Canadian Ethnic Media Association

Click here to download the entry form, rules and regulation in PDF format.

1. Award plaques will be given to winning entrants in print, radio, television and internet in each of two categories as outlined in the enclosed sheet. Competition is open to all legitimate news and information media published or broadcast in Canada.
2. Content of the work submitted should clearly relate to and reflect Canada’s multicultural diversity and/or ethnocultural communities in Canada. Awards will be juried and made on the basis of excellence and Canadian content of entries.
3. Entries must have been published or broadcast between the dates of January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008 and date of publication or broadcast clearly marked on the submission.
4. Entries can be in any language, but all entries in languages other than English or French must be accompanied by a brief synopsis in either English or French.
5. All entries remain the property of Canadian Ethnic Media Association and cannot be returned, and the entrant agrees that the Club may publish the winning entries, or excerpts therefrom.
6. Entries must contain three copies of each piece of work submitted. That is to say, three copies of any article, or oral tape or videotape or printout from a web site published or broadcast between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008.
7. Entries must be postmarked no later than April 30, 2009.
8. The winning entries will be announced at the CEMA Awards Ceremony on June 26, 2009.

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Some members have not yet mailed their fees for 2009. May we respectfully remind you that the ANNUAL dues of $25.00 per annum are roughly the cost of two seats at a first run movie or parking at a downtown Toronto lot for a day. Your fee includes an identity card, free attendance at our speakers series meetings and special invitations from outside sources.
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By Ben Viccari

Our first speakers series guest of the year,  Manjeet Dhiman, director of services for Acces Employment Services, told CEMA members on Feb. 5 of the organization’s success in helping qualified new Canadians.connect with potential employers.  With five locations in the GTA, Acces helps some 15,000 job seekers make contact annually.

With Acces financed by both the federal Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration and the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship,  job-seeking clients and potential employers receive the agency’s services free of charge. Other organizations such as CIBC,  Scotiabank, the United Way and the City of Toronto sponsor special activities. For instance, Tim Horton’s sponsors evening Talk English Cafe sessions at the Acces locations providing facilities for newcomers to get together to discuss their experiences as they improve their English skills.

Manjeet named such success stories as that of Hong Yu Hah, who came to Canada four years ago with an expectation of finding employment in the  engineering field.  She became discouraged until a friend told her about Acces , which connected her to the Toronto Transit Commission, where she is now  a design draft engineer.

And then there’s Edgar Manukyan, who came here with a PhD and strong marketing skills and through connections made by Acces is now distribution manager of  Terre Verra.

“One of the first things we recognize is that newcomers are generally faced with considerable culture shock,” said Manjeet. “Newcomers should learn the importance of eye contact and the handshake as quickly as possible: as well as the value of a properly presented resume.”

Check out the Acces website

Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), an agency of the Government of Ontario’s Ministry of Culture, will host a reception to honour CEMA’s 30th Anniversary  on Thursday, February 26, 2009 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Park Hyatt Hotel (Click here for invite).

OMDC’s mandate is to build Ontario’s cultural industries’ capacity and competitiveness. Through tax credits, programs and services for the film and television, book and magazine publishing, music and interactive digital media industries, OMDC maximizes opportunities for growth and innovation in Ontario and abroad. Ontario’s cultural industries contribute over $6.7 billion annually to the economy and generate more than 36,000 highly skilled jobs. (more…)