ListenCarmel Kilkenny sits in for vacationing Marc Montgomery to bring you news from Halifax, Montreal, and Ottawa.
We begin with an exceprt from Wojtek Gwiazda’s interview with Karen Cho. She is the documentary filmmaker who put together a look at the feminist movement in Canada. It’s called “Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada.” We’ll hear how life has changed for women in this country over the last 50 years.
Then Lynn Desjardins looks into a medical issue researchers fear will be more common in the future: stroke. Lynn found out about some of the breakthroughs in rehabilitation and how strong family support can help in her conversation with Dale Corbett, professor of neurosciences at the University of Ottawa and head of the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Centre for Stroke Recovery
I spoke with Ray Cronin, Director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The gallery has built an impressive photo collection over the last 10 years, but now the wonderful gift, from Toronto’s Mintz Family, is establishing the AGNS as the permanent home of an amazing collection of Annie Liebovitz’s photos. The legenday American photographer curated the collection of over 2,000 images especially for Canada. Ray Cronin describes the process of being chosen to receive this major gift, and how we should be able to visit the collection sometime this fall.
And Gilda Salomone brings us a the story of a new app for artists and those who appreciate great work. The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) recently released a free iPad app based on the work of Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director Norman McLaren.
The app is called McLaren’s Workshop and it features 51 films by McLaren, 11 short documentaries and an illustrated biography of one of Canada’s greatest artists. Gilda speaks with Joël Pomerleau, Director of Platform Development and Digital Distribution at the NFB, to find out more about McLaren’s innovative work, and how people can create using the app.
I hope you enjoy the program.