I’ve been twittering for about a month now. I like it a lot more than I imagined I would. Here’s why:
Twitter is much more intimate than blogging
Twitter is more immediate than blogging, particularly in feedback and continuing conversation
It is like IMing without knowing that someone is listening — but lots of people are
You [...]
Update: All episodes of We Shall Remain are available on the web.
PBS will begin airing We Shall Remain, a five part series on Native American history on April 13. It is showing in Vancouver on Detroit PBS (Shaw channel 43) at 6p. We Shall Remain is part of PBS’ American Experience series.
From the [...]
Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network (APTN) will begin airing Finding Our Talk Season 3 on April 1, 2009. From the release:
Finding Our Talk 3 is a continuing documentary series of 13 half hour episodes produced by Mushkeg Media Inc. that looks at the state of Aboriginal languages both within Canada and the boarder indigenous world. [...]
OnlineUniversities.com has published a list of 100 anthropology blogs. It’s a neat list and a great resource.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
On the heels of my less-than-well-researched post about a free topographical map site — Ed pointed out how to get scanned versions of Canadian National Topographic Series (NTS) maps in the comments — let me point you to a terrific site for uploading GPS tracks and logs and plotting those tracks against all sorts of [...]
Update: In the comments, Ed gives the links to the government of Canada’s scans of the Canadian National Topographic Series maps. The links allow downloads of the maps sheets at 1:250 and 1:50 scales. Thanks Ed!
‘Free Printable Topo Maps‘ offers topographical maps of Canada and the United States for, believe it or not, [...]
Prime Minister Harper will read Canada’s apology for residential schooling in the House of Commons tomorrow. The CBC has a number of features associated with Harper’s speech. The National (CBC TV) is broadcasting special productions as part of its nightly newscasts this week. And, the CBC.ca has an extensive online historical package [...]
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs announces the completion of its digital collection of historical resources. The following are found in the collection:
Unity: Newsletter published from 1970 to 1971
Nesika: Newsletter published from 1972 to 1977
UBCIC News: Newsletter published form 1977 to 1980
UBCIC Posters: Posters created in the 1970s to present day
UBCIC Photographs: Photographs from [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The Whale Hunt presents Jonathan Harris’ experience among Inuipiat Eskimos of Barrow Alaska in stunning photography and a unique, narrative-driven interface. From Harris’ statement:
The purpose of this project was threefold:
First, to experiment with a new interface for human storytelling. The photographs are presented in a framework that tells the moment-to-moment story of the whale [...]
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Next year, 2008, marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of British Columbia. The Crown Colony of BC was created in 1858, uniting the Colony of Vancouver Island (established in 1849) with the mainland.
To celebrate, the Royal BC Museum has started the “Free Spirit” Exhibit Project. Leading to a museum exhibit in the [...]
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