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X-Radiography May Be Easier Than You Think
ByNina Roth-Wells News in Conservation, August-September 2025, Issue 109, p. 10-15 While conservators working in larger institutions or academic settings often have access to a range of analytical equipment, most conservators working in the private sector or in remote areas have limited access. From my own experiences, however, I can attest that even conservators working in these settings can utilize radiography because it is such a ubiquitous piece of medical equipment.
Mini-Post: New Art by Shawn Huckins
(Above: The Floral Portrait: Sarah Sherburne (after Copley), 2023, by Shawn Huckins, acrylic on canvas, 56 x 44 in.) Click to enlarge What’s great about Shawn again? Shawn continues to refine his technical specialty of merging classical historical portraiture with modern preoccupations. My full post on his work can be found here.
Mini-Post: New Art by Shawn Huckins
(Above: The Floral Portrait: Sarah Sherburne (after Copley), 2023, by Shawn Huckins, acrylic on canvas, 56 x 44 in.) Click to enlarge What’s great about Shawn again? Shawn continues to refine his technical specialty of merging classical historical portraiture with modern preoccupations. My full post on his work can be found here.
Meet Prince Hall, The 'Black Founding Father' You Didn't Learn About In School
Even before America became a sovereign nation, a freed slave named Prince Hall fought for the emancipation of his people in Boston and beyond. Wikimedia CommonsThe only known portrait of Prince Hall, painted after his death. Throughout the 1770s, Prince Hall fought tirelessly for the rights of Black people in America.
1798: Criticism of US government officials made illegal
Under President John Adams in 1798, it was made illegal to criticize a government official unless the claims could be backed up in court. More than two dozen people were arrested under the statute, but they were pardoned by incoming President Thomas Jefferson two years later. John Singleton Copley // Wikimedia Commons You don't have any notifications. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Topics News Alert Subscribe Breaking News Subscribe
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Psychedelic Christmas Tree Forest at The Standard Hotel
All Photos By Gail If you happen to be planning an outing to the Whitney Museum to see the new Andy Warhol exhibit, From A to B And Back Again, why not make day of it: do some shopping, walk the High Line, enjoy a delicious lunch at Bubby’s, and stop by the outdoor Plaza at the Standard Hotel to check out their amazing Psychedelic Christmas Tree Forest! As you can see, these trees are decorated with oversize sweets such as Gummy Bears, Candy Canes and Gum Drops! Fun! While you stroll among...
Guest speakers debate pipeline expansion during ATA conference
(ANNews) – On October 13, 2018 two educated and intelligent women stepped up to the podium in a ballroom at the River Cree Resort’s Marriott Hotel; one to encourage Albertans and Canadians to denounce pipeline expansion and the other to defend the rights of working Albertans, many of whom earn a living in a province that depends on the oil industry, and next to Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, houses the third largest oil reserves in the world.
Eschia Books is seeking Indigenous writers and illustrators
(ANNews) – Well known artist, journalist and Indigenous cultural advocate Dianne Meili is the owner of Eschia Books, a Stony Plain-based Aboriginal-owned publishing house aimed at printing books that spark interest in Aboriginal cultures, engage more young readers, and encourage understanding through genuine, insightful writing. “As an Aboriginal publisher,” explained Meili, “Eschia Books is really beginning to take a place in terms of cultural retention and education.
Dale Auger Memorial Art Show takes place in Bragg Creek on November 2-3
“My dad initiated the art show back in 2004 and it took place each year until his death,” she explained. “I held it once after his death, but 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of his passing and I wanted to bring everyone back together again to celebrate his life and his accomplishments.
2018 BBMA recipients receive their Métis Sash
(ANNews) – On Saturday, September 22, 2018 the Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards (BBMA) initiative celebrated yet another milestone and for the 17th consecutive year honoured deserving Métis students whose hard work and determination is enabling them to succeed. Fred Keating co-emceed the event with BBMA alumni and clinical psychologist Christie Ladouceur.
Interior Heavy Equipment Operator School sets trainees on the right path
(ANNews) – Established in 2005, Winfield, B.C.-based Interior Heavy Equipment Operator School Ltd. (IHE) has been offering professional hands-on equipment training to individuals seeking employment as heavy equipment operators for the past 10 years. With training sites in both Winfield and Innisfail, Alberta, the company has trained in the neighbourhood of 3,000 heavy equipment operators since its inception; about 10 percent of those graduates come from the Aboriginal community.
Lead singer Luc Gauthier and his band Calling All Captains sign a new record deal
(ANNews) – There’s been some exciting news coming out of the Equal Vision Records (EVR) studio in Albany, New York this month with the announcement that Canadian pop punk band, Calling All Captains, has been signed to the label.
Enoch Cree Nation and Diabetes Canada host a comprehensive workshop
(ANNews) – The Marriott Hotel at the River Cree Resort and Casino was a hub of activity on September 12-13 as Diabetes Canada and the Enoch Cree Nation joined in partnership to host an important two-day workshop that provided vital information on a wide range of topics designed to educate workshop participants about managing and preventing diabetes.
Global News Anchor Daintre Christensen is an inspiration and an advocate
(ANNews) – If you haven’t heard of Daintre Christensen, then you’ve either just arrived from out-of-province or you’re off to work before the morning news is broadcast on Global TV. That’s where Daintre works as Traffic Anchor and Co-Host of Edmonton’s #1 Morning News program. A First Nation woman, Daintre is a member of Ontario’s Nipissing First Nation, an Ojibwe and Algonquin community whose ancestors have lived on and around Lake Nipissing for more than 9,000 years.
NorQuest celebrates success of Indigenous Construction Career Centre
(ANNews) – On Friday, September 7, NorQuest College hosted a Stakeholder Barbecue on the campus’ Parking Lot E on 108 Street and 102 Avenue in downtown Edmonton. The two-hour event, which took place on the last pleasant day before the snow and rain began to fall, was held to celebrate and share the success stories of the popular college and to acknowledge those whose contributions have made it all possible.
Northlands Indigenous Princess Alicia Cardinal’s reign comes to an end
(ANNews) – K-Days 2018 took place from July 22-29 this year and featured the annual K-Days Pow Wow, a three-day competition powwow that once again drew more than 700 dancers and thousands of spectators. In past years the powwow was accompanied by a Northlands Indigenous Princess Pageant, but the 2018 K-Days celebration did not include the pageant. “I’m not sure what happened or why it was cancelled,” noted the 2017 Princess Pageant winner, Alicia Cardinal.
Poundmaker’s powwow draws large crowds
(ANNews) – On August 4-5, the St. Albert-based Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centres Society celebrated its 45th Anniversary with a traditional Powwow and a Drum competition that drew large audiences from around the region and beyond. As it has done in past years PLTC reached out to youth, Elders, families, stakeholders and the general public with invitations to attend the free event at the powwow grounds adjacent to the lodge at 21058 Poundmaker’s Road near St. Albert’s eastern boundary.
K-Days features an exciting rodeo and competitive powwow
It all began on Thursday, July 19, when Canadian Olympic figure-skater and K-Days 2018 Parade Marshall Kaetlyn Osmond made her way through the streets of downtown Edmonton to launch the July 20-29 annual K-Days exhibition. Accompanying her and marshalling entries throughout the parade route were several dozens of Alberta’s Special Olympians.
Local boy wins National Indigenous Writing Award
(ANNews) – ‘The snow was melting, and the birds were singing, and the clouds were moving. Kay-Lynn and Jacob decided to leave the trail and walk down to the river and Jacob let go his sisters hand and ran away so fast she could not catch him. In minutes she lost her little brother Jacob. Kay-Lynn started to panic and yell for him to come back. But Jacob did not listen’ – and thus the story unwinds to become something special for young author Bryan Bruno.
Oskayak Police Academy celebrates fifth anniversary in Edmonton
(ANNews) – 2018 marks the fifth summer in a row that the Edmonton Police Service’s (EPS) Oskayak Police Academy’s summer training program has taken place at host venue, Amiskwaciy Academy. Designed “to engage, inspire and inform,” the program is held every July by community organizations who’ve come together in a unique partnership to support the EPS initiative and the youth who participate in it.
St. Albert celebrations honour Indigenous peoples
(ANNews) – First Nations, Métis and Inuit people were joined by more than 1200 well-wishers, celebrants, marchers and supporters during the 2018 National Indigenous People’s Day (NIPD) celebration in St. Albert’s Lion’s Park on Sunday, June 24.
University of Alberta offers a unique writing course this fall
(ANNews) – A unique three-month writing course, Treaty Poetics 494, will be introduced at the University of Alberta this coming September. The initiative, explained Creative Writing teacher and Associate (Arts) Professor Christine Stewart (English and Film Studies) “was developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.
Successful 2018 Metis Spring Festival sets new attendance records
(ANNews) – St. Albert’s Servus Place once again provided the ideal venue for what turned out to be an attendance breaking event for the 2018 Métis Spring Festival, an annual initiative organized and hosted by Metis Child and Family Services (MCFS).
Amiskwaciy Academy honours its 2018 grads
(ANNews) – Amiskwaciy Academy celebrated the achievements of the 14 students who make up the school’s 2018 Graduating Class during a celebration that got underway in the nearby Edmonton Inn’s Wild Room Room at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 7.
Glenbow Museum features an exquisite retrospective of art by Alex Janvier
(ANNews) – A Friday evening Launch Party at Calgary’s Glenbow Museum invited all-comers to help the popular museum celebrate its three newest shows: the June 16 – Sept. 9, 2018 opening of Alex Janvier’s Modern Indigenous Master Exhibition; One New Works Series, entitled Gwenessa Lam: What Magic (June 16 – Sept. 9); and to highlight art and artifacts acquired by the Glenbow in 2017 in a collection entitled: Recent Acquisitions.
Minister Richard Feehan affirms Alberta’s commitments to Indigenous people
(ANNews) – In a recent interview leading up to the June 21 Summer Solstice and National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD), Alberta’s Minister of Indigenous Relations, Richard Feehan spoke about some of the accomplishments his ministry has made during the past several years and what he hopes to see as we move into the future.
AGA exhibit features three prominent Indigenous artists
(ANN) – Landmark: A New Chapter Acquisition Project (April 28 – Nov. 11) is the latest in an exciting series of Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) exhibitions taking place now through 2019. This new Landmark presentation is the second in a series of exhibitions supported by a Canada Council for the Arts “New Chapter” grant, an initiative that enables new acquisitions to the AGA’s permanent collection of work by Indigenous, Métis and Inuit artists to be showcased and presented to the public.
Saddle Lake First Nation IRS office launches legacy book
On November 27, the Saddle Lake First Nation Indian Residential School (IRS) Office launched its newly published Legacy Book, nitohta nosisim (Listen My Children). The launch, which took place during the recent three-day Knowing Our Spirits Conference at the Ramada Edmonton Hotel, fulfills the goal of the community’s IRS office to create a book that can be utilized within the community schools, libraries and homes.
Bigstone Cree Nation seeks repatriation of artifacts from Royal Alberta Museum
(ANNews) – The Bigstone Cree Nation and the Bigstone Cree Empowerment Society (BCES) have been working hard this year to have culturally relevant artifacts returned to the community from their current resting place in the Edmonton-based Royal Alberta Museum (RAM). To enhance the success of that effort they have just completed a refurbishing and renovation project that has turned a former band office into a new museum.
Edmonton Public Library puts a spotlight on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
(ANNews) – The Edmonton Public Library (EPL) and the University of Alberta are co-hosting a series of initiatives that are addressing the recommendations to reconciliation as outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. Voice for the Voiceless: A Moderated Speaker Panel on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, took place in Edmonton at the Citadel Theatre’s Zeidler Hall (9828-101 Avenue) on May 22.
Li Salay explores the shifting boundaries of Metis art: opens at the AGA on May 26
(ANNews) – Art lovers in Edmonton are in for a real treat because the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) will be showcasing a new exhibition – Li Salay – that focuses on work created by Métis artists from across the country. The exhibit opens with a fascinating symposium on May 25 and 26. There is no charge for the symposium but space is limited so tickets must be reserved through the website youraga.ca/lisalay.
Feature artist for May 2018: Ron Disbrowe
(ANNews) – The beautiful painting on the cover of the May 2018 edition of Alberta Native New is part of a wildlife series by Ron Disbrowe. The image evokes a both a feeling of serenity and grandeur as the majestic loon readies to take flight into a glorious sunset – and leaving behind a ripple of calm water. As a young Métis man Ron Disbrowe wanted to pursue an artistic career but peer pressure and the need to make an immediate living forced him to give up his childhood dream.
New book reveals interesting details about two prominent Metis women and their families
(ANNews) – In mid-March this year the University of Alberta Press released one of its newest titles for 2018, Métis Pioneers, a complex manuscript that delves into the lives of two prominent Métis women, Marie Rose Delorme Smith (1861-1960) and Isabella Clark Hardisty Lougheed (1859-1936).
2018 Métis Spring Festival coming to St. Albert on May 18-20
(ANNews) – St. Albert’s spacious Servus Place will continue as it has since 2010 when it plays host to the 2018 Métis Spring Festival, an annual event hosted by Métis Child and Family Services Society. The May 18-20, 2018 festival will get underway with a Talent Show competition on Friday evening, May 18 at 7:30. More than $5,000 in first, second and third place prize money is available for the top three contestants in junior, youth, adult and senior vocalist categories.
Event preview: “Ancestors and Elders” – exploring the power of tradition and truth
(ANNews) – The two evening showings of Shumka’s world premiere dance performance, Ancestors and Elders, concludes in Edmonton’s Jubilee Auditorium this evening (April 28) at 7:30 pm. This spectacular and meaningful piece of art is a must-see presentation that highlights the coming together of Ukrainian and Indigenous cultures in a memorable evening that features the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers and the Running Thunder Dancers, led by the well-known entertainer, Adrian LaChance.
Amiskwaciy Academy welcomes the new season with a sumptuous Spring Feast
(ANNews) – On Friday 13, 2018, Amiskwaciy Academy celebrated the changing of seasons, welcomed the coming of spring and thanked the school’s many supporters and community partners for their ongoing involvement. Students and staff, community partners, volunteers, media and others joined in as the school celebrated with a scrumptious turkey dinner (with all the trimmings) prepared by the school’s kitchen staff.
Marlene Poitras makes history as first female AFN Alberta Regional Chief
(ANNews) – On Thursday, February 22, 2018 Alberta’s First Nations Chiefs met in Edmonton and cast their ballots in an election that determined who would replace outgoing AFN Alberta Regional Chief Craig Makinaw as their spokesperson and representative in Ottawa for the next three years. Marlene Poitras, a member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, won the election on the second ballot and in doing so became the first woman in the organization’s 40-year history to hold the prestigious post.
Conference examines practices in Indigenous engagement and consultation
(ANNews) – On February 20-21, 2018 the Sutton Place Hotel in downtown Edmonton provided the venue for the 11th Annual Western Indigenous Consultation & Engagement (WICE) conference.
Indigenous Men’s Gathering ignites the Warrior Spirit
(ANNews) – The Indigenous Men’s Gathering (IMG), “Igniting the Warrior Spirit” took place at the Edmonton Inn and Conference Centre on February 27-28, 2018. The Edmonton event, presented by Dennis Cameron and Visionary Planning, Development and Management Group, was preceded by similar gatherings in Saskatoon and Winnipeg, and will continue later this month in Kamloops, B.C. and Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Women Building Futures: Trades are a positive career option for women
(ANNews) – In October 2017 Edmonton-based Women Building Futures (WBF) launched a new initiative and for the first time in its 20-year history implemented an awareness campaign that not only embraced local and provincial radio and national television, but also sourced various internet and social media platforms that enabled the campaign to reach communities and organizations across the country.
‘Children of God’ brings a tale of abuse and resilience to the stage
(ANNews) – The audience hears the faint sound of a distant drum, the lights slowly begin to brighten and the stage opens in a northern Ontario Indian residential school. The date is uncertain because the government sanctioned, church administered schools, which were designed to “civilize” Canada’s Indigenous peoples and assimilate them into western culture, operated in Canada for nearly 200 years; the last one didn’t close its doors until 1996.
2018 Belcourt Brosseau Métis scholarship applications are due March 31
(ANNews) – The Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards (BBMA) gala will take place at the Edmonton Inn and Conference Centre at 11834 Kingsway in Edmonton on Saturday, September 22, 2018. If you are a serious Métis student who needs financial assistance in order to begin or complete your education, now is the time to get your application in; the deadline is March 31. Last year’s event saw nearly 300 applications arrive by deadline date; more than 150 students received an award.
Feature artist for February 2018: Brenda Morency
(ANNews) – Brenda Morency, aka Seekachees, is an artist, an educator, an entrepreneur, a student and a member of the Swan River First Nation, a Treaty 8 community located 47 km west of Slave Lake at the hamlet of Kinuso, Alberta. Her beautiful creation “Medicine Walk” is featured on the cover of this month’s Alberta Native News. Making her home in Fort Saskatchewan with husband Jean, Brenda is also a mother and a grandmother of eight who works hard to maintain her busy schedule.
Alberta Youth Advocate brings humanity to child welfare reviews
Before Alberta’s Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (OCYA) became an independent office of the Alberta Legislature in 2012, it didn’t have a mandate to conduct death reviews for adults or children. There have been some changes over the past six years but legislation still doesn’t require the Youth Advocate’s office to carry out the type of five-year review recently completed by Provincial Child and Youth Advocate Del Graff.
Alberta government begins engagement sessions with 60s Scoop survivors
(ANNews) – On February 1, 2018 the 60s Scoop Indigenous Survivors Society of Alberta (SISSA) joined the Alberta Government at Blue Quills University (nuhelot’i?ne thaiyots’i? nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills) near St. Paul and met with more than one hundred 60s Scoop survivors in the second of six engagement sessions being held across Alberta.
Important engagement and consultation conference takes place Feb. 20 -21 in Edmonton
(ANNews) – The Canadian Institute’s 11th Annual Western Indigenous Consultation & Engagement (WICE) conference gets underway next week at The Sutton Place Hotel in downtown Edmonton and it’s the one conference you don’t want to miss this year. The Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 20-21 conference has been expanded this year to give participants more opportunity for interactive learning, improved networking opportunities and tools with which to build stronger relationships. On Thursday Feb.
Alberta’s Future Leaders program is seeking mentors for summer 2018
(ANNews) -The Alberta Sport Connection (ASC) is currently putting out a call for self-directed young adults or post-secondary students who enjoy working with youth and would like to participate as a team member of ASC’s Alberta Future Leaders Program (AFL).
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