KWIC News and Community Events
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KWIC Bowl the World Fundraiser
Where: Lakeview Bowl (on George Street South)
When: October 31st from 2- 4 pm
Spooktacular! Prizes for best dressed team, highest score and just for
coming out. Proceeds support Kawartha World Issues Centre global
education and youth engagement programs. Visit www.kwic.info for
registration & pledge forms.
The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy
Date: November 14th, 2010 from 3 - 5pm
Where: Sadleir House 751 George St Historian, author and activist Eves
Engler will be presenting. This event is brought to you by KWIC, Council
of Canada and OPIRG.
Traditional Practices in Community-Based Natural Resource Management
(Guyana)
When: 16 November, 2010 from 1 - 2:30 pm
Where: KWIC Office, Environmental Science Building Room B101, Trent
University, East Bank
CUSO-VSO and KWIC invite you to hear Nicholas Fredericks discuss the
role of traditional practices in community based natural resource
management in Guyana. Nicholas is an indigenous community leader,
environmental educator and CUSO-VSO partner from the South Rupununi
region of Guyana. Nicholas has worked to advance the application of
traditional attitudes and customary techniques to community based
natural resource management.
KWIC Annual General Meeting.
Where: Hobbs Library, Sadleir House
When: 19th November @ 6:30 pm
Join us as we gather to celebrate another year. Social starting at 6:30
pm in the Hobbs Library, Sadleir House. Business at 7pm. Guest photo
installation and presentation by photojournalist, Allan Lissner.
www.Allan.Lissner.net. Free. Everyone welcome.
Other Community Events
Life Sciences Seminar
When: Friday 29th October (TOMORROW) at 2:00pm
Where: First People House of Learning Room 117, Gzowski College, Trent
University, East Bank
Dr. Erin Rees of Université de Montréal presents Influence of spatial
heterogeneity on disease dynamics.
Steel Toes and Stilettos Fundraiser event For Peterborough's Market
Hall
When: Saturday October 30, 2010 at 7 pm
Where: The Favourite Greek, 360 George Street North in Peterborough
Tickets: $75.00 per person, available at Titles Bookstore (379 George
Street North)
and Fandango Spa Salon (150 Lansdowne Street East), as well as the
Market Hall's
Administration (160 Charlotte Street - Suite 203)
Barriere Lake:
Monday 1st November from 7pm at the Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education, Toronto
Tuesday 2nd November from 10am at First Nations House, Trent
University, Peterborough, ON
Budgeting for Women’s Human Rights
Date: November 2, 2010 Time: 9:00 - 5:00pm
Location: YMCA Downtown - 20 Grosvenor St., Toronto
Colour of Change Network - FAFIA, the York University Centre for
Feminist Research and Toronto Women’s City Alliance invite you to join
them for a free day-long event - Budgeting for Women's Human Rights.
The Right to Health for Indigenous People in Guatemala
When: Tuesday 2nd November, 2010 from 4 - 5 pm
Where: Benedict Gathering Space, Gzowski College, Trent University
An Indigenous Studies Pine Tree Talk by Dr. Surama Lima, Guatemalan
Doctor and Surgeon, and Coordinator of the Program of Traditional Mayan
Medicine with PIES de Occidente - a non - governmental organization that
promotes the right to health and works to strength women’s and
Indigenous people’s rights.
The Haunting of Canadian Culture and Tom Thomson’s Ghost.
When: Tuesday 2nd November, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
Where: Lady Eaton Lecture Hall 201, Trent University
Part of the Sherrill Grace Ashley Fellow Lecture Series.
The Power of Maps and The Fragmentary Sense of Time in Avant-Garde
Cinema
When: 3rd November from 7 - 9pm
Where: The Trent, Wallis Hall at Trail College, 310 London Street
Symons Seminar Series on Graduate Student Research are pleased to
announce this month’s seminar speaker Findlay Mac Dermid and Jacob
Potempski.
Beyond Punishment: BP, Technological Disaster and Moral Repair
When: Wednesday 3rd November, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Great Hall, Champlain College, Trent University Symons Campus
Dr Kathryn Norlock, Trent’s leading expert on the ethics of
forgiveness discusses the difficulty of moving on after human - caused
environmental tragedy. This event is FREE and open to the public. All
are welcomed. Reserve your seat www.trentu.ca/chairinethics
Dub Trinity Presents: Spoken Word with artist Ritalin(Ottawa) and local
dub poet Chet Singh
When: 6th November, 2010
Where: The Red Dog Tavern, Peterborough, ON
The poets will be mixing it up with the band as well as delivering
their own sets of poetry. Dub Trinity will be featuring songs from their
upcoming CD and playing reggae covers from around the globe.
Facing the Elephant in the Room: Challenges of Communication
When: 9th November, 2010 @ 9am
Where: Peterborough Public Library
Hospice Peterborough presents a community education series, Living
until you Die. Come and ask questions and learn more about ways to talk
about serious illness, grief and death.
Reforming Education in Jamaica
When: 10 November from 7:30pm
Where: George St United Church, 534 George St North, Peterborough, ON
Jamaica Self - Help presents the 2010 Ganley Lecture. Transnational
partnership and accountability for global citizenship presented by
Margaret Bolt, Principal of St. Peter Clavery Primary School and current
Citizen’s Education Coordinator. Admission is free and donations to
the Ganley Fund are welcome.
Revisiting Vimy: Representations of Vimy
When: 10th November, 2010 @ 7:30pm
Where: Traill College Bagnani Hall
Part of the Sherrill Grace Ashley Fellow Lecture Series
November 12th: Building Peace: Resisting War - Voice of Women’s 50th
Anniversary Dinner
November 13th: Conference and 14th November : AGM
Where: Hart House
Our Fall Gala
When: 13th November, 2010 from 6 - 10 pm
Where: Adam Scott C.V.I, Hillard & Langton, Peterborough.
This will be a fun night of music, light refreshments, an auction and
vendors (business and artisans) market hosted by the Peterborough LETS
Exchange. Tickets are $25.00 each and will be available through board
members, email: ourspacepe...@yahoo.ca
2010 Philanthropy Forum
When: 16th November, 2010
Where: Peterborough Golf and Country Club
This fall, join us for interactive sessions, breakthrough thinking,
networking and a celebration of philanthropy in Peterborough. You will
gain valuable, practical, professional advice regarding partnership
development, enhancing community profile, legacy building and more.
What in the World is Going On?
When: 16th November, 2010 from 6pm
Where: La Hacienda Restaurant, 190 Hunter St. W., Peterborough, ON
In spite of all their obstacles they face people from every corner of
the developing world are building better futures for their communities.
Join us for an information session featuring volunteers and find out how
you can help. A CUSO-VSO event. RSVP to jessica....@cuso-vso.org.
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
On Tuesday, November 16th, Dr. Helen Caldicott will be giving a special
talk in Port Hope, Ontario and you’re invited! More information:
http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2010/10/13/helen-caldicott-to-visit-port-hope-in-november/
Fermentation Workshop
When: 17th November, 2010 at 4pm
Where: The Seasoned Spoon!! Champlain College, Trent University Symons
Campus
Have you ever eaten a ferment? How about beer? wine? Come explore the
world of fermentation as health benefit and preservation with an
original Spooner, Ben Laurie. Together we will begin a ferment or two,
discuss the finer points, and eat some fun treats that Ben will bring.
Satellite Remote Sensing of Grizzly Bear Habitat and Forest Change
When: 17th November, 2010 @ 3pm
Where: First People’s House of Learning 101, Gzowski College, Trent
University
Professor Steven E Franklin, President of Trent University and Trent
University Department of Geography and Environmental and Resource
Studies Program present the Inaugural Seminar of the Geography and
Environmental Seminar Series. All are welcome.
Landscapes of Memory and the Ethics of Writing about World War II
Post-1977
When: 18th November, 2010 @ 7:30pm
Where: Lady Eaton College Lecture Hall 201, Trent University
Part of the Sherrill Grace Ashley Fellow Lecture Series
G20 LEGAL DEFENCE FUNDRAISER!
When: Thursday, November 11. Doors.* 8pm.*
Where: The Great Hall 1087 Queen St West, Toronto ON
What: G20 Legal Defence Fundraiser with NAOMI KLEIN and HAWKSLEY
WORKMAN (with an optional special pre-event with Naomi Klein) Website:
www.g20.torontomobilize.org/nov11
Standing on Guard: The Canadian North in the 21st Century.
When: 24th November, 2010 from 7:30pm
Where: Traill Bagnani Hall, Peterborough, ON
Part of the Ashley Fellow Lecture Series
A Municipal Cultural Plan for the City of Peterborough
When: 29th November, 2010 from 10am - 5pm
Where: Guild Hall at St. John’s Church (99 Brock Street,
Peterborough)
The City will be hosting a Visioning Forum from 10 am - 5 pm in the
Guild Hall at St. John's Church. Everyone with an interest in seeing
Peterborough thrive as a great place to live, work, and play is invited
to participate. For more information or to RSVP for the Visioning Forum,
please contact Ben Dick at 742-7777 ext. 1487 or bd...@peterborough.ca.
New Canadian Centre Events
Nov 4th: Preparing for Winter (Registration Required)
Nov 18th: Are you Ready (Registration Required)
Nov 19th: Interview Workshop (Registration Required)
Nov 23rd : Newcomer Advisory Group Meeting
Nov 24th: CMHA Presentation: Migration Stress (Registration Required)
Nov 29th: Cross cultural Parenting in Canada’s workshop (Registration
Required)
More information see www.nccpeterborough.ca
Gemma L Edwin, Communications Coordinator
Julie Cosgrove, Coordinator Kawartha World Issues Centre
Phone: 705-748-1680
Email: kw...@trentu.ca
Website & Community Calendar: www.kwic.info
Office: Monday, Wednesdays & Thursdays
Global Education. Local action. Since 1989.
The Kawartha World Issues Centre is a charitable global education and
resource centre which promotes understanding and dialogue of world
issues to enable people to engage in positive social and environmental
change.