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Are you an HR professional looking to lead EDIB initiatives at your studio? 

Veza Global and Kathy Gibson (CEO of Catchy Consulting Inc.) have partnered to create the cohort-based Building with Resilience: Organizational EDIB Strategy Program. This has been designed to lead you through the strategy and implementation of this important work with expert consultation along the way. 

The offering was launched to respond to the real-time needs of HR practitioners and implementation leaders who are launching, building and expanding their organization’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) strategy. Sessions are dedicated toward exploring the essential topics that will shape internal policies and procedures to drive a diverse and inclusive environment.
 

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Dates: Tuesdays (October 4 to December 6), with an in-person networking event on December 12 from 4-6:30pm
Time: 9:30am-11:00am
Cost: $1,297 (early-bird pricing) // $1,500 (regular pricing)

• early bird pricing ends September 27 at 11:59pm
• discount available for multiple participants from the same organization

In observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and in support of Orange Shirt Day, DigiBC has worked with IM4 Media Lab to create an orange t-shirt for DigiBC members to purchase with proceeds going to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. We’ve commissioned an original design titled Still Here from Coast Salish artist Zac George who explains that the image, “Represents our Coast Salish teachings and way of life. The faces represent our children/ancestors who attended residential schools.”

Zac George is a member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. He was born and raised in North Vancouver and now lives in Chehalis, BC. His work is inspired by his late grandparents, Chief Dan and Amy George, and Robert and Betty Edge. Zac studied carving with Don Joe of Chehalis and is proud to use the Coast Salish artistic style. He lives the rich cultural lifestyle of the Salish People -- he is a hunter and a fisherman and follows the traditional spirituality practiced by his people for centuries.

 

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*Limited supply of shirts available in each size*
 

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We encourage DigiBC members to take time to learn about the residential school system and honour Survivors, their families, and communities. Here is a list of resources we’ve put together where you can learn more about the ongoing process of reconciliation.

►Films by Indigenous filmmakers about: Residential Schools History, Personal Accounts, Experience – Indigenous Cinema – NFB
►Canadian Shame: A History of Residential Schools by Ginger Gosnell-Myers [TedXVancouver]
►Intergenerational Trauma: Residential Schools by Historica Canada
►Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls toAction [2015]
►Lessons Learned: Survivor Perspectives [2020]

►Indian Residential School Survivors Society (irsss.ca)

Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) recently unveiled the new program Signals, presented by VIFF and DigiBC, that will take place from October 1–2. This is a unique interactive exhibition that investigates the potential of creative technologies in storytelling.

“The industry has long recognized it, but we often don’t celebrate the incredible technology and talent in our own backyard,” said Loc Dao, Executive Director of DigiBC and Signals Co-curator. “For our inaugural edition, we’re thrilled to present made in BC works by Indigenous and settler artists that celebrate the creative power, playfulness, and storytelling potential of new technologies. Visitors will have a chance to discover works created in the convergent space where storytelling meets virtual production, volumetric capture, holograms, wearable technology, VR, AR, and XR.”

Signals will take place from October 1–2 at Emily Carr University’s Integrated Motion Studio featuring LED wall tech from ShowMax and Departure Lounge, located in the Centre for Digital Media. The exhibition is co-curated by Loc Dao, Debi Wong (Founding Artistic Director, re:Naissance Opera), and Loretta Todd (Co-founder, IM4 Media Lab).

Highlights will include:

• Sanctuary: A Tale of Two Forests (by Damien Gillis, Cease Wyss & Olivier Lerouz) - world premiere of new work in this ecological adventure that takes guests through two distinct and threatened BC rainforests
   
• This is Not a Ceremony (by Colin van Loon) - bears witness to the darker side of living life in Canada while Indigenous
   
• Live From the Underworld (by re:Naissance Opera) - an operatic descent into the underworld using real-time motion capture and dramatic avatars puppeted by live performers
   
• The Dark - the first volumetric capture video in Canada that will create an immersive audiovisual experience as part of an upcoming music video featuring Monstercat artists WHIPPED CREAM, Jasiah & Crimson Child

Available Times:

Saturday October 1: 12pm - 2pm // 2pm - 4pm
Sunday October 2: 12pm - 2pm // 2pm - 4pm // 4pm - 6pm
 

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Attendance is free, but availability is limited, so please reserve your ticket early!

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Also part of Signals is V-Unframed, an immersive digital art exhibition that takes place entirely using virtual reality (VR), presented by l’Alliance Française. This will mark the exhibition’s fourth edition, and will take place both in-person and online from Oct. 1–3 at the Centre for Digital Media.

Click here to read the full press release

Abbigail Keller, Cameron Neilson, Scott Fisher, Robin Hackl and Landis Fields were the winners of the
'Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie' category for their work on Disney+’s ‘The Book of Boba Fett’