ACE Announcements

Bake It Don’t Fake It!

Check out this innovative project by Chestermere – one of our ACE Communities! “Bake It Don’t Fake It” is a fun, creative opportunity for everyone to come and learn an old fashioned skill in a new way! Bring your family, make up a baking team and learn how to bake a Red Ribbon Apple Pie—for...

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Tell your rural Chinese restaurant stories to Royal Alberta Museum

Exhibit to pay homage to province’s ‘iconic institutions’

BY BILL MAH, EDMONTONJOURNAL.COM AUGUST 3, 2010

EDMONTON — As Albertan as chop suey, ginger beef and green onion cakes, the Chinese restaurant will be the main dish of a new exhibit planned for the Royal Alberta Museum.

Chinese...

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Canadian Arts Coalition

Canadian Arts Coalition has a new website!

The Canadian Arts Coalition is the largest consortium of arts, culture, and heritage supporters — business leaders and arts philanthropists, sponsors and volunteers, artists and cultural workers, and arts, culture and heritage organizations, — ever...

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All-Albertan Song Contest

ATB Financial, Alberta Music & CKUA Radio are presenting The All-Albertan Song Contest: 
$10K+ for a chorus that won’t bore us

From Ian Tyson’s Four Strong Winds to Cadence Weapon’s Oliver Square, from Corb Lund’s Hurtin’ Albertan to the Rural Alberta Advantage’s acclaimed song...

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Notes from the latest Aboriginal recreation ACE teleconference

Here are the notes for the conference call that happened on August 5th at 10:00 am for practitioners responsible for delivering Aboriginal recreation, sports, arts, culture and heritage programs and services. A summary of the June meeting can be found at:...

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Arts, Culture, and Heritage Update

Hello all!

Here are some great (and free) arts, culture, and heritage resources that you can all tap into for the fall. Nothing like using those dog days of summer to plan for fun arts and cultural events!

*EVENTS*

_Culture Days _
Culture Days is a collaborative pan-Canadian volunteer...

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Study on sports participation and aboriginal youth

Check out this article on the role of sports and cultural activity in the lives of Aboriginal children and youth.

“Participation in sports and cultural activities among Aboriginal children and youth”
by Kristina Smith, Leanne Findlay and Susan Crompton

Introduction: Recent studies show that...

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Arts, Culture, and Heritage Resource of the Week

WestJet Fun n’ Festival Series

At WestJet, we take fun seriously – which is why we are excited about another great season for our Fun n’ Festival series! Fun is an important aspect of our culture at WestJet, so it only makes sense that we would partner with some of the best festivals from coast...

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Request for Proposals - Edmonton Heritage Council

The Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC) requests proposals from web developers to help the EHC create an online heritage map for the Edmonton region.

EHC is a not-for-profit, charitable organization with a community-based membership. Its
mandate is to:
-Connect heritage to a wide range of civic...

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Aboriginal Recreation session at the ARPA Conference

The Annual Alberta Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) Conference will be held at the Jasper park Lodge October 21– 23, 2010.

On Thursday October 21, 2010 ARPA will be hosting a one day session dedicated to Aboriginal Sport and Recreation. As this day s still in the pre-planning session we...

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