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		<title>Catching Up: 5 sites, language-related</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I made an earnest effort to create a series of posts,  categorized as “Catching Up”, that would spotlight some links of  interest.  So, I&#8217;m  resurrecting that and, without planning to, I seem to have hit on the theme  of language:

An online database of names, HearNames.com lets you type in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Arab Social World</title>
		<link>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2010/the-arab-social-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Jazeera]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SMEXbeirut]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those unfamiliar, FORA.tv has been collecting and uploading big ideas on video from various conferences and think tanks from all around the world for about the last 5 years.  Recently, an interesting Picnic 2009 presentation was posted entitled &#8220;The Arab Social Web&#8221;, with participation from Creative Commons, Al Jazeera and Lebanese NGO Social Media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario&#8217;s Chief Diversity Officer: Noëlle Richardson</title>
		<link>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2010/ontarios-chief-diversity-officer-noelle-richardson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you many know, on Tuesday, January 19, DMS President/CEO Lori Abittan will be participating in an upcoming Canadian Journalism Foundation panel, &#8220;The Rise of &#8220;Ethnic Media&#8221;.
One of the other interesting aspects of this panel, is its moderator:  the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) of Ontario&#8217;s Public Service (OPS):  Noëlle Richardson.  Some of you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Top 9 of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 2009 coming to a close, end-of-year lists seem to be on everybody&#8217;s mind. So, like last year, below are some of the online &#8220;wows&#8221; I discovered over the last 12 months.  Limiting this list to nine was daunting, but here&#8217;s what I came up with &#8230; in no particular ranking:
1. Journalistics Blog &#8211; is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five years today&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2009/five-years-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was a little torn on what to post today &#8230; it was between two very different ideas.  In the end, &#8220;the risotto&#8221; (below) won out, albeit a little NSFW. (I&#8217;ll leave the other for Twitter.)
My Dad loved Big Night &#8230; in fact, in more ways than one, Stanley Tucci (&#8220;Secondo&#8221;) reminds me of him in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grace Nikae &amp; UNICEF&#8217;s Universal Children&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2009/grace-nikae-unicefs-universal-childrens-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few months back on a beautiful summer evening in Toronto, I attended a CD launch party for Twitter-friend and internationally renowned pianist Grace Nikae.  Hosted by Toronto fashion designer Rosemarie Umetsu at her Avenue Road studio, Grace gave us a sneak peak of her latest CD, Chopin &#124; Schumann: Sonatas.
The event itself combined both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian New Media Awards</title>
		<link>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2009/canadian-new-media-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The finalists of the 2009 Canadian New Media Awards (CNMA) were announced today. Founded in 1998 by Adam Froman, President and CEO of Delvinia, the awards are aimed to highlight and celebrate the achievements of those in the Canadian digital media industry.

Of the 19 categories, I thought it might be worth highlighting one category in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speak It!</title>
		<link>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2009/speak-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For regular readers here, Cindy King has posted the transcript of our Twitter discussion; you can read it by clicking here.
Towards the end of the interview, I mentioned that, for me, www.NFB.ca has always been informative and an enjoyable site&#8230;not only for cross-cultural inspiration, but for historical insights as well. They are also on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well worth a minute of your time</title>
		<link>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2009/well-worth-a-minute-of-your-time/</link>
		<comments>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2009/well-worth-a-minute-of-your-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may recall that last year I wrote about Filminute, the International One-Minute Film Festival.  Founded in 2006 by Canadian filmmaker John Ketchum, the festival has been increasing in popularity; last year&#8217;s submissions came from 60 different countries and attracted audiences from 94 countries.

What I find so fascinating about the festival&#8217;s entries, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Aboriginal Day</title>
		<link>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2009/national-aboriginal-day/</link>
		<comments>http://diversitymediaservices.com/blog/2009/national-aboriginal-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AboriginalYouthVideoProject]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, is National Aboriginal Day.  In Richmond, British Columbia, the Aboriginal Youth Video Project involved 12 young people creating a video to showcase their experiences of living in Richmond. &#8220;The youth were encouraged to reflect on their history and current issues in society, and to include footage and reflections on Richmond&#8217;s National Aboriginal Day events [...]]]></description>
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