August 9-11, 2011, the three-day exhibition brings together thousands of computer graphics and interactive technology professionals to a place where they can interact, connect, network, collaborate, and ask questions about the products and services they each offer. With over a hundred exhibitors, the SIGGRAPH 2011 exhibition boasts not only well-known and established industry leaders but also those recently emerging into the industry. Whether you’re an artist, a techie, a student, or just someone who is interested in the field of digital arts, there is something there for you. There are many different booths to check out, so it can be … Read entire article »
CNET Student Covers SIGGRAPH 2011 Conference in Vancouver, August 7-13 – World-Class Digital Animation and Media Conference
Capilano University and 2nd-Year CultureNet student Christopher Gallardo-Ganaban recently applied for and received media credentials to attend and cover the 2011 SIGGRAPH conference from August 7-11 in Vancouver. A unique, world-class event for computing and game industry professionals and all digital media users, critics, or storytellers, SIGGRAPH is an annual conference on computer graphics, digital animation, video games and all forms of new and interactive media. It is also the most prestigious forum in the world for the presentation of research in the field of computer graphics. In addition to technical panels on game design and production led by industry professionals from DreamWorks, Pixar, Industrial Light & Magic, and Disney, the annual event always features a … Read entire article »
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