Finding Nirvana Event

Hey Gen Z Students! Join us at our FREE happiness and learn the habits and tips for mindful awareness, positive thinking and happiness.

About this Event
JOIN OUR HAPPINESS PARTY!!! The pressures of online schooling, living in a pandemic environment and the pressures that surround our daily lives can definitely take away a lot of our positive energy. You will have the opportunity to participate and win PRIZES that we are giving away throughout our event! You can have the chance to win an APPLE WATCH, a GOOGLE HOME MINI and so much MORE!
You will be able to learn tools and tips that can help you create a positive mindset and help you find your “Nirvana”! Finding Nirvana will allow college and university students across Canada to not only expand their knowledge on positive psychology but adapt techniques that they can use for a lifetime!
Finding Nirvana presents a Canadian-wide, FREE virtual student event created by the business student at the University of Guelph-Humber. This is an event you don’t want to miss out on. Immerse on a journey of self-discovery where you can learn how to raise your levels of consciousness and gain insight into the science of happiness. JOIN US for this eye-opening and interactive experience with live special guests and professional seminars where you’ll discover techniques to become more aware of your feelings, emotions and thought patterns. Our free resources in neuroscience and positive psychology will equip you with the tools and strategies needed to maintain a healthy life balance. JOIN hundreds of students across Canada on this journey so we can help you find your happiness!

We would love to see you there so make sure you RSVP at http://www.findingnirvana.ca 🙂

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How to (Safely) Shoot Your Indie Film During a Pandemic

Have you been chomping at the bit to get cameras rolling on your next film project, but feel bogged down by isolation and public health guidelines?

CineVic presents How to (Safely) Shoot Your Indie Film During a Pandemic — an informative panel of local Victoria talent who have tackled the challenge of film production during Covid-19 restrictions over the past several months. Five experienced filmmakers will divulge the trials and tribulations of managing a distanced cast and crew without sacrificing the quality of your cinematic storytelling. They’ll also give some hot tips on how to follow protocols and resources published by WorksafeBC, ActSafe, DOC, CreativeBC, and others (hint: it’s more than masks, sanitizer, and six feet of space!)

Wednesday January 20th 2021 @ 7:00pm on Zoom

FREE for CineVic Members
(Email us at office@cinevic.ca to get the Zoom link)

$25 for Non-Members
(Register on Eventbrite – the Zoom link will be sent in your ticket confirmation email)

Meet our panelists:

Tamara Tulloch is currently serving as a Covid Compliance Officer/Health and Safety Supervisor for Air Bud Entertainment and Lighthouse Pictures inc. With 10 years as a set medic/craft service and the last 4 years as a paramedic and dispatcher for BC Ambulance – being able to tap into “insider knowledge” in the early days was vital to understanding the path and transmission of this virus in our midst. With an extensive education background in OH&S, in May 2020 she was asked to be at the forefront of covid protocol creation and implementation for the film/television/performance art industry and by late June was boots on the ground building Compliance and Enforcement teams all over the province. She is currently completing her 17th show in the Covid Era as lead for Covid Health and Safety with 3 more productions trained, crewed and beginning in the next month.

Libby Kaul has been involved in the indie film scene on Vancouver Island since 2016. She has a background in corporate administration and education but was drawn to the intense team environment of a working film crew while chaperoning her son to film sets in Vancouver and Los Angeles. She produced her first UBCP Ultra Low Budget short MIA in 2017 which won an Award of Distinction at the Canada Short Film Festival. She also produced Bump in the Night which debuted at the Telluride Horror Show in 2019. ​Libby was Location Manager for the short film version of All-In Madonna and worked as Second Assistant Director on the feature film Open for Submissions. During the pandemic, Libby has been advising on Covid Safety Plans and monitoring on-set regulations on local indie film productions.

Lukas Hanulak is a writer and director for film & television based in Victoria, BC. He was born in former Czechoslovakia, where his longtime passion for visual and emotional storytelling began, and where he has directed a dozen crime/drama series for major film and TV producers. As a writer, he co-created the award-winning film The Good Death, a story about voluntary assisted dying, that aired on many worldwide TV markets. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada, and his first Canadian production – the short film Empty Spaces – was made in December 2020, right in the middle of the pandemic.

Joyce Kline is a 2017 Leo Award winning Production Designer with a passion for visual storytelling. Formally trained as a visual artist, she draws on wide-ranging experience as a writer, playwright, dancer, home stager, theatre designer and storyboard artist. Joyce has exhibited across Canada and in Finland, had theatre pieces produced and workshopped in Victoria, Vancouver, and Toronto, received Ontario, Toronto and Canada Council visual arts grants, danced in Canada, England and France and taught drawing and visual narrative at Victoria College of Art. Her short film Cancelled Stamp, which she wrote, directed and co-produced in the midst of the pandemic, is currently in post production.

Justus Lowry was born to independent filmmakers and grew up exposed to cinema and making videos. After a Computer Animation program at The Centre For Digital Imaging and Sound (now the Art Institute of Burnaby), he spent half a decade doing freelance graphic design and photography before starting his own freelance media company in 2007, producing websites, advertisements, music videos, corporate videos, and TV commercials. Since then, he’s produced a variety of short culinary documentaries and two short documentaries about cacao. In early 2020 the international production of his first feature film about the chocolate industry was interrupted due to the pandemic, but he pushed through and the project is currently in post-production.

VIFF Creator Talk: Bill Lawrence Co-Creator, Ted Lasso

Co/creator of Scrubs, Cougar Town and Spin City, Bill Lawrence will be online for a VIFF Creator Talk to chat about his latest big-hearted comedy series, Ted Lasso!
The Apple TV+ series, starring and co-created by Jason Sudeikis, is about an American football coach who’s recruited to manage an English soccer team despite having no experience (or even a clear concept of the sport).
Join us for ‘biscuits with the boss’ as Bill Lawrence takes us inside the writers’ room of this series that shows conventional sitcom ideas a red card, brings real depth to a game ensemble cast and proves that comedy and sincerity can be potent strike partners.

Nov. 17, 5pm PST on VIFF Connect.

TICKETS $10: goviff.org/ted-lasso
Free to VIFF Connect Subscribers

Planet Protector Academy: Keep Cool

Keep Cool inspires kids to become climate action superheroes and change their families’ energy & transportation habits!
Trusted by parents and kids in 400+ cities, this series of 6 Live webcast is for kids age 6-11.
Features fun, arts and game based activities that are engaging, joyful and educational!

Distance Dialogue: Anne Michaels & david sereda

Please join novelist and poet Anne Michaels and singer/songwriter david sereda for a Distance Dialogue, exploring Michaels’ recent book Infinite Gradation and original songs by sereda. A performance where spoken word meets sung word in a sustained, charged, intimate conversation. Michaels and sereda explore in meaningful depth how art awakens and consoles, providing profound ways to reflect on mortality and connection in perilous times.

Inspired by George Ryga, the Ryga Arts Festival is a vibrant celebration of the arts in the spectacular Okanagan valley of British Columbia.
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Jim Byrnes Live with Simon Kendall

Winner of multiple Juno, Maple Blues and Canadian Folk Music awards, Jim Byrnes joins the 2020 Ryga Arts Festival for an intimate on-line concert with Simon Kendall (composer, producer and long time keyboardist for Doug and the Slugs). We invite you to join Jim and Simon for this interactive music event with evocative, smoky vocals from Jim’s recent release, Long Hot Summer Days, along with an array of music and stories from the rich life of this extraordinary artist.

Inspired by George Ryga, the Ryga Arts Festival is a vibrant celebration of the arts in the spectacular Okanagan valley of British Columbia.
rygafest.ca

 

From our friends in arts and culture. Visit Don’t Stop Here, find more events in British Columbia in the arts and culture industries. 

Extended Play

Showcasing BC Authors and indie-folk. We’re thrilled to partner with the Summerland Branch Library for a second year to bring you an engaging mixed program of readings and music. Award-winning guests this year will include author Frances Greenslade, queer writer and performer, Michael V Smith and poet Sharon Thesen, with music from BC indie-folk artists.

Inspired by George Ryga, the Ryga Arts Festival is a vibrant celebration of the arts in the spectacular Okanagan valley of British Columbia.
rygafest.ca