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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 [...]

Generation Q

Film by prototypeD.org, Directed by Janak Alford My name is Janak Alford. I am an Architect, a hacker, an artist and a filmmaker. I run not-for-profit, Ottawa-based, underground film studio, prototypeD.org. About eight months ago and after reading an early version of his manuscript, I was captivated by the world of Quantum Entity created by [...]

Ringing Pine Medallions of Red Pine Camp

A Fable According to legend, the ‘Ringing Red Pines’ of Red Pine Camp on Golden Lake in Ontario are very old, very special trees that over their lifetimes have accumulated so much energy that they start emitting a vibrating ring tone. It is believed that simply being in close proximity to these trees or having [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Tanzania

Why Education is Important Warning: contains violence and mature themes Here is a brief report from my friends Dan and Jane Pearlman on assignment in Tanzania for two years as to why education is important: Street kids make their living washing windshields or selling peanuts at traffic lights on Morocco Road and Ali Hassam Drive [...]

Exploriem.org, History and Future

C.O.M.M.U.N.I.C.A.T.E.

As readers of this Journal already know, I have become more convinced than ever that artpreneurs play and will play a larger role in carving out sustainable city-state economies in the future than at any time in the past or, at least, since medieval times. Creativity cannot be outsourced and is much harder to knock [...]

The Arts

What is Beauty? We came to Vancouver a few days ago to celebrate early stage career Hnatyshyn Foundation Award winners at an event held at the VSO School of Music. The concert hall at the VSO (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) is acoutistically and virbationally isolated not only from street traffic outside its downtown location but from [...]

Looking Back to Look Forward

To find out if your startup is really going to be of any real use, take a few moments to perform an Einsteinian thought experiment. Ask: If my product or service had been around ever since Jan 27, 1756 (Mozart’s DOB), what would it be worth today? Imagine YouTube, for a moment, having been around [...]