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Well it’s come and gone, IHMN 301 has come to a close. Van Island Craft Liquor (VICL) will be coming live in the next couple of days and will be able to be found here. As for me, I will be busy finishing the semester, getting exited for our field study (FINALLY!), and getting stoked for Washington DC. As I am no longer required to write a blog or tweet any further, these accounts will likely be dissapearing in the next couple of weeks. If you like what you saw or just want to stay in touch feel free to add me on facebook or linkedin.

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Sip & Savour the best of Vancouver Island - Wine & Culinary Guide

Wineries, cideries, distilleries, restaurants and breweries in the Vancouver Island Region.

For this weeks edition of keeping it wrong we will look at a website with a similar purpose to the one I am creating, Wine Islands. The website is a proxy for Destination British Columbia and Tourism Vancouver Island that acts as a sort of database for wine and culinary options on Vancouver Island. The website is split into three main categories - wine, food, and accommodations - that are group by their region on the island. Regions include a map which shows were attractions are as well as contact info, very similar to my website.

Screenshot from the website

Wine Island actually served as one of three main website that were the inspiration for my own. I hope to build on their format, polish the layout, and make it a more friendly relate-able experience. The number of options will be trimmed down to the very best - my personal favourites - and will include anecdotes and insider tips for visitors to the select locations. Stay tuned, it will be coming live in the next couple of weeks.

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Website Episode II

Well the website is coming together. Without giving away too much it will host some of the best locations on Vancouver Island for craft products. As a name drop one of the places featured we visited last week after our Friday field trip, Moon Under Water. More to come in the upcoming weeks.

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Top 10 Snowfall Totals in North America Right Now:

It’s only December 1st and we’ve got 6 ski resorts who have gotten over 100″ of snowfall already this season. All 6 of those ski resorts are north of the continental USA’s…

Winter Break is almost here! Congrats guys, we made it. 8 classes at a time was a lot but we made it through. Now looking to the future we all have our winter break to look forward too! As for myself I am gearing up to make a roadtrip to the Kootenays, stopping at a few key places along the way to get some much needed recharge time.

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2016 AIPAC Policy Conference

This week we were given the opportunity to go volunteer at the 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington D.C. Selected students will be given free flights, accommodations, meals, and a stipend as compensation for their work. I personally feel as if event management is an area I have room for growth in so I have chosen to apply. Also I have never been to Washington D.C. so it will be a cool experience for me. I will be hearing back from them mid December to see if I was selected, wish me luck!

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Instagram

Currently available on iOS for iPhone and Android however they are working on iOS for iPad, BlackBerry, and Windows.

Instagram helps you capture and share the world’s moments. It helps facilitate visual story telling and encourages creativity. You can share your life with friends through pictures. It gives you the power to transform images into moments. It allows you to experience your friends lives through pictures. Instagram imagines a world more connected through photos. The app can help you to transform average looking photos into professional looking ones through the use of filters. It can also automatically post your photos to Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

It’s target audience is, celebrities, newsrooms, brands, teens, musicians, basically anyone creative.

Users create an account and can post photos or video to their wall as well as a variety of other social media platforms. Photos can be edited through the use of one of many filters. Content can be associated with a hashtag to promote views. Users have the ability to like and comment on photos as well as follow others.

It is owned by Facebook, Inc.

Users have the option to have their photos public or private. You must be 13 years old to create an account. Posts cannot contain or promote violence, nudity, discrimination, unlawful acts, hate speech, or copyright infringement. By using Instagram you give them the right to use your data/cookies for analytic/marketing purposes.

Pros:

- easy to edit photos

- can sync content across social media accounts

Cons:

- limited to smartphone apps

I would recommend it for the tourist industry. Specifically adventure tourism, events, and any other companies who have a visually stimulating work environment.

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Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the LinkBC Tourism Industry Conference and compete in the LinkBC Case Competition. It was a lot of fun and after a day of hard work our team took home 2nd place. It was an awesome experience to make yourself known to the industry, network, and there are even free drinks! I would highly recommend competing to anyone who has the opportunity.

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Jumbo Wild (Trailer)

Coming to theatres Oct 2015 - Patagonia presents Jumbo Wild – a gripping, hour-long documentary film by Sweetgrass Productions that tells the true story of…

Switching up the normal blog posts I’m going to talk about a tourism issue from the part of BC I am from. For a little bit of background there is a glacial valley where I am from that is generating a bit of controversy. It is one of the few remaining Grizzly Bear habitats in BC, a sacred site to the local Ktunaxa Indian Band, and an awesome place to skin up for a ski. However a foreign owned company (think leakage) is looking to build a ski resort in the middle of the glacier. Without getting too political or bias there essentially incorporated the area as a city (with 0 residents) and bought themselves the position of mayor and the city council, making democracy in BC look like a joke. There are also many other ski resorts in the area the closest being Panorama. As well one of the main reasons for the glacier to be developed into a ski hill was that it would be a year round attraction, however since then the glacier has receded. If you have read this far feel free to ask me more about jumbo in class if you are looking for a topic to write about (I call dibs on the briefing note though).