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What others are saying about TCNG:

“I have known Leo Campos Aldunez for several years in both personal and professional capacities. He demonstrates great integrity in his work, is a socially responsible and active citizen, and has worked very hard to build networks that empower people to do their work effectively, and to grow as people. One of the pioneers of e-social marketing in our city, I would highly recommend Leo and The Community Networks Group.”

- Kieran Leblanc
Executive Director, Book Publishers Association of Alberta

“Leo Campos-Aldunez has been working with non-profit & socially-conscious groups for many years. He is "linked-in" to a large audience of individuals/organizations who are truly interested in social justice, social development and the arts. I subscribe to his newsletter, and on occasion have used it to advertise selective activities; great results.”

Cathie Crooks
Sales/Marketing Manager
University of Alberta Press

“I know Leo Campos Aldunez to be a man of honour and integrity, with a profound reservoir of compassion. Leo brings a deep understanding of what it takes to nurture the common good, to give voice to the voiceless, to speak & act with ardent passion for the most vulnerable and defenceless among us.”

Satya Das
Author & Strategic Advisor, Cambridge Strategies Inc., Edmonton

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spring Welcome!

TCNG is about information broadcasting/brokering and other ancillary services. It’s also a small locally owned/operated endeavour; thus, when you support/invest in our work you’re strengthening the local economy, and independent entrepreneurs. Should you wish to learn further details on what we do, and how we can be of service please visit the About TCNG section of the site.

While social marketing/web broadcasting are at the centre of our activities, we also offer web-hosting, web site development (including mobile!) and a variety of graphic design services as well. With many years of experience, our professional graphic designer consultant is well-suited to working within the budgets of non-profit organizations and small-to-medium sized business.

Visibility & Repetition are key elements of a successful organizational presence “in-community” – thus, we encourage you to Sponsor Our Work by placing a Display Ad on our site, and take advantage of our Winter 2012/2013 Discount Special – or to use/support our Infomail Newsletter when you need to reach thousands of people, whether for employment opportunities or events. Get in touch for details!

Leo Campos Aldunez, Director
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IN THE NEWS! ANNOUNCEMENT: we have a two-tier fee policy in place regarding advertising your employment and/or events activities through our Infomail Newsletter broadcasting & website posting service. Essentially one fee for the non-profit community and another one for everyone else. Please send us an email or call 780.474.6058 for details. Thanks!

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Foucault's Boomerang: The New Military Urbanism

By Stephen Graham - As our planet urbanizes more rapidly than ever before, an insidious set of boomerang effects, linking security doctrine in cities in the global North with those in the South, are permeating state tactics of control of everyday urban life. On 4 February 1976, Michel Foucault, the eminent French social theorist, stepped gingerly down to the podium in a packed lecture at the Collège de France in the Latin Quarter on Paris's South Bank. Delivering the fifth in a series of 11 lectures under the title 'Il faut défendre la société' ('Society must be defended'), for once Foucault focused his attention on the relationships between western societies and those elsewhere in the world. Moving beyond his legendary re-theorisations of how knowledge, power, technology and geographical space were combined to underpin the development of modern social orders within western societies, Foucault made a rare foray into discussions of colonialism.

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