CC licensed, Steven Burke.This week the Sudbury CBC radio programs Morning North and Points North are running a series called Our Roots: Our Future. This series is focusing on the history of immigration in Sudbury. Despite having lived in Sudbury for awhile, I had no conception of the diverse cultural past of the city's residents. … Continue reading Our Roots Our Future
100@100: Profiles of Centenarians
The Current on CBC has an interesting ongoing feature this year, which focuses on centenarians in Canada. The program 100@100 aims to speak to 100 Canadians over 100 years old in 2011. The program seems to have slowed down for the summer, but the Current has managed to speak with 29 centenarians so far. So … Continue reading 100@100: Profiles of Centenarians
Legends Project
The Legends Project began in 2002 as a small CBC initiative in Iqaluit, Nunavut to record, archive, and create radio dramas of the oral traditions of Inuit and First Nation communities in Canada. Eventually these oral stories and dramatizations were played on CBC Radio in both English and their original Indigenous language.Currently, the project has … Continue reading Legends Project
Virtual Mourning Reexamined
Ages ago I wrote a post on Virtual Dark Tourism which examined the idea of virtual graveyards and the rise of on-line memorials. A Spark podcast recently brought the issue of 'virtual mourning' back to my mind. I recommend listening to the brief portion of the podcast which discusses virtual mourning and the impact which … Continue reading Virtual Mourning Reexamined