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Today’s digital landscape continues to introduce new, cross-platform ways to consume information, facilitate e-commerce, and market our products. The need to understand how these dynamic new channels can help organizations stay current, drive business and engage with consumers and citizens is more urgent now than ever before. Read the rest of this entry »

British Columbia ranks first overall for its eGovernment initiatives, specifically the provision of online services and information and online engagement of citizens, a Stratford Institute study released today reveals. In this first-ever national evaluation of provincial governments’ online presence (PDF) commissioned by the Stratford Institute and prepared by Vancouver firm Brainmaven Research, Alberta takes second place, and Ontario ranks third overall. Read the rest of this entry »

The Montréal Science Centre is proud to host the world premiere of Star Wars™ Identities: The Exhibition from April 19 to September 16, 2012. Produced by X3 Productions and made possible by Lucasfilm Ltd., the exhibition is a sensational event that explores the amazing nature of human identity through the magic of the Star Wars™universe and its legendary characters. The city of Montréal and the Montréal Science Centre are thrilled to be the first destination of the exhibition’s 12-city world tour. Read the rest of this entry »

The Banff World Media Festival today proudly announced that Paul Lee, President of ABC Entertainment Group, will be the CBC/Radio-Canada Opening Keynote Speaker at this year’s Festival being held in June at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. The head of all creative and business operations for ABC Studios and Times Square Studios, as well as all development, programming, marketing and scheduling operations for ABC Entertainment, Paul Lee will deliver his Keynote Address on Monday, June 11, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

More than 1,200 movers and shakers from the international business community will gather in Montreal at the end of May for a new breed of business conference focussed on commerce and creativity: C2-MTL. With a few weeks to go, the program and the already stellar list of speakers are being enhanced. Read the rest of this entry »

Sarah Lokitis, Social Media Specialist, and Cady Condyles, Director of Marketing at US-based full service search engine marketing firm Search Mojo, will speak at the Search Marketing Expo Toronto Marketing Conference on Thursday, April 26th. Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa Festivals is extremely pleased to announce an exciting partnership with FaveQuest to help event organizers harness the power of social media and mobile phones. Through this partnership, Ottawa Festivals members will be able to access FaveQuest’s MyEventApps mobile app service at a substantial discount enabling event organizers to have their own engaging mobile apps for iPhone, iPod, iPad, Android and Blackberry devices at an affordable price. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Cinema Editors is honoured to announce the nominees for the 2012 C.C.E. Awards, to be held on May 17th at The Capitol Event Theatre in Toronto. The C.C.E. Awards Gala is the largest event hosted by the organization, focusing on the significance of post-production in cinema. Read the rest of this entry »

This article was written by Ananamoose and originally published on GuildMag – it has been reposted here with Rhonda’s permission. 

If you are a part of the Guild Wars 1 community (and even if you are not) you have probably heard about GWEN. No, not the Mesmer in Eye of the North. I’m talking about the Gaming World Entertainment Network!

GWEN is an online radio station that is also affiliated with Gamers Giving Back. Both organizations are run by the same person, M A L I B U Barbie, or Rhonda as she is known here on Earth. She has been running these organizations since January 2010. Her mission is to prove the stereotype of gamers wrong. We aren’t just sitting at home staring at a screen, we have big hearts and we are active in giving back to the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Paul Mercs Concerts is pleased to present the Canadian tour dates for Video Games Live.  Created and produced by industry veteran and world-famous video game composer Tommy Tallarico, Video Games Live is an immersive concert event featuring music from the greatest video games of all time. Read the rest of this entry »