About Me + Contact Information

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Last updated July 2, 2011

Hi, my name is Andrew. My last name is Kurjata, which is Eastern European, likely Polish, in origin. It’s pronounced “Ker-ya-ta”. For future reference, please bookmark this page.

I’m a communications and research professional living in Prince George, BC. I’m station manager of CFUR Radio and I also work on the CBC morning show, Daybreak North. I play road hockey and dodgeball, and I have way too many pets.

Other Things

I volunteer in a few areas. For example, I’m communications director for the Coldsnap Music Festival, and a board member of PG Crimestoppers. I like pets. I help my partner run the non-profit Ferrets North Information and Rescue Society. We even have some pets we rescued from China. I play pick-up road hockey and I’m in a dodgeball league. I also cross-country ski, play ultimate frisbee, and enjoy camping. Oh, and I created the Mr. PG fanpage, which has been featured in a museum, so that’s cool.

Background

I was born and raised in Prince George, where I attended the University of Northern British Columbia and received a joint major in Political Science and International Studies. I’ve been a mill worker, coffee shop hack, newspaper editor, BC government employee, marketing assistant, DJ, knife salesman, research assistant, & ESL teacher in Wuhan, China. I’m interested in communications, design, social media, music, politics, and the discussion thereof.

About My Blog

My blog has gone through a number of iterations (more on that here), but at this point it’s mostly longer-form original/semi-original thoughts with a focus on radio, social media, citizenship and the city of Prince George. You can read it here, browse the archives, or start with some of my favourites. Please not that all opinions are my own and are subject to change, as per this disclaimer.

Contact

There are a few ways to get in touch with me. For best results, take a look at the options and choose the appropriate forum (ie don’t send work email to my personal account).

Email

Feel free to email me, but unless you’re my family/friend please allow some time for me to get back to you. Where possible, I appreciate it if you follow the email charter.

Personal: andrew [at] kurjata.ca
CFUR: stationmanager [at] cfur.ca. Want your own show? See here.
CBC: If you have an arts or community event you want covered, you must fill out the form at cbc.ca/daybreaknorth. Otherwise, I’m at andrew.kurjata [at] cbc.ca.
Meetings: Tungle me.
Elsewhere: My username is usually akurjata.

Phone + Mailing Addresses

CBC (contact details)
CFUR (contact details)
BONUS TIP: Twitter mentions go directly to my cellphone.

Around the Web

I like to play with different online tools. Here are a few I use:

Networks:

Thoughts and stuff on my blog.
More frequent thoughts, plus photos, music and links on Tumblr.
My music blog is Almost Mainstream. Play the tracks.
Almost Mainstream is also the name of my radio show.
Follow me on Twitter.
Connect professionally on LinkedIn. Set up meetings on Tungle.
Connect personally (I need to know you) or subscribe on Facebook.
Check-in on Foursquare.
Video sharing and favouriting on YouTube and, to a lesser extent, Vimeo.
Loving music on CBC Radio 3, Soundcloud, Hype Machine, ex.fm, Rdio and Last.fm.
Fast photos on Picplz. Albums on Flickr. Here are my favourites.
Hear my work with CBC on Soundcloud. Hear other stuff on my phone’s Soundcloud.
Go retro on MySpace. I never log in.
Bookmarks on Delicious. Backed up on Pinboard (includes Instapaperand Google Reader).
Commenting on Disqus and IntenseDebate.
See everything, thanks to Google.