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Make It! Vancouver’s Handmade Market

Make It! Vancouver's Handmade Market

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Date: 10/21/2013 4:10 pm
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Date of event November 28 – December 01
Location of event PNE Forum

Make It is a handmade market devoted to creating positive opportunities for artists and designers. On the flip side, Make It is a shopping event that gives enlightened shoppers the opportunity to buy unique, ethically made items from top artisans from all over Canada. The vibe at the show is funky, hip and modern… very different from your traditional granny's craft show! Music is spun by top local DJs and there are always tasty eats and drinks to be enjoyed. Make It is about appreciating creativity, connecting entrepreneurs, and giving conscious shoppers an alternative to the mall. Exhibitors will be selling everything from clothing, to art, to home décor and accessories!

This year's show takes place at the PNE Forum from Thursday, November 28th until Sunday, December 01.

Website: MakeItVancouver.com
Twitter: @makeitshow
Facebook: Make It! The Handmade Revolution

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The Culture of Education: Does it meet changing and diverse student needs?

The Culture of Education: Does it meet changing and diverse student needs?

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Date: 10/24/2013 1:29 pm
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Date of event November 4th, 2013
Location of event Vancouver School Board

The most recent census data has shown that 20 percent of all Canadians were born outside of Canada. In urban areas such as Metro Vancouver, that number jumps to over 50 percent. Add to that linguistic, cultural and religious diversity of both Canadian born and immigrant students and the face of the average Canadian student is difficult to describe. So what is happening in Education? Are teachers, school boards and the curriculum keeping up with the rapid growth and change in the Canadian population? What are the benefits and challenges of a diverse student body? Some critics of the current education system call for multicultural, multi-centric curriculum and critical thinking. Others call for segregated schools to address racial achievement gaps and the failure of mainstream education to support marginalised learners. Still others are concerned accommodating diversity will result in lower standards.

Three invaluable champions of inclusion and importance of embracing diversity in education – a children's author, an education consultant, and an anti-racism and diversity consultant and mentor – will share their knowledge, experience and perspectives on the changing role of educators within the school system.

Date: November 4th, 2013
Time: 6 – 8 pm
6:00-6:30: Registration / mix and mingle
6:30-7:30: Panel Presentations
7:30-8:00: Questions and conclusion
Location: Vancouver School Board (G Level – Room 120)
Cost: Members Free: Non-members: $8.00 Students: $5.00
RSVP by: Nov 2nd. Please indicate your attendance via email at [email protected]

This event will include:

Safe, valued, included and represented: How students feel in a culturally-responsive classroom? – 20 minutes (Angela Brown)
Angela will share some culturally-responsive teaching practices, programs and initiatives that support anti-racism and diversity education. She will discuss the importance of co-developing class community agreements before engaging students in courageous conversations. The role of the teacher as a facilitator and the most influential resource in the classroom will be emphasized as empathy-building and experiential learning activities are shared. Join Angela,
Anti-racism and Diversity Mentor of the Vancouver Board of Education as she supports schools in fostering students’ social/emotional health and development, safety, and well-being by supporting equity and inclusion within Vancouver’s diverse school communities.

The importance of lobbying in education: Educating government officials and corporate officers of the merits of embracing diversity in education – 20 minutes (Trevor Ludski)
Awarded by the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for his significant achievement and remarkable service to Canada in 2012, Trevor will focus his remarks on the necessity to lobby Ministry officials, school board officials and senior personnel to recognize the benefits of embracing diversity for the sake of our children's future. Trevor will provide examples of programs and services in some Ontario jurisdictions that have applicability in British Columbia and he will provide a few anecdotes of recent personal and professional experiences related to Aboriginal education, diversity and antiracist education.

Inspiring our children to become responsible, global citizens – 20 minutes (Navjot Kaur)
Navjot will contribute with her presentation on how to inspire our children to become advocates for social change and responsible citizens. Navjot Kaur, Children’s Author is fascinated and inspired by diverse environments and culture. Her first children's book , ‘A Lion's Mane’ won the 2010 Skipping Stones Honor Award for Multicultural and International Awareness. Join Navjot, as she shares treasured moments, which will one day form another untitled story, waiting to be brought to life.

For more information contact:
The Sietar B.C. Exec Board
[email protected]

Website: www.sietar.bc.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sietarbc
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4324337&trk=hb_side_g

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Business After Hours Networking with Fine wines and vintage cars

Business After Hours Networking with Fine wines and vintage cars

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Date: 11/6/2013 11:22 am
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Date of event Thursday, Nov 28 – 6pm-8pm
Location of event 1885 Clark Drive, Vancouver
 

 

Please join us at our next Kitsilano Chamber’s Business After Hours networking event.

·   $5 each (members) or $10 each (future members) & unlimited guests

·   complimentary fine wines*, appetizers &  networking with 150 expected guests

·   pose for facebook pics with vintage sports or muscle cars such as a 1969 GTO Judge Ram Air IV.

·   door prize: $500 auto detail

·   business dress or dress to impress

 

Business After Hours hosted by autoform

Vancouver's newest premium vehicle boutique

and one of our newest members! 

  

Register at www.kitsilanochamber.com

Date/Time: Thursday, Nov 28 – 6pm-8pm    

Address: 1885 Clark Drive, Vancouver

*Featuring the following fine wines:

Whitehaven Wineries Sauvignon Blanc.  A full-flavoured medium-bodied wine with fragrant notes of citrus, gooseberry and ripe tropical fruit followed by freshly cut herb undertones. (valued at $20/bottle).

Louis M. Martini Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon.  A superbly balanced wine with fresh red plum and blackberry jam aromas and flavours, supported by caramelized and toasted oak notes. (valued at $20/bottle)

  

Click here for Map: on skytrain route, short walk to VCC station. You may also leave your vehicles at the autoform lot to ensure a safe, transit or cab ride home.

Events

Business After Hours Networking with Fine wines and vintage cars

Business After Hours Networking with Fine wines and vintage cars

User: Sherlock Holmes in The Hound o
Date: 11/6/2013 11:22 am
Views: 251
Rating: 0

Date of event Thursday, Nov 28 – 6pm-8pm
Location of event 1885 Clark Drive, Vancouver
 

 

Please join us at our next Kitsilano Chamber’s Business After Hours networking event.

·   $5 each (members) or $10 each (future members) & unlimited guests

·   complimentary fine wines*, appetizers &  networking with 150 expected guests

·   pose for facebook pics with vintage sports or muscle cars such as a 1969 GTO Judge Ram Air IV.

·   door prize: $500 auto detail

·   business dress or dress to impress

 

Business After Hours hosted by autoform

Vancouver's newest premium vehicle boutique

and one of our newest members! 

  

Register at www.kitsilanochamber.com

Date/Time: Thursday, Nov 28 – 6pm-8pm    

Address: 1885 Clark Drive, Vancouver

*Featuring the following fine wines:

Whitehaven Wineries Sauvignon Blanc.  A full-flavoured medium-bodied wine with fragrant notes of citrus, gooseberry and ripe tropical fruit followed by freshly cut herb undertones. (valued at $20/bottle).

Louis M. Martini Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon.  A superbly balanced wine with fresh red plum and blackberry jam aromas and flavours, supported by caramelized and toasted oak notes. (valued at $20/bottle)

  

Click here for Map: on skytrain route, short walk to VCC station. You may also leave your vehicles at the autoform lot to ensure a safe, transit or cab ride home.

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Update! In The House Festival pres. Notes of Justice

Update! In The House Festival pres. Notes of Justice

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Date: 11/14/2013 1:37 pm
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Date of event Tues. Dec. 5
Location of event 7575 Kingsway, Burnaby

Notes of Justice celebrates the lyrical power of music. Music is one of the strongest mediums through which to get ones voice heard. Come explore how different genres of music including reggae, hip hop and folk, address various issues of social justice.

Date: Thursday, December 5
Time: Doors at 6:30, Show at 7
Address: 7575 Kingsway, Burnaby

*This house is supported by BACI and is wheelchair accessible

Want to reserve a seat and pay at the door? No problem!
You can also purchase tickets or reserve a seat by calling 604-874-9325.

Tickets are limited, so make sure you get yours or reserve quickly!

Please contact Myriam Steinberg for more information
[email protected]m
604-874-9325

Performers:

Kate Reid: When Kate Reid shouts “all aboard,” she’s not kidding. Reid refined her whipsmart songwriting and warm, wise-cracking stage persona while recording and touring behind three previously released, critically acclaimed independent albums – Comin’ Alive (2006), I’m Just Warming Up (2009) and Doing it for the Chicks (2011) Hundreds of shows and festival dates since 2006 have earned the firebrand singer, songwriter, activist and educator a grassroots fan base drawn from every imaginable shade of the rainbow spectrum – proudly bent, comfortably straight and all flavors in between. Audiences respond with laughs, tears of recognition and lovingly fierce solidarity to a repertoire of originals that range from favorites like “Captain Cupcake and the Cambie Hotel”, “Co-op Girlz” and “Closet Femme” and “The Only Dyke at the Open Mic” to open-hearted, deeply affecting numbers about the often hard road walked by those healing from difficult life experiences and staying true to their unique identities. Reid’s fourth album, and her first for families, children and youth, carries her passion for inclusivity coast-to-coast on an express route to generation next. Queer Across Canada’s collection of groundbreaking tracks traverse a wide landscape of family scenarios as it sensitively addresses (with rootsy rock’n’roll verve) such contemporary realities as surrogate moms, donor dads, same-sex parents, out-of-the-closet fathers, blended families and queer-curious siblings. www.katereid.com

Fredlocks Asher & The Ultra Flex Crew: Fredlocks Asher & The Ultra Flex Crew has released a variety of musically diverse reggae albums, including Wisdom, Dub Life, Ultra Flex Volume one, and More Loving. He is now set to release two full length solo album this year “Race the Final Frontier” and “Ultra Flex Volume Two” Now available on itunes as of Feb 2013. “Some imitate while others create”, Fredlocks Asher & The Ultra Flex Crew have been creating new cutting edge reggae for a life time. Fredlocks is an original Jamaican reggae artist, performing the full spectrum of this art form, including all the sub-genres of Dancehall, Dub, Electronica, Lovers Rock, Jungle, and Roots Rock Reggae.

Chief Rock: Twelve years ago in the dingy reaches of Canada’s most industrialized centre, Chief Rock began his performing career. What was once a sprawling Iroquoi heartland of the Six Nations, Hamilton now seems the most unlikely setting to re-cultivate the trampled Native culture… but this hasn’t stopped Rock from dawning his head dress. Chief Rock joined the Kanata Native Dance Theater where he mastered, not only 4 different styles of traditional Native dance, but also stage awareness and physical ‘storytelling’. Shortly thereafter the internationally renowned Red Thunder dance group invited him to join their tour. Chief Rock has also danced in three music videos for EMI, including Tom Cochraine’s “I Wonder” and Susan Aglukhark “One Hand Turns Another.” Long before he had dawned the traditional beads and feathers, Rock was scuffing his sneakers as a B-Boy. His current mission is to spread a message with his voice. Chief Rock writes and produces all of his own material, mixes, masters and records in Purple Ku$H Studioz.He was nominated for a Native American Music Award, in the Best Rap/Hip Hop category and his clever blend of traditional Native culture with the hottest contemporary musical genre could easily be the new combination to catch the attention of today’s young people

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Cinderella

Cinderella

User: Sherlock Holmes in The Hound o
Date: 11/15/2013 1:19 pm
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Date of event Dec 20th-Jan 5th
Location of event Surrey Arts Centre/ACT in Maple Ridge

The Royal Canadian Theatre Company Presents:
CINDERELLA
The magical, timeless story is brought to life in a whole new way as the hilarious stepsisters and their wicked mother try to stop our heroine from going to the ball.
With music, corny old jokes, slapstick humour and magical special effects this wonderful, family entertainment will add a real sparkle to your holiday season.
Written & directed by the ‘Queen of Panto’ herself – Ellie King, come enjoy the show and celebrate her 25 years of bringing the magic of panto to British Columbia.

Dec 20th, 2013 – Dec 29th, 2013 at the Surrey Arts Centre (604-501-5566)
Jan 2nd, 2014 – Jan 5th, 2014 at the ACT in Maple Ridge (604-476-2787)

Matinees 3pm/Evening shows 7pm

Please see website for exact show times and performance days.

Tickets:
Adult/Senior $25
Under 14 yrs $15
Family 4 pack $75
Groups of 10 or more $12
For group and family pack tickets please contact the Ticket Centre

www.rctheatreco.com

 
 

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FREE Lung Health Forum

FREE Lung Health Forum

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Date: 11/15/2013 1:23 pm
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Date of event December 4, 2013 11AM to 4PM
Location of event Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel
 

Are you living with a chronic lung disease?

Join us for a Free Lung Health Forum, and learn from a world expert on COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis).

Meet local lung health professionals –  FREE Lung Testing | Flu Shots | Quit Smoking Support | Patient Advice on Exercise| Nutrition| Medication Usage

When: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 · 11AM to 4PM (lunch provided)

Where: Pavilion Ballroom, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel (1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC)

RSVP Required. Capacity is limited. Call 1.800.665.5864 or email ablog[at]bc.lung.ca

More information available on www.bc.lung.ca

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9 Faces of the Soul: Wisdom of the Enneagram

9 Faces of the Soul: Wisdom of the Enneagram

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Date: 11/20/2013 2:34 pm
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Date of event Nov 22 7pm & Nov 23 10-5pm
Location of event Centre for Peace 1825 W16ave Vancouver

 9 Faces of the Soul: Wisdom of the Enneagram Fri. Nov. 22 7-930pm & Sat. Nov. 23 10-5 pm with Spiritual Director and artist Allison Rennie. This ancient method provides new tools for your spiritual journey through deeper understanding of your personality. Create more freedom and spiritual integrity in your life, learn what holds you back and move forward in relationships. Centre for Peace, 1825 W 16  Ave, Vanc. $40. Register online http://canadianmemorial.org/event/9-faces-of-soul/ or 604-617-6955.

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The Gallery Singers – “A Ceremony of Carols”

The Gallery Singers – "A Ceremony of Carols"

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Date: 11/26/2013 5:02 pm
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Date of event Sunday, December 15th, 3:00 pm
Location of event Canadian Memorial Church, 1806 West 15th @ Burrard, Vancouver

Join the Gallery Singers this Christmas for the delightful Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten, as well as traditional favourites! Jonathan Quick, Conductor

Sunday, December 18th, 3:00 pm
Location: Canadian Memorial Church
1806 West 15th Avenue @ Burrard, Vancouver

Adults – $18
Seniors/Students – $16

http://www.gallerysingers.ca/

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Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker

Goh Ballet's The Nutcracker

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Date: 12/2/2013 11:36 am
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Date of event December 14-22, 2013
Location of event The Centre in Vancouver – 777 Homer Street

Goh Ballet's critically acclaimed The Nutcracker will make a triumphant return to The Centre in Vancouver from December 14-22, 2013. Celebrating its fifth year, this classical rendition of a magical holiday tradition is a must-see family favourite. Principal Dancers from the renowned Royal Danish Ballet will perform to live musical accompaniment from the Vancouver Opera Orchestra alongside a dazzling cast of more than 200 dancers. With choreography by Emmy-award winning dance luminary Anna-Marie Holmes, this sparkling production will delight all ages.

Tickets through www.ticketmaster.ca or by calling 1.855.985.2787. The Centre in Vancouver, 777 Homer Street.

Dec. 14th & 21st at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Dec. 15th & 22nd at 2:00pm
Dec. 20th at 7:30pm