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CATAAlliance Announces Web Forums on Best Practices	Ottawa PC User's Group (OPCUG)	Algonquin College - Interactive Multimedia Fast Track Program
CANARIE announces ANAST	Algonquin College Fall Catalogue of New Media Courses

CATAAlliance Announces Web Forums on Best Practices

Ottawa, August, 1999... CATAAlliance announces a series of SR&ED Forums on best practices to be held in September, moderated by some of Canada's top SR&ED tax practitioners.

"It's over a billion dollar program, fundamental to achieving Canadian technology excellence. Our goal is to allow companies to study and learn about business practices that may be put to use within their organizations to effectively file claims." said CATAAlliance President, John Reid.

Russ Roberts, CATAAlliance, Senior Advisor and Senior Moderator for the forums, added, " We anticipate some excellent discussions on experiences in developing and defending claims and what constitutes a best practice.
It will be added to case studies and useful tips we have already assembled on the CATAAlliance SR&ED Centre."

Each forum will last for about 14 days.

The schedule is as follows:

Forum #1: September 1-14.
Guest Moderator: Denis Hall, President, Tech Team Management Inc.
Topic: "What is meant by the concept that eligibility is to be judged within the context of the business."

Forum #2: September 10-23
Guest Moderator: Gord Harris, President, Amarok Systems Inc./Joanne Hausch, Tax Principal, Deloitte & Touche (Vancouver)
Topic: "Activity/time tracking requirements for SR&ED. What's reasonable and sufficient? "

Forum #3: September 24 -October 8
Guest Moderator: Susan Bishop, Principal, Ernst & Young (Toronto)/ Paul Bertrand, Tax Manager, Ernst & Young (Ottawa)
Topic: "New recapture revision- How to deal with this issue- Are you aware of it?"

Forum #4: . October 15-29
Guest Moderator: Peter Low, Tax Manager, Deloitte & Touche (Ottawa)
Topic: "The proxy and which activities are eligible for inclusion in thebase. "

http://www.cata.ca/forum/sept_schedule.html

CATAAlliance is asking users to direct suggestions for additional forum topics or moderators, to Heather Speer at

CATAAlliance (http://www.cata.ca) and its network of 2700 enterprises is known as Canada's high tech voice with a principal mandate to help members become world class competitors.

We are a technology portal that will help energize your business to compete faster, better and more effectively in the new economy era.

Ottawa PC User's Group (OPCUG)
OPCUG is a not-for-profit club that offers assistance with the complexities of IBM-compatible computers, their operating systems, and software. Members represent a cross-section of the computer spectrum and can offer considerable practical expertise about all facets of this technology.
September 1

The OPCUG meets regularly at 7:30 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month, at the Museum of Science and Technology, 1867 St. Laurent Blvd. The exception is during the summer, when there are no meetings in July or August. The meetings are free, and are open to the general public.

The main presenter for the September 1 meeting is Sally Reijerse from Corel. Sally will show us design shortcuts and techniques using CorelDraw 9, and also demonstrate the added features found in this latest version of CorelDraw.

Visitors to the NCF web site are encouraged to visit the OPCUG web site at: http://opcug.ottawa.com

Algonquin College - Interactive Multimedia Fast Track Program

This new FASTRACK intensive program introduces participants to the uses and applications of multimedia. Learn about the multimedia industry and develop skills as they relate to design, project management, multimedia authoring and programming and web authoring.

This hands-on program provides you with lab time to develop projects that take you through the entire production process from concept to final product. Applications include Director, Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash and web production tools. This program provides a combination of classroom instruction, project development. Fieldwork opportunities are available.

Successful applicants will have a combination of computer skills and media-related experience.

Program of study

Process and Planning
Multimedia Authoring using Director
Digital Audio/Video
Programming
Web Authoring
Digital Imaging 2D
Interface Design
Project Development

(Participants will be using a variety of operating systems but mainly the Mac OS for multimedia development and Windows for testing.)

Course descriptions

Process and Planning

Learn the process of creating an interactive multimedia project including the concepts of turning an idea into a product and interactivity. Assignments guide students through developing an idea by choosing the subject, identifying the content, assessing the research feasibility, writing the treatment, and designing the building components of the demo/prototype.

Multimedia Authoring

This course covers the tools and fundamentals needed to produce a basic multimedia presentation. Explore different multimedia authoring packages and learn their strengths and weaknesses. Learn why Macromedia Director is the industry standard for importing graphics and images, working with audio and video, adding text and graphics and creating simple animations.

Digital Audio/Video

Learn how to create high-quality QuickTime digital movies and audio tracks. Using Adobe Premiere, learn how to easily combine video, animation, audio, graphics and photographs to produce digital movies. Use a wide range of effects and transitions such as motion control, dissolves, wipes, zooms, distortions and other professional effects. With SoundEdit 16, learn how to capture and edit audio tracks.

Get into advanced multimedia techniques such as programming concepts using Macromedia Director's Lingo. Explore the "interactive" aspect of multimedia presentations. In-class projects and demonstrations familiarize participants with advanced production techniques.

Web Authoring

Learn the basics of creating a home page on the Web using HTML and HTML Editors. This hands-on course covers hardware and software requirements, HTML formatting and source code, working with text and graphics, using new WYSIWYG Web page creation software. Learn how to embed audio clips, QuickTime movies, Shockwave files, PDF files and animated GIFs.

Digital Imaging 2D

Learn high-end image creation and editing techniques with industry-standard software. Create vector-based graphics using Adobe Illustrator and bit-mapped images in Adobe Photoshop that can be integrated into a multimedia project.

Interface Design

Structural design and visual design elements must be defined early in a multimedia project. This course deals with issues that will make the user interface as natural, logical and consistent as possible. Key elements to be considered in interface design are menus, data fields, windows, buttons, graphics, colour and continuity.

Project Development

Students have 4 weeks during which they work on a special project (in the Media Centre or in their own production environment).

Employment opportunities

This program prepares participants to work in such environments as multimedia design, production, and management in ad agencies, educational institutions, private training, newspapers, computer graphics and games, recreation and tourism.

Learn from industry professionals

Attend lectures and demos by leading-edge companies

Create your work with industry-standard hardware and software

Work in our award-winning Media Centre

Plug into the World Wide Web

Spend extra time in our labs

Receive an Algonquin College Certificate

Benefit from the Media Centre's partnerships with Animatics, Silicon Graphics, Sony, Alias/Wavefront and SoftImage.

Fees

Tuition fees: $6,500 (includes GST, parking, locker and internet access)

Recommended books & supplies: $600 (optional)

Classes are generally held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lab time is available in the evenings.

Courses can be taken individually (if space is available) to suit your needs.

For more information

Contact New Media Industry Training:

Robert Lemire

Phone (613) 727-4723, ext. 5181

Fax (613) 727-7707

Matt Wheatley

Phone (613) 727-4723, ext. 7133

Fax (613) 727-7707

(Curriculum and content are constantly revised to meet industry requirements.)

CANARIE announces the Advanced Network Applications, Services and Technologies (ANAST) Shared-Cost Funding Program.

Quebec City - CANARIE Inc. today announced a new, three year, $8 million dollar shared-cost R&D program to support the development of advanced networking applications, services and technologies. The fund will be divided equally into three streams: SchoolNet Caching, Advanced End-to-End Applications and Advanced Network Technology. These funds will be allocated on an ongoing basis (after the various start dates) until all funds have been committed.

SchoolNet Caching (opens immediately - June 1999) The aim of the SchoolNet Caching stream is to stimulate the development of pilot projects using a variety of transmission technologies (satellite, wireless, cable, telecommunications) and caching techniques to improve Internet access for Canadian schools.

Advanced End-to-End Applications (opens September 15, 1999)The goal of the Advanced End-to-End Applications
stream is to stimulate new production, distribution and use of high-quality audio and full-motion video materials and other high-performance technologies using CANARIE's CA*net 3 testbed network, with a view to scaling these systems to provide similar services to a larger audience.

Advanced Network Technology (opens September 15, 1999) The Advanced Network Technology stream is designed to
support transport and middleware services (such as Ipv6, Qbone, MPLS, statistics and measurements, etc.) that are
required for next-generation Internet networks.

With the $55 million contribution CANARIE received from federal government in February 1998 for Next Generation
Networking (NGN), CANARIE and the Bell Consortium are deploying CA*net 3, the world's first national optical R&D
Internet. As part of the NGN initiative, the ANAST program will assist businesses, universities, research institutions and schools in developing innovative applications for CA*net 3. It will also use networks like CA*net 3 to evaluate and test new modalities of instruction, e-business and health delivery over a high performance network.

"CANARIE's ANAST program will address some of Canada's connectivity challenges." said Dr. Andrew K. Bjerring,
President & CEO of CANARIE. "It will assist in creating the knowledge base necessary for Canadian companies to
compete globally in the emerging E-Commerce and Lifelong learning sectors." he added.

CANARIE is Canada's Advanced Internet Development Organization and works in collaboration with industry,
governments and research & education communities to leverage the enabling capacity of the Internet to deliver the benefits of the information age to Canadians. CANARIE is a not-for-profit industry-led corporation with over 120
fee-paying members and a 26 Member Board representing private and public sectors equally.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lyne Morin-Lalonde
CANARIE Inc.
Tel.: (613) 943-5377
Email:

The new Algonquin College Fall Catalogue of New Media Courses is fresh off the presses as of Canada Day, listing one day and weekend-long workshops as well as our three dynamic FastTrack Certificate Programs in:

Macintosh Basics	Adobe After Effects
Digital Animation & SoftImage	Desktop Publishing
Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress Basics & Advanced	Adobe Acrobat
Graphic Design & Typography	Adobe PageMaker
Web Development	PageMill
Web Site Design	Public Relations on the Web
Macromedia Dreamweaver	Scanning Essentials
Macromedia Flash	Digital Audio/Video
CorelDraw	Independent Film & Television Production
Multimedia

If you'd like one of the new New Media catalogues mailed to you now, send your snail mail address to: or call me, Katherine Allen, at (613) 727-4723 x 5404 or contact Matt Wheatley at or call him at (613) 727-4723 x 7133.

**Corporate clients, or those interested in a special, customized curriculum for yourself, employees, staff...whatever, should contact the New Media Manager, Robert Lemire at or at (613)727-4723 x5181.

**Check out our website at: www.algonquinc.on.ca (follow the Corporate Training, Centres of Excellence or Media Centre links.)

****Good luck and prosperity in the New Millennium to you all.****

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Katherine Allen

www.algonquinc.on.ca

Last Update: August 17, 1999