Politics
Alberta 2012 Leadership Debate
On 2012-04-12 (April 12th, 2012) the leaders of Alberta’s political parties faced off for a debate. All except Glenn Taylor for Alberta Party. I’d spoken to Glenn previously, and would have very much liked to have seen him…
Alberta Party Leadership Forum 2011 Calgary
Alberta Party’s leadership convention in Calgary featured 4 obviously competent candidates. Chelsea Pratchett was already streaming this event for OpenFile Calgary. However, I had a specific question to ask. I was there taping…
2011 Calgary-Centre-North all candidate forum at Wild Rose United Church
A potted plant no more, Conservative Michelle Rempel joined (Green) Heather Macintosh, (Marxist-Leninist), Peggy Askin, (Liberal) Stephen Randall & (NDP) Paul Vargis for a very lively debate. I don’t live in Calgary-Centre-North,…
2011 Calgary-Centre all candidate forum at Killarney-​Glengarry Community Hall
On April 23th, the 2011 federal candidates for Calgary-Centre attended (another) forum at Killarney-​Glengarry Community Hall. Although the audio in this video starts off poor, it gets better and ultimately is easier to follow…
2011 Calgary-Centre all candidate forum at Knox United Church
On April 13th, the 2011 federal candidates for Calgary-Centre attended a forum at Knox United Church. (A second Calgary-Centre debate took place at Killarney-Glengarry Community Centre, with better audio quality.) NDPMarc Power…
YYCCC 2010-11-29 Calgary City Council
Calgary City Council live audio stream. Will be active from 9:30 AM onward on November 29, 2010. This is an experiment to illustrate how an audio stream can be offered up to smartphone users. Previous experiment was delivered…
Calgary Mayoral 3 Candidate Debate
Here’s is the debate video most Calgarians have been waiting for. The top 3 candidates: Ric McIver, Naheed Nenshi and Barb Higgins. Source material was culled from the 6 mayoral candidate debates I’ve posted to my own account.…
VoteCalgary (housing construction) Mayoral Forum
VoteCalgary (funded by Calgary’s housing construction industry) presented our mayoral candidates with questions which allowed candidates to pitch “consumer choice” and “freedom” against sustainable growth, should they so choose.…
CivicCamp Mayoral Forum
Our mayoral candidates faced off in University of Calgary’s MacEwan Hall for what must have been a grueling 2 hour plus debate. CivicCamp‘s inclusion of Oscar Fech and Gary Johnston brought the total participants up to 10 (out of…
ArtsVote Calgary – Mayoral Forum
An optimal candidate debate probably has some similarity to an optimal team size, too many members result in confusion, and ultimately… despair. “The organizers had to make arrangements to get the candidates quite early. There…
We Should Know Naheed Nenshi
Since February 2008, local artist and community-builder Mark Hopkins has hosted “We Should Know Each Other” parties in his living room. “We Should Know Naheed Nenshi” was an event Mark organized (Sept 15th) to help undecided…
Calgary Leadership Forum’s Mayoral Debate
Derek McKenzie joined the mayoral race! Anyone else? Anyone? Anyone? C’mon folks, there’s still a month to go. What else are you going to do with your time? The embedded video was shot & edited by Chelsea Pratchett (with help…
Calgary Mayoral Forum by Golden Age Club
12 candidates for mayor is a lot. Maybe a few could drop out? Please? The table below the video offers hyperlinks to particular moments in the debate video. Hold the mouse over a candidate’s name or question summary, for more…
Calgary Mayoral Candidates Forum
On August 12th, Calgary’s mayoral candidates met at Holy Trinity Family Centre to compare their platforms, and answer questions posed by the local community. This footage is released under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike…
Calgary mayoral candidate Naheed Nenshi
Having seen Naheed Nenshi speak at TEDxCalgary on the subject of “Calgary 3.0”, I wanted to hear his mayoral pitch. His July 7th reception at Art Central was my first opportunity to do so. I was too busy taping to get an answer…
TEDx Talks pertaining to Calgary’s 2010 Election
TEDx, is the license used for independently organized TED Talks. Already in 2010, Calgary has experienced TEDxYYC followed by TEDxCalgary. I shot & edited the videos found on their respected YouTube playlists, so when I recently…
Oil Sands Debate with Elizabeth May
“Is Oil Sands Development Ultimately Irreconcilable with the Environmental Agenda?” was the question posed by Calgary Enterprise Forum. The discussion was held at Calgary Petroleum Club featuring Elizabeth May, Deborah Yedlin…
Calgary’s Low Carbon Future – The Summit
I haven’t had too many opportunities to stream live video since WireCast days at Cambrian House, so Calgary’s Carbon Summit was to be a live test of my new configuration: Dual core MacBook Wireless microphones feeding both the…
Green Party’s Elizabeth May in Calgary
July 2nd to 4th, the leader of Canada’s Green Party, Elizabeth May visited Calgary to attend fund raising and community events. After a fundraiser, Elizabeth allowed me to record a quick Q&A with her regarding one of my concerns:…