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On June 14th and 15th Saskatoon will host the sold-out Mobile And Social Media Conference, which will offer two days of engaging presentations from the world’s most prolific social media and mobile companies including FreshBooks, Clarity.fm, Deloitte, BlueFuego, WestJet, WeSprout, Lovesocial, Vanilla Forums, Localmind and CBC. Read the rest of this entry »

The War of 1812 was a dramatic event in Canadian history. But what was at stake, and who won? A major exhibition opening at the Canadian War Museum today reveals that the answer to this question depends on perspective. 1812, supported by National Presenting Sponsor TD Bank Group and National Supporting Sponsor Ancestry.ca, explores the war through the eyes of the four main participants: Canadians (including Canadian First Peoples), Americans, the British, and Native Americans. Read the rest of this entry »

Stratford region preschoolers and their families are invited to share the magic of reading with TVOKids host Gisèle, star of TVO’s early-learning program block Gisèle’s Big Backyard. The Read with Gisèle Tour will visit the Stratford Public Library on Saturday June 23 at 2 pm. Read the rest of this entry »

Optimal Payments Plc, a UK-based provider of online payments with offices in Canada, is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring part of this year’s premier event for the Canadian Gaming Industry, the 16th Annual Canadian Gaming Summit, which takes place at the Scotiabank Convention Centre located in Niagara Falls from the 11th to 13th of June. The Summit attracts many of the leading figures and corporations from the Gaming world, both online and offline, with an extensive educational programme, expansive exhibition and enjoyable social events. Read the rest of this entry »

SiriusXM Canada has announced a series of live broadcasts direct from NXNE, one of Canada’s most anticipated music and arts festivals featuring both emerging artists and major-label headliners. This is SiriusXM’s 7^thconsecutive year of support for the festival and the latest example of how SiriusXM helps Canadian artists reach music fans in both Canada and the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

With its show floor expanded to over 50,000 square feet, ProFusion 2012 is expanding its scope this year to feature world-renowned presenters and vendors to spotlight the ever-growing broadcast and production industry.

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Organizations should act now to address the privacy risks associated with Big Data, and the analytics technologies used to make sense of these vast data sets, before such risks become realities. This, and other key recommendations, are detailed in a new joint report titled Privacy by Design in the Age of Big Data authored by Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, and IBM Fellow, Jeff Jonas. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada’s first national conference for sponsorship marketers has a new name and a new look: Sponsorship Toronto. The Sponsorship Report is proud to have pioneered professional development for sponsorship in Canada. In 1997, it launched Selling Sponsorships: Strategies for Success^®, a one-day conference on sponsorship sales. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) is making its way to the Banff World Media Festival to celebrate the talents and successes of Canadian content producers and to share the work the CMF is doing as a key partner within the industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that Canada’s film industry will be back at the Shanghai International Film Festival for a third year running with an outstanding line-up of 20 films, including one feature—Micheline Lanctôt’s Pour l’amour de Dieu (For the Love of God)—in official competition. Read the rest of this entry »