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Pīsim Picture Book App Launched at UW
The first picture book app in the Six Seasons of Asiniskaw Ithiniwak series is live! Explore Pisim's journey through full-colour illustrations, songs, interactive games, and cultural notes.
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Naomi Hamer Discusses Pisim App on CBC Morning Show
Dr. Naomi Hamer from Ryerson University discusses the Pisim app and picture book remediation on the CBC Morning Show.
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Winnipeg Free Press features NCN Knowledge Keeper Mona Hart and Pisim App
Winnipeg Free Press speaks with Knowledge Keeper Mona Hart about the Pisim picture book app, and revitalizing Cree language.
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Six Seasons Celebrates App Launch
On October 24, the Six Seasons of Asiniskaw Ithiniwak will celebrate the launch of their first picture book app that accompanies the story Pisim Finds Her Miskanaw.
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Six Seasons at Youngsters 2 Conference
The Six Seasons project will be at the Association for Research in Cultures of Young People's Youngsters 2 conference at Ryerson University this week.
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Rocky Cree Language Event and Preview of Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow App
As part of the University of Winnipeg’s series of Indigenous language events in honour of the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages, the Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak Project will be presenting on the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak (Rocky Cree) language and giving a preview of the soon-to-be-released Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow picture book app at 12:30pm on March 28. This public event will take place in the University of Winnipeg Aboriginal Student Services Centre and will be followed by a feast.
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Job Posting for RA for Six Seasons Production Team
The Production Team invites applications for a Research Assistant to work on the Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak Project. This research position will help collect material for an acoustic archaeology soundscape for inclusion in the production of the picture book app for the second text in the Six Seasons series.
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Six Seasons Presentation at 2018 Meaningful Play Conference
Mavis Reimer will be presenting “Playing for the Future: A Picture Book App for Cultural Reclamation and Reconciliation” on behalf of the Six Seasons project at the 2018 Meaningful Play conference at Michigan State University on Oct. 11. She is part of the Indigenous Games panel, and will be speaking about the game development in the Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow picture book app.
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Six Seasons Presentation at Synergy and Contradiction: How Picturebooks and Picture Books Work Conference
On September 8, Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwakcollaborator, Naomi Hamer, will present “Transmedia storytelling, media genealogies, and picture book theory” at the Synergy and Contradiction: How Picturebooks and Picture Books Work Conference at the University of Cambridge.
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Six Seasons Project Receives Canadian Heritage Grant
The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak project has received a grant from the Canadian Heritage Aboriginal Language Initiative Program to assist with the development of the Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow app.
