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W2TV: February 16, 2013 – Celebrating the Lunar New Year
W2TV: February 16, 2013 – Celebrating the Lunar New Year
Online now (links included) and premiere television broadcast at 2pm on Saturday February 16, repeated Sunday at 10pm and Tuesday at 2am (early Monday eve) on Shaw cable 4 community channel in Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley.
The show opens (Part 1) with W2TV co-hosts April Smith and Hendrick Beune welcoming the Lunar New Year of the Snake and introducing show line-up. They are also with AHA Media, which field produced the short reports this segment about Downtown EastSide Literacy, the remarkable practice of Packour and the aboriginal celebration of Hobiyee.
http://www.creativetechnology.org/video/w2tv-february-16-2013-part-1-4
In Part 2, guest interviewer Sid Tan chats with Faye Leung, business woman and community trailblazer, about Chinese New Year traditions and celebrations. The ageless timeless Faye is best known as Vancouver’s hat and Chinatown’s grand lady. Part 3 features Hendrik chatting with Scott Clark, executive director of ALIVE (Aboriginal Life In Vancouver Enhancement), and indigenous cultural activist Lou-Ann Neel about the Idle No More movement and it’s leadership of youths through claiming traditions, art and cultural practices. AHA Media field reports this segment include Legend of the White Snake/Luminara, excerpt from CBC radio program On the Coast with Stephen Quinn with panel on Chinatown gentrification.
http://www.creativetechnology.org/video/w2tv-february-16-2013-part-2-4
Part 3 features Hendrik chatting with Scott Clark, executive director of ALIVE (Aboriginal Life In Vancouver Enhancement), and indigenous cultural activist Lou-Ann Neel about the Idle No More movement and it’s leadership of youths through claiming traditions, art and cultural practices. AHA Media field reports this segment include Legend of the White Snake/Luminara, excerpt from CBC radio program On the Coast with Stephen Quinn with panel on Chinatown gentrification.
http://www.creativetechnology.org/video/w2tv-february-16-2013-part-3-4
Part 4 features guest interviewer Sid Tan chatting with Larry Wong, a public historian, about the Pender Guy legacy project and Vancouver Foundation. Interesting tax details explained with humour. Segment opens with AHA Media report with Wendy Pederson on social housing and closes with Ta’Kaiya Blaney performing at the Save the Salish Sea Festival at Waterfront Park, North Vancouver, September 2, 2012.
http://www.creativetechnology.org/video/w2tv-february-16-2013-part-4-4
NOTE: Video quality result of copying without time-based corrector and haste to upload. Should not distract viewing.
April Smith and Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA are very proud to be Hosts of W2TV – Chinese New Year 2013 episode
April Smith and Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA are very proud to be Hosts of W2TV – Chinese New Year 2013 episode.
Highlights were Sid Tan interviewing Honoured guests Larry Wong on Living a Legacy and Faye Leung speaking about old traditions to celebrate during the Chinese New Year!
Many thanks to Deborah Angrave for Directing and Don Walchuk for support!
AHA MEDIA is very proud to welcome Sid Tan, Don Walchuk and Tony Laboucane to the team in Vancouver
AHA MEDIA is so proud and privileged to welcome Sid Tan, Don Walchuk and Tony Laboucane!
Sid Tan
Don Walchuk, Richard and Sid Tan
Don Walchuk
Richard, Sid Tan, Don Walchuk and Tony Laboucane
Richard, Don Walchuk and Tony Laboucane
April Smith and Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA are honoured to be presenting at the Downtown Eastside Volunteer Tutor/Facilitator Conference in Vancouver
April Smith and Hendrik Beune of AHA MEDIA, At Home/Chez Soi, PHS and W2 will be speaking about Volunteering in the DTES Community
- What do you see as the role of a volunteer in the DTES community
- Who should volunteer and who does? Who benefits from the volunteering?
- How should volunteers be treated? What should they do if they feel they are being treated unfairly?
Community Workshops
“Sharing and Supporting Ideas on Adult Learning in Our Community”
Downtown Eastside Volunteer Tutor/Facilitator Conference
Location: The UBC Learning Exchange (612 Main St at Keefer)
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
This is an exciting opportunity to connect with tutors and facilitators volunteering in the Downtown Eastside community. Small group discussions will allow you to share and hear different experiences and ideas about how to support adult learning in the Downtown Eastside. There will also be presentations by educators working in the community about activities and resources you can use as a tutor or facilitator.
Click here for the conference program.
Space is limited, and preference will be given to volunteer tutors and facilitators, as well as educators, working in Downtown Eastside community.
Click here for the conference poster.
The Downtown Eastside Volunteer Tutor/Facilitator Conference is sponsored by the DTES Adult Literacy Roundtable, and has been made possible through generous support from the Rotary Club of Vancouver Arbutus.
Hendrik Beune and April Smith of AHA MEDIA were honoured to be Hosts of W2TV Show on Jan 20, 2013
Under the expert direction of Deborah Angrave and Sid Tan and supported by Don Walchuk, hosts April Smith and Hendrik Beune prep with Irwin Oostindie for the W2TV taping
The show is about popular cultural spaces that are under threat in Vancouver.It airs on Shaw cable 4 for viewing around the Lower Mainland, this Sunday 27 January, with repeat broadcasts until Saturday 2 February
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