Hi Global Scholars and Global Leaders,
Welcome to a new term of global learning and cultural exchange!
I would like to invite all of you to share your thoughts about any global topics you find of interest. They can - but do not have to - be related to our official program for this term.
The two bigger university events we will be celebrating this term are
International Happiness Day on March 26th, 12 to 5 pm (together with FDU New Jersey) and
World Health Day on April 7th, 12 to 3 pm. I would like to encourage you to contribute actively to both events: presentations, performances, info posters and other displays are particularly welcome! We also need people to help organize multicultural food and to help with the clean-up and recycling!
Please find below also once more this term's official GSP list of events (which you have all received by email earlier this term).
Have a great term!
Gudrun
Global Scholars – Program for
Spring 2014
Meeting Dates & Events
ATTENDANCE REQUIRED for
* ALL DISCUSSION CIRCLES
* the 2 UN VIDEO CONFERENCES
* at least 4 of the FDU EVENTS, which include:
- International Happiness Day
- World Health Day
- the 4 Diplomatic Speaker Series Events
* at least 2 or 3 Cultural Events
Fri, Jan 25th
Global Scholars Discussion Circle -> Meeting Times &
Planning (email conversations)
Ongoing all February (Thu &
Fri only), 7:30 pm
Free Concerts – CBC Toque Sessions (concert series)
Ongoing all February (until
March 2)
Flight of the Dragon – Soar Over China (show)
Fly Over Canada, 201 – 999
Canada Place – tickets: adults: $21.95, students: 19:95
Ongoing (Tue to Sat) all
February, 10 am to 5:00 pm
Chinese Works on Paper: Liu Wenxi & Xu Yisheng (art
exhibit)
Uno Langman Limited Fine
Art, 2117 Granville Street – free
admission
Ongoing (Tue to Sun) February
and March (until March 30th), 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
The Marvellous Real:
Art from Mexico, 1926-2011 (art exhibit))
Museum of Anthropology, UBC,
6393 North West Marine Drive -
Admission: adults: $16.75,
students: $14.50; special rate on Tue evenings, 5:00 to 9:00 pm: $9.00
Ongoing (Mon to Sat) all
February, 12:00 to 5:00 pm
About Face (art exhibit)
Cityspace Community Art Space,
335 Lonsdale Ave, North Van – free admission
Ongoing until March 15th, Tue to Fri, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sat, 10:00
am to 4:00 pm
Sound Play (interactive exhibit – experiencing music and
sound)
ArtStarts Gallery, 808 Richards
Street (at Robson) – free admission (suitable for kids as well)
Ongoing (all year)
Contemporary Art Gallery
555 Nelson Street, Tue to Sun,
12-6 pm
Free Admission
Ongoing most of March (March 7th
to 29th
International Dance Festival (dance performances)
Roundhouse Community Centre, 181
Roundhouse Mews & Vancouver Playhouse
Wed, Feb 5th, 4:00 –
5:30 pm
Consul General of Peru, Mr. Augusto Morelli Salgado – Room
130
Thu, Feb 6th or Fri,
Feb 7th or Sat, Feb 8th
A Brimful of Asha: a Tale of Love and Marriage (Play)
[Part of the PUSH Festival]
Revue Theatre, 1585 Johnston
Street
Ti- Tickets: $50
Sat, Feb 8th, 7:30 pm
Chinese New Year (Concert)
Orpheum Theatre – tickets: $15
to $88
Sat, Feb 8th, 8:00 pm
William Shakespeare, Measure
for Measure (Play)
Pacific Theatre, 1440 West 12th
Ave – Tickets: $31.50
Sun, Feb 9th, 7:30 pm
Celebrate Korea (Concert)
Orpheum Theatre – tickets: $15
to $88
Tue, Feb 11th,
5:00-6:30 pm
Dr. Patrick Moore, “Confessions
of a Green-Peace Drop-Out” (Talk)
UBC, Buchanan A, 103 – Free
Admission
Wed, Feb 12th, 4:00 –
5:30 pm
Dr. Mike Wilkinson, Director of
Human Performance, Canucks Sports & Entertainment – Room 130
Friday, Feb 14th, 3:00-3:500
pm
Global Scholars Discussion Circle:
Planning of Global Scholars Special Cultural Events for the
Term
Let me know:
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which events &
sessions you are planning to attend (not limited to the ones listed) &
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what topics for discussion you would like to
focus on in our meetings!
Student Lounge – if you can’t make
it, email me your choices that day!
Friday, Feb 14th,
8:00 pm
A Romantic Valentine (Concert)
Orpheum Theatre – Tickets: $21
to $88
Mon, Feb 17th,
12:00-12:50 pm – Room 130
Global Scholars Discussion Circle – Special Session
Dr. Cecil Abrahams, FDU Campus Provost in Conversation with All
Global Scholars
Sun, Feb 23, 12:00 noon
Celebration of Powwow Culture: Aboriginal Dance, Music,
Arts, and Food
[Part of the Aboriginal Talking
Stick Festival]
Roundhouse Community Arts &
Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews (Davie & Pacific)
Tickets: pay what you can
Mon, Feb 24th, 12:00-12:50 – Room 130
Be the Change Circle
Room TBA
Tue, Feb 25th, 9:00-10:30
am
United Nations Pathway Video Conference Series
Adam Dieng: “The Path to Preventing and
Healing Human Rights & Humanitarian Crises in Today’s World – Room 130
Wed, Feb 26th, 4:00 –
5:30 pm
Consul General of Vietnam, Mr. Quang Dung– Room 130
Wed, Feb 26th and/or
Thu, Feb 27th, 8 pm
Convergence: Currents of Contemporary
Aboriginal Dance (Dance Performance)
[Part of the Aboriginal Talking
Stick Festival]
Roundhouse Community Arts &
Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews (Davie & Pacific)
Tickets: adults: $25,
students/seniors: $18, groups: $17
Wed, Mar 5th, 4:00 –
5:30 pm
Colin Cree, EFS e-Forensic
Services Inc: “Trends in Digital Evidence/Investigations”
Room 130
Fri, Feb 28th, 8:00
pm
Ch’odza – She Is Dancing: Raven Spirit Dance,
Film, and Theatre (not suitable for
children J)
[Part of the Aboriginal Talking
Stick Festival]
Roundhouse Community Arts &
Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews (Davie & Pacific)
Tickets: adults: $25,
students/seniors: $18, groups: $17
Sat, March 1st, 10:00
am to 3:00 pm
Multicultural Health Fair
Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250
Commercial Drive – Free Admission!
Sat, Mar 1st, 1:00 pm
Our Stories, Your Stories
with Storytellers Jack Dalton (Yup’ik Inuit, Alaska) and
Moses Goods (Hawaii) (Storytelling)
[Part of the Aboriginal Talking
Stick Festival]
Vancity Culture Lab @ The Cultch
1895 Venables Street – Tickets:
“pay what you can”
Sat, Mar 1st, 7:00 pm
Overly Creative Minds: The Leaders of Tomorrow Speak
Today! (Spoken Word & Performances)
[Part of the Aboriginal Talking
Stick Festival]
Vancity Culture Lab @ The Cultch
1895 Venables Street – Tickets:
“pay what you can”
Sat, Mar 1st, 8:00 pm
or Sun, Mar 2nd, 2:00 pm
Beethoven’s Ninth
Symphony & Mozart & Strauus (Concert)
Orpheum – tickets: between $21
and $88
Mon, Mar 3rd, 12:00-12:50
pm – Room 130
Global Scholar Discussion Circle
Mon, Mar 10th,
12:00-12:50 – Room 130
Be the Change Circle
Wed, Mar 12th, 4:00 –
5:30 pm
HC General of South Africa, Mr. Chris Meyer – Room 130
Fri, Mar 14th, 8:30 –
10:30 am (morning!!!)
! United Nations Association of Canada:
Networking Breakfast: Think Global, Link
Local
Floata Restaurant, 1800 Keefer
Street
Admission: $25 (sign up early to
choose the organization(s) you want to connect to!)
Mon, Mar 17th 12:00-12:50 pm – Room 130
Global Scholar Discussion Circle
Mon, Mar 24th, 12:00-12:50 – Room 130
Be the Change Circle
Wed, Mar 26th, 12:00
to 5:00 pm
FDU Happiness Day
with talks, information, videos, activities, and
multicultural music, dance, and food
Room 130
Mon, Mar 31st,
12:00-12:50 pm – Room 130
Global Scholar Discussion Circle
Sat, Apr 5th, 8:00 pm
Rachmaninoff & More (Concert)
Orpheum Theatre – tickets: $21
to $88
Mon, Apr 7th, 12:00 to
4:00 pm
FDU Health Day – with Talks, Info Displays, Slide Shows and
Screenings – Room 130
Tue, Apr 8th, 9:00-10:30
am
United Nations Pathway Video Conference Series
Jeffrey Huffins: “The Role of Civil Society
in the Post-2015 Agenda (28-29 Aug. 2014)” – Room 130
Wed, Apr 9th, 4:00 –
5:30 pm
HC General of Ecuador, Mr. Etienne Walter– Room 130
Thu, Apr 10th, 8:00
pm
Schubert and Bartok (Concert)
Pyatt Hall – tickets: $35
Fri, Apr 11th, 12:00-12:50 – Room TBA
Be the Change Circle
Mon, Apr 14th,
12:00-12:50 pm – Room 130
Global Scholar Discussion Circle
Sat, April 12th –
Vaisakhi?
Mon, April 14th –
Vaisakhi FDU?
Sat, May 3rd or Mon,
May 5th, 8:00 pm
Orff, Carmina
Burana & Rimsky Korsakov & Borodin (Concert)
Orpheum Theatre – tickets: $21
to $88
? Participation in We
Day ?
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Please let Laure
know if you are interested! She will let you know the details!
MORE SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!