For immediate release: Thursday, October 18, 2012

Dying With Dignity Announces

Christopher Plummer and Moses Znaimer

Will Become Lead Patrons

Dying With Dignity, the national member-based organization advocating for end-of-life options, has announced that legendary actor Christopher Plummer and Citytv/Bravo!/Space/MuchMusic etc. creator Moses Znaimer, now Founder/CEO of ZoomerMedia Limited and President of CARP – the national association for the 45plus, will be the Lead Patrons in their new Patron Program.

Dying With Dignity supports medically assisted dying only for those who meet strict eligibility guidelines. For example, to be eligible, individuals would have to be mentally competent adults who are not clinically depressed, who are grievously ill with an incurable condition (such as ALS or cancer) and their suffering would have to be unbearable to them.

This past June, Moses invited Wanda Morris, Dying With Dignity Executive Director, to speak at his 2012 ideacity conference in Toronto. Coincidentally, the day after her ideacity Talk, the BC Supreme Court’s Justice Lynn Smith handed down her decision in the case of Carter v. Canada, 2012 BCSC 886, ruling that the Criminal Code provisions which prohibit assisted suicide in Canada were unconstitutional: “The risks inherent in permitting physician-assisted death can be identified and very substantially minimized through a carefully-designed system imposing stringent limits that are scrupulously monitored and enforced.”

“I was delighted that Dying With Dignity asked me to become a Patron. I absolutely support this cause and the organization. For a long time, I have believed that people should have choice at the end of life. Why would we force people to keep living against their wills. The time has come to change our laws,” said Plummer.

In his Zoomer Philosophy in the November 2012 issue of Zoomer magazine, Moses reveals his perspective on the right-to-die movement and CARP members’ startling 79 percent response in favour of the idea of physician-assisted suicide for those who are terminally ill or at the end of their lives.

“I believe that precisely because we come into this world without consent, we must have that last measure of control as to when to end it, reliably and painlessly, should we need to do so,” writes Moses in his Zoomer Philosophy. The November 2012 issue of Zoomer magazine hits newsstands October 22^nd.

“We thank Christopher and Moses for their courage and leadership in raising awareness for this sensitive issue. There is some suffering that only death can end. Terminally ill or grievously ill individuals who want assistance to die cannot legally have it.  According to Statistics Canada, the three primary ways that desperate individuals end their lives of unending suffering are hanging, self-poisoning, firearms (men), and jumping off something high or in front of something fast (women). The reality is, it’s very hard for them to have a gentle death,” said Morris.

ABOUT DYING WITH DIGNITY

Dying With Dignity is a national, member-based, charitable organization and member of the world-federation of Right To Die Societies, 46 organizations from 26 countries to secure and promote the individual’s right to self-determination at the end of life. Its mission is to educate the public about improving their quality of dying, to expand end of life options, and ensure that adequate safeguards are in place. Through its Client Support Program, Dying With Dignity provides support for individuals, including bedside support for those who wish to determine the nature and timing of dying. http://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/

WANDA MORRIS WILL BE IN TORONTO FROM OCTOBER 23 – 31

On Tuesday, October 30 at 7pm, Wanda will be arguing for the motion “End-of-Life Decisions Belong to the Individual” at the Health Care Leaders’ Debate at the Summit on Sustainable Health Care, Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, 525 Bay St.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Leanne Wright

ZoomerMedia Limited

leanne@zoomer.ca

416.886.6873

For immediate release: Thursday, October 11, 2012

MOSES ZNAIMER PRESENTS

THE 5^th ANNUAL ZOOMERLIFE CONFERENCE ON AGING AND LONGEVITY

Thursday, October 25 at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio

Each October in Toronto, media pioneer and ZoomerMedia Limited Founder Moses Znaimer gathers the world’s most innovative and creative minds on topics related to Aging and Longevity for the groundbreaking ZoomerLife Conference.

A one-day event modeled on Moses’ prestigious ideacity conference, presenters have 17-minutes on stage to deliver their unscripted spontaneous Talks. Extended schmooze breaks allow the audience to interact with the remarkable speaker roster about the issues, challenges and innovations that will shape the future of health, medicine and the potential of human achievement.

Previous speakers have included doctors, scientists, researchers, patients, athletes, authors, legal experts, journalists, magicians, advocates, caregivers, lobbyists, filmmakers, entertainers, and of course, centenarians.

2012 PRESENTERS INCLUDE:

CARRIE BARRON, MD and ALTON BARRON, MD

THE CREATIVITY CURE

In The Creativity Cure: A Do-It-Yourself Prescription for Happiness, husband-and-wife physicians Carrie and Alton Barron draw upon the latest psychological research, a combined forty years of medical practice, and personal experience to reveal the secrets to long-term happiness.

TIMOTHY CAULFIELD

THE CURE FOR EVERYTHING: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness

Timothy Caulfield lost 25 pounds in 3 months. How? By ignoring bogus diet claims, expensive fitness programs and weird information that poses as scientific fact. The Cure for Everything! argues that the truth about being healthy is easy to find—but often hard to do.

DAMAGED CARE

The Musical Comedy About Health Care in America

US physicians Greg LaGana (a retired internist) and Barry Levy (epidemiologist) have been featured on CNN Headline News and in The New York Times and will be making their Canadian debut performance!

DENNY DePETRILLO

PROFESSOR EMERITUS, GYNECOLOGY AND SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Dr. Denny DePetrillo is a founding partner of CAREpath and past President and CEO. His reputation for leadership in the oncology field encompasses service as Head of Surgical Oncology at Princess Margaret Hospital, Coordinator of the Surgical Oncology Network for Cancer Care Ontario, and as the Vice President of Professional Affairs for Cancer Care International.

DR. PAUL DORIAN

MATTERS OF THE HEART

Dr. Paul Dorian, Director of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Toronto, specializes in atrial fibrillation more commonly known as an irregular or rapid heartbeat, a chronic condition that afflicts thousands of unknowing Canadians.

DR. MIKE EVANS

23 AND ½ HOURS

Dr. Mike Evans has started a medical school for the public (Mini-Med School @ U of T), written an award-winning kids book The Adventures of Medical Man, and is the syndicated house doctor for CBC weekend morning radio.  In 2012 he was awarded the Gold Medal for Social Media at the Web Health Awards and he was selected by Zoomer magazine as one of the “Top 45 Canadians over 45”.

PATRICIA HAMMOND

RAGTIME PARLOUR

From Downton Abbey to knitting circles, revivals for things past are everywhere. Dubbed “The Canadian Nightingale”, mezzo-soprano Patricia Hammond’s lifelong interest in Victorian, Edwardian, 1920s, 30s and 40s songs is celebrated in her 18-track CD Our Lovely Day. Patricia has been working with Music in Hospitals, Magic Me and Lost Chord for over a decade, singing songs to those who knew them first. The effect can be nothing short of miraculous, like the time a man in Wales suddenly started singing along to “Yours”, having not spoken a word for six years.

DON HARRON

Charlie Farquharson’s Vews + Mews on Yer News

Don is one of Canada’s most extraordinary comedic talents! Best known for the character Charlie Farquharson /ˈfɑrkəsən/ portrayed in the series The Big Revue and his role in the country music show Hee Haw, he reprised the character on the Red Green Show. Harron also directed the 1956 television film Anne of Green Gables and wrote the lyrics for the long-running Anne of Green Gables – The Musical. This month he will publish Charlie Farquharson’s Vews + Mews on Yer News, his 15th book.

JOE MACINNIS

DEEP LEADERSHIP

Physician-scientist and author Joe MacInnis studies leadership in high-risk environments. He’s led ten research expeditions under the ice of the Arctic Ocean, worked with marine scientists on the Titanic, spent time with astronauts who built the International Space Station, and interviewed Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. In 2012, MacInnis spent three months as the electronic journalist and team physician on James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge expedition.

SANDRA MARTIN

WORKING THE DEAD BEAT

Called the “Obit Queen of Canada”, award-winning journalist Sandra Martin has penned hundreds of perceptive, deeply researched and vividly written obituaries in The Globe and Mail including those for Pierre Berton, Jackie Burroughs, Ed Mirvish, June Callwood, Arthur Erickson, and Ken Thomson. Her recent book, Working the Dead Beat: 50 Lives that changed Canada, is a fascinating exploration of the history, culture and future of obituaries in a digital age.

DONNA SINCLAIR

THE LONG VIEW: An Elderwoman’s Book of Wisdom

Veteran journalist, United Church Observer contributor, and author of 12 non-fiction books including The Spirituality of Gardening and The Spirituality of Bread, Donna Sinclair’s latest novel is a collection of 365 daily meditations for people of all ages that nourish elder wisdom and inspire hope.

ALEXANDER TSIARAS

TheVisualMD.com

Artist, journalist, entrepreneur, and author, Alexander Tsiaras is also an award-winning self-taught physicist who developed his own lenses that enabled the first photographs of human fertilization and the recording of the development of the fetus. The resulting images became cover stories for Life magazine. He is presently the Editor-in-Chief and CEO of the groundbreaking TheVisualMD.com.

DIANA WIGHT

ZUMBA® FOR THE ZOOMER

CARP staffer and ZUMBA-Gold®-certified Diana Wight’s high energy “stretch-break” will keep attendees moving! The rhythms of this Latin-inspired dance fitness craze include Reggeaton, Cumbia, Salsa, Merengue, Tango, Rumba and Cha-Cha.

Moses Znaimer Presents

THE 5^th ANNUAL ZOOMERLIFE CONFERENCE ON AGING AND LONGEVITY

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West, Toronto

Breakfast and Registration: 8:30am – 9:30am

Conference: 9:30am to 5:45pm with reception to follow

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS: $389.00 + HST
• CARP MEMBERS: $289.00 + HST

Full schedule at: http://www.zoomerlifeconference.ca/

MEDIA CONTACT/INTERVIEW REQUESTS:

Leanne Wright

ZoomerMedia Limited

416.886.6873

Leanne@zoomer.ca

www.torontoist.com

June 19, 2012

Tod Machover Crowdsources a Symphony

The MIT Media Lab founder talks about his symphonic scheme for Toronto.

BY KELLI KORDUCKI

Machover, as it turns out, isn’t just a multimedia whiz; he’s also, as of now, a professional Toronto appreciator.

The 2012 Pulitzer Prize nominee was approached by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to create a new symphony about Toronto for the TSO’s 2013 New Creations festival. The resulting work, “A Toronto Symphony: Concerto for Composer and City,” will be a collaborative piece built from a bare skeleton of music arranged by Machover and expounded upon by orchestra members, professional and amateur composers, and basically anyone else who has the wherewithal to upload a sound to the web.

Machover envisions an ongoing back-and-forth between himself and participants. “What I would not like,” he said in an interview following his IdeaCity presentation, mad scientist hairdo bobbing as he gesticulated, “is if it felt like I’ve put out a Jell-O mould.” In other words, he doesn’t want outside contributions to the piece to be edited entirely at his discretion. For the symphony to work as envisioned, the collaboration between Machover and members of the public will have to be real.

Since this process will be happening remotely, Machover has devised a basic structure on which to build the piece: it will be divided into eight segments derived from a mix of Toronto-sourced material (submitted online), Machover’s own music, and, sometimes, a combination of the two. Back-and-forth between the Boston-based symphonic architect and local contributors will take place through web-based communication platforms like Skype and Twitter.

It’s an undertaking Machover finds appropriate to Toronto. Three decades ago, he lived here while he was first cellist for the Canadian Opera Company’s orchestra. He’s been coming back to visit ever since, for both personal and professional reasons.

“There was always a tradition of really experimental media connected to artwork and technology [in Toronto],” he says. “New York’s always been more segregated between different artistic communities. So, like technology is always outside the museums or outside the orchestras. In Toronto, there’s always been a nice blend.”

Machover cites interactive artist David Rokeby and human-computer interaction pioneer Bill Buxton (the latter of whom worked at the University of Toronto for many years before becoming a principal researcher at Microsoft Research) as examples of the kinds of people he feels are representative of a uniquely Torontonian type of creative energy.

“You fly into the city, and you can just see the fact that there are no boundaries to the city,” he says. “When I stand in the centre of Toronto, I just stand around saying, ‘I am so exhilarated.’ It makes me soar. The buildings just feel taller than anywhere else, even though they’re not the tallest buildings in the world. It’s the combination of this openness, and this boom. It’s definitely something I feel, and definitely going to be in this piece.”

People interested in contributing to Machover’s sympony can do so online, right here.

By Richard Handler, CBC News

Richard Handler is a producer with the CBC Radio program Ideas.

June 26, 2012

The Princess of Pot in the Big Smoke

Jodie Emery, wife of marijuana activist Marc Emery, spoke at ideacity about why marijuana should be legalized.

BY JESS DAVIDSON

In a city that plays host to many thousands of marijuana-rights activists annually at the Toronto Global Marijuana March, the 420 smoke-in, and, most recently, the Treating Yourself Expo, it might seem hard to fathom that people are doing hard time for marijuana-related crimes.

“The war on drugs has always been worse in the United States, but it’s getting a lot worse every year in Canada, especially under the ultra-conservative Tories in power with majority government,” said Jodie Emery, wife of imprisoned marijuana-rights activist Marc Emery. She was in town this month to speak at Moses Znaimer’s ideacity conference.

“Harper’s anti-drug crime bills have, for the first time in Canada’s history, introduced mandatory-minimum prison sentences for pot,” she added. “A policy widely condemned in the United States as an expensive failure in many ways.”

According to Emery, mandatory minimums may mean thousands of non-violent Canadians are guaranteed to be imprisoned for increased periods of time, at a cost of billions of tax dollars. In the United States, more than 20 million Americans have been in jail on charges related to marijuana since 1965. To put this is perspective, that would be like combining the population of Ontario and British Columbia, then throwing in a scattering of people from other provinces, and imprisoning them all.

“The prohibition laws cause more harm than does the substance itself,” said Emery. “So why does this continue?”

During her impassioned speech at ideacity, Emery spoke of families being separated, of people losing their jobs and their homes, and of people who once used marijuana to manage their illnesses growing sicker behind bars. She emphasized the human cost of the war on drugs, and also the growing support for legalization. According to Emery, polls have long shown that Canadians want marijuana legalized, and that the idea is more and more popular every year, everywhere. An unscientific, digital poll at ideacity showed that the overwhelming majority of those in attendance, 84 per cent, were pro-marijuana (though the poll question didn’t ask about legalization or decriminalization specifically).

As Znaimer asked the crowd: does there come a moment when resisting common sense no longer makes sense? Does the dig-your-heels-in attitude of the government simply amount to fanaticism?

“The war on drugs is maintained and advocated for by fanatics. I think that’s fair to say,” Emery agreed. “They refuse to see the numerous rational, logical reasons why prohibition has failed in so many ways.”

According to Emery, some of those failures include no reduction in the problems marijuana laws are supposed to resolve, huge expense to taxpayers and communities, and richer, more powerful gangs with more potent drugs.

“It’s not just marijuana activists calling for an end to prohibition,” she said. “Politicians, health experts, law enforcement, the judiciary, and so many others are on board. We just need to get citizens and political representatives to make that final push.”

That’s what Emery aimed to achieve during her talk in Toronto. Her goal was to have the audience take action to help end what she calls a massive, costly, and unjust human-rights crisis.

“Many prohibitionists enjoy the idea of making ‘bad people’ suffer, and wish to punish all illegal drug users, even though there are many legal drug addicts who don’t face criminal persecution and moral condemnation,” Emery said, during an interview after her talk. “There is absolutely no good argument to maintain prohibition. None. I’ve debated it extensively, and all the evidence is easily available to see. Generally, we’ve won the battle for people’s minds, but there’s a lot more that we’re up against. Gangs and police are the biggest supporters for continuing prohibition, and they have the guns and money. But hopefully people power will win in the end.”

INDO CANADIAN OUTLOOK

July 2012

Moses Znaimer Tribute To David Onley at the 8th Annual Canadian Hellen Keller Centre Awards Luncheon at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel

By now you’ve all heard the story of how I met and subsequently, hired David for an important, on-camera job, without ever mentioning his disability.  And while it’s true that what I did then was the right thing to do, I want to take my few minutes here today to explain why it was also the smart thing to do.

At the time, there were no studies, no data to guide me in my decision; no decree of the courts; no force of public opinion; just my own intuitive and intimate knowledge of the truth of the observation that “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”;  and that it is only in the grind of opposing forces, under massive pressure, that the diamond is made.

I was the product of 2 frightened Jewish kids who met on the run, she from Poland, he from Latvia, each the sole survivor of their respective families as the German war machine and the Nazi Holocaust worked its murderous way East.  In the full flood of the Second World War and with no home, no job, no local contacts and no prospects, he got her pregnant – what were they thinking!?!

And so they sat out the war in a mud hut village called Kulyab, in Tajikistan, where I was born and where her higher education in Math and his resourcefulness saved our lives.  When the war ended, the trek re commenced, this time Westward, through many devastated landscapes until, finally, we washed up in a Displaced Persons Camp, (DP) in the Western Zone of Occupied Germany.  While there, one distant relative was found who lived in a far away and funny sounding place called Montreal, Quebec Canada.

In an essay, about my early years that appeared in a volume called Passages, published by The Dominion Institute, I made the following observation; for a child, being “stateless” and on the run is not all bad.  You see the world, you pick up languages, you hear different kinds of music and eat a variety of foods.  You begin to understand the richness of the world and the joys to be had from being open to all kinds of people and cultures.  Even before starting grade school, I’d already survived a hazardous trip that crossed many borders.  These experiences left me a cocky little kid with a strong sense of self.

Yes, I was aware that we were alone in the world and that there were malevolent forces out there that wished us dead.  And over the years, yes, I learned about the tragic history of my people; and yet, all around me, I could also see the astounding record of over achievement of That People: in the arts, in science, and in business.  So, when I decided to hire David that day I flashed on all that and knew that I was in fact making a pretty safe bet , a smart bet, on the likelihood that David Onley would rise to the occasion and perfectly fill this important and highly symbolic opportunity I was placing before him.

I knew that what I was betting on was not just someone who would be “as good as” anyone else, not just someone “good enough”, but someone with that something extra, a deep focus and a powerful drive that cannot be created in any other way.

Just to cope with their situation, even the most ordinary person with a disability must become extraordinary.  Thus is challenge turned into a spring board.  The logic that drives such people is: if you start from behind you have to run that much harder just to catch up.  But, once in motion, that very momentum can carry you to the front of the pack.

Almost everyone remembered for their greatness has had to overcome obstacles in their path; their perseverance akin to obstinacy.  If they suffered weakness in one faculty or area, that called forth compensation in another.

What ties all these people together is a knack for seeing opportunity in the apparently crappy hand they’ve been dealt, a veritable genius for exchanging the pessimism that would normally be expected into surprising astonishing optimism.  Helen Keller, perhaps the most famous “handicapped” person in history, wrote “No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.  I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work and my God”.

The man we are honouring here today has achieved precisely what Teddie Roosevelt had in mind when he said “Do what you can with what you have”.  My version of the same thought is: “The purpose of life is to get better.  No matter where you start or what you’re given, your job, your glory, is to better yourself and make things around you better.

And to the world out there I say, as exceptional as David Onley is, and as inspiring his story, he’ll be the first to tell you there are many more just like him.  Any community is only as strong as it is diverse.  The perspective and tenacity that people with disabilities need to succeed often lead to original insights and society would be well served to foster this resource.

Thank you.

MEDIA ADVISORY

Moses Znaimer to Present

Lt. Governor, the Hon. David C. Onley with

Canadian Helen Keller Centre Award at 8^th

Annual Luncheon

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 12noon

Concert Hall, Fairmont Royal York

Moses Znaimer has always been a champion of diversity and courageous in his casting of the human rainbow.  In 1984, he hired polio survivor David Onley as a weather and science specialist establishing himself as the first broadcaster to hire a reporter with a physical disability. Moses made a special point of shooting his entire body, versus just a talking head.

According to the now Hon. Onley, “Moses hired me as weather and science specialist at Citytv and it was only after he had hired me that he asked me about my disability. That’s when I knew I was going to enjoy working for the guy. Obviously what he did was important for my career but more importantly, it sent a message to TV viewers everywhere that my physical shortcomings were irrelevant. What counted was my ability to do the job.”

This luncheon brings the them together for a very special tribute.

WHO:

Lt. Governor of Ontario, the Hon. David C. Onley, Recipient of the 2012 Canadian Hellen Keller Centre Award

The Honourable Vim Kochhar, Founding Chair, Canadian Helen Keller Centre

Moses Znaimer, Citytv/MuchMusic Creator, ZoomerMedia Limited Founder & CEO, CARP President

Canadian medal-winning Paralympian Rob Snoek, Master of Ceremonies

WHAT: The 8^th Annual Canadian Hellen Keller Centre Award Luncheon

WHERE: Concert Hall, Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St. W., Toronto

WHEN: 12noon – 1:45pm. Award presentation at 1pm

MEDIA CONTACT:

Leanne Wright, ZoomerMedia Limited

416.886.6873

leanne@zoomer.ca

BACKGROUND:

This event is being held to raise funds for many services at the Canadian Helen Keller Centre (CHKC). It also provides an opportunity to encourage and recognize the efforts of Canadians who have made a distinct and wide-spread difference in the lives of people with vision, hearing and combined vision-hearing impairments.

The CHKC is the only residential training centre in Canada for deaf-blind persons. The CHKC services help people develop alternate ways to care for oneself, one’s family and one’s home. The CHKC also facilitates connections to peers and the community through the development of alternative forms of communication, computing and through self-advocacy and peer support.

Classical’s Coming To Collingwood

MZ Media Inc. Announces CRTC Approval To Launch New Classical Music FM Radio Station in Collingwood Region

Toronto, ON: MZ Media Inc. has announced that the CRTC approved their application for a broadcasting licence to operate a new specialty Classical Music FM radio station based in Collingwood and serving the area north of Toronto popularly known as Cottage Country. The new service will broadcast the world’s greatest classical music plus arts billboards, community messages, public service announcements, regional information, and local traffic and weather updates.

MZ Media Inc. owns and operates Toronto-based The New Classical 96.3 FM (CFMZ-FM) & The New Classical 103.1 FM (CFMX-FM) in Cobourg, English Canada’s only commercial all-classical music radio stations.

“We’ve got the licence and expect to find an appropriate FM frequency within 90 days which will bring this unique Classical Music and Fine Arts service to communities such as The Towns of the Blue Mountains, Wasaga Beach, Meaford, Creemore, Midland, Penetanguishene, and Port Severn, in addition to Collingwood.  The area is a magnet for talented, arts oriented, well-educated Zoomers who need an over-the-air outlet for their musical tastes, plus regional news, in particular pertaining to the visual and performing arts, and crafts,” said media pioneer Moses Znaimer, Founder and CEO of ZoomerMedia Limited.

ZoomerMedia owns and operates MZ Media Inc. and is Canada’s only diversified multi-media company devoted to content serving Canada’s 14.8 million 45plus demographic aka Zoomers (Boomers With Zip!).

PLAYING THE WORLD’S GREATEST MUSIC

From Mozart and movie music to Offenbach and opera, Collingwood area residents will be treated to the Greatest Music Of All Time with veteran classical jocks like the morning show’s Mike Duncan & Jean Stilwell, Afternoon Oasis’ Alexa Petrenko, A Little Night Music’s John Van Driel, and Nocturne’s Marilyn Lightstone. Listeners will also hear Live From The Concert Lobby performances from great classical and crossover artists like superstar soprano Measha Brueggergosman, Grammy Award-winning pianist Lang Lang; and vocal sensations Il Divo, The Priests, plus Libby Znaimer’s ever-popular Zoomer Reports.

SERVING THE ZOOMER DEMOGRAPHIC

Zoomers are a robust and flourishing segment of the area’s population, in 2010 comprising a majority 52.7 per cent. The CRTC recognized that a new Classical Music radio service would reflect their currently underserved musical interests and provide local arts organizations such as the Collingwood Arts Centre, the Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, Authors by the Bay, the

Collingwood Music Festival, and the Meaford Museum, with the opportunity to reach this audience that does not relate to mainstream commercial radio.

“It’s a fact that classical radio reaches the most affluent, well-educated, traveled, and cultured listeners, that is to say, the Zoomers. Our Collingwood-based station will provide advertisers in the region with a rare new opportunity to connect with this coveted generation and grow their businesses and events,” said George Grant, President & CEO, MZ Media Inc.

For a taste of the station, listen to The New Classical 96.3 FM online at: classical963fm.com

Timeless * Zoomers and Immortality, An Exhibition Curated by Moses Znaimer. In collaboration with Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts. Deadline September 23, 2011

Since time immemorial, humans have used the visual arts to both define and understand that which is timeless. Through procreation, through knowledge and belief systems and the creation of works of art and architecture, we have tried to create that which can withstand the confines of time. One might say we have striven to achieve a measure of immortality.

But, does time actually exist, or is it merely an invention we use to measure change? As Zoomers and Artists, what are we creating that might survive the ebb and flow of time?  Click here to read more (PDF).