Date of event Wednesday January 30th, 2013 – 6:00-8:00 PM
Location of event YWCA, Welch Room 1 & 2 – 4th Floor, 535 Hornby St, Vancouver

Sharing Stories, Shaping Identity: A FREE Workshop

We all have a story. Learn to tell yours.

Learn to share your story of heritage and identity for free with story-crafters from the Passages to Canada Speakers Bureau.

YWCA, 535 Hornby Street, Welch Room 1 & 2

Wednesday, January 30th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM 

– Hear Naveen Girn, South Asian Canadian cultural researcher and historian, share his story 

– Work with storytelling facilitators to improve your communication and presentation skills

– Network with like-minded professionals

Light refreshments will be served.

Register online at passagestocanadavancouver2013.eventbrite.ca 

Contact us at:

1-866-701-1867

[email protected]

www.passagestocanada.com

Twitter: @Passages2Canada

Presented with the Vancouver Mokuyokai Society

Date of event Monday January 7, 2013- Monday, April 29, 2013
Location of event St. Andrew's United Church @ 1044 St. George's Avenue, North Vancouver

DISCOVER MINDFULNESS-AWARENESS MEDITATION
The practice of meditation is found within many traditions throughout the world. Mindfulness-awareness meditation (Shamatha-Vipashyana) helps settle the mind and bring forth its natural qualities of spaciousness, clarity, and attentiveness. St. Andrew’s United Church and the North Shore Meditation Group are co-sponsors of this free, weekly drop-in meditation group practice. Monday night sessions start at 7 pm with guided instruction and practice for about 20 – 25 minutes, followed by walking meditation, then more sitting practice. At 8 pm there is a question and answer period around any practice questions and a dharma talk or conversation. There is no requirement to attend the whole session: you can stay for as little or as long as you like. Leadership is provided by Shambhala Buddhist Meditation instructors. Everyone is welcome.

Date of event Thursday, Jan 24
Location of event 3250 Commercial Drive

A rare opportunity to hear Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong give a Public Talk on Modern Buddhism in Vancouver.

Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong is the elected General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition. She has studied and practised Kadampa Buddhism under Venerable Geshe-la's guidance for many years. Gen-la Dekyong provides an inspiring example of a modern-day Kadampa practitioner for us to follow. Students around the world are moved by her faith and devotion to her Spiritual Teacher and her committment to benefitting others.

Gen-la came to Vancouver January 2012 and inspired over 400 people during her visit.

How to Register:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4773729353?ref=ebtnebtckt&ebtv=C
Cost: $15 at the door
Contact Info: Phone: 6042212271
Email: [email protected]
Time: Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Venue: Croatian Cultural Center
3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC V5N, Canada

Gen-la will also be leading a special event: the annual Western Canada Dharma Celebration on the weekend after this talk in Whiterock, BC see here for more details meditateinvancouver.org/mbevents

Date of event Thursday, February 28, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location of event Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alice MacKay Room
 

Unconventional energy development made possible by hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), has massively increased energy development in Treaty 8, which contains the second largest hydrocarbon deposit on earth. This has led to litigation, blockades and other forms of conflict with indigenous communities. Caleb Behn examines the potential of indigenous laws and legal traditions to ensure prevention of the environment as a condition of energy development and to effect reconciliation. 

Caleb Behn is Eh-Cho Dene and Dunne Z/Cree from the Treaty 8 Territory of northeastern BC. He holds a J.D. with a concentration in environmental law and sustainability and is the subject of the transmedia project and documentary filmFractured Land.

Free admission. Seating is limited.
Co-sponsored by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group and Amnesty International.

For more information on Library events, visit http://www.vpl.ca/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar.cgi

Date of event Sunday, February 10, 2013
Location of event St. Andrew's United Church @ 1044 St. George's Avenue, North Vancouver

Experience prayer in a way not commonly practiced. Take a journey to your heart where the God of silence rests. Listen to the voice that calls from within. Whatever your faith, you are incited to this Christian prayer practice that is contemplative, dynamic and reflective. All are welcome. 7 pm- 8 pm in the Sanctuary.

Date of event Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Location of event St. Andrew's United Church @ 1044 St. George's Avenue, North Vancouver

Join us on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 in the Friendship room from 6 pm – 7:30 pm for a community Pancake Supper. Admission is by donation, all are welcome.

Date of event Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Location of event St. Andrew's United Church @ 1044 St. George's Avenue, North Vancouver

Join us on February 13, 2013 in the Sanctuary at 7 pm for an Ash Wednesday Service to mark the beginning of lent. All are welcome.

Date of event Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., January 30 to April 3
Location of event Central Library, 350 West Georgia St., Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms (lower level)
 

Join us for the 60th Community Lecture Series to learn more about the many ways in which taking action transforms personal lives, the natural environment and both communities and nations as a whole. From Canadian documentary films to activist songs; from the increasingly popular local food movement to developing a school community counselling training program in Nunavut; from civil disobedience to the power of the written word, we will examine the enduring human desire for growth and change.

Lectures are presented by current and retired Langara College faculty. 

• January 30: Civil Disobedience – The Time is Now! Lecture by Peter Prontzos
• February 6: Growing the Local Food Movement. Lecture by Erin Mullan.
• February 13: The Power of Song. Lecture by Andrea Smith & Dave Lidstone.
• February 20: Belief and Action. Lecture by Alister Browne.
• February 27: The Write Way to Change. Lecture by Cathy Sosnowsky
• March 6: (Social) Action Movies: Canadian Cinema. Lecture by Roger Holdstock
• March 13: The International Plutocracy. Lecture by Martin Toren
• March 20: Taking Action in Marginalized Communities. Lecture by Nicole Latham.
• March 27: Taking Action for Sustainability – End Inequality. Lecture by Bill Hopwood & Cheryl Hewitt.
• April 3: Taking Action in Nunavut – Beyond the Classroom. Lecture by Leslie Kemp & Larry Railton. 

Free admission. Seating is limited.
More information on the lecture series at http://www.langara.bc.ca/continuing-studies/community-lecture-series/index.html

Visit http://www.vpl.ca/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar.cgi for the calendar of Library events.

Date of event Sunday, March 3, 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location of event Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level
 

Self-publishing has exploded with the evolution of the eBook market, bringing its own set of rewards and challenges to established and aspiring authors. If you are seeking information about the ever-changing world of self-publishing please join us for a day of presentations and panel discussions. Workshops by BC authors include:

• Editing Skills and Services
• The How-To of Marketing
• The Business of Self-Publishing

Printing, binding, cover design, software, and book production vendors will be on site.

 

Free admission. Co-sponsored by the Federation of BC Writers.

For more information on Library events, visit http://www.vpl.ca/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar.cgi.

Date of event Wednesday, March 6, 7:00 p.m.
Location of event Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level
 

How do you respond to global events, whether tragic, inspirational, horrific or heroic? Join us for an artist talk and discussion about art and activism in conjunction with the photographic exhibition The Memory Cup Project: This, Too, Will Pass. The Project consists of 366 ceramic vessels referencing human conflicts.

Images of the Project will be in the Moat Gallery from March 1st to 31st. The cups will be on display during the artist discussion.

Free admission. Seating is limited.

For more information on Library events, visit http://www.vpl.ca/cgi-bin/Calendar/calendar.cgi.