This video presents an example of  “An Ontario Adventure This Family Day”:

This is an update to my previous blogs:

• You’re Invited: Films of Inuit Stories Jan.25-26 + Mediatheque’s Family Day Fun Feb.18-20

• You’re Invited to HarbourKIDS: SK8 Winter Festival February 19-20, 2012

Family Day is on February 20 this year, whereon exciting exhibitions, fun festivals and seasonal sports are taking place throughout Ontario, Canada.

Family Day is currently recognized as a holiday in two other provinces – Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Please add the following events to your itinerary of Family Day fun for February 18-20, 2012:

You're Invited: More Family Day Fun February 18-20, 2012

At the NFB Mediatheque in Toronto, Ontario: FREE

• FAMILY DAY WEEKEND: FAMILY STAY-CATION.

• Please click here for more details and a schedule of Family Day events.

At Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario: FREE

• the FREE HarbourKIDS: SK8 Winter Festival is a great opportunity for you to “explore all forms of skating and winter culture from a child’s perspective!

• From beatboxing and urban art to skating and hot chocolate to music and movies, there’s something for kids of all ages to enjoy at HarbourKIDS: SK8 presented by RBC Play Hockey.”

• Please click here for the updated and full listing of HarbourKIDS: SK8 events!

At The Walter Carsen Centre for The National Ballet of Canada, Toronto, Ontario: FREE

• Celebrate Family Day by exploring movement together with some of our artists followed by an interactive performance by The National Ballet of Canada’s Apprentices.

• Please click here for a listing of FREE Family Day events.

At the Winterlude, Ottawa, Ontario:

• FREE Shuttle Bus
  • Take the OLG Sno-Bus to travel between Winterlude sites.
  • This free service is available every Saturday and Sunday during Winterlude: February 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 and 19.
  • Please click here for more info about OLG Sno-Bus’ schedule and service.

• The Winterlude festivities are focused in three main locations:

• The Rogers Crystal Garden, in Confederation Park, is home to amazing ice sculptures.
• The Snowflake Kingdom, in Jacques-Cartier Park, is a kid’s paradise with snow slides and no shortage of outdoor fun.
• The Rideau Canal Skateway, which winds its way through downtown Ottawa, is the world’s largest skating rink.

• Please click here for a listing of some FREE events of Arts and Culture, which can be identified by the absence of both the $ sign and the label “Paid event” on the left-hand side of each listed Winterlude activity.
  • 40 Eco Art photos form an exhibit at Dows Gallery on the Rideau Canal Skateway.

• Canadian Forces Winter Obstacle Course.

• 32nd Annual Accora Village Bed Race.

• Please click here for a listing of some FREE events of All Outdoor Sports and Recreation, which can be identified by the absence of both the $ sign and the label “Paid event” on the left-hand side of each listed Winterlude activity.

At Blue Mountain Village, Collingwood, Ontario: FREE

• Celebrate the annual Family Day at Ontario’s favourite ski Village with FREE activities for 3 days.

• Free-flying Birds of Prey shows by the Canadian Raptor Conservancy, Columbia Guided Snowshoeing, Horse & Carriage Rides, Face Painting, Fire Dance Show and FIREWORKS!

• Please click here for a schedule of FREE events February 18-20.

• For Village events information, contact Heather Harding Tel: 705-445-0231 x6205; info@bluemountainvillage.ca .

 Happy Family Day!

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• Harbourfront Centre Large-Scale Photographic Exhibition

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• You’re Invited: More Celebratory Events for Black History Month February 2012

• You’re Invited: Celebratory Events of Canadian Black History Month February 2012

• Everyday Heroes Festival 2012: Canadian Youth’s One-Minute Eco-Films Can Win Great Prizes

• Superior Adventure Contest Opens to Legal Residents of Canada and Most of U.S.

• You’re Invited: Visual Arts Winter Exhibitions 2012 Opening Reception Jan. 27

• You’re Invited: Films of Inuit Stories Jan.25-26 + Mediatheque’s Family Day Fun Feb.18-20

• You’re Invited to HarbourKIDS: SK8 Winter Festival February 19-20, 2012

This is an update to my previous blog You’re Invited: Celebratory Events of Canadian Black History Month February 2012.

Please add the following events to your itinerary of celebratory events of Canadian Black History Month in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:

“Dr. Jay and the Kuumba Festival combined the pulsating rhythm of the Caribbean with a national pastime of the Great White North. This free family event can be summed up in three words – Soca On Ice”, as shown in this video:

You're Invited: Films of Inuit Stories Jan.25-26 + Mediatheque's Family Day Fun Feb.18-20

NFB Mediatheque in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, invites you to the following FREE events for your enjoyment:

UNIKKAUSIVUT: SHARING OUR STORIES Special screening with Q&A

2011 | 40 min | In Inuktitut, with English subtitles

January 25 at 4 PM and 5 PM

and

January 26 at 7 PM

FREE

“The Inuit have a long and vibrant tradition of passing tales and legends down from one generation to the next using visual arts and storytelling. Discover a powerful portrait of the Inuit experience, past and present, in these animated shorts and documentaries.”

January 25 at 4 PM and 5 PM

• Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk – Quebec Arctic | Alanis Obomsawin

• Kamik | Elise Swerhone

• The Last Days of Okak | Nigel Markham

January 26 at 7 PM

• Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk – Quebec Arctic | Alanis Obomsawin

•  Canada Vignettes: Vignettes from Labrador North | Roger Hart

•  Silapiqujippat (If the Weather Permits) | Elisapie Isaac

• Nunavut Animation Lab: The Bear Facts | Jonathan Wright

A Q&A (Questions & Answers) will follow the screening.

Programmed in partnership with the Museum of Inuit Art.

This series of films is a National Film Board of Canada initiative in collaboration with the Inuit Relations Secretariat of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the Government of Nunavut, Department of Education, and the support of Inuit organizations.

 FAMILY DAY WEEKEND: FAMILY STAY-CATION

February 18 – 20, 2012

FREE

Hands-On Animation Workshops: Starting at 10 AM, 12:30 PM and 3 PM
Call 416-973-3012 to Register

Plus

Drop-In Pixilation Activities: No Registration Required

Plus

Screening of Family Friendly Films

Everyday Heroes Festival 2012: Canadian Youth's One-Minute Eco-Films Can Win Great Prizes

3rd annual Everyday Heroes Film Festival 2012

April 13 – 22, 2012

2012 Theme
Going environ-MENTAL: Cool Tricks to Solve Climate Change

Showcasing great film, video and animation with an environmental focus by Canadian youth aged 13–24.

The 3rd annual Everyday Heroes Film Festival’s highlights include:

• reaching over two million viewers a day

• unique in North America

• the festival plays on Onestop’s TTC subway platform screens in Toronto, Ontario, and on screens in malls across Canada
  • Everyday Heroes plays every 10 minutes on the network of 300 TTC subway platform screens in 60 stations across Toronto.

  

  • The Everyday Heroes Festival also plays once every 5 minutes on screens in 35 Ivanhoe Cambridge Shopping Centers in communities across Canada.

• all official selections will also be featured on the Everyday Heroes Festival website
  • Finalists are featured on the Everyday Heroes website, where viewing and voting take place during the festival.
  • Films continue to be available year-round, which means that there is an ever-growing library of films from past festivals.
  • Viewers can rate and comment on all the films in the collection throughout the year.

• showcasing truly unique and wholly creative one-minute eco-films at the same time Earth Week is celebrated around the world

• new this year, the Everyday Heroes Festival is now focused on Canadian youth, and the theme of Climate Change

“Our actions are changing our climate in a way that is negatively affecting our health and the ability of some parts of the world to meet the basic necessities of life (food, clothing, shelter).

Show us a cool trick you think could help solve climate change or tell us about someone who’s already doing something about it. Either way, we want to know what you think and give you the chance to win some great prizes!”

The requirements for participating in the Everyday Heroes Film Festival are:

• Submissions must be 60 seconds and silent
  
• You must be living in Canada
  
• Also, you must be between the ages of 13 and 24
  

Submission is FREE.

Everyday Heroes Festival is produced by:

Good Luck / Bonne Chance!

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You may also want to know:

• Please Save Canada’s Jasper National Park Now!

• 2012! Happy New Year!

• You’re Invited to HarbourKIDS: SK8 Winter Festival February 19-20, 2012

• You’re Invited: January 2012 Skate Culture Activities at Harbourfront Centre

• 2 for 1 Skate Rentals at Evergreen Brick Works Ice Skating Rink All Winter Long!

• You’re Invited: Leisure Skate and Shinny Hockey Programs at Toronto’s Outdoor Rinks

• Superior Adventure Contest Opens to Legal Residents of Canada and Most of U.S.

NFB Mediatheque in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, invites you to the following great events:

FREE FAVOURITES AT FOUR presents CANADA VIGNETTES: A LOVE STORY

Wednesday, January 11 at 4 PM

FREE

Mediatheque on Ice 3D Animation Workshop

MEDIATHEQUE ON ICE presents ARCTIC ODYSSEY

Saturday, January 14 at 12:30 PM & 3 PM

Programmed in partnership with the Museum of Inuit Art.

Admission: $5/child, FREE for Accompanying Adults

Register: 416-973-3012 or nfbmediathequeonf@nfb.ca

Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled workshop to secure your spot.

Here are the highlights of Arctic Odyssey:

• bring some of your favourite Arctic friends (bears, whales, seals) to life in this hands-on 3D animation workshop

• be inspired by real-life Inuit artifacts, such as clothing made from sealskin to handmade sculptures made from caribou antlers, that will be on display

• building a life-sized igloo

• participating in some traditional Inuit children’s games designed to strengthen resilience

• children’s screening programme of films, animated and live-action, from the Unikkausivut – Sharing our Stories boxset* to learn more about Inuit legends and traditions at 2:30 PM.
  

*This series of films is a National Film Board of Canada initiative in collaboration with the Inuit Relations Secretariat of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the Government of Nunavut, Department of Education, and the support of Inuit organizations.

Location for the Above Events:

NFB Mediatheque
150 John Street (at Richmond Street West)
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3C3

Enjoy!

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• You’re Invited: Chinese Cultural Dance + DanceWeekend 2012 + Dance Photography Exhibit

• You’re Invited: January 2012 Skate Culture Activities at Harbourfront Centre

• You’re Invited to HarbourKIDS: SK8 Winter Festival February 19-20, 2012

• You’re Invited: Leisure Skate and Shinny Hockey Programs at Toronto’s Outdoor Rinks

• 2 for 1 Skate Rentals at Evergreen Brick Works Ice Skating Rink All Winter Long!

NFB Mediatheque in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

NFB Mediatheque invites you to the following three screening events during this week:

FOUR WINGS AND A PRAYER: FREE screening at NFB Mediatheque

FREE FAVOURITES AT FOUR presents

FOUR WINGS AND A PRAYER

Wednesday, January 4 at 4 PM

FREE

“This documentary looks at one of the world’s most beautiful and mysterious creatures: the monarch butterfly. This creature represents a powerful mix of scientific marvel, awesome beauty and epic struggle for survival. What scientists are at a loss to fully explain is how the monarch makes a seemingly impossible 3000 kilometre journey from Canada—over mountains, through storms and across large bodies of water—to its small and remote wintering grounds in the mountains of Mexico. Based on the book by Sue Halpern.“

Waking the Green Tiger: Screening at NFB Mediatheque

Green Screens Presents

Waking the Green Tiger

Wednesday, January 4 at 7 PM

Presented in Mandarin and English,
With English Subtitles, 78 Minutes

Followed by a discussion with Gary Marcuse (Writer, Director & Producer of Waking the Green Tiger) and Weiwei Su of WWF Canada

NEW PRICE: $5

Presented by Planet in Focus and the NFB Mediatheque.

Fresh Restaurant will be giving away a FREE cookbook. Ticket holders will receive 15% off take-out at Fresh Restaurant’s Spadina location.

“By declaring that nature must be conquered in the name of progress, Chairman Mao ushered in an era of environmental degradation for China. Seen through the eyes of activists, farmers and journalists, Waking the Green Tiger follows an extraordinary campaign to stop a huge dam project on the Upper Yangtze River in southwestern China. Waking the Green Tiger is an inspired look at the new environmental movement in China.”

Please click here to see the trailer of Waking the Green Tiger.

Dans le ventre du moulin (The Image Mill Revealed): FREE Screening at NFB Mediatheque

cine-jeudi presents

Dans le ventre du moulin
(The Image Mill Revealed)

Thursday, January 5 at 7:30 PM

FREE

Presented in French with English Subtitles,
72 Minutes

Presented in partnership with Alliance française de Toronto, Cinéfranco and le Theatre francais de Toronto.

“This documentary describes the final three months leading up to the opening of The Image Mill by Robert Lepage and Ex Machina, an impressionistic performance-event of epic dimensions. To build this monumental historical panorama by blending different genres, a group of the most talented and creative young people have been invited to achieve something very extraordinary.”

Please click here for more info about Dans le ventre du moulin (The Image Mill Revealed).

Location for the Above Three Events:

NFB Mediatheque
150 John Street (at Richmond Street West)
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3C3
416-973-3012

Enjoy!

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• Christmas Gift to You: Mediatheque on Ice Workshops from Dec. 18, 2011 to Jan. 8, 2012

• You’re Invited: January 2012 Skate Culture Activities at Harbourfront Centre

• 2 for 1 Skate Rentals at Evergreen Brick Works Ice Skating Rink All Winter Long!

• You’re Invited: Toronto Christmas Flower Shows Dec. 4, 2011 – Jan. 8, 2012

• You’re Invited to HarbourKIDS: SK8 Winter Festival February 19-20, 2012

• You’re Invited: Leisure Skate and Shinny Hockey Programs at Toronto’s Outdoor Rinks

Christmas Gift to You: Mediatheque on Ice Workshops from Dec. 18, 2011 to Jan. 8, 2012

Mediatheque on Ice presents Animated Holiday E-Card workshops and Family Animation workshops.

NFB Mediatheque offers:

Our Christmas Gift to You

Buy 1, Get 1 FREE!*

“Looking for fun, affordable ways to spend time with your family over the holidays? Try one of our popular filmmaking workshops. You can try a new activity every day.”

For every child booked in one of our Mediatheque on Ice workshops, you can either bring a second child or attend another workshop for FREE.

From Dec. 27 to Jan. 8th, Family Animation Workshops offered daily at 12 PM and 3 PM.

• Check out the schedule online for a full list of themes and techniques. There’s something for everyone!

• $5/child, FREE for accompanying adults. Call 416-973-3012 or email nfbmediathequeonf@nfb.ca to register. Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled workshop to secure your spot.

*Valid only for workshops offered between Dec. 17, 2011 & Jan. 8, 2012.

Please click on the following text for more fun at the NFB Mediatheque:

• FREE Holiday Screening Program at 2 p.m.
• How to Build an Igloo, FREE drop-in activity
• Special Holiday DVD Discounts
  

Location:

NFB Mediatheque
150 John Street, Toronto, Ontario
(Richmond Street West & John Street)

Phone: 416-973-3012

Holiday Hours:

Dec. 24 (12 – 5 p.m.), Dec. 27 – Jan. 8 (11 a.m. – 6 p.m.), Dec. 25 & 26, Jan. 1 (CLOSED), Jan. 2 (11 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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