Canada 3.0 - chock-full of Culture and Collaboration

Great event full of lots of great ideas and thinking. And best of all, my two favourite words, Culture and Collaboration, kept coming up throughout both days.

As a student of culture I enjoy discussing the impact of digital media tools on society. I believe they will make quite their mark on history, and as social media explodes we are smack dab in the centre of the information revolution. For Canada 3.0 this became quite clear in Dr. Michael Wesch, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University presentation as he shared powerful stories about how humans search for identity and recognition. His brief history of the word "Whatever" was particularly fun and enlightening. It also connected with the debate that raged in Day 2 in the Education Stream discussion - Harnessing Social Media for Collaborative Learning - where my two favourite words collided.

Collaboration may be our strongest advantage going forward as we work to expand the abilities of Digital Media and Canada's presence and role within the evolution. With the free and safe sharing of ideas we can all get smarter together. Creating safe venues where sharing can begin, like Canada 3.0 and fostering continued collaboration and support in incubators like Communitech Digital Media Hub are critical going forward. This region has collaboration built into our culture. We all have a role in building and protecting that spirit. Let "Hunt for new ideas and foster collaboration" be our rallying cry!