Seeking Indigenous community liaisons. Chosen Applicants receive up to $750 cad honorarium. Looking for applications from British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, New Brunswick, or Newfoundland and Labrador. Indigenous Culture and Media Innovation (ICMI) is pleased to announce the launch of a community-based project. ICMI has developed a digital cultural repository platform, a place where Indigenous people can safely share, and interact with cultural knowledge, without compromising control or ownership.
This project aims to engage in conversations with users to build capacity & increase the discoverability of Indigenous artists via https://www.IndigitalCultures.ca
ICMI is currently recruiting Community Liaisons, to carry out conversations within their communities and networks.
Community Liaisons will:
- Be from British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, New Brunswick, or Newfoundland and Labrador
- Participate in facilitation and research training date TBD
- Have access to mentors and support
- Carry out a series of conversations and interviews between July 2021 and Sept 2021 within their region and communities to build capacity & discoverability of indigenous artists via IndigitalCultures.ca
- Attend a two day online Symposium held September 9th & 10th 2021 including participating in feedback discussions.
This project is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts – Digital Strategy Fund.
The work of Indigenous Media and Culture Innovations is made possible through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts