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Home / Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell is a Winnipeg-based interdisciplinary artist and strategist working at the intersection of media arts, community engagement, and public affairs. Among others, his work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, with a focus on participatory media, strategic communications, and arts-based collaboration across northern and urban contexts.
The D&AD report hit on something a lot of people have been feeling. The industry still wants strong creative judgement but keeps cutting the exact roles where that judgement used to develop. Juniors used to learn by doing the smaller tasks and watching seniors. Those tasks got automated and a lot of the jobs disappeared with them.
Creative Entrepreneurship

AI Ate the Junior Roles and Left a Weird Gap

AI took the repetitive work juniors used to do. Now taste and curation matter more from day one.
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The weathered facade of this old radio sign shows the cracked paint and enduring hand-lettered signage from Winnipeg's mid-century commercial heyday.
Winnipeg

Echoes of Winnipeg’s Radio Days

Spotting Winnipeg's old signs from the days when radio was everyone's primary link to the outside world.
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New federal data reveals a stark economic paradox: Canada is a global leader in building AI, but ranks almost last in using it.
Creative Entrepreneurship

Canada leads in AI—but most local businesses still aren’t using it

Only one in eight Canadian businesses has integrated AI into its daily operations.
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Highway gift shops full of authentic beadwork and moccasins are vanishing. We need serious investment in youth and community arts programs to keep these traditions alive.
Ontario

Rural Craft Spaces Matter

Moving past online algorithms to rebuild the physical infrastructure that independent and Indigenous artists rely on.
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A quiet stretch of the Graham Avenue Skywalk, right where the pedestrian network passes next to the Millennium Library and Winnipeg Police Service Headquarters.
Winnipeg

Winnipeg from the Inside Out

While downtown rushes by on their lunch breaks, we take our time exploring the silent stretches of Winnipeg's walkways.
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Work in Culture Report: Ontario Cultural Careers Facing Breaking Point
Creative Entrepreneurship

Work in Culture Report: Ontario Cultural Careers Facing Breaking Point

New research from Nordicity, OCAD University and Work in Culture exposes massive income gaps and administrative burnout across Ontario's arts and design sectors.
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Canada tackles low public trust in artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) News

Canada tackles low public trust in artificial intelligence

Half of Canadians view artificial intelligence as a threat to humanity amid low literacy rates
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Modest legislative strides pulled Manitoba out of the D-range, but policy gaps in rental assistance and northern food security continue to trap households.
Food Security and Innovation

Manitoba climbs to C- grade in national poverty report

While Manitoba secured the second-highest grade in the country, the province still flunked four major categories including food insecurity and social support adequacy.
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Generational Divide: A new report from the Environics Institute shows that while young Canadians are increasingly skeptical of political leaders and traditional democratic norms, their commitment to defending personal civil liberties remains stronger than ever.
News

Young Canadians show weaker support for democratic norms, study finds

Young Canadians are less committed to democratic norms but remain strong defenders of civil rights, a new study finds.
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A battered and broken payphone keypad in downtown Winnipeg stands as a raw, gritty piece of accidental street art, capturing the textured history of old public communication.
Winnipeg

Dial Tone Ghosts

A shattered payphone in Winnipeg transforms ordinary street damage into a beautifully haunting monument to human voices.
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In Music

Jukebox In Exile is the new country music album from Flin Flon singer-songwriter C.C. Trubiak, blending classic country, honky-tonk, Americana and traditional storytelling into a collection of songs inspired by resilience, community and life in Northern Manitoba. Written during and after the 2025 Flin Flon wildfire evacuation, the album draws influence from country music legends including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings and George Jones. Featuring the singles "Old Country Songs," "Being Rich" and the charting track "Outlaws Meditation," Jukebox In Exile showcases Trubiak's signature songwriting while celebrating small-town life, northern Canadian culture, queer country music and the enduring spirit of Flin Flon. The album is available now on major music streaming platforms.
Manitoba's own C.C. Trubiak's new album "Jukebox in Exile" dropped on June 5! Check it out!

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The Under $200 Art Show is coming to Calgary October 15-18. Art of all kinds- paintings, photography, textiles, mixed media, ceramics, handmade accessories, and so much more! Don’t miss your chance to discover amazing local art and one-of-a-kind finds!
The Under $200 Art Show is coming to Calgary October 15-18. Art of all kinds- paintings, photography, textiles, mixed media, ceramics, handmade accessories, and so much more! Don’t miss your chance to discover amazing local art and one-of-a-kind finds!

MANITOBA ARTS PROGRAMS

This platform, our Winnipeg, Manitoba hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ARTS

This platform, our Northwestern Ontario hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program

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The Arts Incubator was seeded and piloted with strategic arts innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. We thank them for their investment, supporting northern arts capacity building and bringing the arts to life.

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