Archived Calgary Events

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The F Word in Relation to Men, Environmental Issues, and Everything Else (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 20, 2015 - March 20, 2015

Come and participate in a discussion concerning feminism and its place in our world today. Bring your questions and ideas about men's place in the movement, its connection to environmental issues, and anything else you want to talk about. Joe Kadi teaches various courses in women's studies, and has given a lot of thought to these issues. He's looking forward to a stimulating conversation.

Location:

Women's Resource Centre (MacEwan Student Centre 482)

Speaker:

Joe Kadi

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/f-word-relation-men-environmental-issues-and-everything-else

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Kraut, Machines and Eternal Grooves (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 20, 2015 - March 20, 2015

The LLC Speaker Series proudly presents … Kraut, Machines and Eternal Grooves: The Cultural Importance of German Popular Music in the 1970’s After World War Two, the cultural development in Germany was tightly connected to the political situation. The occupation of Western Germany by American and British troops as well as the historical situation made it difficult for young German artists to find their own voice, especially concerning the emerging Anglophone popular culture. On the one hand, the triumph of Rock Music since the late 1950s had a deep impact on the West German youth; still German popular music connected to Rock’n’Roll was a mere imitation of American and British role models. On the other hand, especially where Angloamerican popular culture started to ‘infiltrate’ literature (which was still considered ‘high art’) the rejection by the cultural elites was overwhelming. Between these two poles – the acceptance of (and love for) popular culture within the German youth and the urge to move away from Anglophone role models and create something radically new (which at the same time could be seen as a examination of recent history) – a new musical/cultural movement emerged. It fulfilled its cultural promise as it remained in a state of being an underground movement always on the verge of moving into the mainstream – but never really arriving there. The phenomenon that came to be known as Krautrock can be seen as a perfect example for the interplay of popular culture, ‘high’ art and politics as well as the ongoing struggle which has determined the reception of popular culture since the 1960’s: The narrow line between underground and mainstream and the perpetual movement that links the two.

Location:

Craigie Hall Block D - CHD 420

Speaker:

Sascha Seiler (University of Mainz)

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/kraut-machines-and-eternal-grooves

Philosophy Speakers: Alfred Mele (Florida State), "On Some Unsuccessful Control-featuring Arguments Against Event-Causal Libertarianism" (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 20, 2015 - March 20, 2015

The Philosophy Speakers Program presents Alfred Mele (Florida State), "On Some Unsuccessful Control-featuring Arguments Against Event-Causal Libertarianism" About the Talk Libertarianism about free will is the thesis that free will is incompatible with determinism and there are free actions (exercises of free will). Event-causal libertarianism appeals to ordinary indeterministic causation of decisions and other actions and states and steers clear of agent causation. This talk is a critique of a trio of control-featuring arguments against event-causal libertarianism. One features the claim that “the active control that is exercised on [an event-causal libertarian] view is just the same as that exercised on an event-causal compatibilist account” (Clarke 2003, p.220). Another hinges on the assertion that event-causal libertarianism “does not provide agents with any more control than compatibilism does” (Pereboom 2001, p.56). And a third is Derk Pereboom’s “disappearing agent objection” (2014). Morals are drawn. About the Speaker Al Mele is the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University where he is also the Director of the Philosophy and Science of Self-Control Project and Director of the Big Questions in Free Will Project. His primary research interests revolve around human behavior. His major publications include: Irrationality (1987); Springs of Action (1992); Autonomous Agents (1995); Self-Deception Unmasked (2001); Motivation and Agency (2003); Free Will and Luck (2006); Effective Intentions: The Power of Conscious Will (2009 and winner of the APA’s 2013 Sanders Book Prize); Backsliding: Understanding Weakness of Will (2012); A Dialogue on Free Will and Science (2014); and Free: Why Science Hasn’t Disproved Free Will (2014). An edited volume Surrounding Free Will will appear from Oxford University Press in 2015.

Location:

Social Sciences Building - Room 1253

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/philosophy-speakers-alfred-mele-florida-state-some-unsuccessful-control-featuring-arguments

Hannah Alper (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 19, 2015 - March 19, 2015

The Werklund School of Education’s Youth Leadership Centre (YLC) invites you to be inspired by: Hannah Alper 12-year-old activist blogger Hannah is a Toronto student who is a face and voice of youth activism—not just for Canadian youth, but for others around the world. By addressing topics like eco-friendly living, anti-bullying, wildlife conservation, and fair trade on her blog and through various initiatives, Hannah is living proof that young people can and do make a difference in the world. Educators will have new ideas for fostering youth leadership in their classrooms, schools, and the community. Youth will be inspired to see their own leadership qualities and take action on issues that matter to them. Please register today! Doors open at 3:45 p.m. Free admission.

Location:

Blue Room - Dining Centre

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/hannah-alper

Co-op & Internships Week: Employer Industry Panels (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 19, 2015 - March 19, 2015

Career Services and the Arts and Science faculties celebrate National Co-op & Internship Week March 16 - 20, 2015. RSVP to the Employer Panel on CareerLink Adding Experience to Your Degree: Employers talk about Co-op & Internship Get the Inside Scoop on Co-op & Internship: The Employer Perspective Employer Panelists: Kurt Bryden | IT Professional Kurt Bryden is an IT Professional with 15 years of experience. He worked 5 of those years in the non-profit sector in desktop, network, server and application support. As well as the disaster response IT & telecom lead. Kurt also worked 10 years in the oil and gas sector doing desktop support, as a business analyst/project manager, and was a team lead for corporate applications and application operations. Julie Shaver | Manager at Encana Julie Shaver graduated from Mount Saint Vincent University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Information Technology. Julie has 17 years of experience in Records and Information Management and has held a managerial role at Encana Corporation for the last 11 years. Shami (Kashama) Willms | Manager at Synopsys Shami grew up in Pincher Creek (windy southern Alberta) and went to Columbia Bible College (Abbotsford, BC - 1995-1997) for 2 years after graduating high school. Shami moved to Calgary and received a BSc Internship degree in Computer Science from the U of C (1997-2002). He did a 16 month internship program with Codefast during that time, working on GUI software development) and then got a full-time job with Codefast upon graduation. His wife, Deanna, and I spent 3 years working as Associate Pastors in Youth and Family ministries at Foothills Mennonite Church and then I returned to Codefast in 2006. Codefast was always a research/startup company and eventually folded in 2007, but Coverity bought the assets to his company and hired 3 people (including Shami). Today Shami is the manager of the Desktop team (IDE and stand–alone GUI development) in the Coverity business unit of Synopsys (who bought his company 1 year ago – 2014) and still in the same office space that he started his internship program in 15 years ago, but now they are taking over the entire floor of the building and have 40-50 people in the Calgary office. Outside of work he is still heavily involved in his church, he enjoys playing/coaching basketball and other sports, and I am Chair of the board at Menno Simons Christian School where his 2 boys attend and his wife works part time in the library there too.

Location:

TFDL Gallery Hall

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/co-op-internships-week-employer-industry-panels

Co-op & Internships Week: Kick Off Your Career Goals through Co-op & Internship with Jon Cornish (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 18, 2015 - March 18, 2015

Career Services and the Arts and Science faculties celebrate National Co-op & Internship Week March 16 - 20, 2015. RSVP to the Employer Panel on CareerLink Kick Off Your Career Goals through Co-op & Internship: With Keynote Jon Cornish 12:00 - 2:00 pm TFDL Gallery Hall Panelists TBA Jon Cornish is a Canadian football running back who is currently the starting running back for theCalgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at theUniversity of Kansas. He has played 8 years for the Calgary Stampeders. In 2014 Jon was the Calgary Stampeders nominee for Most Outstanding Player and took home the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian award. Cornish was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete for 2013. Cornish has won 2 Grey Cups in his time with the Stampeders (2008,2014). Jon Cornish is a Human Rights Advocate, speaking out for LGBT rights, helpling raise money for Women and Children in Bangladesh, and working with Woods Homes in Calgary for at risk children. You can follow Jon on Twitter @jonnycornish

Location:

TFDL Gallery Hall

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/co-op-internships-week-kick-your-career-goals-through-co-op-internship-jon-cornish

Women in Supply Chain Dinner: Finding the Courage to Lead (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 18, 2015 - March 18, 2015

Women in Supply Chain Dinner: Finding the Courage to Lead Leadership is no easy task! The moment you think you "got it" is the moment that you no longer "have it"!!! Brigid will discuss this and other dichotomies of the best leaders in her experience. Being a truth teller...... Especially when it hurts Real strength comes from real vulnerability. And to drive a change agenda, you must remain the same. Please join the Van Horne Institute and the Women in Supply Chain Intitative on March 18, 2015 to hear Brigid Pelino, Executive Vice-President, People and Culture, WestJet. Tickets are on sale now! (http://www.womeninsupplychain.org/events/) The dinner will be held at the Safari Lodge at the Calgary Zoo, 1300 Zoo Rd NE, Calgary, Alberta. Registration for the dinner will begin at 4:45. Tickets are $85. Tables of 8 are $680. There are a limited quantity of student tickets available at $35.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/women-supply-chain-dinner-finding-courage-lead

Is Co-op & Internship Right for you? National Co-op Week Begins! (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 16, 2015 - March 20, 2015

Stampeders’ player Jon Cornish will be kicking off the 2015 Co-op and Internship Week. Beginning on March 16th and going until March 20th, Co-op and Internship week will feature information panels and networking events meant to enhance student experience. The goal of this weeklong event is to increase student awareness on the benefits of internships and co-op programs, and to invite students to apply to the Co-op and Internship programs by the May 1st. Students are encouraged to kick off their career goals on March 18th, beginning at 12:00pm in the TFDL Gallery Hall. Jon Cornish’s keynote speech will be followed by an accomplished student speaker panel, who will share their experiences in co-op & internship. This panel will be followed by some brief Q & A, and networking opportunities with the event ending at 1:30. All students interested in the co-op and internship experience are invited to get the inside scoop on the employer perspective. Occurring on March 19th, from 5:00pm to 6:30pm in the TFDL Gallery Hall, a range of experts will discuss the mutual benefits for both students and employers interested in the program. Following the employer panel, experienced Co-op & Internship students will be available to answer your questions. Co-op programs and internships provide students with the unique experience of hands-on learning. Many Foley, Co-op Coordinator for the Faculty of Arts describes the program, “Arts Co-op students are amazed at the level of work and the responsibilities they are given on a work term. Their work experiences clarify their career and academic goals and provide them with confidence in their abilities to achieve these goals.” Noorie Jadavji, Co-operative Education and Internship Coordinator for the Faculty of Science, also believes the upcoming Career Services event will be a very beneficial week for UCalgary students. She says, “The co-op and internship programs are a win-win for students and employers. It allows both to test the waters. For the students, they get paid while they build their experience, and for the employers, they get to see if the student is a good fit in terms of skills, interests, and team dynamics. In almost all cases, the experience is highly positive and a high percentage of students go on to receive full-time and permanent offers from the employers.” To secure a seat in any of the upcoming Co-op and Internship week events login to CareerLink and check out the CS Events Calendar. To learn more about the upcoming events check out Career Services on Facebook or Twitter, or drop by the office located in the MacEwan Student Centre room number 188.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/co-op-internship-right-you-national-co-op-week-begins

Common European Framework of Reference Roundtable Discussion (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 13, 2015 - March 13, 2015

Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Roundtable Discussion Please join on Friday, March 13 from 12:00 to 1:00pm in CHD 420 for lunch and a roundtable discussion on the CEFR with Enrica Piccardo, one of Canada’s foremost scholars working on the CEFR. Details will follow.

Location:

CHD 420

Speaker:

Enrica Piccardo, one of Canada’s foremost scholars working on the CEFR

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/common-european-framework-reference-roundtable-discussion

Beyond Good and Evil? with Norman Fischer (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 13, 2015 - March 13, 2015

Join Zen teacher Norman Fischer for a talk on good and evil. Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a poet and Zen Buddhist priest. For many years he has taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest of the new Buddhist organizations in the West, where he served as Co-abbot from 1995-2000. He is presently a Senior Dharma Teacher as well as the founder and spiritual director of the Everyday Zen Foundation, an organization dedicated to adapting Zen Buddhist teachings to Western culture. There is no charge for this event, but donations will be gratefully accepted. Led by the Buddhist Chaplaincy in partnership with the Faith & Spirituality Centre and Calgary Soto Zen.

Location:

Science B 148

Speaker:

Norman Fischer

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/beyond-good-and-evil-norman-fischer

Feminism and Bicycling (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 13, 2015 - March 13, 2015

Join us to trace the co-evolution of personal mobility and independence through bicycling, and what women’s athletics may mean in pop culture and the modern feminist movement. Presented by Kayla Bonham.

Location:

Women's Resource Centre (MacEwan Student Centre 482)

Speaker:

Kayla Bonham is a longtime Calgary bicycle commuter and a Greaser (mechanic) at the Good Life Community Bike Shop. She co-facilitates Gender Equality Magic - GEM - a dedicated women and trans bike workshop program held every Wednesday at the Good Life, and facilitates and attends urban fun cycling events (e.g. Cyclepalooza, Bicycle Belles) as well as sporting-oriented cycling groups (Spin Sisters, Calgary Outdoor Club, Elbow Valley Cycle Club)

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/feminism-and-bicycling

The LRC Language Acquisition and Learning Series presents ... (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 13, 2015 - March 13, 2015

A social agent navigating complexity: Challenges and opportunities of language education

Location:

CHD 420

Speaker:

Enrica Piccardo (OISE, University of Toronto)

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/lrc-language-acquisition-and-learning-series-presents

LARC Graduate Student Symposium (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 13, 2015 - March 13, 2015

The Latin American Research Centre is pleased to host the 2015 Graduate Student Symposium. Panels will present research on a range of topics including: archaeology & history; gender, democracy & politics; and literature & culture. Full program details can be found at larc.ucalgary.ca/events. 830am-1230pm Friday March 13, 2015, at the Rozsa Centre. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public. Breakfast and refreshments will be served. Info: larc@ucalgary.ca

Location:

Evans Room Rozsa Centre University of Calgary

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/larc-graduate-student-symposium

Japan's Next Economy (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 12, 2015 - March 12, 2015

Location:

Gallery Hall - Taylor Family Digital Library

Speaker:

Dr. Ken Coates (Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy)

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/japans-next-economy

Fear of Fat: Promoting health in a fat phobic culture (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 12, 2015 - March 12, 2015

Obesity epidemic’. It’s a phrase used frequently by media and public health campaigns that puts the focus on weight as an indicator of health and wellness. But what does weight tell us about health? How can we promote health without stigmatizing individuals? Fear of Fat: Promoting health in a fat phobic culture. Join us for a free expert round table on Thursday March 12, 2015 at 7pm at the Parkdale Community Association (Calgary, AB). This event is sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Campus Alberta Health Outcomes, O'Brien Institute of Public Health and the Werklund School of Education. FAQs: What are my transport/parking options getting to the event? FREE evening parking on the street and in the parking lot of the Parkdale Community Association. Where can I contact the organizer with any questions? UofC.event.info@gmail.com Where can I register for this FREE event? https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fear-of-fat-promoting-health-in-a-fat-phobic-culture-tickets-15919993128 And/or from the Werklund School of Education: http://werklund.ucalgary.ca/weight-bias Hope to see you there! Moderator: ARYA SHARMA, MD/PHD, FRCPC. Professor of Medicine & Chair in Obesity Research and Management, University of Alberta, Scientific Director, Canadian Obesity Network. Speakers: CORRINE SULLIVAN. Patient Advisor, Diabetes, Obesity & Nutrition Strategic Clinical Network. LEORA PINHAS, MD. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Physician Lead, Eating Disorders Unit, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto. TAVIS CAMPBELL, PHD. Professor, Department of Psychology and Oncology & Director, Behavioural Medicine Laboratory, University of Calgary. YONI FREEDHOFF, MD, CCFP. Medical Director, Bariatric Medical Institute, Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/fear-fat-promoting-health-fat-phobic-culture

Exclusive Screening | Girl Rising (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 12, 2015 - March 12, 2015

Girl Rising is a groundbreaking film that follows the lives of nine girls from around the world who face injustice, confront tremendous challenges and overcome nearly impossible odds to pursue their dreams. This transformative film will leave you with hope and the desire to improve the lives of girls around the world. The screening is proudly presented by the Haskayne School of Business and the Jarislowsky Fellow in Business Management. It will be preceded by a discussion of how students like yourself have born witness to the power of education around the world. A portion of the proceeds from the screening will be donated to CARE Canada. Tickets: $5 Call 403-220-7202 or visit ucalgary.ca/tickets FREE SNACKS

Location:

Boris Roubakine Recital Hall - Craigie Hall C105

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/exclusive-screening-girl-rising

Innovate Calgary’s Services for Commercializing Your Research: Implications and Opportunities for Emeriti (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 11, 2015 - March 11, 2015

As a non-profit corporation owned by the City of Calgary, the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, and the University of Calgary, Innovate Calgary has complementary responsibilities to serve the intellectual property and economic development needs of university students and faculty, entrepreneurs, and small/medium enterprises across Alberta. It delivers unique, successful services to a variety of university initiatives and research personnel, such as to LivingWorks (https://www.livingworks.net), founded by U of C faculty members. These services can benefit emeriti continuing research programs and present opportunities for those whose skills, knowledge, and expertise could make valuable contributions to future initiatives. This event is organized by the University of Calgary Emeritus Association and is sponsored by the Vice-President (University Relations). It is open to the community at no charge.

Location:

Senate Room - 7th Floor (room 721) - Hotel Alma

Speaker:

Dr. Jessie Kubes, Director, Intellectual Property Management, Innovate Calgary Dr. Tony Wigglesworth, Senior Intellectual Property Manager, Innovate Calgary

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/innovate-calgarys-services-commercializing-your-research-implications-and-opportunities

Distinguished Speakers Panel - Electrical Power in Alberta: Enlightened? (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 11, 2015 - March 11, 2015

Nearly 20 years after electrical power was deregulated in Alberta questions remain about its reliability and cost. Was deregulation successful? How do our present and future energy costs stack up to other provinces? As a consumer are you better or worse off? Find out the answer for these and other electricity questions from senior power industry executives at the 2015 Distinguished Speakers Panel. Please join our expert panel for a vibrant discussion of Alberta’s complex power generation and distribution system. Where Red and White Club, McMahon Stadium, University of Calgary, 1817 Crowchild Trail NW Cost: $35 per person / $250 table of eight Register: ucalgary.ca/schulich/DSP

Location:

Red and White Club - McMahon Stadium

Speaker:

Opening RemarksDonna Kennedy-Glans, QC, MLA Calgary-Varsity Moderator Bill Rosehart, Dean, Schulich School of Engineering PanelistsEvan Bahry, Executive Director, Independent Power Producers Society of AlbertaDan Balaban, President and CEO, Greengate Power CorporationDennis Frehlich, Executive Vice President and COO, ALTALINKGianna Manes, President and CEO, ENMAX Corporation

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/distinguished-speakers-panel-electrical-power-alberta-enlightened

Southern Alberta Scientific Equipment Trade Show (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 11, 2015 - March 11, 2015

This show is a unique opportunity for vendors of research supplies and equipment to showcase their wares and provide one-stop shopping for researchers in southern Alberta. The March 11th 2015 event is hosted by the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, with proceeds going towards research support and graduate students.

Location:

HRIC Atrium Foothills

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/southern-alberta-scientific-equipment-trade-show

Let's Talk Depression (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 9, 2015 - March 9, 2015

Join us Monday March 9 at 6:00 pm for an engaging and informative speaker night on a variety of topics surrounding mental health and depression. This event is hosted by Distress Centre on Campus, and is part of the Defeat Depression Campaign through Mood Disorders Society of Canada.

Location:

The Arts Lounge - Social Science building - SS room 103

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/lets-talk-depression

Sonic Escape (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 7, 2015 - March 7, 2015

Interaction and innovation are the hallmarks of Sonic Escape. Humour and candid conversation draw audiences into the music, while the players’ backgrounds in acting, singing and dancing turn concerts into unforgettable performance events. Improvisation takes it up a notch, infusing shows with pure, dynamic energy. As music and stories intertwine, audiences are taken on a rollercoaster ride of emotions, revelations, and ultimately, the desire to learn more. Event Link: http://scpa.ucalgary.ca/events/sonic-escape

Location:

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall in the Rozsa Centre

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/sonic-escape

Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Information Session (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 6, 2015 - March 6, 2015

Interested in a career in Landscape Architecture? An information session on the upcoming Master of Landscape Architecture program will be held Friday, March 6, from 12-1pm in PF3160. Come learn more and get your questions answered about the program curriculum, admissions requirements, and more. The application deadline for September 2015 is March 15. About the Program The University of Calgary recently received approval to launch the Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) in the Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS). This is the first graduate program in landscape architecture in Canada to be launched since 1980, and is situated in the geographically and culturally dynamic context of Alberta and Western Canada. Our program is strategically positioned to engage with the critical sociocultural and ecological challenges of place-making, climate change and resilience. Our MLA is intended as a program for the 21st century - to be leaders and to train leaders in becoming catalysts for positive local and global change. The MLA is a three-year course-based program consisting of a foundation year plus two years at the Master's level, and we will be seeking accreditation through the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA). As a professional degree program, curriculum design and methods of delivery reflect the CSLA accreditation requirements. Applications for the Fall 2015 class of the MLA program will be accepted until March 15, 2015.

Location:

Professional Faculties building - Room 3160

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/master-landscape-architecture-mla-information-session

Leadership Education Academic Research Network (LEARN) Leadership Lunch (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 6, 2015 - March 6, 2015

Leadership Education Academic Research Network (LEARN) Leadership Lunch Is leadership your thing? Whether you teach it, research it, or run a program on it, there is a place for you with the Leadership Education Academic Research Network (LEARN). Join us for the upcoming LEARN Leadership Lunch! Our Vision: We will be recognized leaders in leadership education and interdisciplinary collaboration across campus, at all levels, and be valued contributors to the university’s strategic vision to be a global intellectual hub located in Canada’s most enterprising city. Our Mission: We connect, collaborate, and communicate with individuals, organizations, and communities interested in leadership. We learn from, research with, and support each other across faculties, disciplines, programs. What: Connect with other leadership experts (like you!) and bring ideas on how the network can enhance your initiatives. When: March 6, 2015, 12:00pm-1:00pm (light lunch provided!) Where: Werklund Youth Leadership Centre (YLC) (EDT 146 - Main Floor of the Education Tower). Please RSVP to Anita, YLC Administrative Assistant, so we can plan food (include food allergies or aversions): anita.gee@ucalgary.ca.

Location:

Werklund Youth Leadership Centre (YLC) - EDT 146 - Main Floor of the Education Tower

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/leadership-education-academic-research-network-learn-leadership-lunch

Holocaust Commemoration and Cultural Mobility (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 6, 2015 - March 6, 2015

Holocaust Commemoration and Cultural Mobility: Arnold Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw in Postwar Europe Schoenberg’s brief Holocaust cantata (1947) seemed calculated to irritate every exposed nerve of postwar Europe: a twelve-tone piece in three languages about the Holocaust, it was written for an American audience by a newly naturalized American citizen, a Jewish composer whose oeuvre had been the Nazis’ prime exemplar of degenerate music. This talk focuses on Schoenberg’s distinctive representation of the Holocaust and the various meanings that accrued to the piece as it circulated through Europe during the early Cold War.

Location:

Craigie Hall Block D - CHD 420

Speaker:

Joy H. Calico (Max Kade Center for European and German Studies)

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/holocaust-commemoration-and-cultural-mobility

Poetry and Music in Early Modern Naples: Cross-cultural Tapestries (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 6, 2015 - March 6, 2015

The history of early modern Naples is in part shaped by over two century of Spanish hegemony. The city thus experienced extraordinary cross-cultural and socio-political intersections. Renaissance humanists such as Giovanni Pontano, the founder of the Academia Pontoniana in Naples looked to ancient ideas of cosmic harmony to inspire morals, justice and civic responsibility. As in ancient Greece, Apollo’s lyre was thought to produce music that created harmony in the universe. Humanists considered the work of Petrarch who reconnected with the ancient past to rebuild crumbling human values. A pleiade of sixteenth century Neapolitan and Hispanic petrarchists, men and women, made Naples the ideal place for the exercise of lyric poetry. They were poets, and often musicians, who declaimed their own verses evoking Orpheus’s cantare ad lyram, a practice upheld by Ficino and Poliziano a few years earlier. In the course of this presentation, from an interdisciplinary perspective, we will examine poetry by Petrarch, Juan Boscàn, Garcilaso de la Vega, Luigi Tansillo and Bernardo Tasso and their musical settings to reflect how these works illuminate the culture of the poet’s historical contexts. Indeed, poetry and music in early modern Naples emerges as a site of intercultural discourses. This event is free and open to the public. Presented by MARCS: The Medieval and Renaissance Cultural Studies Research Group.

Location:

Social Sciences 1015

Speaker:

Maria C. Oss-Cech Chiacchia, Department of French, Italian and Spanish (lecture), Ralph Maier, Department of Music (Vihuela), Julie Harris (Voice).

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/poetry-and-music-early-modern-naples-cross-cultural-tapestries

Philosophy Speakers: Samantha Brennan (Western), "The Intrinsic Goods of Childhood: Trust, Time, and Play? (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 6, 2015 - March 6, 2015

About the Talk I begin my examination of the goods of children by thinking first about children as rights bearers. If children have rights and those rights protect their welfare, then we need to know in what children’s welfare consists. On a predominant view of welfare – so mainstream as to pass by unnoticed – only the welfare of adults counts and we measure childhood goods by their contribution to adult life. For example, health care decisions for children are often justified on the basis of future health and well-being, discounting rather heavily impact on current well-being. As well, policies around education and school curriculum focus on producing competent adult workers and citizens often ignoring child-hood. Discussions of corporal punishment and its justification often ask, “But does it work?” focusing entirely on outcomes setting aside its effects on childhood well-being. But what if there are goods the value of which doesn’t follow from their contribution to the goods of adult life? Then these lines of justification and argument will be missing out on a morally significant factor. In many cases the results may be the same, but getting the reasons right matters. Good childhoods will produce good adults but as the examples I’ve given just show it does make a practical difference that we get it right. For example, we need to know the relative weight of instrumental goods and intrinsic goods. Consider the tough question of providing for our children sufficient opportunities to experience some bads, failure, for example, in order to produce resilient competent goods. Are any of the intrinsic goods of childhood uniquely available to children? I suggest that play, trust, and time might be such goods. And here I consider these three goods as unique childhood goods. A final section of the pa-per considers three objections: First, that these goods aren’t unique to childhood. Second, that they are only instrumentally good. And third, that they are not necessarily good at all. About the Speaker Samantha Brennan is Professor of Philosophy and a past Chair in the Department of Philosophy at Western University in London, Ontario. She is also a member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, an affiliate member of the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research, and a member of the graduate faculty of the Department of Political Science. Brennan's main research interests lie in the area of contemporary normative ethics, particularly at the intersection of deontological and consequentialist moral theories. She also has active research interests in feminist ethics and is a co-editor of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly. She is currently at work on a book with Sarah Hannan and Richard Vernon for Oxford University Press entitled, Permissible Progeny? Moral Considerations and Procreative Choice.

Location:

Social Sciences 1253

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/philosophy-speakers-samantha-brennan-western-intrinsic-goods-childhood-trust-time-and-play

Distinguished Lecture in Economics: Using Field Experiments to Make the World a Better Place (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 6, 2015 - March 6, 2015

Join us for the 7th Distinguished Lecture in Economics: "Using Field Experiments to Make the World a Better Place." Each year the Department of Economics invites a top economist to Calgary to lecture on an important public policy issue. This year's lecturer John A. List is one of the world's leading experts on experimental economics. In his lecture, Professor List will showcase some of his recent field experiments that shed insights on why women earn less money than men, why inner city schools continue to fail, why people discriminate, and how we can use field experiments to make the world a better place. His experiences range from conducting large-scale governmental field experiments in the UK and the US to experiments on Craigslist that are essentially free.

Location:

MacEwan Ballroom

Speaker:

John A. List, Universty of Chicago, has pioneered work using field experiments in which he developed scientific methods for testing economic theory directly in the marketplace. His work has provided insight on such issues as pricing behavior, market structure, the valuation of nonmarketed goods and services, the impact of environmental regulation, the economics of charitable giving, and the impact of incentives on education and weight loss.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/distinguished-lecture-economics-using-field-experiments-make-world-better-place

Security, Strategy and Defence Strategic Studies Student Conference (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 6, 2015 - March 7, 2015

Keynotes: Mr. Francis Furtado, Threats to Canadian Security: Apathy in the 2015 Canadian Election and Canada's Defence Plans Dr. Michael Zekulin, The Sum of its Parts: Understanding the Connections Between International and Homegrown Islamist-Inspired Terrorism Dr. Sarah Wagner, Unearthing the Sacred: The Policy, Practice, and Performance of Disinterring Korean War Unknowns Brigadier-General Wayne Eyre, The Canadian Army post-Afghanistan Friday, 8:45 am - 5:00 pm Saturday, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Husky Oil Great Hall - Rozsa Centre

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/security-strategy-and-defence-strategic-studies-student-conference

Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: What’s at Stake and How Are We Combatting the Threats? (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 5, 2015 - March 5, 2015

Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: What’s at Stake and How Are We Combatting the Threats? Gérald Cossette was appointed Director of FINTRAC on October 15, 2012. Prior to this, he served as Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (starting in June 2009) and as the Prime Minister’s personal representative for the G8 and the Nuclear Security Summit (beginning in October 2010). Mr. Cossette started his career as a Foreign Service Officer in 1982 and, until 1995, he held various positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, including postings as Second Secretary in Nairobi (Kenya) and as First Secretary in Washington (United States). In 1996, he moved to the Privy Council Office where his main responsibilities included Canada-Europe relations. He was assigned to the Treasury Board Secretariat in 1999 as Director of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Division, then as Executive Director of the Management Strategies Division in charge of the team that developed the new governance framework for Crown corporations. Mr. Cossette returned to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2005 as Head of the Corporate Task Force and Director General, Strategic Planning and Resource Coordination. In July 2006, he took over as Chief Executive Officer of Passport Canada. In addition to his responsibilities as CEO, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister, Summit Management Office, in 2009. During his tenure as ADM Summit Management, he built the team that managed the organization of the G8 and the G20 Summits that took place in Canada in 2010. Mr. Cossette received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. As well, under his leadership, Passport Canada was awarded the Public Service Award of Excellence and the Institute of Public Administration/Deloitte Public Sector Leadership (Gold) Award. Mr. Cossette received his formal education in Social Sciences from Laval University in Québec City. For information contact: njmackie@ucalgary.ca

Location:

Scurfield Hall - SH 310

Speaker:

Gérald Cossette, Director of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-whats-stake-and-how-are-we-combatting-threats

Men Leaders in Social Justice Speaker Series featuring Dr. William Bridel (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 5, 2015 - March 5, 2015

As part of the Men Leaders in Social Justice Speaker Series at the Women’s Resource Centre, Dr. William Bridel will share about the intersections of sex, gender, and sexuality in relation to sports. Sport is a social institution rigidly organized by traditional notions of sex and gender. This impacts LGBTT2QQI athletes in different ways, whether participating at a grassroots or professional level. In this talk, Dr. Bridel will present a brief overview of the academic research and discuss how he has attempted and continues to use his own work and the work of others to encourage more inclusivity in sport in the Canadian context. Dr. Bridel will also touch on his experiences and challenges in doing such work.

Location:

Women's Resource Centre (MacEwan Student Centre 482)

Speaker:

Dr. William Bridel, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/men-leaders-social-justice-speaker-series-featuring-dr-william-bridel

Film Series: PARAGUAY (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 5, 2015 - March 5, 2015

The Latin American Research Centre will be hosting a screening of the award-winning Paraguayan film 7 Cajas (7 Boxes, 2012) by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schembori. Set in Asuncion’s labyrinthine marketplace, 7 Boxes follows wheel-barrow delivery boy Victor, who must carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the market but things get complicated along the way. FREE and OPEN to the public. Spanish with English subtitles. 105 mins. Commentary by Dr. Nayibe Bermúdez Barrios, Dept. of French, Italian & Spanish. Info: larc@ucalgary.ca

Location:

Social Sciences 203

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/film-series-paraguay

Colony collapse disorder: A translation of the Georgics (Book IV)’ by Virgil (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 4, 2015 - March 4, 2015

Christian Bök (University of Calgary) continues the Language of Literature series by speaking on “Colony collapse disorder: A translation of the Georgics (Book IV)’ by Virgil.” Colony Collapse Disorder is a long, dark poem that translates Book IV of The Georgics by Virgil—(a “pastoral nocturne,” which provides Virgil a pretense for retelling the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice). Virgil addresses his patron, the Roman general, Gaius Maecenas, offering him advice about beekeeping, only to digress by retelling the story of Aristaeus, a shepherd, who must undergo a quest to recuperate his empty hives, saving his lost bees, all destroyed, as punishment, for him having caused the death of Eurydice. Virgil retells the story of the poet Orpheus, who sets off to rescue his lover Eurydice from Hell, but in a crisis of faith, fails to bring her back; likewise, Virgil retells the story of Aristaeus who sets off to rescue his bees from Hell, expiating a sin through rituals of sacrifice. Given that Virgil portrays the bees, as kind of army in the poem, I cannot help interpret his manual about beekeeping as a kind of allegory about the expiations required of a general who sends his troops to Hell, but finds himself unable to bring them home. Book IV of The Georgics also takes on special meaning for a modern reader in an era, when the bees are threatened with extinction. Like Aristaeus, we have condemned our hives to Hell, all the while remaining uncertain about whether or not we can even bring them back—and if we cannot rescue the bees, then we may, be damning humanity itself to Hell, doing so at the very time, when there may not exist enough animals to sacrifice so as to appease our angered deities, before we ourselves disappear from the planet.

Location:

Craigie Hall Block D - CHD 420 Language Resource Centre

Speaker:

Christian Bök (University of Calgary)

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/colony-collapse-disorder-translation-georgics-book-iv-virgil

The Mitsui Lecture Series presents ... (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 4, 2015 - March 4, 2015

Think Ink 2: Learn Japanese Calligraphy http://llc.ucalgary.ca/event/2015-03-04/mitsui-lecture-series-presents This event is made possible by the generous support of the Mitsui Canada Foundation

Location:

Science A - SA 147

Speaker:

Akiko Sharp with calligraphy demonstration by Mami Humphreys

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/mitsui-lecture-series-presents

Summer Hiring Fair (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: March 3, 2015 - March 3, 2015

The Summer Hiring Fair in attracts organizations from all sectors. This fair is ideal for students looking to fill part-time and seasonal positions. Come get a sweet summer gig! http://www.ucalgary.ca/careers/studentsandalumni/events/career-fairs

Location:

Jack Simpson Gym - Upper Track

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/summer-hiring-fair

On the Work of Dennis McKerlie (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 28, 2015 - March 1, 2015

"On the Work of Dennis McKerlie" is a special mini-conference presented by the Department of Philosophy in honour of its late colleague, Professor Dennis McKerlie, who passed away in 2014. Guest speakers include Thomas Hurka (Toronto), Richard Arneson (UC San Diego), Seana Shiffrin (UCLA), Krister Bykvist (Stockholm) and Larry Temkin (Rutgers). All talks will be held in Social Sciences Building, Room 1253 and are open to the public free of charge. Click here for titles of talks and conference schedule.

Location:

Social Sciences Building - Room 1253

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/work-dennis-mckerlie

"Fairest Isles" concert by the Festival Chorus (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 28, 2015 - February 28, 2015

Join friends at the Rozsa Centre's Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall for The best of Irish, Scottish and English folk and popular choral songs in arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Holst and other British arrangers. Will include a bow to the operetta and music hall traditions including some Flanders and Swann (“The Hippopotamus Song” and “Ill Wind”) as well as favourite Gilbert and Sullivan choruses. Tickets $25 • Students & Seniors $22 More information at http://www.thefestivalchorus.com/current-season/fairest-isles/

Location:

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall - Rozsa Centre

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/fairest-isles-concert-festival-chorus

The Thirty Two Piano Sonatas of Beethoven (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 28, 2015 - February 28, 2015

The Mountain View Connection embarks on a new project this February, The 32 Piano Sonatas of Beethoven, performed by pianist Charles Foreman. Beginning February 28th, these nine concerts will run until May 28, 2016. All concerts will take place at Christ Church Elbow Park (3602 – 8 Street SW, Calgary). There are many series, suites and cycles of pieces which can be considered “up there” in the pianist’s standard repertoire, but none can quite come close to Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas. “I am a believer in giving gifts,” says Kathleen van Mourik, the Artistic Co-Director of the Mountain View Connection. “And I am convinced that Beethoven’s thirty-two piano sonatas are a gift many of us have never had the experience of sharing, hearing live, or performing.” Performances of the complete Beethoven sonatas are very rare – few pianists have the time or the inclination to tackle such a monumental journey. Ten years ago Charles Foreman performed his – and Calgary’s - first cycle to sold-out houses and standing ovations. “Ten years between Beethoven piano sonata cycles is too long,” says van Mourik. “And this cycle also serves to fulfill another purpose. It is a chance for both of us, Charles and myself, as Artistic Directors of Mountain View, to give back to our audience.” This cycle is also a fundraiser for Mountain View Connection’s other musical projects that support emerging musicians. All the funds raised from these nine concerts will go directly towards their projects to showcase talented young musicians in concerts, masterclasses, and recitals. The first programme, on February 28th, includes Beethoven’s first published piano sonata, Op. 2, No. 1 in F minor, as well as the famous “Pastoral” Sonata, No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, the fascinating and rarely-played Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op 54, and one of the greatest and most influential of Beethoven’s sonatas, the 28th one in the cycle, Op. 101 in A major. Single tickets are $30 (adults) / $20 (students/seniors) / FREE (children 12 and under). A pass to all nine concerts is also available for $200 (adults) / $130 (students/seniors) and a “1/3 Pass” – which can be used for any three concerts – is available for $75 (adults) / $50 (students/seniors). For more information or to purchase tickets, call (403) 240-4174, e-mail mvfest@telus.net, or visit www.mountainviewfestival.com.

Location:

Christ Church

Speaker:

Charles Foreman, Professor Emeritus of Music

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/thirty-two-piano-sonatas-beethoven

Science Teaching Forum: Building Teamwork Skills in Post-Secondary Education - Introducing the C.A.R.E. Model, Peer Feedback and Software Solutions (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 27, 2015 - February 27, 2015

Tom's research focuses on optimizing team effectiveness, especially in light of society's increasing reliance on electronic communication technologies to share information, solve problems, and make decisions. In this forum, Tom will be discussing team dynamics and peer feedback models, assessments, and a software platform that instructors can use in their classes to support teamwork. Check out the Individual and Team Performance Lab website: http://psyc.ucalgary.ca/itplab/ Faculty, post-docs, graduate students and staff are all welcome, no registration required.

Location:

Biological Sciences Room 211

Speaker:

Dr. Tom O'Neill, Department of Psychology

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/science-teaching-forum-building-teamwork-skills-post-secondary-education-introducing-care

Dr. Wayne Holst Book Study:"Simply Good News" (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 27, 2015 - February 27, 2015

Join Dr. Wayne Holst as he guides participants through the acclaimed book "Simply Good News: Why the Gospel Is News and What Makes It Good" by N.T. Wright. This is a five week study where participants are encouraged to attend all five sessions. However, participants may attend one or more sessions on a drop-in basis. A select number of books are available for purchase through the Faith & Spirituality Centre for $20; please email pverhoef@ucalgary.ca to reserve a copy. All are welcome! Register here: https://www.ucalgary.ca/fsc/bookstudy_winter_2015

Location:

Large Boardroom Native Centre

Speaker:

Dr. Wayne Holst

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/dr-wayne-holst-book-studysimply-good-news

Career Services Information Session: Foothills School Division (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 26, 2015 - February 26, 2015

Target Audience - Education students "Working in Foothills School Division is about being a part of a community dedicated to public education. It’s about people committed to student and staff learning as reflected in our Mission Statement: Each learner, entrusted to our care, has unique gifts and abilities. It is our mission to find out what these are… Explore them… Develop them… Celebrate them! It’s also about nurturing students through engaging learning practices to help them achieve their personal best. We are proud of our “Foothills Family”, a culture distinguished by a real sense of community, where we support one another and celebrate each other’s successes." If you have RSVP'd and are unable to attend, kindly change your response to indicate that so students on the wait list are notified. If you have RSVP'd please arrive at the location more than 10 minutes before the start of the session. If space permits, 10 minutes prior to the session wait list participants will be let in. Connect with Career Services for career tips, resources & get the career insight you need now!

Location:

Science A Building - SA 119

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/career-services-information-session-foothills-school-division

Career Services Information Session: Hi-Pro Feeds (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 26, 2015 - February 26, 2015

Target Audience - Haskayne students "Overseeing the care of livestock, poultry, and companion animals is a job like no other. It requires a real-time, hands-on approach that doesn't revolve around a typical 9-to-5 office workday. Those in the business are independent, courageous, and adventurous individuals who are in tune with the needs of the animals under their care - and that's where we come in. We're in the business of meeting the animal nutrition requirements for livestock, poultry, and pets, among other species. Hi-Pro Feeds provides animal nutrition expertise, the highest levels of customer service, and unparalleled quality feed products. We help performance-oriented, independent business owners to get the most out of their animal feed. We are a passionate group of people who care deeply about the role we play in feeding the world through supporting our customers. As an industry leader, Hi-Pro Feeds offers a wide range of exciting career opportunities. We also offer a unique employee share purchase program - so not only do you get to act like an owner, you actually get to be one." If you have RSVP'd and are unable to attend, kindly change your response to indicate that so students on the wait list are notified. If you have RSVP'd please arrive at the location more than 10 minutes before the start of the session. If space permits, 10 minutes prior to the session wait list participants will be let in. Connect with Career Services for career tips, resources & get the career insight you need now!

Location:

Earth Sciences - ES 443

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/career-services-information-session-hi-pro-feeds

Science is GREAT: UK & Canada Energy Futures and Carbon Capture & Storage (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 26, 2015 - February 26, 2015

Join us for a discussion of energy futures in the UK and Canada, looking particularly at CCS and energy efficiency approaches. Panelists from UK organizations and the University of Calgary will discuss what this means for national and international society; how governments, companies and education institutions are engaging the issues in respective countries (including a review of the CCS joint statement the countries just signed together); and look at what the UK and Canada could do together toward the common goal for a sustainable energy future. Free and open to the public. Register at https://science-is-great.eventbrite.ca

Location:

Rozsa Centre

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/science-great-uk-canada-energy-futures-and-carbon-capture-storage

Why Edmonton? A Reading and Talk by Minister Faust (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 26, 2015 - February 26, 2015

Minister Faust will read from his Edmonton-based novels and discuss the importance of contemporary regional Can-Lit for Canadian readers and students. He comes to Calgary courtesy of the exchange program between the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program and the Department of English at the University of Alberta. Each year, these institutions host the other school’s Writer-in-Residence for free public events. For the Facebook event, click here.

Location:

Gallery Hall - Taylor Family Digital Library

Speaker:

Minister Faust is a novelist, journalist, sketch comedy writer, blogger, video game writer, playwright, and poet. He is the current Writer-in-Residence at the University of Alberta and the critically-acclaimed author of The Alchemists of Kush and Shrinking the Heroes. His debut novel, The Coyote Kings, was shortlisted for the Locus Best First Novel, Philip K. Dick, and Compton-Crook awards. Minister Faust has been described as Samuel Delaney, Harlan Ellison, and Ishmael Reed all rolled into one. A former national television host and associate producer, Minister Faust also hosted and produced Canada’s longest-running global African news and public affairs program, Africentric Radio, between 1991 and 2012.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/why-edmonton-reading-and-talk-minister-faust

Why We Like to Kill (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 25, 2015 - February 25, 2015

Big Rock University proudly presents its next Lecture on Wednesday, 25 February 2015, at 6:30pm at the Big Rock Grill, 5555--76th Avenue SE. For tickets (drinks, dinner, talk) please call 403.720.3239 or e-mail reception@bigrockbeer.com Dr. Sabrina Peric of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and the Department of Anthropology will lecture on "Why We Love to Kill". Peric has done much original research on deadly violence in the Balkans, and she will place her research findings in a large picture of murder in this mad, mad, world. It will be a great night of drinks, dinner and talk. All proceeds go to fund eight University of Calgary undergraduate scholarships per year, each in the speaker's home department.

Location:

Big Rock Grill

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/why-we-kill

Feminism & Geek Culture (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 24, 2015 - February 24, 2015

Lindsay Thomas (aka Emily Expo) is the spokesperson and assistant director of the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, the largest pop culture show in Western Canada! Join her for a discussion on the Expo’s Cosplay Is Not Consent campaign and sexual harassment policy, with an open Q&A afterwards. This event is presented by Women’s Studies and Feminist Club, Consent Awareness and Sexual Education Club, Geeks United Club, and the Women’s Resource Centre.

Location:

Energy Environment Experiential Learning - EEEL 161

Speaker:

Lindsay Thomas (aka Emily Expo)

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/feminism-geek-culture

Art Exhibition: Terroir and Batton (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 23, 2015 - February 27, 2015

Opening reception: February 23, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Terroir and Baton is a collection of woodblock prints, relief and projected sequences that make reference to esoteric traditions that study natural phenomena as a key to harnessing nature’s power. ‘Terroir’ a technique for searching underground water, minerals, ley lines, or anything invisible, by observing the motion of a stick or the changes in direction of a pendulum. ’Baton’ a type of weapon. Susannah Stark is a Scottish artist currently studying Printmaking at the Royal College of Art. Her work is an ongoing exploration into printmaking and its potential as a philosophical praxis. Stark is interested in the parallels between traditional and digital technique and continues to explore the ‘glitch’ as a generative movement for understanding spiritual experiences in the contemporary world.

Location:

The Little Gallery - Art Building

Speaker:

Susannah Stark, exchange student from the Royal College of Art

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/art-exhibition-terroir-and-batton

Canadian Open Data Experience coding challenge (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 20, 2015 - February 22, 2015

The Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE) is a weekend-long coding sprint, challenging innovators to build the best app utilizing federal government data from Canada’s Open Government portal. $40,000 worth of prizes. Please register here: : Calgary Partner HUB Even starts February 20, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary Event ends February 22, 2015

Location:

Taylor Family Digital Library

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/canadian-open-data-experience-coding-challenge

Sigma Xi Seminar: Obese yeast: a model for lipid-associated pathologies (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 19, 2015 - February 19, 2015

Sigma Xi Seminar presented by Dr. Vanina Zaremberg, Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, in Room 211 Biological Sciences (BI211) Although baker’s yeast is most popular for its role in making the beer and bread that contribute to the “obesity epidemic” in our society, it can also help us understand how our cells manage excess fat. What do yeast and human cells have in common? More than you realize... the ability to channel excess fat into neutral lipids like triacylglycerol is a critical strategy used by all eukaryotic cells to maintain lipid homeostasis. In this seminar I will discuss the use of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as a powerful model organism to understand fundamental cellular processes conserved in all eukaryotes. We will revisit key features of lipid metabolic pathways and discuss the use of “obese” yeast as a model to study the molecular mechanisms associated with cellular fat storage and its regulation. Seminar Sponsored by Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society - Members and Non-members welcome.

Location:

Biological Sciences - BI 211

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/sigma-xi-seminar-obese-yeast-model-lipid-associated-pathologies

Man Equals Man (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 17, 2015 - February 17, 2015

Set in British Colonial India, Man Equals Man presents the forcible transformation of a civilian, Galy Gay, into the perfect soldier. Using Kiplingesque imagery, Brecht explores identity as something that can be dismantled and reassembled like a machine in a parable that the critic Walter Kerr credited with a “curious foreshadowing of the art of brainwashing.” Event Link: http://scpa.ucalgary.ca/events/man-equals-man

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/man-equals-man

Valerie Hall, organ (University of Calgary)

Category: Other Event
Dates: February 17, 2015 - February 17, 2015

Valerie Hall has appeared as an organist, harpsichordist, singer and choral conductor in Canada, the United States and Europe. She has been Director of Music at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina since 2007. Valerie presides over one of Canada’s finest pipe organs and supervises an ongoing three-year scholarship program in liturgical and musical training for young organists. Event Link: http://scpa.ucalgary.ca/events/valerie-hall-organ

Location:

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall in the Rozsa Centre

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/valerie-hall-organ

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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.

Sallust