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Justintime Trudeau Announces New Foreign Policy Initiative for Nation

Canada to Annex Ecuador MONTREAL (March 18, 2013)—Newly elected Liberal leader, Justintime Trudeau, announced today that if elected Prime Minister he will introduce a new foreign policy initiative—the annexation of Ecuador. “It is my government’s view that Canada and Canadians must look south to solve recurring weather-related economic issues. Today, I am setting out a [...]

County of Renfrew Reborn

Here are the slides from a talk on economic renewal that I am giving for the County of Renfrew on Monday September 17, 2012 at 10 am at the Best Western Renfrew Inn and Conference Centre. The challenges facing the county are not unlike small towns elsewhere in rural Ontario and, for that matter, in [...]

Mayor Jim Watson Speaks at Artifex

National Gallery of Canada, June 20, 2012 Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Bonsoir, Mesdames et Messieurs. It is a pleasure for me to be here tonight. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the Professional Artists Gala and the inaugural “Artifex” event in support of Ottawa’s artistic entrepreneurs. J’aimerais saisir cette [...]

Artifex Schedule and Script

How to Plan and Execute an Event Here is the schedule and script from the First Annual Artifex, Professional Artist Gala held at the National Gallery of Canada on June 20, 2012. This shows the level of detail you need to put into planning any event and, even then, things can and will go wrong. [...]

Artist Entrepreneurs Converge on National Gallery of Canada

World Premiere of Short Film by Not-for-Profit, Ottawa-based Studio, prototypeD Media Release OTTAWA – June18, 2012 – Artist entrepreneurs are coming to the National Gallery of Canada to participate in the first Annual Artifex Professional Artist Gala on June 20, 2012. Presented by Fortress Real Capital, the Gala starts at 6:00 p.m. Mayor Jim Watson [...]

Exploriem.org Newsletter: June 12, 2012

Join Exploriem, all our sponsors and Artistic Entrepreneurs displaying their works at Artifex on June 20th 2012 at the National Gallery of Canada. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. There will be a silent auction. View items Tickets can be purchased: Here. This Year’s Spotlight Artists Spotlight Writer – Bruce M. Firestone The official Book Launch [...]

Open Letter to Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame

To: Michael Flanagan, Chair and Members of the Board of Directors From: Dr. Bruce M Firestone, Founder Dear Mike and Board of Directors of the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame: On behalf of myself, Cyril Leeder, Rod Bryden, Randy Sexton, my family and theirs, I wanted to express my profound gratitude that you saw it [...]

Artpreneurs Aren’t Important, Right?

Wrong! Here’s a thought experiment for you to perform. Close your eyes for a moment and ask yourself: how diverse, sustainable, interesting and vibrant a place would your city be if every one of these professionals went on an Atlas Shrugged-inspired strike forever? Here’s my list of suddenly vanishing artpreneurs: graphic artists, architects, musicians, writers, [...]

Support for The Hunger Site

Worry Dolls play a role in Quantum Entity, We Are All ONE*. Here is what friend to EQ Journal Judy Murray had to say about her experience with Worry People: “My husband Steve and I got our Worry People at a Christmas Party hosted by Exploriem.org and Prof Bruce in Dec 2011. We named them [...]

Artifex

Professional Artpreneur Gala We want to take this opportunity to thank all the sponsors of Artifex in advance of this very special event that will take place on June 20th, 2012 at the National Gallery Of Canada. These organizations make it possible to celebrate the essential role that the arts play in building better, more [...]

Carp Road Corridor Business Improvement Area

We have in Ottawa a BIA (Business Improvement Area) focused on improving the Carp Road corridor. It’s an important stretch of road connecting the fast growing suburb of Stittsville and the historic Village of Carp. It is a mostly rural area but there are municipal services at both ends but not along much of the [...]

Open Letter to: Our Community and all of the City of Ottawa

From: Professor Bruce M Firestone, Executive Director, Exploriem.org Date: May 28, 2012 Re.: Support for the Arts and Artists in this Community The average Canadian artist makes just $22,000 per year. Yet where would be without art? How dull our cities would be and how empty life would be of music, film, fabulous clothes, cool [...]