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Issue 20 - June 2013

Welcome to the 20th Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO)newsletter. This is a regular digest that will introduce you to, and keep you updated onCPAMO‘s initiatives, and act as a portal to relevant research in the field of pluralism inthe arts, innovative artists, and links to interesting talks about pluralism in the arts. Thenewsletter is intended to be your go-to resource for information on cultural pluralism inthe arts.

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Content

1) WHAT IS CPAMO?2) CPAMO ADVISORY COMMITTEE3) WELCOME OTTAWA WEEK4) CANADIAN DANCE ASSEMBLY – CPAMO NATIONAL DANCE WEEK5) CANADIAN DANCE ASSEMBLY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PLURALISM6) THEATRE ONTARIO SESSION ON PLURALISM IN THEATRE7) BUSINESS FOR THE ARTS8) CPAMO WORKSHOPS9) IMPACT 201310) CPAMO ARTIST CAFÉ INITIATIVE11) UPCOMING EVENTS12) TED TALKS ON DIVERSITY13) WHO WE ARE14) CONTACT US

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WHAT IS CPAMO?

Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) is a movement of Aboriginaland ethno-racial artists working with presenters to empower the arts communities of Ontario. CPAMO seeks to open opportunities for Aboriginal and ethno-racial artists toengage with presenters - in theatre, music, dance, visual arts - across Ontario and toenable presenters to develop constructive relationships with Aboriginal and ethno-racial

artists.

CPAMO is supported by Aboriginal and ethno-racial artists who are involved in theatre,music, dance and literary arts. They are members of CPAMO‘s Roundtable and includerepresentatives of Sampradaya Dance, Nathaniel Dett Chorale, Little Pear GardenTheatre Collective, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Kaha:wi Dance, Sparrow in theRoom, b-current, why not theatre, urban arts and backforward collective, TeyyaPeyaProductions, Culture Days, Sheyanne Productions, Obsidian Theatre, the Collective of Black Artists, CanAsian Dance and others.

With the involvement of artists from these organizations, CPAMO is working withCommunity Cultural Impresarios (CCI), Canadian Dance Assembly and their membersto build their capacities, cultural competencies and understanding of pluralism in the artsso that these members engage artists from these communities and, thereby, enableaudiences across Ontario to access artistic expressions from diverse communities on aregular basis.

CPAMO gratefully acknowledges the funding support it has received for its activitiesfrom the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario ArtsCouncil, the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, the Canadian Centre for Policy

 Alternatives and the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport.

CPAMO ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Last winter we conducted a survey of CPAMO members. One of the unmistakableresponses to the survey was the extraordinary situation most members find themselvesin at this time.Several CPAMOmembers are experiencing challenges in terms of their access to resources. With limited opportunities for increased grants support, a grantingstructure that does not fully support capacity building and few resources to dedicate tofundraising, marketing, administration and lack of time for skills development, grant

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writing and networking, it seems imperative that CPAMO undertake a collective effort

with and on behalf of its members to create working and risk capital for these artistsfunds and to dedicate professional support to enable its members to enhance their administrative/organizational capacities and governance including accessing capablevolunteers and board members who are dedicated and have a passion for the arts. Newmodels for governance and collaboration may be needed to achieve results.

To move on this initiative, CPAMO is establishing an Advisory Committee that can giveinput to the development of such a project. Current membership on this Committeeinclude: Jeff Melanson (Banff Centre for the Arts), Kathleen Sharpe (OntarioCultural Attractions Fund), Tim Jones (Artscape), John Ryerson (former Director 

of Culture/Markham), Patty Jarvis (Prologue to the Performing Arts), Ken Coulter (Oakville Theatre), Eric Lariviere (Markham Theatre), Alicia Rose (Business for theArts), Nathalie Fave (Canadian Dance Assembly), Carol Beauchamp (TheatreOntario) and Warren Garrett (Community Cultural Impresarios). This group willalso have membership from CPAMO’s Roundtable and other s.

Advisory Committee Purpose:

The Advisory Committee is a supportive body to CPAMO and its members that willaddress the challenges listed above through identification of resources and alternativesto enhance capacity and the services CPAMO can provide its members. The focus will

be on two key areas: undertaking a collective or collaborative approach to fundraising tobuild working capital and organizational development initiatives aimed at supporting theindividual and collective growth of CPAMO and its members.

The Committee will provide advice and support to CPAMO‘s efforts to ensure the long -term health and stability of its members, many of whom are small arts organizations inmusic, dance, theatre and visual arts. The Committee will assist CPAMO in providingthe tools and resources to enable its members to develop strong planning and financialskills, achieve organizational health and balance, and acquire and maintain a fund of working capital.

The Advisory Committee will be comprised of individuals from arts services

organizations, presenters, funders, centres for artistic development and members of CPAMO‘s Roundtable of creative artists. 

Advisory Committee Responsibilities:

To achieve the purpose noted above, the Advisory Committee will:

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Support and act as goodwill ambassadors for CPAMO. As ambassadors the

members will help develop awareness and advance the vision for the program withintheir own respective constituencies.

   Act as ‗door openers‘ to key individuals within their own community, company,industry or institution where CPAMO may be seeking participation and support.

Give advice and guidance to CPAMO where needed, and may be invited toparticipate on working committees.

Communications and Term of Commitment:

The Advisory Committee will kept up to date on program developments and progress.Committee Membership will be for a three-year period, renewable for an additional four years, or until the completion of the program.Advisory Committee meetings will be held

quarterly and working groups may be formed to address specific issues related to thisinitiative.

Member Profile:

 Approximately twenty-five members will be drawn from leaders in the arts, business andthe Greater Toronto community. This will include individuals who have distinguishedthemselves as supporters of Aboriginal and ethno-racial artists and will includerepresentative members of CPAMO‘s Roundtable. 

WELCOME OTTAWA WEEK

The City of Ottawa is planning to host its first Welcome Ottawa Week (WOW) fromJune 25th to June 30th. Sponsored by the City of Ottawa in collaboration with the OttawaLocal Immigration Partnership (OLIP) this week will convene a series of events andactivities showcasing the growing diversity of the National Capital Region and itsimportance to the Ottawa community.

To support the WOW, partnerships have been formed with organizations that will hostevents that contribute to the objectives of the Welcoming Ottawa Week. Theseinclude:

- MASC (Multicultural Arts in Schools and Communities)- Catholic Centre for Immigrants (CCI) - Community Cup program- Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO) – - Jewish Family Services of Ottawa- University of Ottawa – Diversity and Equity Research Group

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 As part of this week, CPAMO will be supporting MASC (Multicultural Arts in Schools and

Communities) for a showcase of artists at the June 26 thProclamation of WOW  to bepresided over by Ottawa‘s Mayor and members of Council as City Council Chambers.

On Thursday June 27 the focus will be on Volunteering and Board Member recruitmentwith Diverse Communities. Held in the Richmond Room at Ottawa City Hall, this event isorchestrated by CPAMO  with several partners: CNCAC,  MASC,  Ottawa Art Gallery, GCTC, City of Ottawa, One World Dialogue, PAL Ottawa and Gallery 101. There will betwo presenters in the morning, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. The presenters will be Gabriel

Jean-Simon, Chair of Business for the  Arts/artsScene Ottawa-Gatineau chapter; and WillCoukell, Executive Director of  Volunteer Ottawa  which is working with the MaytreeFoundation. In the afternoon, from 1:30 to 4:30 pm there will be an open session of 

cultural organizations displaying their work, and talking to visitors about volunteering.

 A second Town Hall on Pluralism in the Arts will be held on Friday June 28th at the inOttawa will be held from 9:30 a.m – 4:30 p.m. at 240 Catherine Street, YMCA Newcomer Information Centre. This session will focus on collaborations in the arts to promotepluralism and inclusion. The session will consist of a keynote presentation, paneldiscussion and workshops.

The key note will be delivered by Natasha Bakht who is an Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer trained in bharatanatyam under Dr. Menaka Thakkar for 20 years,touring internationally with her company. As a member of the Shobana JeyasinghDance Company  in London, England, Natasha performed in celebrated venues around

the world. She has also worked with choreographers Roger Sinha, Wayne McGregor and Yvonne Coutts. Her choreography includes several solos for herself and groupworks commissioned by the Menaka Thakkar Dance Company , the CanAsianInternational Dance Festival  and Sampradaya Dance Creations. Her dance worksObiter Dictum and Dafeena were nominated for Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 2003 and2010 for outstanding choreography. In 2008, she received the K.M. Hunter Artists

 Award, presented to artists in Ontario who have made a significant mark in their field.Her dances have been the subject of two films by Mouvement Perpétuel. She is afounding member of The Ottawa Dance Directive, a contemporary arts space for dance.Natasha has been described as ―a brilliant diamond‖ (Dance Current), a ―powerhouse‖(Hindustan Times)…―all honed to the bone elegance and precision‖ (Vancouver Sun).She is also an associate professor of law at the University of Ottawa and mother to

three-year old Elaan.

The panelists are:

Lisa Zanyk who is currently the Arts Centre Programmer for the NepeanCreative Arts Centre, a City of Ottawa Cultural Services facility. In addition to her many years in arts administration and programming, she has a diversity of experience in radio broadcasting and writing (CBC Radio), writing for journalismand print, teaching; and in the arts of music, dance and drama. Lisa is also a

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writer, and co-Artistic Director and Producer of Chamber Theatre Hintonburg,

who produce plays in taverns; and

Rima Zabian who is the Executive Director of  Under One Roof (UOR), anexciting new registered non-profit organization that houses other non-governmental organizations (NGO‘s) and progressive individuals created tomeet their needs and get them out of isolation. UOR is dedicated to creating, for downtown Ottawa, an innovative workspace that, over the next few years, willhouse dozens of NGO‘s and progressive individuals to pool resources and foster an environment of collaboration, learning, and multi-sectoral knowledge.

The report on the first Town Hall is available on CPAMO‘s website and the secondsession will follow-up on the many issues, concerns and promising projects discussed

then.

CDA NATIONAL DANCE WEEK EVENT - DANCING IN DIVERSITY

On Aril 24th, CPAMO, Canada Dance Assembly (CDA) and Dancemakers collaboratedto present Dancing in Diversity which was held during National Dance Week with afocus on diversity, pluralism shape social cohesion. The performance will featureddiverse artists presenting some of the most compelling contemporary work fromToronto's dance community. Some of Toronto's leading artists working in a pluralistmodel from creation to presentation; Little Pear Garden Collective, SampradayaDance Creations, Jasmyn Fyffe Dance, Sashar Zarif, Lua Shayenne and Company,

KasheDance, Roshanak Jaberi, Lucy Rupert and Olga Barrios and Red Skyperformed to a full capacity house. Different forms, varying approaches to presentation,a myriad of dance genres all under one roof it was indeed a celebration of Canada as aDance Nation. See the highlight video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wegtgD_DFs 

CDA ADVISORY COUNCIL ON PLURALISM

In 2012, the Canadian Dance Assembly (CDA) worked with Cultural Pluralism in the ArtsMovement Ontario (CPAMO) to address issues related to pluralism in dance across Canada.This was one of the key focal points of the CDA‘s 2012 National Conference which took place in Ottawa in October 2012 (http://www.cdaacd.ca/en/programs-services/2012-nationalconference) 

 As a result of this conference and based on research conducted by CPAMO‘s Project Lead, areport was submitted to the CDA Board of Directors (http://cpamo.posterous.com/step-in-time-technologies-and-pluralism-in-da). This report recommended that the CDA initiate a number of actions, including:

1) Advocacy. It is clear that dance artists from diverse backgrounds confront inequities

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in terms of their access to resources, particularly funding, performance opportunities

and in their incomes. The CDA should undertake to address this as a high priority and,with these artists, undertake raising the profile of these dance artists, the value of their contributions to dance and the need for their presence in Canada‘s dance milieu.

2) A CDA Advisory Council on Pluralism. This Advisory Council would be inclusive of diverse communities and be based on several factors such as race, culture,immigration status, regional location, physical ability and be of equal importance as theCDA Strategic Advisory Committee. The Council would meet monthly in its first yearsto develop an agenda, action plans and to contribute to developing and supportingCDA activities on behalf of diverse dance artists;

3) CDA Policy and Responsibility of all Standing Councils. The CDA should developa vision to articulate its commitment to pluralism in all of its activities. This visionshould be developed in consultation with the newly created AdvisoryCouncil on

Pluralism and with all Standing Councils as well as the CDA Executive. This processof vision-statement development is integral to all parts of the CDA getting on board withthis direction and to enable each Standing Council to develop an understanding of itsroles and responsibilities in implementing a pluralistic approach in their workThis willensure that all components of the CDA are engaged in this process and that a healthydialogue cuts across the CDA on this timely issue.

4) Recruitment of New Members. As part of the roll out of the CDA initiatives to supportpluralism in dance, the CDA should also focus on recruiting new members based onthe issues it will be addressing.

The CDA Advisory Council on Pluralism will be inclusive of diverse communities and be basedon several factors such as race, culture, immigration status, regional location, physical ability

and be of equal importance as the CDA Strategic Advisory Committee. The Council wouldmeet monthly in its first years to develop an agenda, action plans and to contribute todeveloping and supporting CDA activities on behalf of diverse dance artists.

The CDA is seeking individuals and representatives of dance companies who have knowledgeand experience in addressing issues of diversity, equity/pluralism in the dance community asadvocates, in creating dance works (choreographers/dancers) and administrators of Aboriginaland diverse dance companies.

The Advisory Council on Pluralism is open to CDA members and non-members in the broader dance community and aims to include representatives of small, mid-sized and large dancecompanies as well as individual dance artists of Aboriginal, ethno-racial and other 

backgrounds.

To apply to be on this Council, interested applicants should forward their resumes to either:

nathalie Fave – nathaliefave@dancecanada.net 

charles c. smith – charlescsmith@rogers.com 

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THEATRE ONTARIO

Ravi Jain, Yvette Nolan Soheil Parsa, Trevor Schwellnus  – what do they have to say tous about theatre today? Is what they have to say important? And if it is, why? Thispanel discussion, Diversity, Engagement and Inclusion in Theatre, is part of thetimely conversations happening across Ontario. Co-sponsored by Theatre Ontario andCultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO), it takes place alongsideconversations held by Magnetic North, CAPACOA, Community Cultural Impresarios, theOntario Association of Arts Galleries, Flato Markham Theatre, MT Space and its biennialIMPACT Festival, and others who have been interested in exploring the challenges andopportunities of pluralism and diversity in contemporary Canadian arts.

This conversation is part of the fabric of reflecting upon and creating content that

addresses changes in Canadian society and innovations in theatre, looking at diversity inboth form, the bodies we see on stage, and content, i.e., the stories revealed, their uniqueness and universality, how they open doors to histories and experiences of theworld that come from the deep reservoirs of Aboriginal and ethno-racial artists, arecentral to our times and how we see the world through the lens of theatre.

 As well, this conversation is central to the drive to engage communities who want to seetheatre that is immediate to them, that brings to the stage stirring content, enabling themto see the diversity of expression presented by artists from Aboriginal and diversecommunities and, through this, to see the fullness of our society, its peoples and howthey contribute to artistic expression in ways that are stimulating, challenging, sad,humourous – the full spectrum of human experiences.

Held on Saturday, May 24, CPAMO was honoured to partner with Theatre Ontario toshare ideas and thoughts that will likely emerge in this conversation. Together with theartists who will be on this platform, CPAMO and Theatre Ontario are committed toexploring and providing valuable insights into changes taking place within Canadiancultural activities and to inviting others into this conversation. Our collective goal is tohighlight some of the key issues and models for developing and supporting the importantcontributions to theatre being made by Aboriginal and ethno-racial artists and how thisenriches theatre and our communities.

In convening this session, CPAMO and Theatre Ontario are looking to initiate aconversation amongst theatre practitioners that will grow over time and become a

common reference point for the theatre community.

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BUSINESS FOR THE ARTS INVITES YOU TO THE LAUNCH OFARTSVEST™ TORONTO 

ABOUT ARTSVEST artsVest™ is a matching incentive and sponsorship training program of Business for the

 Arts designed to spark new business sponsorship of arts and culture and to buildcapacity in Canada‘s cultural sector. The program will be open to Toronto arts andheritage organizations in Downtown, North York, Scarborough, East End, Lakeshore andEtobicoke.

INFO SESSION & WORKSHOP Get the valuable tools you need to secure long-term, mutually beneficial partnershipswith local businesses. Information sessions and full-day sponsorship workshops will beheld in Toronto on June 6 (North York) and June 14 (Downtown).

For more information and to register, click here. 

artsVest Toronto is delivered with funding from Canadian Heritage and the Toronto ArtsCouncil.

CPAMO WORKSHOPS

Effective Marketing / Sponsorship Strategies Workshop:

The workshop was one of our most popular and saw members and many non membersall enthusiastically delving into the topics. In the first of a new relationship, we teamed upwith Business for the Arts and Sudarshan Jagganathan (a private consultant) to deliver our first workshop on the topic. As capacity building and overall development are keypoints in our focus this year, the workshop will be a 2 phase process into how we brand,market, seek sponsorship and initiate fundraising strategies. Effective Marketing /Sponsorship Strategies 2.0 coming early Fall 2013 and will be a half day hands onexploration process.

Crowd Sourcing Who: Understanding Crowd Sourcing / Online Fundraising

StrategiesWho is the crowd? Are they all over the world? Separated in cities, countries bylanguage; connected only by you and your artistic product. The workshop will allowparticipants to utilize the information from our Smart Data and Effective Marketing /Sponsorship, to understand how Crowd Sourcing can be an effective alternative totraditional fundraising. What guides your sourcing? Who is the crowd? Do you knowthem? Do they know you? Have they interacted with you? How big is your ask? Aremore small fishes easier than a few big fishes? Crowd Sourcing has been used to much

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success across the world maybe this can be an alternative method for you. June 20 th,

4:30 – 6:30 pm, Location TBA.

IMPACT 2013

IMPACT (International Multicultural Platform for Alternative Contemporary Theatre) is abiennial international theatre festival organized by MT Space in Ontario‘s WaterlooRegion. IMPACT is designed to stimulate the development of the indigenous andculturally diverse theatre landscape in Canada. The festival focuses on interdisciplinary,intercultural, and physical productions.

IMPACT 13 will present some of the finest work locally, nationally and internationally.

It will provide a unique platform to play, engage, rejuvenate and party with hundreds of performing artists from Waterloo Region and abroad.

The festival runs from September 24 –29, 2013 in Waterloo Region, Canada.

Programming will be announced in early July.

IMPACT 13 will also host a national symposium titled Staging Occupation: At theCrossroads of Multiculturalism and Indigeneity . Theatre professionals, artists andcultural leaders will converge on Waterloo Region from September 26-28. 

These sessions will be chaired by Donna Michelle St. Bernardand Yvette Nolan and willaddress themes related to: Occupying Time; Occupying Space; Occupying Taste;

Occupying the ―Trojan Horse‖; Occupying ―Authenticity‖; Occupying Language(s); andLanguages of the Stage

CPAMO is honoured to be involved in the planning of  IMPACT and will host threeshowcases during this event.

CPAMO ARTIST CAFÉS

 As we wrote in our last newsletter, CPAMO will be featuring members of its Roundtablewho are staging performances throughout the year. CPAMO began with a verysuccessful event convened by the Association of Native Development in the Performing

and Visual Arts (ANDPVA) and its Red Revue of May 24th

. This Red Revue featured:Cheri Maracle, an actress, musician, and a member of the Six Nations of the GrandRiver First Nationbest known for her roles in the television series Blackfly and MoccasinFlats, the 2007 film Tkaronto and stage productions of Tomson Highway's ErnestineShuswap Gets Her Trout. As a musician, she has performed as a backing vocalist for Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat, Tamara Podemski and Sandy Scofield, and as botha lead and supporting vocalist for Tiyoweh and The Showbiz Indians; and WabsWhitebird‘s whose newest album, The Urban Round Dance, is a reflection on the originsof music. A residential school song, Home, was nominated at the Native American Music

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 Awards for Best Historical Recording 2009. He was born and raised in Toronto's inner 

city.

CPAMO is currently planning other Artist Cafés in partnership with Ontario Contact, Aluna Café, AfriCan Theatre and FUSE Magazine.

For more information, contact us!!! 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Scarborough Film FestivalPresented by: Scarborough Film FestivalJun 4 - 9, 2013U of T Scarborough Campus Military Trail, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough ONFOX Theatre 2236 Queen Street East, Toronto ON

 A delicious combination of Local, Canadian and World Cinema inspired by passion,creativity and ingenuity.

 A volunteer-driven organization led by arts and culture-professionals and aficionadosalike. The Scarborough Film Festival is an annual six day celebration showcasing Local,Canadian and World Cinema. Our goal is to enhance the Scarborough Cultural scenethrough the art of film.

Cost: Individual Festival All Access Pass $120.00 | Dual Festival All Access Pass$200.00 | Single movie tickets are also available

For more information and tickets: Emily Galaev Human Resourceshttp://scarboroughfilmfestival.com | info@scarboroughfilmfestival.com | 416-861-9248

Meditation and Modern Buddhism: A TalkPresented by: Kadampa Meditation Centre CanadaJune 5, 2013 |7:30- 9:00 pm with doors open at 6:30pmIsabel Bader Theater, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto ON (Bloor and Queen's Park)

Last January, the Isabel Bader Theater was packed to its full capacity by people of allages, nationalities and faiths to hear about Meditation & Modern Buddhism. Join us onJune 5th for another special evening with internationally renown guest speaker Gen-laKelsang Dekyong. This time, come and learn how, through meditation and theapplication of Buddha‘s teachings, we can improve our mindfulness during our dailyactivities and our relationships with everyone we encounter.

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Gen-la Dekyong, the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition, is loved

and respected throughout the world for the sincerity of her practice and the power of her wisdom and compassion.

Cost: $8 in advance | $10 at the door For more information: www.talksonmodernbuddhism.ca | info@kadampa.ca | 416-762-8033

Muhtadi International Drumming FestivalJune 8-9, 2013Woodbine Park, Lake Shore Boulevard East and Coxwell Avenue

 Annual Muhtadi International Drumming Festival at Woodbine Park promises to be a 2day family-friendly celebration full of multicultural performances and passionate, artisticpeople. This free festival has two Stages with over 50 performing groups.

The Festival includes a Children‘s Play Area, ethnic cuisine, exotic arts and crafts,workshop programs and for the adults in the crowd a strategically placed refreshmentarea. Interactive Long & McQuade Drum Zone. Please go to the website for the latestnews. The festival celebrates the drum, its universality as an art form, and its presencein all cultures around the world.

Cost: FreeFor more information: www.muhtadidrumfest.com | info@muthadidrumfest.com 

416-848-3838

Afrofest Celebrates 25 YearsPresented by: Music AfricaJune 12, 2013Gladstone Hotel - The Ballroom, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto ON

Join us to hear the full 2013 Afrofest details including news about this year‘s artisticdisplays, marketplace, food and craft vendors, music workshops, the Main and BaobabStages‘ musical acts, and The Children‘s Village. Many of the Afrofest performers will bein attendance at the event.

Following the media launch, Music Africa and North by Northeast (NXNE) 2013 continuethe evening‘s festivities with a concert featuring African music with performances byNjacko Backo (Cameroon), Madagascar Slim (Madagascar) Tich MaredzaBand(Zimbabwe) and Foly Asiko (Nigeria) and Trinity (Botswana), with additional musicby DJ Biggie

Cost and times:6:30 pm FREE Media Launch (all ages)

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8 pm (doors) Concert  – Music Africa & North by Northeast (NXNE): Featuring African

music.Tickets: $10 at the door or online www.nxne.com/tickets For more information: www.musicafrica.org | info@musicafrica.org | 416-469-5336

Canada Philippine Fashion WeekPresented by: Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Mary KayCosmeticsJune 10 - 15, 2013Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto

This will be a dazzling week of Filipino fashion, culture, entertainment, and philanthropy.It will feature headline fashion shows by top Filipino Fashion Designers from Canada

and the Philippines, legendary exhibits ranging from the Fashion Statement of JoseRizal, to a special Mangyan Tribes Exhibit, to Francis Libiran's Famous 100 DressCollection. It will also feature an array of Filipino performances, film screenings, livemusic, entertainment, culture, art and food.Canada Philippine Fashion Week to benefit Kol Hope Foundation for Children.

Cost: Varies | Ticket purchase URL: www.canadaphilippinefashionweek.com/box-office/ For more information: Kaye Penaflor | kaye@canadaphilippinefashionweek.com 416-893-5293

Potluck X

Presented by: fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre CompanyJune 15, 2013 at 8pmSaint Luke‘s United Church, 157 Carlton Street, Toronto 

Celebrate fu-GEN‘s 10 Anniversary by joining us for our annual playwriting festivalfeaturing the work of the hottest established and emerging Asian Canadian playwrights.This showcase community event is the culmination of the year-long musings of our playwrights‘ Kitchen. The pieces are performed by either professional or up-and-comingactors and the evening concludes with a delicious potluck reception. This is the essenceof what fu-GEN Theatre Company is all about — creating a home for the AsianCanadian artist.

Cost: PWYC or $12 in-advance onlineFor more information contact: www.fu-gen.org | 416-920-2828

Toronto Japanese Film FestivalPresented by: Japanese Canadian Cultural CentreJune 13 - 28, 2013Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Court, Don Mills

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The Toronto Japanese Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the finest Japanese

films. This year's films offer everything from historical to contemporary dramas,comedies and action, literary adaptations, children's and animated films.Some of the films will also offer audiences an opportunity to enjoy authentic Japanesecultural performances.

For times: please check listings at www.jccc.on.ca/torontojff  Cost: Non-members $12 | JCCC Members $10 | Children 16 and under $5Ticket purchase URL: www.ticketweb.ca 

For more information contact: James Heron | torontojff@gmail.com |416-441-2345

Toronto Jazz Festival

June 20-29, 2013Various locations

Turn up the jazz and explore the TD Toronto Jazz Festival as it plays nonstop for 10days, from June 20 -June 29, 2013. Uniting half a million fans at more than 60 locationsacross the city, the Festival is the ultimate destination for music lovers. Make theFestival your meeting place this summer and take in a breath of fresh jazz.

On Friday, June 21, the TD Toronto Jazz Festival will present its first-ever FREE-FOR- ALL FRIDAY where admission to the entire Festival is on us! Visit any participating club,venue or restaurant that day and enjoy the music free of charge.

For more information, visit www.torontojazz.com 

Unburying Our HistoriesPresented by A Space GalleryMay 31 - July 13, 2013

 A Space Gallery (at the Main Gallery), 401 Richmond St W #110 Toronto, ON M5V 3A8

 Artists: Alicia Coutts, Coco Riot | Essay by: Rachel GormanUnburying Our Histories lays bare the devastating intimacy of political violence, and thecentrality of its denial to our unequal social and political reality. In works that trace their families‘ histories in meticulous detail, Alicia Coutts and Coco Riot have created vivid,

trans-generational archives of genocide that confront us with the violence of their disavowal. Coco Riot‘s Los Fantasmas (2013) documents the 200,000 civilians killed byfascist troops and buried in mass graves during the Spanish civil war of 1936-1939.

 Alicia Coutts‘s The House in which Florence Sabina Jantina Coutts-Zawadzki Grew Up(2009) takes up the post-war disavowal of Jewish identity, and the intimate enactment of racism within mixed families. Unburying Our Histories turns us toward the affective workof the political. We might think of these apparitions as matter out of place: Europeanhauntings in a middle-class Toronto household; Spanish genocide reproduced on paper 

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and placed on walls. These works prompt us to unbury our dead and acknowledge that

their disavowal continues our unequal social and political reality.

Cost: Free | For more information: www.aspacegallery.org 

TED TALKS

Ji-Hae Park: The violin, and my dark night of the soul

About the speaker: In her quest to become a world-famous violinist, Ji-Hae Park fellinto a severe depression. Only music was able to lift her out again -- showing her thather goal needn‘t be to play lofty concert halls, but instead to bring the wonder of the

instrument to as many people as possible.Ji-Hae Park spreads the joy of classical to music to those who might not otherwise hear it -- and in the process shows that you can rock out on the violin.

Link:http://www.ted.com/talks/ji_hae_park_the_violin_and_my_dark_night_of_the_soul.html 

Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt

About the speaker: Some of the world's most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be traced to systematic, pervasive government corruption, hand-in-glove with

global companies. In his talk, Eigen describes the thrilling counter-attack led by hisorganization Transparency International. (Filmed at TEDxBerlin.)

 As a director of the World Bank in Nairobi, Peter Eigen saw firsthand how devastatingcorruption can be. He's founder of Transparency International, an NGO that works topersuade international companies not to bribe.

Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_eigen_how_to_expose_the_corrupt.html 

BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery

About the speaker: Remember the days you struggled just to make a yo-yo spin, and if you were really fancy, to ―walk the dog‖? You ain‘t seen nothin‘ yet. Japanese yo -yoworld champion BLACK tells the inspiring story of finding his life's passion, and gives anawesome performance that will make you want to pull your yo-yo back out of the closet.Twice the world yo-yo champion, BLACK mixes dance, sport and performance to createunforgettable yo-yo moments.Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/black_my_journey_to_yo_yo_mastery.html 

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WHO WE ARE

CPAMO ROUNDTABLE MEMBERS

 As a resource to plan and coordinate its activities, CPAMO has set-up a Roundtablecomprised of individuals involved in the performing arts from ethno-racial and

 Aboriginal creation-based arts organizations and those involved in performingvenues.The members of the Roundtable are: Anahita Azrahimi, Sparrow in the Room Farwah Gheewala, Education Coordinator, Soulpepper Theatre Denise Fujiwara, Canasian Dance Charmaine Headley and Bakari Eddison Lindsay, Collective of Black Artists Lata Pada, Sampradaya Dance Creations Nova Bhattacharya, Nova Dance Seema Jethalal, Manifesto Festival of Community and Culture Cian Knights and Anne Frost, Cultural Pluralism in the Arts/University of Toronto

Scarborough University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Phillip Akin, Obsidian Theatre Marilo Nunez, Almeda Theatre Mae Maracle, Centre for Indigenous Theatre Brainard Bryden-Taylor, Nathaniel Dett Chorale Emily Chung, Little Pear Garden Theatre Collective Spy Denome-Welch, Aboriginal Playwright Sedina Fiati, Actor  Ravi Jain, why not theatre Shannon Thunderbird, Teya Peya Productions  Olga Barrios, Olga Barrios Dance   Santee Smith, Kaha‘wi Dance  Menaka Thakker, Menaka Thakkar Dance Company  Kevin Ormsby, Kashedance  Sandra Laronde, Red Sky Performance  Mark Hammond, Sony Centre for Performing Arts  Ahdri Zena Mandiella, b-current  Jenna Rogers and David Yee, fuGEN Theatre  Sandra LeFrancois, Cahoots Theatre  Cindy Yip, Korean Canadian Dance Studies of Canada  Wanda Nanabush, Association for the Development of Native Arts  Michelle Kopczyl, Fuse Magazine  charles c. smith, wind in the leaves collective  Lua Sheyenne Productions 

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CONTACT INFORMATIONcharles c. smithProject Lead of CPPAMOLecturer, Cultural Pluralism and the Arts/University of Toronto Scarboroughcharlescsmith@rogers.com

Victoria Glizer Project Assistantinfo.cpamo@gmail.com 

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