Banff New Media Institute included in federally-sponsored wireless network

Canadian HeritageSeptember 9, 2004.   The Mobile Digital Commons Network project will receive financial support from the New Media Research Networks Fund, which is part of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canadian Culture Online Strategy. The fund supports the development of an environment that is conducive to Canada becoming a world leader in digital cultural content creation and production. The network will form links among leading Canadian institutions including Hexagram, The University of Quebec at Montreal, McGill University, Concordia University, and the Banff New Media Institute, as well as centres such as Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) and InterAccess.

BISQC in the news

St. Louis-Post Dispatch
September 3, 2004.  
“Banff provides quartets of quality in quantity” (Sarah Bryan Miller)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 5, 2004.  
“Jupiter String Quartet advances to final round in Banff competition” (Sarah Bryan Miller)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 6, 2004.  
“Jupiter String Quartet wins Banff International String Quartet Competition” (Sarah Bryan Miller)

Toronto Star
September 7, 2004.  
“American quartets take Banff by storm” (William Littler)

The Globe and Mail
September 8, 2004.  
“Boston group wins Banff string competition”

Boston Globe
September 8, 2004.  
“Quartet wins big in Banff”