Alliance Activities
in cra-briefings35 · March 01, 2006
- The Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus convened a meeting of artists and representatives of the Native arts community in Toronto on February 11th at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Twenty-five people attended the session chaired by IPC chair Greg Young-Ing, including Yvette Nola, artistic director of Native Earth Performing Arts, Rose Stella, director of the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, and journalist and elder, Duke Redbird. Alliance co-chair Susan Crean was also in attendance. The work of the Alliance, particularly the activities of the IPC on traditional knowledge was discussed, and several groups indicted their intention to join.
- The Steering Committee of the Alliance met in Toronto on February 10th and has approved the work plan for the current year, as well as nd a new arrangement with the Creators’ Copyright Coalition and DAMIC (Droit d’auteur / multimedia / Copyright) to provide each with coordinating and research. A DAMIC-CCC Research Committee was subsequently set up to direct the research program for the coming year. The Steering Committee also set in motion plans for the Autumn event Copyleft / Copyright / Copywrong Is Copyright obsolete in the Digital Age? This will be designed as an opportunity for artists and creators to share information and experiences about distributing their work on the Internet. It will feature an electronic salon highlighting some of these projects. Artists and activists from across Canada and from abroad will be on hand to discuss their work and their experiments with new forms of contracts (such as the Creative Commons licence) and business models. The event will close with an address from the popular Brazilian performer, Gilberto Gil, who is also Brazil’s Minister of Culture. The event will be held at the end of September at Ryerson University in Toronto and is being sponsored by the School of Journalism. Keep you eye on this space for more details!
- The Alliance welcomes new members : Full Circle First Nation Performance and Land Insights / Terre en Vue.