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+++ Leveraging Digital Content is Key to Knowledge Economy
+++ EMMA Awards to Be Held in North America for the First Time
+++ Is the Internet Breeding Dropouts?
+++ OMDC Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
+++ Smart Toronto Announces Appointment of New President
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+++ Young Benefit from Building Digital Collections
+++ BC Museum Launches Virtual Exhibit
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+++ EA Acquires Vancouver's Black Box Games
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+++ GreatCanadianRivers.com Wins Golden Sheaf
+++ Canadian Heritage Launches New Media Research Networks Fund
+++ CCA and NRC Create Canadian Fellowships in Art & Technology
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+++ Canarie E-Learning Program Competition
+++ I. H. Asper Entrepreneur of the Future Award
+++ Smart Toronto 1st Annual Golf Tournament
+++ 2002 EMMA Awards
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+++ Leveraging Digital Content is Key to Knowledge Economy
By leveraging appropriate digital content, Canadian businesses can
ensure success on the world stage, says a recent report by the E-
Content Institute. The report, "E-Content's Strategic Role in
Canada's Knowledge Performance", was presented to the federal
government as part of Canada's Innovation Strategy.
http://www.informationhighways.net/press/02july08.html
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+++ EMMA Awards to Be Held in North America for the First Time
The EMMA Foundation and Canada's Interactive Multimedia Arts and
Technologies Association (IMAT) have partnered to produce the 2002
Electronic Multimedia Awards (EMMAs). The awards recognize
excellence in digital media content creation, and the event takes place
in Toronto in October, 2002.
http://www.emma-foundation.org
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+++ Is the Internet Breeding Dropouts?
Statistics Canada reports that "just over 232,000 Canadian
households that had used the Internet regularly (in a typical month)
reported that they no longer did so." Over half of these so-called
dropouts had previously surfed at least once a week and by far the
most common reason for no longer doing so was because "they had no
need" for the Internet.
http://www.statcan.ca:80/Daily/English/020611/d020611b.htm
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+++ OMDC Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) has announced the
appointment of Michel Frappier as the new Chief Executive Officer of
the province's cultural industries agency. Michel was formerly the
President and CEO of Future Source Communications.
http://www.omdc.on.ca
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+++ Smart Toronto Announces Appointment of New President
Industry association SMART Toronto has announced the appointment of
Cindy Pearson to the position of President. For the past three
years, Cindy has worked with Waterloo-based Communitech Technology
Association as Vice President and Director of Marketing and
Communications.
http://www.smarttoronto.ca
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+++ Young Benefit from Building Digital Collections
Canada's Digital Collections has begun a new initiative designed to
give young Canadians aged 15 to 30 entrepreneurial and technology-
based job experience developing multimedia Web sites displaying
Canadian content. So far over 2,700 Canadians have created a total
of 450 sites that display various aspects of Canadian culture.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca
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+++ BC Museum Launches Virtual Exhibit
Randomworks Entertainment and the University of BC's Museum of
Anthropology recently launched a virtual exhibit entitled "The
Respect of Bill Reid Pole." The Web site documents a Haida pole-
raising by utilizing video footage, audio recordings and hundreds of
photographs. (Source: New Media BC NewsPak)
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Billreidpole
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+++ EA Acquires Vancouver's Black Box Games
Electronic Arts of Redwood, California has announced that is has
acquired Vancouver's Black Box Games. The games development studio
has 100 employees and is developing the upcoming EA title "Need for
Speed: Hot Pursuit 2." Black Box also created EA's "NASCAR Thunder
2002" and Sega's NHL 2K.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020611/110274_1.html
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+++ +++ GreatCanadianRivers.com Wins Golden Sheaf
The companion Web site to the popular documentary Great Canadian
Rivers has been awarded the Best Multimedia award at the 2002
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival. The site,
GreatCanadianRivers.com, uses interactive maps and diagrams,
streaming video and more to "profile the diversity of Canada's
waterways."
http://www.greatcanadianrivers.com
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+++ Canadian Heritage Launches New Media Research Networks Fund
Canadian Heritage recently announced the launch of the New Media
Research Networks Fund, which is designed to "foster and mobilize
Canada's research talent in the private, academic, public and non-
profit sectors." The fund will augment the capacity for research and
speed the adoption of innovations in the new media and cultural
sectors.
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/pcce-ccop/progs/mednet_e.cfm
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+++ CCA and NRC Create Canadian Fellowships in Art & Technology
The Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) and the National Research
Council of Canada (NRC) have joined forces to create a number of
fellowships for artists who wish to undertake research within one of
the NRC institutes. The fellowships are intended to encourage
collaboration and knowledge transfer between artists and scientists.
http://www.canadacouncil.ca
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+++ Canarie E-Learning Program Competition
Submission Deadline: August 30, 2002
http://www.canarie.ca
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+++ I. H. Asper Entrepreneur of the Future Award
Entry Deadline: September 6, 2002
http://www.cab-acr.ca
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+++ Smart Toronto 1st Annual Golf Tournament
September 23, 2002 in Richmond Hill, ON
http://www.smarttoronto.ca
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+++ 2002 International EMMAs (Electronic Multimedia Awards)
Entry Deadline: September 27, 2002
http://www.emma-foundation.org
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