Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Buy TicketsThe Vancity Office of Community Engagement, as part of SFU Woodward's Cultural and Community Program Unit, has initiated several projects in partnership with community organizations. They included:
Introduction to Cultural Democracy
A program for inner-city residents, two sessions were held, the in November 2010 ran for a four-weeks, and the second in March/April 2011 for six-weeks. Each week's session focused on a different topic: Opera, Indian and Japanese classical dance, economic democracy, art and gentrification and urban studies.
Introduction to Citizen Journalism
A successful pilot project, Introduction to Citizen Journalism, was a four-week course done in partnership with Megaphone Magazine, and featured freelance journalists Alex Samur and Jackie Wong. A new six-week session is scheduled to begin in late-October.
Introduction to Contemporary Arts
In partnership with PHS Lifeskills Centre, Introduction to Contemporary Arts was a successful six-week lecture series which ran out of the Interurban Gallery at the corner of Hastings and Carrall Streets in June and July 2011. The artists who participated included Judith Marcuse, Ken Lum, Althea Thauberger, Holly Ward, Ewan MacDonald and Laura Marks.
Social Justice Discussion Series
This series kicked-off on May 17, 2011 with a public discussion entitled Health, Harm, Reduction and the Law, a discussion on the implications of the Supreme Court case related in Insite, Canada's first supervised injection site. Done in partnership with Pivot Legal Society.
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Upcoming discussions include:
Is TV Journalism Salvagable? with former TV journalist Kai Nagata
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Solutions to Homelessness in Metro Vancouver
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Down to the Wire: The Failure of Cannabis Prohibition in BC
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Recognition, Reconciliation and Resentment in Indigenous Politics, with Dr Glen Coulthard
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tropic of Chaos: An Evening with Christian Parenti
Friday, December 2, 2011
INDIAN SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL
The Indian Summer Arts Festival, held at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts this past July, included an interactive Literature Series with notable authors from both India and Canada. The Literature Series events were taped and can be viewed by clicking on the link below.
SFU Woodward's Cultural Unit is recognized as a Champion Builder by Pivot Legal Society's Hope in Shadows Calendar Project
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