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==Jimmy Ung== | ==Jimmy Ung== | ||
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Jimmy Ung was born in Montreal from a family of Cambodian War Refugees who arrived in Canada in the early 1980s. He studied Industrial Relations and International Cooperation at the Université de Montréal, and Chinese Martial Arts for 3 years during his youth. Jimmy has held professional positions at the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Canadian Parliament, as well as with international charity Free The Children and software development company Softimage (AVID / Autodesk). Working on the intersections of culture, politics, policy development and community engagement, he has also been a member of several Board of Directors in sectors such as University Research, Health and Social Services and Youth Services / Representation Structures. | Jimmy Ung was born in Montreal from a family of Cambodian War Refugees who arrived in Canada in the early 1980s. He studied Industrial Relations and International Cooperation at the Université de Montréal, and Chinese Martial Arts for 3 years during his youth. Jimmy has held professional positions at the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Canadian Parliament, as well as with international charity Free The Children and software development company Softimage (AVID / Autodesk). Working on the intersections of culture, politics, policy development and community engagement, he has also been a member of several Board of Directors in sectors such as University Research, Health and Social Services and Youth Services / Representation Structures. | ||
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==Amrita Choudhury== | ==Amrita Choudhury== | ||
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Amrita Choudhury is a Dancer, Choreographer, & Teacher and works in the field of " Dance & Education" and performs cultural research into various styles of dances. She also uses dance as a healing and thereapeutique tool, in combination with the ancient techniques of Yoga & Meditation, dating back to the Tantric tradition of Dance/Yoga practices. | Amrita Choudhury is a Dancer, Choreographer, & Teacher and works in the field of " Dance & Education" and performs cultural research into various styles of dances. She also uses dance as a healing and thereapeutique tool, in combination with the ancient techniques of Yoga & Meditation, dating back to the Tantric tradition of Dance/Yoga practices. | ||
Trained in India in Classical, folk, gypsy & modern Indian dance traditions, a transmission which has been passed down from generation to generation, Amrita travels internationally teaching workshops, offering performances & lectures in the field of Dance & Yoga-Dance. She has also appeared in various Television and Radio shows in Norht America, Europe, India & in South America. | Trained in India in Classical, folk, gypsy & modern Indian dance traditions, a transmission which has been passed down from generation to generation, Amrita travels internationally teaching workshops, offering performances & lectures in the field of Dance & Yoga-Dance. She has also appeared in various Television and Radio shows in Norht America, Europe, India & in South America. | ||
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==Huu Bac== | ==Huu Bac== | ||
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Huu Bac arrived in Quebec from Vietnam at the age of two, and absorbs with great enthusiasm life in his new homeland. His musical journey starts in Montreal (McGill University) with a sound foundation in jazz guitar. In 2002, he discovers the beauty of the vietnamese monochord, the Dan Bau, under the guidance of master Pham Duc Thanh. He works on traditional repertoire all the while integrating western pieces. His curiosity for ancient string instruments leads him to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where he learns the chinese fidlle, the Erhu. Back in Montreal in 2006, he encounters renoun peruvian composer Lucho Quequezana who invites him to a musical journey in Peru with the group Sonidos Vivos. This intimate contact with afro-peruvian music and music from the Andes is a source a inspiration in his artistic itinerary. Learning to play the andean bambo flute, the Quena, Huu Bac expands his talents of performer to a new instrument. | Huu Bac arrived in Quebec from Vietnam at the age of two, and absorbs with great enthusiasm life in his new homeland. His musical journey starts in Montreal (McGill University) with a sound foundation in jazz guitar. In 2002, he discovers the beauty of the vietnamese monochord, the Dan Bau, under the guidance of master Pham Duc Thanh. He works on traditional repertoire all the while integrating western pieces. His curiosity for ancient string instruments leads him to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where he learns the chinese fidlle, the Erhu. Back in Montreal in 2006, he encounters renoun peruvian composer Lucho Quequezana who invites him to a musical journey in Peru with the group Sonidos Vivos. This intimate contact with afro-peruvian music and music from the Andes is a source a inspiration in his artistic itinerary. Learning to play the andean bambo flute, the Quena, Huu Bac expands his talents of performer to a new instrument. | ||
From 2009 to 2015, he collaborates twice with the Cirque du Soleil, recording for the shows “Totem” and “Toruk”. He also recorded for “Canotgraphie”, a show by artistic director Robert Lepage. In 2010, he distinguishes himself as finalist for the “Montreal Arts Council Diversity Award”. Recipient in 2011 and 2012 of a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts as a composer, he is as well invited in 2011 to take part in the festival “Africa-Asia Encounters”, in Paris. | From 2009 to 2015, he collaborates twice with the Cirque du Soleil, recording for the shows “Totem” and “Toruk”. He also recorded for “Canotgraphie”, a show by artistic director Robert Lepage. In 2010, he distinguishes himself as finalist for the “Montreal Arts Council Diversity Award”. Recipient in 2011 and 2012 of a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts as a composer, he is as well invited in 2011 to take part in the festival “Africa-Asia Encounters”, in Paris. | ||
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==Hera Chan== | ==Hera Chan== | ||
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Hera Chan is journalist, art worker, and organizer based in Montreal on the unceded land of Kanien'kehá:ka. She has gathered news for the Eastern Door, the McGill Daily, the Media Co-op, and CKUT Radio. Hera's research is grounded in the discipline of East Asian Studies and histories of solidarity movements. As the current director of Atelier Céladon, she speaks with voices of diasporic peoples to socially engineer another future that is already possible. | Hera Chan is journalist, art worker, and organizer based in Montreal on the unceded land of Kanien'kehá:ka. She has gathered news for the Eastern Door, the McGill Daily, the Media Co-op, and CKUT Radio. Hera's research is grounded in the discipline of East Asian Studies and histories of solidarity movements. As the current director of Atelier Céladon, she speaks with voices of diasporic peoples to socially engineer another future that is already possible. | ||
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==Madeleine Thien== | ==Madeleine Thien== | ||
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Madeleine Thien is the author of the story collection Simple Recipes, and three novels, including Dogs at the Perimeter, which was shortlisted for Berlin's 2014 International Literature Award and won the Frankfurt Book Fair's 2015 Liberaturpreis. Her books and stories have been translated into 25 languages, and her essays have appeared in Granta, the Guardian, the Financial Times, Five Dials, Brick, and elsewhere. Her most recent novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, was published this year. She lives in Montreal. | Madeleine Thien is the author of the story collection Simple Recipes, and three novels, including Dogs at the Perimeter, which was shortlisted for Berlin's 2014 International Literature Award and won the Frankfurt Book Fair's 2015 Liberaturpreis. Her books and stories have been translated into 25 languages, and her essays have appeared in Granta, the Guardian, the Financial Times, Five Dials, Brick, and elsewhere. Her most recent novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, was published this year. She lives in Montreal. | ||
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==kimura-lemoine== | ==kimura-lemoine== | ||
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nathalie lemoine (나타리 르무완 * ナタリー.ルモワーヌ) is a conceptual multimedia feminist artist who works on identities (diaspora, ethnicity, colorism, post-colonialism, immigration, gender), and expresses it with calligraphy, paintings, digital images, poems, videos and photography. kimura-lemoine’s work has been exhibited, screened and published internationally (artist’ statement). | nathalie lemoine (나타리 르무완 * ナタリー.ルモワーヌ) is a conceptual multimedia feminist artist who works on identities (diaspora, ethnicity, colorism, post-colonialism, immigration, gender), and expresses it with calligraphy, paintings, digital images, poems, videos and photography. kimura-lemoine’s work has been exhibited, screened and published internationally (artist’ statement). | ||
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==Jimmy Ung== | ==Jimmy Ung== | ||
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Presentation: Photographing Human Dignity in the Americas: Jimmy will speak about his experience of driving his motorcycle from Montréal to Ushuaia, Argentina and using photography to engage with the people he met along the way, and the stories and images that are meaningful in their lives. | Presentation: Photographing Human Dignity in the Americas: Jimmy will speak about his experience of driving his motorcycle from Montréal to Ushuaia, Argentina and using photography to engage with the people he met along the way, and the stories and images that are meaningful in their lives. | ||
==Jenny Lin & Eloisa Aquino== | ==Jenny Lin & Eloisa Aquino== | ||
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Jenny Lin is a multidisciplinary artist who creates experimental narrative-based works aimed at causing disruption to the everyday and infiltrating mainstream narrative frameworks with difference, ambiguity and awkwardness. Jenny completed a BFA degree at the University of Calgary in 98 and an MFA at Concordia University in 2001. She teaches at Concordia University as a sessional instructor in the Print Media program area. | Jenny Lin is a multidisciplinary artist who creates experimental narrative-based works aimed at causing disruption to the everyday and infiltrating mainstream narrative frameworks with difference, ambiguity and awkwardness. Jenny completed a BFA degree at the University of Calgary in 98 and an MFA at Concordia University in 2001. She teaches at Concordia University as a sessional instructor in the Print Media program area. | ||