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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Introducing the Kids of the Rocket Fund: Shawn and Shawnee
Ahimsa Media is comprised of a cast of interesting characters, so it isn’t a stretch for us to develop a new plethora of personalities – online characters that is. Our inaugural lady was Emme Rogers, and since then character development has become a creative niche for us. Amazing how it helps us to deal with…
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The NSI speaks to Ahimsa Media (part 2)
As promised, please enjoy installment two of Liz Hover’s NSI interview with Erica Hargreave and Susan Brinton. Here, the conversation turns to the unknown elements of applying to a brand new funding stream and our project’s future should the application be successful. Erica also takes the time to briefly discuss the funding changes within the…