East and West Learning Connections
The article I wrote, followed by comments from friends, gives some light to different concerns and perspectives around a recent hot topic in the Chinese community. Thanks a lot to my friends who have shared their thoughts frankly; their names are listed in the Acknowledgement at the end. I found the rethinking and learning process very beneficial to me.
–Yang Wang
*We are constantly recruiting native English-speaking facilitator volunteers for the English Social Conversation program! Please see the invitation message at the end of this announcement.
Have you ever wondered what to talk about in a social conversation? Or, as an immigrant, do you sometimes feel it is difficult to join your local co-workers’ conversation because you don’t know the people or things they are talking about, or you have some everyday questions that you would like to know how local people would think or deal with? Or do you just want to find a safe, relaxing and friendly environment to talk to some native English speakers, and enjoy a pleasant conversation?
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Sisi Ye and Michelle Shi, from Ottawa and Toronto, respectively, both graduated from McGill University, and have stayed in Montreal to develop their career paths. The two young, promising career women will come to our East&West Dialogue and share how they have evolved, their work-life balance, as well as feelings and experiences they have had throughout the journey.
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George Elliott Clarke & East and West Learning Connections Present
5 Poets Breaking into Song (#7)
Live : 20 St. Joseph St. Toronto (ON), at the Canadian Music Centre. Near Wellesley&Yonge subway station
Saturday, Nov 19, 2022, 7-9 P.M.
Maximum in-person attendees: 50. Masking is required in the building.
Door will open at 6:30 P.M. First come, first seated.
You can also watch the performance live on Youtube.
The Wei-Jin period (220-420 AD) was one of the most chaotic in Chinese imperial history. This turbulent time nonetheless produced distinguished literati (mingshi) of formidable talent and charisma. In this talk, we focus on the figure of Ruan Ji ( 阮籍 , 210-263 AD) and try to understand the pressures that faced the literati of this period and the difficulties that underlay their sometimes eccentric responses.
Free online English event
On Oct 14, East and West Learning Connections will host a dialogue with Faith and Christina, two college students whose experiences cross arts and sciences as their interests blend or co-exist. What is their actual experience pursuing their passions in diverse fields? What could it mean for younger students who are now looking for their own direction? Join us to hear and share.
English dialogue with simultaneous interpreting in Chinese on Zoom.
Open for free to the public. Everyone is welcome!
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This online book club meets ALMOST every Sunday evening to read together books chapter by chapter. Book club members, who come from diverse backgrounds and live in different countries, take turns to present the chapter(s) they volunteer to lead the reading of, and facilitate the breakout room discussion that follows. We welcome you to join us and bring your unique life experience and perspective to the discussion, like everybody else! Continue reading “EAWLC Sunday Book Club: Read Together, Chapter by Chapter”
Sponsored by the Department of Canadian Heritage, East and West Learning Connections & neighbors on Idehill Crescent, Scarborough, invite you to a fabulous Turtle Island lawn party!
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On a May evening, enjoy another amazing poetry music gala
Brought to you by ex-national poet laureate George Elliott Clarke & East and West Learning Connections
Featuring five penetrating poets & Emmy and Juno Award-winning composer, musician, and singer D.D. Jackson!
East&West Dialogue is our monthly program where guest speakers of different cultural backgrounds come as volunteers and share their life stories, knowledge, thoughts, and have conversations with our audience. We hope this individual-level communication will promote mutual understanding among people of different heritages, and the experiences of guest speakers can help the audience, mostly but not limited to first-generation immigrants, to live in their new country with a bit more ease and grace. For that, we truly thank our guest speakers for their time, expertise, and warm hearts for immigrants!