‘November 26, 1996 Canadian Talent And Development

The Canadian Associa- tion of Broadcasters (CAB) has created a new funding ini- tiative that benefits Canadian Talent Development.

On August 19, the Ca- nadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Com- mission (CTRC) sent out a public notice detailing CAB's plan for increased funding.

The proposal was made in May of last year to imple- ment a new condition into the licensing of commercial AM and FM radio stations. This innovation would guarantee an influx of at least $1.8 million inot Canadian talent develop- ment.

This new approach of contribution to Canadian tal- ent and the development thereof requires radio stations toamend their licenses to make payments to eligible third par-

ties as identified in the CAB "Distribution Guidelines for Canadian Talent Develop- ment."

Those third parties listed under the CAB Distri- bution Guidelines are: FAC- TOR, MusicAction, national and provincial music organi- zations, performing arts groups, schools and scholar- ship recipients.

By August of 1996, over four hundred applications were recieved in response to the proposal to amend licenses towards this commitment to homegrown talent.

With the backing of these stations, some of whom pledged amounts over and above those set out in CAB Distribution Guidelines, the target of $1.8 million has been met.

During the first year of funding, which will start April

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1, 1997, the CRTC indicated that over a million dollars would be allocated to FAC- TOR, who will recieve ap- proximately three quarters of that amount, and MusicAction, who will recieve the balance.

FACTOR is the Foun- dation to Assist Canadian Tal- ent On Record. This group provides funding assistance for production of albums, demos, touring, videos, inter- national initiatives and more. The people at FACTOR have not yet alotted the monies from CAB's successful move, but between nowand April ofnext year will decide how to allo- cate the money.

For more information on FACTOR, you can visit their web site on the Internet at http://WWW.FACTOR.CA or you can call their offices at (416) 368-8678.

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On Tuesday, Novem- ber 19 the 4th annual Con- ference on Engineering Pro- fessional Development was heldatthe University of New Brunswick. The theme of this years conference was “Engineering: A successful Career”. Several UPEI stu- dent made the trip to New Brunswick and had the op- portunity to listen to some excellent guest speakers. It was interesting to hear what the engineers had experi- enced so far in their careers and gave the delegates a greater understanding of the possible options open to them in the job market upon graduation. One of the speakers showed us a chart

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of his salary since joining the engineering work force. He said what he liked most about this chart was that it always seemed to be increas- ing. Most promising.

When any amount of engineers get together, we had a lot of fun. The UPEI engineering students ques- tion of the weekend: Ms. Coady, what exactly did you pack in that huge bag for the overnight trip?

Onthe ferry ride home, we were fortunate enough to witness a historic sight. Al- though we missed the fire- works, we did see the Svanen positioning the last connect- ing piece of the confedera- tion bridge. Cool, eh?!

SCHATL _ Matthew Blanchard

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Ajay Sahajpal

FIRST VAR STUDCHT REPRESCHTATIVE Lori Jane Rand

CDUCATION REPRCSCHTATIVE Janice Broderick

DUSINCSS REPRESCHT ATIVE Pamela Griffin

DOARD OF GOVERNORS Amber Alin