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Paula E. Kirman: Media & Communications Professional / Digital Content Specialist & Storyteller

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  • Completing the Story

    I recently became involved with a local, grassroots initiative called Completing the Story. We are people who are concerned about the lack of visual representation of women in public spaces. We’ve been photographing places around Edmonton where statues and art featuring mostly men are on display, creating memes, and posting to the Internet (like our…

  • Inner City Beat

    As followers of my blog probably already know, I won First Place in the 2016 Inner City Poetry Contest. I read my poem at an event last April as part of the 2016 Edmonton Poetry Festival. The winning poem “A.M. in the ‘Hood” along with another one, “Memorial March,” were just published in the chapbook…

  • Indigenous McCauley Booklet

    Indigenous McCauley: A History and Contemporary Overview of First Nations and Métis Life in the McCauley Neighbourhood is a booklet supported by McCauley Revitalization/City of Edmonton that was printed and distributed this week. I worked on it for over a year as the Project Lead, Editor, and photographer, with the noted Métis writer Marilyn Dumont.…

  • Recognition from E4C

    On March 10, E4C celebrated 20 years of its McCauley Apartments program. McCauley Apartments is affordable housing with a large number of tenants who have severe mental illness, but who contribute to the community in so many ways as volunteers. Boyle McCauley News, the inner city community newspaper I edit, received an award of recognition…

  • Women March Forward & Film Screening

    It was another busy weekend, as the event Women March Forward happened on March 25. This was the official follow-up to the solidarity sister march on January 21, where over 4000 people came out to the Legislature to declare that women’s rights are human rights. We wanted to do a “human library” instead of an…

  • The Language of Resistance

    As one of the organizers of the Women’s March on Washington – Edmonton Solidarity Event, I was invited to speak on “The Language of Resistance” at the Sociology Undergraduate Students’ Association Speakers Series on March 5, 2017. Here is a video of my talk, as well as my notes. I’ve been an activist for over…

  • Documenting Social Movements

    I was invited to address the Peacebuilders group of the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights at their meeting on February 7, to discuss documenting social movements to further discussion about peace and non-violence. Here is a video of my talk, as well as my notes. 1. Why did you start documenting events…

  • An Award from ISIA

    On January 21, I was honoured to receive an award from the ISIA Edmonton Outreach Group/Shia Ithna Asheri Community of Edmonton. It was presented to recognize my involvement in social justice advocacy in Edmonton. It was the first time the Shia Ithna Asheri community recognized someone for social justice work.

  • Reflections on Being an Active Citizen

    I was invited by Southminster-Steinhauer United Church to speak as a guest during the service on February 5. I was asked to speak about my experience as an organizer of the Women’s March on Washington – Edmonton Solidarity Event, as well as activism in general. The theme of the service was “The Spirituality of Activism.”…

  • McCauley: A Caring Community – Conversations on Social Housing

    My new short film McCauley: A Caring Community – Conversations on Social Housing launched on January 31 at Studio 96 – which is located in McCauley. About 40 people saw the film for the first time, followed by a discussion about social housing in Edmonton. Global TV came out for a segment on that evening’s…