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Job Opportunity: Loans and Grants Administrative Assistant (Position Filled)

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Position: Loans and Grants Administrative Assistant

Work term: May 9, 2022 to July 17, 2022 (six weeks)

Compensation: $16.00 per hour, 30 hours per week

Location: Toronto/online

JOB OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a qualified go getter to work remotely with our small non-profit team. This position is funded by the Canada Summer Jobs program.

Responsibilities:

– under supervision of Manager of Business Operations research and create a calendar of deadlines for all applicable government granting agencies and the relevant programs to Diaspora Dialogues for application for funding, that can be updated from funding year to funding year

– under the guidance of Manager of Business Operations and President, research public and private foundations that have grants that are applicable to apply for and add them to the funding calendar as well, including hyperlinks for websites and relevant application information

– assess current pitches for funding and identify changes to be made to match up with potential funder guidelines with mentoring by board Director and President in charge of fundraising

– assess our online email database and update with necessary information, new clients, and remove and clean up duplications etc. under supervision of Marketing and Communications Coordinator

– organize database for ease of fundraising emails and create templates for major email campaigns in the spring, early fall, and end of year

– aid in updating our TOK Magazine and Diaspora Dialogues websites with content.

Experience/requirements for the job:

Candidates must be able to provide their own computer and internet access, as well as facility for Zoom calls.

Candidates must be 30 or younger( as per the Canada Summer Jobs program requirements), and have some experience working in small teams in an office setting (remote or in person). Experience in writing and communication required, and past fundraising an asset. Knowledge of WordPress or similar website experience is also desirable. Post secondary degree or degree in progress preferred, but not necessary.

Please apply directly to Christian Sharpe, Manager of Business Operations, by email at [email protected]

Application deadline: Thursday May 5, 12 PM

Archived Event: MasterClass in Picture Books

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Join us on April 28 at 6:30 pm as Melanie Florence leads this one hour workshop on the evolution of a picture book from an idea to a finished manuscript, speaking on: where to find an idea, how to figure out if the idea will work as a picture book and then how to write a good picture book.

Register for FREE here.

Melanie Florence is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto. She was close to her grandfather as a child, a relationship that sparked her interest in writing about Indigenous themes and characters. She is the author of Missing Nimama, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, the 2017 Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and was a finalist for the 2017 First Nation Communities READ award. Her most recent picture book, Stolen Words, won the 2018 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, was a 2018 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award finalist and was given a starred review by Kirkus, who listed it as one of the best picture books of 2017 to give readers strength. Her other books include the teen novels Just Lucky, He Who Dreams, Dreaming in Color and her upcoming collaboration with Richard Scrimger called Autumn Bird and the Runaway. Her first middle grade novel, a ghost story called Legends of Funland, will be out in 2022.

*Video Chat link and recording details will be provided with signup.

Upcoming Event: Practical Solutions to Growing Long Term Wealth

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Are you interested in learning practical solutions to help grow your long term wealth? Join us for an informative workshop hosted by Sujin Son focused on guiding participants through several easy to follow solutions to help them get started. Sujin is a finance leader with experience in corporate strategy and investment management, partnering with executives to drive next level performance goals and investment returns.

Register for FREE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/practical-solutions-to-growing-long-term-wealth-tickets-317841962867

Sujin is a finance leader with experience in corporate strategy and investment management, partnering with executives to drive next level performance goals and investment returns. She is currently responsible for prioritizing and optimizing $3 billion in annual infrastructure and product development investments as a member of the corporate capital investments team at TELUS. She has been recognized as an innovative leader and courageous trailblazer. Previously, she has held senior roles in management consulting and capital markets. Sujin has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo, an MBA from Queen’s University, and is a CFA Charterholder. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking various keto recipes, plotting her next surfing adventure, and weightlifting whilst listening to her favourite audiobooks.

DD-TD Black Playwrights Mentoring Program presents: Crossing Into Lullaby April 23, 2:00 PM online presentation by Obsidian Theatre

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Join us on April 23 at 2pm for the online presentation of Crossing Into Lullaby written by Dian Bridge, presented by Obsidian Theatre.

Register for FREE here.

About the Play

Crossing into Lullaby revisits the telling of a true-to-life family story of a mysterious undiagnosable childhood sickness, that binds the living to the dead. In a creative exploration of the space between history and myth, creator Dian Marie Bridge combines voice-work and electronic soundscapes to look into the desperation that can come with knowledge of how closely we live with death, and its impacts on  the bindings of unspoken fears, attempting to lay them all to rest.

Bio

Dian Marie Bridge is an award winning theatre maker, writer, director and creative producer.  She is currently the Associate Artistic Director at Luminato Festival Toronto, Artist in Residence at Necessary Angel Theatre. She holds a degree in Theatre Arts and Dramatic Literature from Brock University, and attended the University of Minnesota’s Theatre and Dance program. Two decades of practice has afforded Dian work with arts organizations nationally and internationally. 

Dian is the recipient of the inaugural Strombergs Family Realization Fund, through Nightwood Theatre, the Stratford Festival’s Elliott Hayes Guthrie Award for Playwriting, and SummerWorks’ RBC Professional Award. Dian was also a part of the Stratford Festival’s inaugural Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction. Her mentorship experience includes the Paprika Festival, AMY Project, Speak Sudan, B Current’s RaizinArtz, Only One You workshops, and the Boys and Girls Club of Vancouver. 

Credits

Crossing into Lullaby was made possible with the support of 

The Strombergs Family Realization Fund, through Nightwood Theatre

Ontario Arts Council

Toronto Arts Council

Canada Council for the Arts

Diaspora Dialogues Presents the It Begins with a Book Literary Salon. March 31, 7:00 PM.

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As the world around us has gotten more intimate in the face of this unprecedented pandemic, DD looked to spark travel of the imagination through the exploration of global fiction. With the help of our community of diverse writers/artists, we held a contest to choose one book of fiction from a contemporary writer in Africa, Asia or Australia that had a positive impact on it’s community.

Join us for a presentation of new artistic works based on It Begins with a Book winner, An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon. Works will be presented by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Thea Lim and Helen Knott, as well as a musical composition by Lucas Haneman.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/it-begins-with-a-book-literary-salon-tickets-301218381287

DD Playwrights Mentoring Program presents: Mno Bimaadiziwin. March 26, 7:00 PM ONLINE AND IN PERSON

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Join us on Saturday, March 26th at 7pm for the online presentation of Mno Bimaadiziwin by Ziigwen Mixemong, presented by Theatre by the Bay

Mno Bimaadiziwin, meaning “A Good Life,” tells of the resiliency of love, healing, and community in the face of collective trauma. It takes place as the characters prepare to enter a sweat lodge ceremony on their journeys to wellness.

Theatre by the Bay will also present a public reading of Mno Bimaadiziwin at The Theatre Centre in Toronto on Saturday, March 26th at 7pm.

Tickets to this public reading are free, but capacity is limited. The reading will run for approximately one hour.

IN PERSON REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mno-bimaadiziwin-a-public-reading-tickets-292553163387

COVID-19: The Theatre Centre is continuing to require proof of vaccination for all in-person events at this time. Patrons must show proof of vaccination and ID at the door and masks are required throughout the reading.

VIRTUAL OPTION: For those unable to attend in person, a livestream option will be available. Visit the link below to register for the livestream: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_05J95760Q5e-g2hoKjRKRQ

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM:

Written by Ziigwen Mixemong

Directed by Herbie Barnes

Jordan M. Burns as Nisheemaas

Pesch Nepoose as Dawnis

Brianne Tucker as Imogen

Trina Paula Moyen as Zhawen

John Roldan as Conductor & others

Mno Bimaadiziwin was originally produced by Theatre by the Bay in September/October of 2021 with the support of the City of Barrie and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the McGuire Trust.

It included the following artists:

Production Manager: Karen Elizabeth

Technical Director: Claude Labrecque

Stage Manager: Barry Cook

Set & Costume Designer, Regalia Curator: Samantha McCue

Lighting Designer: Echo Zhou

Props Master: Brenda Thompson

Sound Designer & Composer: Mathew Magneson

ASM: Ashley Frederick

Set Builder: Diane Frederick

Cultural Consultant: Kelly Brownbill

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