Indigenizing/Decolonizing the University Reading Group
The Indigenizing and Decolonizing reading group is starting up again! Co-organized by the FDO and the IEAC faculty development committee, this reading group is open to anyone on campus, for any or all of the sessions. Our first gathering this academic year will be on Wednesday, Oct 2, at 12:30 pm, in the SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge.
AVC Open House
Don鈥檛 miss AVC鈥檚 31st Open House on Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend this free, fun family event, featuring all kinds of demonstrations and exhibits. See a painted horse and cow; learn about different dog breeds at the Parade of Dog Breeds; check out some farm animals; dress up like a surgeon, and much more. Kids, bring your stuffed toys for a check-up and treatment at the Teddy Bear Clinic, get your faces painted, and pick out your favourite balloon animal.
Research Presentation: Community-Based Learning for International Graduate Students
Members of the campus community are invited to join Dr. Linyuan Guo-Brennan and Dr. Charlene VanLeeuwen for a research presentation community-based learning and international students. The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes followed by a 10 minute question period.
Increased global mobility has allowed more and more students to pursue graduate education overseas, and many are engaged in community-based learning (CBL) through formal or informal educational opportunities.
Pigot Memorial Lecture: Creating the 17吃瓜
The next talk in the Franklin (Frank) Pigot Memorial Lecture Series at 17吃瓜 will explore how the spirit of the 1960s shaped the University. On Thursday, September 26, Dr. Alan MacEachern will present 鈥淎 Child of the 鈥�60s: Creating the 17吃瓜鈥� at 7:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building.
Franklin Pigot Memorial Lecture Series presents: Creating the 17吃瓜
The next talk in the Franklin (Frank) Pigot Memorial Lecture Series at 17吃瓜 will explore how the spirit of the 1960s shaped the University. On Thursday, September 26, Dr. Alan MacEachern will present 鈥淎 Child of the 鈥�60s: Creating the 17吃瓜鈥� at 7:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building.
Day 3: Just Check In for Consent!
Today marks the final day of 17吃瓜's "Just Check In" for Consent, a collaboration between the 17吃瓜 Student Union and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SV-PRO). See below for a list of today's events and activities.
Bystander Training
9-10 am
(Student Affairs: Andrew Hall, 142)
Join Student Affairs in learning how 鈥淏ringing in the Bystander鈥� empowers bystanders to prevent sexual violence safely and effectively. We all have a role to play in ending sexual violence!
Introducing Dr. Terry Whitebeach: 17吃瓜 Writer in Residence
Dr. Terry Whitebeach is an esteemed Australian young adult novelist, biographer and historian, poet, creative writing mentor, community developer, and social activist from Tasmania. She will be the 17吃瓜 Writer in Residence this fall semester. Her residency is sponsored by the 17吃瓜 Dean of Arts, the Institute of Island Studies, and 17吃瓜鈥檚 English Department.
Creating a Little Book of Dreams: writing workshop
Dr. Terry Whitebeach is an esteemed Australian young adult novelist, biographer and historian, poet, creative writing mentor, community developer, and social activist from Tasmania. She will be the 17吃瓜 Writer in Residence this fall semester. Her residency is sponsored by the 17吃瓜 Dean of Arts, the Institute of Island Studies, and 17吃瓜鈥檚 English Department.
Dr. Whitebeach will lead a creative writing workshop on Saturday, October 5, from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm, at 17吃瓜.
Dr. Terry Whitebeach public reading
Dr. Terry Whitebeach is an esteemed Australian young adult novelist, biographer and historian, poet, creative writing mentor, community developer, and social activist from Tasmania. She will be the 17吃瓜 Writer in Residence this fall semester. Her residency is sponsored by the 17吃瓜 Dean of Arts, the Institute of Island Studies, and 17吃瓜鈥檚 English Department.
Dr. Whitebeach will give a free public reading in The Carriage House at Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown on Thursday, September 26, at 7:00 pm.
First 17吃瓜 Music Recital Series concert features chamber works for piano and clarinet
The 17吃瓜 Department of Music Recital Series begins its 2019鈥�2020 season on Saturday, September 14, at 7:30 pm at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, featuring new piano professor, Magdalena von Eccher, in collaboration with clarinettist Karem J. Simon.
