The Timberlane Quilters Guild will be showing a spring collection of quilts created by local fibre artisans. Quilts will be displayed during the months of February and March.
Location: Powell River Campus, Room Foyer
Date: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 to Friday, April 30, 2010
Cost: Free
Speaker: Cyndy Bermingham
Our guest Cyndy Bermingham, program manager of LYNX is a member of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation located in northwestern B.C. Cyndy will speak about LYNX, which is an Aboriginal specific web based career development program based out of the University of Calgary. LYNX is a joint initiative of The Native Centre and Career Services of the University of Calgary and is the very first program of its kind in Canada serving the needs of First Nations Métis & Inuit students. Initially conceptualized in 2001 the LYNX Aboriginal Student Career and Employment Program provides an opportunity for Aboriginal students from 11 Universities in Western Canada to connect directly with potential employers. Join us to hear about her experiences in Career Development regarding First Nations, Métis & Inuit students.
Location: Building 300, Room Royal Arbutus Room (RAR)
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: 12 pm
Cost: Free
This is a combination of an Open Mike, Poetry Slam, Jam Night, Visual Art display. If you have a talent, bring it! We want to hear/see/enjoy your talent!
Come read a poem, play an instrument, sing a song, display your art.
Or, just come out and enjoy!!
A showcase of all kinds of art: poetry, music, visual art and all that good stuff.
There will be a potluck appy thing in Room 203 at 6:00pm. Bring an appy and come out to meet fellow students. Get comfortable in your surroundings with the other performers.
We'll move into room 203 (the lecture hall) for the entertainment part of the night.
Invite your friends!!
This is a free event, brought to you by the VIU Creative Writing Club and the VIU Liberal Studies Club
Location: Building 355 , Room 211 & 203
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: 6 pm
Cost: FREE
Contact: Kim Moes
Email: clublbst@gmail.com
Maggie, a 50-year-old widow, desperately needs some money to pay for a medical treatment for her ill grandson. After several unfruitful attempts to find a job, Maggie finds herself roaming the streets of London Soho. Her eye is caught by a small poster in the window of a “shop” called “Sexy World” which reads: “Hostess wanted.” Too desperate, dazed, and naïve to realize what she’s doing, she takes the job. Soon, she transforms herself into the much sought after and highly paid “Irina Palm.” Along with her new persona, Maggie also gains renewed self-confidence, realizing she is not as old and unattractive as she thought. However, as her clandestine existence provokes the suspicions of her family and neighbours, her work and personal worlds start to collide.
This film won the David di Donatello award for Best European Union Film, as well as the Italian Golden Globe for best European Film. It was also nominated for both a Golden Bear Award for best movie at the Berlin International Film Festival, and the International Jury award at the Sãn Paulo International Film Festival.
Location: Building 356, Room 109
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: 7 pm
Cost: By Donation
Speaker: Rick Searle and Bob Hansen
A Canada-Africa Research Alliance
What do you see when you think of Parks and Protected Areas all around the globe?
Do you see poverty?
Although poverty is generally not the first image that is being associated with National Parks and other protected areas, in reality it is part of the picture in the same way as biodiversity conservation. Protected areas are a valuable effort to protect our ecosystems and can be beneficial for local communities. However, there is always the other side of the coin. Due to higher taxes and living costs that come with tourism growth, communities can also experience increased social problems, loss of cultural traditions, and unemployment.
The PAPR project aims to address challenges of reducing rural poverty and ensuring environmental sustainability by focusing on protected areas and their adjacent communities in the three countries – Canada, Tanzania and Ghana.
Come and join us on our journey to investigate the issues of poverty reduction and protected areas in our 2010 speaker series.
Speakers: Rick Searle (EKOS Communications, Inc.) and Bob Hansen (Wildlife-Human Conflict Specialist)
Location: Building 200, Room 203
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm
Cost: Free
The Vancouver Island Student's Union is hosting a one day Red Cross Emergency First Aid Course on March 19th
Please pre-register for this course at the Students' Union Bldg 193
Class size is limited to 15 people, so please register early to avoid disappointment.
Location: Bldg 356, Room 209
Date: Friday, March 19, 2010
Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Cost: $40 for students/ $60 for non-students
Come and join us for a beer & burger-night to help survivors in Chile!
- Ticket price: $12 (includes one burger, one 12oz beer + PLUS 50/50 RAFFLE)
- Ticket availability: from table located outside the upper cafeteria on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 11:30am to 01:00pm or at the door!
- Time: 5pm - 9pm (last burger @ 8pm; Pub closes at 2am)
Location: Old City Station Pub, Downtown Nanaimo
Date: Friday, March 19, 2010
Time: 5 pm to 9 pm
Cost: $12
Contact: Robbie Mackin-Lang
Email: chowdownforchile@gmail.com
Speaker: Dr. Donald Dutton, Professor of Psychology, UBC
Domestic Violence: Time for a New Approach. How can we all be a part of the solution?
Live Internet webcast of event available at www.marsbc.com
Location: Building 200, Room 203
Date: Friday, March 19, 2010
Time: 7 pm
Cost: Free
Are you an ALTRA communter? Come to be encouraged, supported, and joined by students, staff, and faculty of VIU promoting ALTernative TRansportation to reduce emissions. Weekly events, entertainments, prizes and FUN in a healthy, sustainable way!
MONDAY:
- World Water Day, Power to Change and ALTRA displays in the Quad (outside library)
- 5:30 - 7pm Sustainability Fair, organized through the Geo Dept and Cowichan Energy Alternative Society. This is the launch event of the week!
- 7pm Movie: "FUEL"
B310 Malaspina Theatre
Location: B305, B310
Date: Monday, March 22, 2010
Cost: FREE!
Join alongside classmates, campus groups, community organisations and business to celebrate and create discussion and dialogue around water and its usage.
Why: Clean Water for a Healthy World
Every year, 1,500 cubic kilometres of wastewater are produced globally. While waste and wastewater can be reused productively for energy and irrigation, it usually is not. In developing countries 80 percent of all waste is being discharged untreated, because of lack of regulations and resources. And population and industrial growth add new sources of pollution and increased demand for clean water to the equation. Human and environmental health, drinking and agricultural water supplies for the present and future are at stake, still water pollution rarely warrants mention as a pressing issue.
To do something about that UN-Water has chosen Clean Water for a Healthy World as theme for World Water Day 2010. The overall goal of the World Water Day on 22 March 2010 campaign is to raise the profile of water quality at the political level so that water quality considerations are made alongside those of water quantity.
To book a free table or for more information please contact Stephanie at green@viusu.ca
Location: Outside the Library and Upper Cafeteria, B305 & B300
Date: Monday, March 22, 2010
Time: 11 am to 1 pm
Cost: Free
Contact: Stephanie
Email: green@viusu.ca
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