Category: News

  • Join In The Experience

    All of us here at Ahimsa Media have been enjoying our  relationship with Paperny Films and talk daily about the adventures their shows have inspired us to have.  We are pleased to share some exciting opportunities that have come along for others to get involved with them as well.  Paperny is casting for a few…

  • Some Exciting Opportunities With Paperny Films

    Storytelling excites us.  We have fun with it!  It’s how we get are kicks, and as such we are pretty pleased about our latest client, Paperny Films, as they are all about stories too and are telling some entertaining ones, from foodie adventures with true to life characters like Bob Blumer to the legends of…

  • Oh Christmas Tree, Oh 21st Century (Christmas, Local Anxiety Style)

    It wouldn’t be right to let the holidays pass without our annual tradition of a little bit of green, and since this year’s holiday activity was a little more slanted to relaxation, I thought we’d share a little music video our pals Mark Leiren-Young and Kevin Crofton of Local Anxiety made to ring in the…

  • Bringing a Little Relaxation to Your Holidays

    Bringing a Little Relaxation to Your Holidays

    Dating back to the days of writing and creating our Kids Science and Environmental Show we started a holiday tradition at Ahimsa Media of sharing an activity that you could do with your loved ones or on your own.  Typically, this activity has had a green slant to it. While this year’s could still be considered…

  • Burnaby Village Museum – A Storyteller’s Delight

    Burnaby Village Museum – A Storyteller’s Delight

    At Ahimsa Media the winter holidays are all about relaxing and spending time laughing and having fun with the folks we love.  It is for this reason that Lori and I take a break from the pre-holiday craziness each year to laugh, be silly and shoot our holiday card together. This year’s shoot was even…

  • New Courses for the New Year

    We are pleased to be ringing in the New Year with two new Interactive Storytelling Courses for Professionals at BCIT and Capilano University. Photo Courtesy of John Biehler The focus of both these courses are to inspire the participants to use digital tools, such as social media, to make your online communications more engaging, build…

  • Launch Party 10: A Vancouver Event Not to Miss (and where to win tickets)

    Back in the days when I was a children’s and educational writer for television and magazines and first exploring the digital sphere, I was incredibly fortunate to be welcomed into Vancouver’s technology scene and shown the lay of the land by a few of the early leaders in the space.  My guides and translators in…

  • The Vancouver Sun asks: Can Technology Improve Literacy Skills?

    Last week The Vancouver Sun‘s digital life writer Gillian Shaw approached Erica Hargreave to discuss the effect technology is having on literacy skills.  An issue often discussed in the Ahimsa Media office and, it would seem, many other offices too. Gillian’s article went to press on Saturday, and it was fascinating to read the full…

  • Back to School with Multimedia Ed Packages for the Classroom

    Back to School with Multimedia Ed Packages for the Classroom

    Having been a classroom teacher, I understand what a demanding profession teaching can be and the need for quality support material for teachers and the classroom.  One particular source of frustration for me, as a teacher, was the unimaginative, rote learning materials that typically accompanied videos in the classroom – “watch the video and answer…

  • Back to School With Ahimsa Media – An Interactive Classroom This Fall

    It never fails, since my third birthday the autumn still means it time to head back into the classroom for me, some more conventional, some a little less so.  This is probably why in my mind the year runs from September to June and the new year starts for me afresh every September.  With a…