This Friday we’re very excited to be discussing the reasons behind Third Culture Media at What Makes a Man, an annual conference hosted by the White Ribbon Campaign. Check out the line-up for the day long event here.
Third Culture will be presenting this week at the annual Power of the Arts National Forum. Co-organized by the Michaëlle Jean Foundation and Carleton University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Power of the Arts convenes researchers, policymakers, urban planners, youth and artists to discuss the ways in which using art as a tool for social change can improve the quality of life in underserved communities.
We had the pleasure of mentoring a group of young women in East Scarborough through the Unravel Project. As their mentors, we helped them work towards production of their first short film, which they shot last week! Super proud of theses ladies, one of whom woke up the morning after Prom to make the shoot!
The Unravel Film Project is a 5 month program, founded by super tech star Nasma Ahmed for young women of colour ages 14-18 residing or attending school in East Scarborough.
Third Culture launched last month with a screening party for THE FOREIGNER in the Distillery District. Over 300 people were in attendance to watch the film and dance to the beautiful sounds of Forro Nite, Primitiva, DJ Firecracker and DJ Drumspeak. A big thank you to Cabinet Furniture, Big Village, vanGray, the bands and all the volunteers for making this party a huge success!
The Foreigner Release
Kate and Maya at Foreigner Release
Thrid Culture Launch packed house
Thrid Culture Launch Dancefloor
Forro Nite at Third Culture Launch
Third Culture Launch Quadrilla
Big Village at Third Culture Launch
Post Foreigner Dancefloor
Primitiva at Third Culture Launch
This week we ha
d the pleasure to find out that Third Culture Media is among the few businesses to receive funding from the 2014 Michaëlle Jean Young Arts Entrepreneur Award. Thanks to the generous support of CIBC and BMO, the Michaëlle Jean foundation has awarded this funding to eight youth-led businesses across the country. More details to come this fall! Thank you to Michaëlle Jean and the foundation for their incredible support!