[12 Jan 2010 | One Comment | ]
C@tO at Vancouver 2010

C@tO is pleased to announce its site relaunch, designed by our new Editorial Assistant, Jennifer Jones. We are all gearing up for Vancouver 2010, where we will have a team of 10 writers and photographers in Vancouver from 1st Feb – 28th Feb. It will include Andy Miah, Beatriz Garcia, Ana Adi, Jennifer Jones, Debbi Lander, Kris Krug & Danielle Sipple. We will be covering all things social, cultural and political related to the Games.
Contact details during Vancouver to follow soon. We’ll be writing for C@tO, along with other outlets, …

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Media, Vancouver 2010 »

[9 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Vancouver’s Olympic Fibre Network

With 4 days until the Olympics begin in Vancouver, Bell, Canadas’ largest phone network offered a taste of the world’s first all-IP (internet protocol) Games. This is the first Olympic Games, in history, to be broadcast and shared across a fibre, digital infrastructure.

Academic News, Culture, Events, Vancouver 2010 »

[7 Feb 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
CODE Dialogues at Emily Carr University

On the 6th of February, 2010, to coincide with the opening of CODE Live at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, the Cultural Olympiad 2010 and Emily Carr presented a one-day forum that brought together national and international artists, (many of which were exhibiting work within CODE) curators and thinkers for a series of dialogues on the relationships between digital technologies and creative practices today.

Culture, Events, Photography, Vancouver 2010 »

[6 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
CODE Live Launch

Over the evenings of the 3rd and 4th Febuary, Culture @ the Olympics staff (Jennifer Jones, Kris Krug and Danielle Sipple) have been present at the pre-launch and launch of the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad events, CODE Live.

Twitter Summary »

[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
@CulturalOlympic (2009.10.15-2010.01.06)

Our Twitter Feed Summary for 15 Dec 2009 -06 Jan 2010

Vancouver 2010 »

[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Whistler launches resort-wide social media effort

To mark the first Winter Games of the Twitter era, Tourism Whistler has launched hashtags #whistler30 and #whistlerW5. These social media tools will provide international media with a vital information channel for up-to-the-minute coverage on what’s happening in Whistler – the Host Mountain Resort for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Working with many of its members and community partners, including Whistler Blackcomb, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, and The Fairmont Chateau Whistler, the dedicated Twitter hashtags were developed by Tourism Whistler to deliver media-specific content before, during and after …