Duvall did a lot of incredible things but my fave performance might still be in The Paper. I used to rewatch that movie every year just to watch him.
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Duvall did a lot of incredible things but my fave performance might still be in The Paper. I used to rewatch that movie every year just to watch him.
Imagining alternative Canadian cultural policy through BIPOC artists’ experiences
Student asking for an extension on their assignment. Email subject line: Annoyed bibliography. You can't make this stuff up.
Canadian Union of Public Employees 4600 RALLY TO KEEP CARLETON HUMAN THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 , NOON IN THE QUAD cupe4600.ca/bargaining/ai-guardrails
Reminder to folks in the Ottawa area that my union is organizing this rally to demand that Carleton agree not to use AI to replace human teachers or violate our rights. We would love to see you there! Thursday at noon. Please dress warmly!
You're gonna kill it!
Oh, and if there are some streams, how would I engage with those? Feel free to take this convo into DMs.
Thanks so much for the invite. Probably not in the cards for me this year I'm afraid but I'll be interested to see what emerges from the conversations. Trying to open up to some new opportunities like this while continuing my teaching, so definitely something to keep in mind. All the best with it!
Not sure my endorsement counts against the void, but we do our best. 😉 Wishing we could do a little better job organizing as a sector to make some noise about this kinda stuff. Part of the issue, in my opinion. Thanks for keeping up the good fight.
This! Michael, you have, as usual, hit the nail precisely on the head. The talking points (and I use that term very deliberately here) in this letter are sooooo tired. Why must Council heads constantly retread these arguments "for the community"? Gawd!
Want to know a little more about me and my work with Mass Culture. Here's their lovely little bio of me on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
And the LMS, Email... I mean let's do it all, right?
Looove this! I am hoping to make a strong push for this conversation in the work I am doing with Mass Culture (look them up if you're less aware of what they do massculture.ca). If we are at a possible inflection point in thinking about "the nation", where do artists and support fit into that.
Seriously right? Wow.
Liberal MPs: "I'm quitting politics to spend time with my family...
Oh wait, you mean we could win??!!"
Well, as I suggested, Trump obviously saw the West Wing: eliminate the penny, English as the national language. All he has to do now is to eliminate marriage and declare an American monarch... oh, wait... 🥴
It's like Trump watched The West Wing, but only paid attention to the batshit crazy and satirical parts. Lose the penny, check. English as the national language, check. Plans to invade Canada, check. It's kinda eerie.
Deeply skeptical, yes indeed.
Yes, 100% this. I remain concerned that the metanarrative of funding can easily ignore the actual needs and practices or even purposes of "cultural policy" and those working within its purview, but I agree with you (and with David) here.
A fundamental flaw, at least as my admittedly limited research suggests, is that the sector does not all believe that all we need is "more money". They desire agency, voice, and recognition of value beyond simply budgets. I argue this is true of policy enactors as well, if not policy makers.
So much this 👏👏
"What’s missing from this rethinking of the economic systems we inhabit is still the human aspect – our communities, society and the richness and value of culture."
https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/feature/valuing-culture-in-a-transformational-economy
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7406741
Starting to think a bit about the links between universities and arts orgs/artists as "service providers" in the neoliberal sense and the devolution of core values and creative/academic autonomy. 🤔
Happy how do I respond to this grade grubbing email without getting fired day to all those who celebrate.
So here's my thing. Can the auditors general of each province do a comprehensive review of university finances? Because I seriously don't get how these huge monster corporations (and that's what they've become) are crying poor. I really don't.
"Nearly gave me a heart attack"
A vital conversation that invites a wider question many are tackling of how we are funding artistic work in this country. Public and private money have place, both need to privilege the voice of the artist: as witness, as critic, as provacteur. More from me on this coming in the new year (I hope!)
