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Dear Tirgan Friends in Toronto,

If you have experience, and are interested in becoming an emcee for Tammuz Festival, please join us for the online audition meeting of the emcee team! The meeting will take place on Saturday, May 14th 2022 at 10am. There are only a few spots left, so please RSVP at [email protected] by the end of the day on May 11, 2022.

Thank you!

درود بر دوستان تیرگان در تورنتو،

اگر شما علاقه دارید در جشنواره تموز مجری باشید و در این زمینه تجربه دارید، لطفا در جلسه مجازی آزمون که ۱۴ می ۲۰۲۲، ساعت ۱۰ صبح برگزار خواهد شد شرکت کنید. برای شرکت در جلسه لطفا تا ۱۱ می ۲۰۲۲ از طریق ایمیل زیر تماس بگیرید.

[email protected]

با سپاس.

Nowruz is just around the corner. The Tirgan Family comes together once again to bring joy, happiness and the spirit of Nowruz to your homes. We are thrilled to announce that this year we will have Nowruz Festival, which will be a free online event premiering on April 2nd. This year’s special Nowruz event will be streamed on Tigran’s website, YouTube channel, Instagram and Facebook page. You may also watch it on Radio Javan’s website as well as GLWIZ. On behalf of the Tirgan Family, we hope the new Persian year brings happiness, success and prosperity for you. Happy Nowruz in advance!

نوروز در راه است. یک بار دیگر خانواده‌ی تیرگان دور هم جمع شده است تا شادی، نشاط و حال و هوای نوروز را به خانه‌های شما عزيزان بیاورد. با اشتیاق فراوان به اطلاع شما می‌رسانیم که جشنواره نوروزی تیرگان، روز ۲ آوریل ۲۰۲۱ به صورت رایگان و به شکل آنلاین در اختیار شما خواهد. در این جشن ویژه‌‌ی نوروزی، از طریق وب‌ سایت، کانال یوتیوب، اینستاگرام و فیس‌بوک تیرگان، همچنین وب‌سایت رادیو جوان و شبکه تلویزیونی جی ال ویز همراه ما باشید

The global pandemic in 2020 has brought forth a revolutionary paradigm shift in the arts and culture community, most particularly the performing arts. With the inevitability of a shift towards virtual presentations, Tirgan accelerated plans that have been under development for years. We officially launched Tirgan Media and initiated building the technical and talent resources for producing multimedia productions.  Tirgan Kids Time was the first in a series of pilot projects that are devised to workshop projects with a view to capacity building both within the Tirgan family and broader Iranian Canadian community.  Over the course of the next several months, Tirgan Media will unveil many new projects alongside packaging and presenting our Nowruz programs virtually and online.

For the upcoming Nowruz, Tirgan Media is offering an opportunity to performing artists, local or nonlocal, who will be physically present in Toronto during February 2021 to participate in our Nowruz program presentations.  These can be in the form of artists providing their time and talent to produce 5 to 15-minute performances to incorporate as segments in our Nowruz program.

With this limited call for artists, Tirgan Media asks that those who are interested and available in Toronto during February/March 2021, to submit a proposal no later than January 17th, 2021 using the webform on the Tirgan website if you are a performing artist and will be physically present and available in Toronto during the month of February.

Please be sure that in all steps of the production and in every production site, we will be strictly adhering to current Ontario and Canada COVID-19 regulations and safety protocols.

Should you require any additional information please contact us at [email protected]

On November 2, 2020, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) published an article titled “Iran’s #MeToo movement makes waves in Toronto as calls mount for festival to cut ties with celebrated artist”. The article suggests that Tirgan has ties to Aydin Aghdashloo, an Iranian artist recently accused of sexual misconduct as part of Iran’s burgeoning #MeToo movement. Tirgan wishes to clarify that we do not have any ties to any of the artists that have performed or presented their works at any of our festivals. Specifically, to clear the ambiguity of CBC’s article, Tirgan does not have any ties with Aydin Aghdashloo.
Tirgan attracts nearly 150,000 visitors to its biennial festivals that take place in Toronto. Since its inception, Tirgan has showcased the works of over 1,000 artists from all around the world including Aghdashloo’s work. Tirgan upholds the basic values of Canadian society including gender equality; zero-tolerance towards discrimination, harassment, and violence in all its forms. Tirgan follows a rigorous artist selection process based on their artistic merits and ensures that they showcase similar values to the Tirgan organization.
Tirgan strongly condemns all acts of sexual misconduct, and has a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of harassment and discrimination. We too, are concerned by the news surrounding Iran’s #MeToo movement and will be closely monitoring the developments. In an effort to foster a safe and welcoming environment for all our volunteers and stakeholders, we will continue to uphold our policies against harassment and discrimination and commit that we will never act as a forum for those who are guilty of sexual misconduct.

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Dear Tirgan Friends,

We are looking for a creative copywriter to join our Tirgan Family. You will write concise and exciting copy for our website, social media platform and other PR & marketing materials. Our ideal candidate loves to work in a team environment, with an imaginative eye for detail.

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