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Digital Creator North at SPARC Symposium 2018

March 30, 2019

In May of 2018, Digital Creator North Program Leads gathered in person as co-presenters at the Sparc Community Symposium in Cobalt, Ontario in 2018.

Friday, May 25th, 2018 – Morning Session

* Holly Cunningham, Executive Director | directrice general, Near North Mobile Media Lab, North Bay

With technology changing so rapidly and information at our fingertips, now more than ever where you’re from isn’t as important as what you know. This presentation will touch on issues to which we, working in rural and remote communities, can all relate: developing a project in multiple locations, adopting existing models to small communities, and the challenges and benefits of multi-community partnerships.

Friday, May 25th, 2018 – Afternoon Session

* Katie Huckson | responsible du programme Digital Creator North Program Lead, Sault Ste. Marie
* Nathaniel Marchand | responsible du programme Digital Creator North Program Lead, Kenora
* Steve Kozinski | responsible du programme Digital Creator North Program Lead, Temiskaming Shores
* Laine Helbling | responsible du programme Digital Creator North Program Lead, Sioux Lookout
* Brittany Sheridan | responsible du programme Digital Creator North Program Lead, Elliot Lake
* Tyler Levesque | responsible du programme Digital Creator North Program Lead, Timmins

Engaging and motivating teens in a digital world: in this interactive and participatory discussion, we will be guided by the youthful leads of the Digital Creator North Program to reflect upon what it means to be working with young people today.