CEMA invites entries for 35th annual awards; DEADLINE EXTENDED to May 10; download entry form here

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The 35th Annual Canadian Ethnic Media Association Awards will be held on June 21, recognizing National Aboriginal Day. CEMA annually celebrates excellence in Journalism in the categories of Print, Radio, Television, and Internet. In addition, CEMA’s Innovation Award will showcase an organization which demonstrates outstanding contributions to diverse, fair and equitable coverage and accurate representation of Canada’s citizenry.

We welcome your submissions. Content of the work submitted should clearly relate to and reflect Canada’s multicultural diversity and/or ethnocultural communities. Aboriginal produced work reflecting aboriginal cultures and communities is also welcome. Submissions can be multilingual with translation in English and/or French. Deadline for submission is May 10, 2013. Please ignore deadline date on entry form.

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Samara Executive Director at CEMA’s Speaker Series

Alison Loat, Exec. Director, Samara, with President, Kiumars Rezvanifar of CEMA

Alison Loat, Exec. Director, Samara, with CEMA President Kiumars Rezvanifar (Photo by CEMA Board Member Alexander Gershtein)

Alison Loat, Co-founder, Executive Director of Samara, addressed CEMA members on Thursday, April 4, 2013.

Alison is the co-founder and executive director of Samara, an organization that improves political and civic engagement in Canada. Samara conducted Canada’s first-ever series of exit interviews with former Members of Parliament, and initiates other research and education programs that shine light on Canadian democracy and encourage Canadians’ participation in public life.

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SPEAKER SERIES: Double billing – human rights lawyer and Scotiabank’s Asia Director

Pat Case, Chair, Human Rights Legal Support Centre &

Pankaj Mehra, Director, India, South Asia and Philippine Markets, Scotiabank

Thursday, May 2, 2013, 6:45 p.m.

OMNI Television, 33 Dundas Street East OMNI/City Building, Victoria & Dundas just east of Yonge-Dundas Square,
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SPEAKER SERIES: Fort York Foundation Chair Andy Stewart to Address CEMA March 7

CEMA SPEAKER SERIES

Andrew M. Stewart, Board of Directors (Chair) 
Fort York Foundation
Thursday, March 7, 2013, 6:45 p.m.
OMNI Television, 33 Dundas Street East, Toronto
OMNI/City Building, Victoria & Dundas just east of Yonge-Dundas Square
Entrance faces Victoria Street

Andrew Stewart is the chair of the Fort York Foundation, which is raising awareness and funds for capital renewal at Fort York National Historic Site. Andrew holds a PhD in

Andrew Steward: Digging for Toronto history

Andrew Stewart: Digging for Toronto history

anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has taught at universities and worked as an archaeological consultant widely in Canada with both government and aboriginal organizations. He recently co-directed excavations at the site of the Fort York Visitor Centre, part of a War of 1812 battlefield and the location where urban Toronto was founded in 1793. The Visitor Centre is scheduled to open in 2014 as part of the revitalization of this 43-acre national historic site. Some of Andrew’s blogs can be found in Toronto’s Stories on the website of Heritage Toronto.

 

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CEMA’s new president Kiumars (Kiu) Rezvanifar has long history in communications, film, diversity

The new president of the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) has a long history when it comes to communications, film and diversity. Kiumars (Kiu) Rezvanifar was born in Iran where he lived until 19. In 1979, he moved to the U.S. and received a BS in Media Systems and Management from Westfield State University in Massachusetts. After graduating he produced and directed various projects for television stations, government and the private sector. In 1988, “Shifting Gears”, one of his projects for the State of Massachusetts, won the first place in the New England Heritage Competition.

Kiu Rezvanifar introduces Jean Augustine at a CEMA event.

Kiu Rezvanifar introduces Jean Augustine at a CEMA event.

Kiu replaces Dat Nguyen, Publisher of the Thoi Bao Newspaper and CEO of Webnews Printing, which he started in 1998. He started Thoi Bao, the newspaper for the Vietnamese community in Canada, in 1986, and has seen it through several successful stages. He is considered one of the most respected figures in Canada’s Vietnames community, bringing a unique perspective to CEMA. Dat has a chemical engineering degree from Dalhousie University, from where he graduated in 1980. Continue reading

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SPEAKER SERIES: Toronto’s first ombudsman Fiona Crean to address CEMA members on February 7

CEMA SPEAKER SERIES

Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean

Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean

Fiona Crean, Ombudsman, City of Toronto

Thursday, February 7, 2013, 6:45 p.m.

OMNI Television, 33 Dundas Street East
OMNI/City Building, Victoria & Dundas just east of Yonge-Dundas Square
Entrance faces Victoria Street

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