{"id":39976,"date":"2022-11-25T01:41:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T09:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=39976"},"modified":"2022-11-23T13:27:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:27:29","slug":"community-milestones-cema-awards-ggbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2022\/11\/25\/community-milestones-cema-awards-ggbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Community milestones … CEMA awards & GGBooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

A scene from Mary Magdalene in Conversation with Lilian Broca, produced by Adelina Suvagau. Lilian Broca works as Mary Magdalene, portrayed by Adriana Villi, stands to her side. (image from marymagdaleneresurrected.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) recently announced the winners of its 44th Annual Awards for Journalistic Excellence. CEMA asked Canada\u2019s ethnic media to enter their best work, and they did. An independent panel of multilingual media experts screened all submissions and the winners present a national showcase of Canada\u2019s best ethnocultural journalism from Vancouver to Halifax.<\/p>\n

There were various categories of work for which the winners were recognized. In the documentary category, Adelina Suvagau<\/strong> of Vancouver was awarded for her work as producer of Mary Magdalene in Conversation with Lilian Broca<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Vancouver mosaics artist Lilian Broca<\/strong>, \u201cin spiritual alliance with the biblical figure Mary Magdalene weaves a wondrous, animated and engaging tale recounting her long and arduous creative journey,\u201d notes the film\u2019s website, marymagdaleneresurrected.com. The director notes that the film is a cin\u00e9ma v\u00e9rit\u00e9 dialogue between Broca and the artist\u2019s subject, Mary Magdalene: \u201cIn the director\u2019s concept for this documentary film, Mary Magdalene travels from her ancient time to the present in order to meet with the artist in her Vancouver studio. The spiritual connection and personal bond between them, apparent in all mosaics in the series, is based on Lilian Broca\u2019s personal journal and her research on Mary Magdalene\u2019s varied representations over the centuries in art and in biblical literature.\u201d(For more on Broca\u2019s Mary Magdalene Resurrected series, see jewishindependent.ca\/brocas-latest-mosaics<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Sheila Heti\u2019s Pure Colour won a 2022 Governor General\u2019s Literary Award for English-language fiction. (photo by Margaux Williamson)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Nov. 16, the Canada Council for the Arts revealed the 2022 winners of the Governor General\u2019s Literary Awards (GGBooks). Among the 14 best books published in Canada between Aug. 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022, were Pure Colour <\/em>by Sheila Heti<\/strong> (Penguin Random House Canada) in the English-language fiction category and, in the translation (from French to English) category History of the Jews in Quebec<\/em>, the translation by Judith Weisz Woodsworth<\/strong> (University of Ottawa Press) of Histoire des Juifs du Qu\u00e9bec<\/em> by Pierre Anctil.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are living in a turbulent social climate, marked by struggles against inequalities,\u201d said Simon Brault, director and chief executive officer, Canada Council for the Arts, in the press release. \u201cWe are confronted daily with many complex phenomena that are more worrisome than ever, including misogyny, gender-based violence, colonialism, racism, the search for identity, and mental health. These are but some of the contemporary themes that are explored by these brilliant GGBooks winners. Once again, I invite you to celebrate the immense talent of these authors and to take a look at these invigorating works that challenge, redefine and question moral and social norms.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Judith Weisz Woodsworth (below) was honoured for her translation into English of Histoire des Juifs du Qu\u00e9bec by Pierre Anctil. (photo by Egan\/Dufour)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The GGBooks winners were selected by peer assessment committees that followed a rigorous process to choose them from among the 70 finalists in seven categories, in both English and French. Each writer, translator or illustrator whose book is selected as winner receives a $25,000 prize. Publishers receive $3,000 to promote the winning book; finalists receive $1,000 each.<\/p>\n

For a list of all the winners, visit canadacouncil.ca\/press<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A scene from Mary Magdalene in Conversation with Lilian Broca, produced by Adelina Suvagau. Lilian Broca works as Mary Magdalene, portrayed by Adriana Villi, stands to her side. (image from marymagdaleneresurrected.com) The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) recently announced the winners of its 44th Annual Awards for Journalistic Excellence. CEMA asked Canada\u2019s ethnic media to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21945,21947,21946,21949,21948,21951,4749,21950],"class_list":["post-39976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-adelina-suvagau","tag-canadian-ethnic-media-association","tag-cema","tag-ggbooks","tag-governor-generals-literary-awards","tag-judith-weisz-woodsworth","tag-lilian-broca","tag-sheila-heti"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}