Folklorama: Lead By Example Youth Conference

Folklorama is excited to be hosting its first ever youth conference, Lead By Example, on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Canad Inns Destination Centre Fort Garry. The day long event is designed to provide youth ages 14 to 25 with the opportunity to discover the significant role in which volunteerism and leadership can play in cultivating success. In addition to attending four career-building conference sessions led by experienced professionals, attendees will also have the exclusive opportunity of meeting singer/songwriter Sierra Noble and Hot 103 radio host Ace Burpee. These inspiring local leaders will share first-hand how volunteerism and leadership have played a role in their own personal success.

“Folklorama is very fortunate to have an extensive network of young men and women who volunteer their time to us in various capacities throughout the year, both during and outside of our two week multicultural festival,” says Debra Zoerb, Folklorama Executive Director. “We greatly value the contributions of these dedicated young people and recognize the immense potential that exists in today’s youth to lead our community towards a bright and innovative tomorrow. We are thrilled to be providing an opportunity for further growth and development through the introduction of our Lead By Example youth conference.”

Conference hours are 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, with doors opening for registration at 8:30 am. The four professional building sessions include Volunteering and Benefits to Employment; Leadership Skills; Best Practices for Scholarships; and Résumé Writing, Cover Letters and Interviews. The cost to attend the conference is only $20 per person and includes breakfast, lunch, snacks and conference materials. Participants will also be treated to closing entertainment by local artists Walking Wolf Singers and Dancers, who will showcase their Aboriginal culture through a captivating show that includes hoop dancers, jingle dancers, friendship dancers, drummers and chanters .

Interested youth must register in advance by 5:00 pm on Friday, January 20, 2012. To register today or for further details about the conference, individuals can visit folklorama.ca/youthconference2012 or contact Festival Services Director Sheri Jack at 982-6218 or jacks@folklorama.ca.

About Folkorama:
Folklorama began in 1970 as a one-time celebration of Manitoba’s centennial but has since grown to be the largest and longest-running multicultural festival of its kind in the world. Developing out of the success of the festival, the organization also offers three year-round programs: Talent, Teachings and Travel. All of the programs bring to life the organization’s mission of celebrating diversity and promoting cultural understanding. To find out more, visit http://www.folklorama.ca.

For more information contact:
Lisa Harrison
Director of Marketing & Communications
P 204.982.6212
E harrisonl@folklorama.ca

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Young Canada Works Programs with the Canadian Museums Association / Les Programmes Jeunesse Canada avec L'associations des musées canadiens

The Canadian Museums Association (CMA) is pleased to announce its renewed commitment to delivering the Young Canada Works (YCW) summer jobs and internship programs for 2012 – a shared initiative with the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH).

The CMA will be accepting applications for the YCW summer jobs and internship programs until February 1, 2012.

A substantial portion of the summer jobs program funding is reserved exclusively for small and medium-sized museums.

Visit the CMA’s updated YCW program web page for current information on application procedures and eligibility criteria.

• Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations
• Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage

Applications must be submitted online

For more information, or email or call 613-567-0099, or see our job postings page.

L'Association des musées canadiens (AMC) a le plaisir d'annoncer le renouvellement de son engagement envers la prestation des programmes d’emploi d’été et de stages Jeunesse Canada au travail (JCT) pour 2012, en partenariat avec le ministère du Patrimoine canadien.

L'AMC acceptera les demandes pour les programmes d'emplois d'été et de stages JCT jusqu'au 1er février 2012.

Veuillez noter qu’un pourcentage considérable des fonds du programme d’emplois d’été est réservé aux petits et moyens musées.

Veuillez consulter la section JCT du site Web de l'AMC pour connaître les informations les plus récentes, les modalités du programme, les procédures et les critères d'admissibilité :

• Jeunesse Canada au travail dans les établissements du patrimoine
• Jeunesse Canada au travail pour une carrière vouée au patrimoine

Les applications doivent être soumises en ligne.

Pour plus d’informations, ou contactez, ou 613-567-0099, ou voyez notre page "Job Postings"

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Freeze Frame Media Centre for Young People/Centre D'Arts Médiatiques Pour Jeunes Youth Video Contest

Your chance to win great prizes!!
Enter your Animation, Live Action Video, Documentary or PSA Theme of your choice to the Reel Views Contest!

There are two categories to enter:
Wee Reels - Grades 8 and under
Reel Views - Grades 9 and up

Deadline for Entries: February 13, 2012

Entering Freeze Frame’s Youth Video Contest gives you the chance to have your video seen by theatre audiences at Freeze Frame’s International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages. As a contest finalist you could have your video screened during the Festival between March 5 & 11, 2012.

And, you’ll have the chance to win awards – cash and other great prizes – in these categories:

• Most Promising Filmmaker • Best Animation • Best Live Action
• Best Acting • Technical Achievement • Best Public Service Announcement

And NEW for 2012: H2O Video Water Awareness - Make a short video highlighting issues of water quality, water accessibility, or water usage!

Visit Freeze Frame online for details and entry forms: www.freezeframeonline.org

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Freeze Frame Media Centre for Young People/Centre D'Arts Médiatiques Pour Jeunes Youth Jury Contest

The Youth Jury provides young people between the ages of 9 and 14 with the opportunity to see all the films at the Freeze Frame Film Festival and award the Youth Jury Prize for Best Feature Film and the National Film Board Youth Jury Prize for Best Animated Short. Members of the Youth Jury will take a workshop on film criticism, meet our guest artists and benefit from informal training provided by Freeze Frame staff.

Deadline for applications: February 13, 2012

The Youth Jury Contest is a Freeze Frame program aiming to encourage critical appreciation of films among young people, including upcoming filmmakers. It’s important to sample a variety of styles of storytelling, and to learn how to notice what you feel and think about them, to find out what works best for you. As a jury member, you see great films from around the world and decide which ones should be awarded the Youth Jury Prizes.

All jury members are invited to Freeze Frame Festival opening and closing and will receive a Festival pass for themselves and a guest.

You will have the opportunity to meet our visiting film directors, participate in media workshops, and act as a spokesperson for Freeze Frame.

Jury members will be selected based on writing skills, creativity, and the ability to think critically about movies.

Visit Freeze Frame online for more information and application forms at www.freezeframeonline.org

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Sustainability Leaders Program: Help your Business Join the Green Economy

Join the International Institute for Sustainable Development for a new training opportunity for young professionals (age 18 - 35) in Winnipeg. The Sustainability Leaders Program is an innovative training course designed to develop leadership for the Green Economy by building the skills and knowledge necessary to help businesses improve their operational sustainability and management.

IISD is offering the course at an introductory rate of $250. The course will run from March 2 to June 30, 2012. Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 35, employed by a Winnipeg business, and able to meet the time commitments of the course.

Please register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WSLprogram.The course will run with a maximum of 20 participants, who will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. The closing date for applications is February 15th, 2012. For more information about the IISD and its programs, visit their website at http://www.iisd.org/.

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Students (Verb) Charities Contest

Have you heard the buzz about the charitable sector? Neither have we...
Students (Verb) Charities is an AWESOME CONTEST.
Students create public awareness campaigns in any form about how charities impact the quality of life in Canada.

The purpose of the Contest is to have entrants create and submit an original concept for a campaign that could lead to increased public awareness of the role that Canada’s charities play in ensuring and improving the quality of life in Canada. The purpose of the campaign cannot be to seek donations for charities.

The Project Sponsors invite entries by all residents of Canada who are at least 18 years of age and no older than 35 years of age on November 30, 2012, and who are registered as a full-time student anytime during the period of January 9, 2012 and March 31, 2013 in a Canadian post secondary educational institution that is registered as a charity by the Canada Revenue Agency. Employees of Imagine Canada and The Muttart Foundation, and members of their immediate family, are not eligible to enter. The Contest begins at 12:01 am ET January 15, 2012 and ends 11:59:59 pm ET April 30, 2013 (the “Competition Period”).

To enter the Contest, you must create and submit a fully developed original concept for a public awareness campaign that could lead to increased public awareness of the role that Canada’s charities play in ensuring and improving the quality of life in Canada by November 30, 2012.

Visit the website for full contest details!

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Manitoba Youth Volunteer Opportunities

Check out this website for great opportunities to gain work experience and skills through volunteering in arts and other community organizations.

www.myvop.ca

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Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Backstage Pass

Backstage Pass is a program offering 25 select students in grades 11 and 12 an opportunity to take an in-depth look at life in the arts. Through 6 day-long sessions throughout the season, students take part in workshops with theatre professionals in the community, followed by a Mainstage performance. Past workshop topics have included auditioning, stage combat, dialects, set design, playwriting and more! This is an invaluable program open to all students in grades 11 and 12. .

This program is run at no cost to the student and is generously sponsored by Boeing and A & E.

To qualify for this program, students must be nominated by a teacher at their school. Each school can submit a maximum of 2 students, to a total of 25 participants per season. The teacher must submit a letter of support for the student as well as secure the appropriate permissions for the student to be absent for 6 school days to attend the program.

The nominated students are required to submit a typed one-page essay explaining why they should be accepted into the program. No previous theatre experience is required. 

The application deadline for our 2011/2012 season is October 3, 2011.  Please check the MTC website at www.mtc.mb.ca for the application package and program dates.

For more information on any of our Youth programming, contact MTC’s Outreach Coordinator at outreach@mtc.mb.ca

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Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Student Admission Card

Student Admission Card $10 (admission card for students allows free Gallery admission for one full year). Available at the WAG, the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg info booths, and the Dean of Student Development at Booth College (student ID required).

More Information

www.wag.ca

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Activity Worker for Music Program

Nor' West Co-op Community Health Centre needs someone age 14+ to facilitate and teach kids basic skills for how to play the drums, guitar and/or keyboards. Long term goal is to start a "Rock Band!" If you want to share your skills and experierence with youth who have barriers to music programs, then this is great opportunity. Committment is 2 hours a week for approx. 4 months. Email Caprice Kehler for more information

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Arts and Recreation Assistants

Do you like to paint, sculpt, practice yoga, dance, act? Do you like helping others and having fun while doing it? Why not use your creative energy to influence the lives of young people!

We are looking for volunteers ages 16- 30 with enthusiasm for and interest in art, theatre, dance, or yoga to invest 2 hours per week in engaging with the community's youth.

Call Jolie or Lisa @ 953-5877 to find out how!

More information

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Looking for a place for your band to practice? Entertain our residents while practicing!

Extendicare - Oakview Place is a recognized partner in the health care system of our community, helping to alleviate family stress, establish peer relationships among residents, encourage resident independence and participate in community activities to ensure optimum use of health care resources.

For 2 hours per month, come hone your musical skills by performing in front of a group of our residents. For more information, email Laura Norman.

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Puppeteer

Kids on the Block aims to educate and entertain school children and the wider community about disability awareness. It recognizes that all children are special and different.

Volunteer puppeteers need to train in the Bunraku style of puppetry, learn scripts, perform shows, help in setup and breakdown, love children, and be commited to exploring and understanding the disabilities they present.

Proficiency in French is required, and volunteers must be 15+.

Email Zoe Kogan for more information.

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Spiritual Care Musician

Deer Lodge Centre is committed to continuing its outstanding tradition as a leader in long-term care and rehabilitation. We invest our spirit, talent and skill to make the lives of others better.

With support from the Spiritual Care Worker, the Spiritual Care Musician should: report to Worship Centre the at scheduled time, play appropriate music prior, during and after worship, and encourage singing if appropriate.

Must be able to play piano or other musical instrument. (An option would be to lead by voice.) Must be familiar with hymns and music appropriate to worship, able to relate to adults with special needs, reliable, and prepared to commit on a regular basis for 1-2 hours, as scheduled (Thurs. or Sun. morning). Must be age 16+.

Email Rosie Sikora for more information.

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Window Painter

Extendicare - Oakview Place is a recognized partner in the health care system of our community, helping to alleviate family stress, establish peer relationships among residents, encourage resident independence and participate in community activities to ensure optimum use of health care resources.

Volunteers are to draw seasonal pictures monthly on the windows. Volunteers will clean off old paint and then paint new pictures on the windows throughout the building. Volunteers must clean up after themselves and put everything back once the activity is complete.
Volunteers must be outgoing and able to work independently; Some creativity and ability to draw free hand is an asset; Must be friendly and courteous when in the home.

Volunteer age requirement 15+.  Committment 2 hours per month.

Email Laura Norman for more information.

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Call for Submissions: Online Creative Writing Forum for LGBTQ & Allied Youth

Aquarium is an online creative writing forum that is specifically focused on LGBTQ and Allied youth writers. This forum is primarily for young queer and questioning writers to give and receive feedback on their poetry and prose. It is also meant to provide support for each other and create discussion on writing craft topics as they pertain to queer writers. The forum will also provide information on the ‘business’ side of writing, including information on literary magazines, writing contests, workshops, as well as insights into publishing your work and the professional world of writing.  Check out the website at http://mygsa.ca/aquarium