THERE IS NOTHING
ORDINARY ABOUT
THIS RAG
June 2010
Maple Leaf Rag is a dynamic, jazz-infused riff on Canadian culture. With rhythm and edge, Kaie Kellough’s verbal soundscape explores belonging, dislocation and relocation, and national identity from a black Canadian perspective. This collection of poems is both written word and musical score — a dictated dub replete with references to African Canadian and African American culture (current and dated), Canadian history and politics, and characters ranging from dancers to piano players to boxers.
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HISTORY IN THE
MAKING AT
FORT GIBRALTAR
AUGUST 2010
Originally built at the Forks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers in 1810, Fort Gibraltar was a North West Company fur trade post that also helped control the pemmican trade. The Festival du Voyageur inc rebuilt today’s Fort on the east side of the Red River in 1978.
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JOIN A
UNIQUE PROJECT
FOR PEACE
June 2010
This year’s Negev Gala will go towards a unique project. The Alexander River is a polluted cross-border river which flows down from the Samarian hills on the Palestinian side to its estuary at the Mediterranean Sea in Emek Hefer on the Israeli side. The Alexander River Restoration Administration, in which the JNF plays a leading role, is the only current example of its kind involving cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians on environmental issues, with results which are visible on the ground.
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GET YOURSELF A
T-SHIRT – FIT
FOR THE PARTY
MAY 2010
In classic Manitoba style, come to a fun-filled party with great music, prizes and traditional favourites such as kielbasa, cubes of cheese, pickles, Kub Bread and Old Dutch potato chips.
Winnipeg’s World’s Largest Social will take place on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.
Tickets are only $15 each, so everyone can join in on the fun, drink out of plastic cups, dance to classic rock and party with 3,000 people to help raise money for charity. You won’t want to miss it!
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Manitoba Book Awards Announces 2010 Shortlists
The Manitoba Writers’ Guild (MWG) and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers (AMBP) announced the 2010 Manitoba Book Awards shortlists today. Winners will be announced at the Manitoba Book Awards gala, on Sunday, April 25, 2010, at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain (CCFM), 340 boulevard Provencher. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Neil Besner, Vice President and former Dean of Arts of the University of Winnipeg.
Shortlisted are, Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award, A Memory of Sky by Jim Shilliday, design by Relish Design Studio, published by Great Plains Publications and Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award, Rats of Las Vegas by Lisa Pasold, design by Relish Design Studio, published by Great Plains Publications.
Since the event’s inception in 1989, during which a single award (the McNally Robinson Book Award) was presented, The Manitoba Book Awards (formerly the Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards) has grown to feature 13 categories. Nominees and winners are selected by jurors drawn from across Manitoba and Canada.
The Manitoba Writers’ Guild formed in 1981 to promote writing throughout Manitoba, and remains committed to providing personal and professional support to writers at any level in their careers, and enhancing the province’s literary community. The Association of Manitoba Book Publishers represents 14 Manitoban publishing houses, which publish over 100 books each year in English, French, and Cree. Many of these books are written by Manitoban authors or feature Manitoban stories.
The award administrators gratefully acknowledge the support of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Aqua Books, Friesens the Province of Manitoba; the Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism; the Winnipeg Arts Council; and the Manitoba Arts Council.
Who is 11th Place
and super happy
about that?
We are! For a bunch of misfit, out-of-shape paper pushers – 11th place is a awesome place to be amongst 38 teams – many seasoned rowers. The proceeds of this years festival got to HSC Foundation – and we are super happy about that too.
MEDIA RELEASE
Order of Canada recipient tireless advocate for sexually exploited children
June 30, 2010
Winnipeg – Volunteers and supporters of the national NGO Beyond Borders, were thrilled to learn today that the organization’s co-founder, Rosalind Prober, has been appointed to the Order of Canada.
Beyond Borders is Canada’s global voice against child sexual exploitation. It is the Canadian national group of ECPAT International, a global network of more than 80 groups in 75 countries. The organization’s other co-founder, Mark Eric Hecht feels very proud of Prober’s achievement. “Roz has been a dedicated and passionate advocate for the rights of children for many years and children in Canada and abroad are safer as a result,” he says. “Protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation is demanding and often frustrating work. I am pleased Roz is being recognized for her ability to overcome these challenges, achieving success for her cause.”
The chair of ECPAT International, Maureen Crombie, offers her congratulations as well. “Rosalind’s vigorous activism to protect children and make visible in Canada the issues surrounding children exploited in prostitution, child sexual abuse images, sex tourism and sex trafficking is very worthy of this outstanding recognition.”
Prober states that news of the recognition took her by complete surprise and that she feels truly honoured to be receiving it. “I will continue, alongside the Beyond Borders national team, to work to protect children at home and abroad from this terrible crime,” she says.
For more information about Beyond Borders and ECPAT visit beyondborders.org and ecpat.net.
For more information on the Order of Canada visit http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=72
Contact:
Mark Hecht – 1.613.220.6362, profhecht@csr-csec.info
Rosalind Prober – 1.204.793.7080, rprober@beyondborders.org
TWO WAYS OF
KNOWING IS
GROUND-BREAKING
February 6, 2010
To celebrate the 2010 International Polar Year, the WSO presents a concert featuring new works by it’s Composer-In-Residence Vincent Ho and this year’s Canadian distinguished guest composer Derek Charke inspired by their Arctic journeys. This evening brings together many of the top climate change scientists from all over the world and will include a special presentation by Dr. David Barber, launching his book “Two Ways of Knowing.”
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DRESSED
FOR THE
Occasion
Cardinal Capital Management recently held a 3-day conference in Winnipeg. The conference featured keynote, Dr. Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Siegel is the author of best selling Stocks for the Long Run, as well as The Future for Investors. Relish was pleased to help Cardinal dress for the occasion.
Vote! Help select
the next chapter for
On the Same Page!
Which Manitoba book, by a Manitoba author, do you think should get Manitobans On the Same Page this year? You can vote by going to http://www.wpgfdn.org/programsprojects-otsp.php. We are please to see Jake MacDonald, one of our favourite authors and his book Juliana and the Medicine Fish on the short list. He got our vote – now go cast yours!
Juliana and the Medicine Fish, by Jake MacDonald
While spending the summer trying to deal with her parent’s divorce, Juliana, with the help of her Ojibway friend, uncovers an ancient secret that helps her reconcile with her father and, at the same time, acquire a new appreciation for the dangerous beauty of Canada’s north country. Now in its fourth printing, this bestselling young adult novel is becoming a Canadian classic.
Jake MacDonald is an award-winning author of six books, a short story writer and a journalist. His memoir, Houseboat Chronicles, won three awards, including the Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize. His feature articles have been published in Saturday Night, The Globe and Mail, Maclean’s and Canadian Geographic, among others. He divides his time between Winnipeg and Toronto and a rustic retreat in Minaki, Ontario. His most recent book was Grizzlyville: Adventures in Bear Country.
