Archive for April, 2008



Ontario Place/Canada Dry Festival of Fire goes cultural

Published on April 23, 2008

As Lori often says: it’s impossible to imagine one neighbourhood here in Toronto where any particular cultural group could find all amenities — including schools and employment — to serve their culturally-related needs. Yes, Corporate Canada is beginning to speak more and more to the widest possible Canadian audience through the conduit of [...]


Pangea Day: made by the world, for the world

Published on April 11, 2008

An historic global event is set for May 10. Six major cities — Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai and Rio De Janeiro — will host a live program of films, music, and inspiring speakers. Broadcast in seven languages to millions of people around the world via internet, television and mobile phones, Pangea [...]


Play the game and feed the hungry

Published on April 9, 2008

In October of last year, an online vocabulary game was launched that has since paid for over 21 billion grains of rice, enough to feed over 1 million hungry people for a day. The rice is distributed by the United Nations World Food Program. Anywhere from 300,000 to half a million people play [...]


DMS Spring 2008 Multicultural Publishers’ Networking Event

Published on April 8, 2008

To belong to any kind of group can bring numerous benefits and advantages. If it’s a group that represents a profession or business activity, members can become energized by interacting with their peers, sharing common goals, common interests, and common challenges.
It is in this spirit that DMS is hosting its first DMS Multicultural Publishers’ [...]


In the spirit of the day…

Published on April 1, 2008

 
It’s truly amazing the amount of April Fool’s stuff you can find on the web: everything from the fake Canadian airline press release and flying penguins, to vintage “Swiss spaghetti” and Russian newspaper coverage …. even the odd reality check …
I saw that “Clicked” had a fairly comprehensive list, especially making note of this [...]