The full interactive Digital Drum website will be here soon. ---- If you have an event, show, or media you would like to share, click on "your beats" and share it with Digital Drum.
Digital Drum will be visiting the Vision Quest Conference & Trade Show. We’ll have two new Digital Media Interns who will be covering the event and sharing the Vision.
E-Spirit is also in Winnipeg and Digital Drum will be sharing the Spirit of the Youth Gathering.
Stay tuned next week for some new videos and blogs about these two great events…
Dear Prime Minister:
When I heard your words in the House of Commons that were deemed an apology for the debacle of Canada’s residential school system, I was heartened. At that time, it was nothing short of amazing to hear a prime minister use the word “wrong” in reference to Canada’s treatment of aboriginal people. Now, nearly four years later, I look at the astoundingly hurtful cuts to organizations whose sole purposes are the re-empowerment and well-being of aboriginal people, and I am disheartened. Hell, Mr. Harper, I am downright angry.
Cindy Blackstock, a long-time advocate for aboriginal children in Canada, won a major victory on April 18 when the Federal Court ruledthat further scrutiny is needed to determine whether Ottawa is discriminating against First Nations children on reserves by underfunding child welfare services.
Taryn Simon: The Storie Behind the Bloodlines.
The Federal Court has set aside Chair Chotalia’s decision to dismiss the First Nations child welfare case and returned the matter to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a new hearing.
Canada’s most famous environmentalist, David Suzuki, says he left the board of his charitable foundation to avoid being a lightning rod for criticism and government attacks that would undermine its work.
While the federal government claims we are in a period of “truth and reconciliation,” it appears that only one side is participating. What will be reconciled eventually is truly unclear
New Era is launching a global creative project showcasing the creative minds of tomorrow.
Check out the link, you can read up on the launch and also check out www.neweraintroducing.com
