People in the arts - the news.

WASM would like to congratulate documentarian Alanis Obomsawin for her amazing contributions to the arts. Documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin had just wrapped shooting a beautiful sunrise for her newest film when word arrived that she won the $100,000 Glenn Gould Prize for her lifetime contribution to the arts.

Read all about Alanis Obomsawin’s achievements right here:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/alanis-obomsawin-wins-glenn-gould-prize-1.5763979

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Henry Myers paints with his mustache and is fundraising for Movember 2020, November being men’s health awareness month. To see how he does this and to see some samples of his art, visit his web site: https://mustachio.art

Learn more about his unique campaign for Movember 2020:

https://ca.movember.com/mospace/783838?mc=1&utm_medium=share&utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=copy-clipboard

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Interesting read!

Odeuropa awarded €2.8M grant for research project on European olfactory heritage and sensory mining. Learn more here:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.5805132/scientists-and-historians-are-recreating-the-smells-and-smellscapes-of-europe-s-past-1.5805136

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Another great read and congratulations, Jessica J. Lee!

Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for non-fiction:

https://www.cbc.ca/books/jessica-j-lee-wins-60k-hilary-weston-writers-trust-prize-for-nonfiction-1.5805044