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SUMMARY:East & West Dialogue with KEITH GAREBIAN and JIRAIR TUTUNJIAN: The Odysseys of Recovering
DESCRIPTION:This month\, we are very much honoured to be joined by two prominent Armenian Canadian authors: a literary critic/poet and a magazine editor. They shall address the topics of immigrant odysseys\, and how sometimes exile and self-exile can lead to a recovery of roots of identity and more! \n\n\n\nTime: Saturday June 29\, 2024 at 7:30 – 9 P.M. (Eastern Time) \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP to info@eawlc.org if you wish to participate in person or register the online Zoom session.  \n\n\n\nReading more about the event and guest speaker profile here.
URL:https://www.eawlc.org/calendar/east-west-dialogue-with-keith-garebian-and-jirair-tutunjian-the-odysseys-of-recovering
CATEGORIES:East and West Dialogue
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SUMMARY:East&West Dialogue
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URL:https://www.eawlc.org/calendar/eastwest-dialogue-3
CATEGORIES:East and West Dialogue
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221117T193000
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SUMMARY:East&West Dialogue: Transitioning from University to Career
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nFree online English event\, with Mandarin interpretation \nTime: Thursday\, November 17\, 2022\, at 7:30 – 9 P.M. Eastern Time \nZoom registration link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtcOqupj0pHtY_Zp_rH8rruxsJbsMiqWem \nRoom will open 15 minutes prior. \nFor inquiries\, please contact info@eawlc.org.  Thanks! \nGuest Speaker Bios \nMichelle Shi is a program manager\, entrepreneur\, and artist based in Montreal. Currently\, she works at Shopify\, where she builds policy and tooling to support the App Store and Partner ecosystem. Michelle graduated from McGill University and has held positions at Bell\, Coca-Cola\, Universal Music\, and Connect & Go. Outside of work\, Michelle is co-founder of an art collective\, where she makes jewelry and takes part in other creative projects. She is also the keyboard player of her newly established band\, Modern Lizards. She gets excited about bringing communities together\, learning new skills\, and working remotely around the world. \n\nSisi Ye is a marketing professional based in Montreal\, QC. After having graduated from McGill University in 2016 with a Major in Marketing\, she continued expanding her expertise in that field through working across several industries including food delivery and e-commerce. She is currently the Senior Brand Manager at Athena Club\, a direct-to-consumer personal care company based in NYC. A curious person by nature\, Sisi is always looking for new things to learn about\, interesting experiences to try\, and the next adventure to embark on. In her personal time\, Sisi enjoys discovering new cuisines\, staying active\, and spending time with her cat. \nEveryone is welcome to join us\, and have a dialogue with the two vigorous\, versatile young professionals with great leadership!
URL:https://www.eawlc.org/calendar/eastwest-dialogue-transitioning-from-university-to-career
LOCATION:Free online\, https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtcOqupj0pHtY_Zp_rH8rruxsJbsMiqWem
CATEGORIES:East and West Dialogue
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221014T190000
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SUMMARY:East&West Dialogue with Faith Fang and Christina Wang: Across Arts and Sciences
DESCRIPTION: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. \n English dialogue with simultaneous interpreting in Chinese on Zoom. \nOpen for free to the public.  Everyone is welcome! \n  \nGuest Speakers \n Faith Fang \nFaith double majors in mechanical engineering and violin\, exploring the worlds of both technology and technique. Through diverse experiences of conducting dark matter research\, propelling industrial sustainability\, and collaborating with world-class musicians\, Faith combines the adaptability of the arts with a foundation in engineering to foster meaningful innovation. \n \nChristina Wang \nFrom winning international technology hackathons to being a UI/UX designer at StartPlaying Games (a Y-combinator company) and debating for five years\, Christina has learned the value of interdisciplinary thinking in problem-solving. Her topic will discuss how art can make complex scientific knowledge accessible to audiences who are alienated by age\, the difficulty of the topic\, illiteracy\, and culture. Art acts as a bridge to inclusive\, equitable technology. \n  \nTime: Friday\, October 14\, 2022\, at 7-8 P.M. EST (6-7 P.M. CDT) \nZoom registration link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdO-hrDsiEtYBKBvWEL4oG8gk-_n1usl3 \n  \nSpace is limited.  First registered\, first served. \nZoom will be open 20 minutes before the start time. The official program will start at exactly 7:00 PM.  Please kindly come early if you need to learn how to enter a separate room for simultaneous interpretation in Chinese. \n  \nFor inquiries\, please contact info@eawlc.org.  Thanks! \n  \n  \n东西联学社之“东西对话”：在艺术与科学之间 \n  \n在琴棋书画与专业学习之间，学生该怎样平衡? \n艺术和理工，最终会分道扬镳，还是可并驾齐驱?广博与专精，如何取舍，取舍的时机又如何?π型学习者究竟体验怎样?这些都是很多家长和同学共同关心的话题。10月14日晚，分别来自德克萨斯的Faith Fang和多伦多的Christina Wang 这两位在校大学生将分享自己跨界学习的切身体会。两位有杰出表现的同学仍在孜孜探索，她们希望这些探索与经验能够帮到后来人，并在切磋中与大家相互激励。 \n  \n嘉宾简介 \nFaith Fang 今年大四，学习机械工程与小提琴演奏双专业。大学期间，她曾参与实验室的暗物质研究，实习中，参与可持续发展的相关项目，也在世界一流音乐家指导下，学琴不辍。她希望探讨在艺术和工程方面，共同的发展如何创造意义，如何发现创新的机会。 \n \n  \nChristina Wang 曾在国际技术骇客马拉松大赛中获奖，后在 StartPlaying Games(一家 Y-combinator 公司)任用户界面设计师。她也有多达五年的辩论经验。Christina 体会到跨学科思维在解决问题中的价值。 \n她在对话中侧重讨论如何利用艺术手段，让因年龄、内容难度、文化障碍等因素受局限的群体，有机会学习复杂的科学知识。她认为艺术是帮助科学达到包容性和公平性的有效桥梁。 \n  \n对话时间： 2022年10月14日，周五每周东部时间晚上7:00到8:00 （中部时间晚上6:00到7:00） \n  \nZoom注册链接： \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdO-hrDsiEtYBKBvWEL4oG8gk-_n1usl3 \n  \n免费英文活动，提供普通话同声传译。位置有限，先报先得。 \n  \n为保证对话准点开始，我们将在东部时间当天下午6:40提前打开会议厅。请需要了解如何进入中文翻译室的听众，尽早进入，熟悉操作按钮。 \n  \n无论您是成人还是孩子，都欢迎来和我们一起学习、交流。如有任何问题，请发邮件至 info@eawlc.org。谢谢！
URL:https://www.eawlc.org/calendar/eastwest-dialogue-with-faith-fang-and-christina-wang-across-arts-and-sciences
CATEGORIES:East and West Dialogue
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SUMMARY:EAWLC Dialogue with Martin Copeland II
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URL:https://www.eawlc.org/calendar/eawlc-dialogue-with-martin-copeland-ii
CATEGORIES:East and West Dialogue
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SUMMARY:East&West Dialogue
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URL:https://www.eawlc.org/calendar/eastwest-dialogue
CATEGORIES:East and West Dialogue
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220521T193000
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SUMMARY:East&West Dialogue with Tony and Jane Preston: A Western Couple Met and Lived in Asia
DESCRIPTION: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! \n \nIn this month of May\, Canada’s Asian Heritage Month\, we are very delighted to have Tony and Jane Preston with us to have an interesting dialogue about their living experiences in both East and West Asia. As westerners\, from the UK and Canada\, respectively\, how did their paths come across in Asia? What was it like to live there? Did they have any cultural shocks? What are some unforgettable moments? What does “Asian heritage” mean to them? How has their time in Asia influenced their views of the world? What suggestions may they have for immigrants to live graciously in Canada and the UK? \nPlease join us in the dialogue with Tony and Jane\, listen to their interesting stories\, and get their answers to all of the above questions and more! \nFree English event \nTime: Saturday\, May 21\, 2022\, at 7-8:30 P.M. (Eastern Time) \nVenue: Online Zoom meeting\nPlease click below link to register:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYoduuurzgjHNzSKjHtbg_GwDFLbfakXQ8_\nZoom meeting will open 15 minutes prior. \nGuest Speaker Bios \nJane P. Preston \nJane was born in Saskatchewan. Growing up as a farmland girl\, Jane earned her Master of Education (Curriculum Studies) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Education Leadership and Administration). She worked as a math and English classroom teacher in Canada\, Taiwan\, Egypt\, and Kuwait for many years. Later she became an Associate Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island\, teaching leadership\, research\, and theory courses to graduate students. She conducted research about educational leadership\, Indigenous issues\, and international students.\nDuring her time as a teacher\, professor\, and researcher\, some of her most valuable educational experiences happened while living overseas and meeting people\, visiting novel places\, and learning about cultures. She believes that life is meant to be a social experience\, and it is through spending time with an other that we learn the most.\nJane has written a book entitled “Joyful Retirement: A Holistic Approach.” She has published seven book chapters\, and many articles in journals\, magazines\, newsletters\, and technical reports. \nTony Preston \nTony was born and raised in Devon\, England. When he was 17\, he joined the British Royal Air Force\, and worked in various countries from Sweden to Hong Kong. During his time in the military\, he was employed in many disciplines\, from engineering to technical author. After 22 years\, he retired and managed an English pub before being recruited by a multi-national company to work in Kuwait after its liberation from the Iraq invasion. From a workshop manager to the Chief Engineer & CEO of the company\, Tony worked closely with Kuwaiti and other nationalities including Syrians\, Egyptians\, Australians\, Indians\, Americans\, and Canadians.\nDuring his time in Kuwait\, Tony met and married Jane\, and together they had their son\, Zachary. Upon leaving Kuwait\, the family moved to Canada. Jane returned to university\, and Tony built the family home. Once the house was built\, Tony became a Canadian citizen. Then he was employed by the Government of Canada\, Department of National Defense as an infrastructure construction manager.\nAfter nine years\, the family moved to Prince Edward Island\, where Jane was employed at the university. Now retired\, Tony’s life revolves around supporting the family\, gardening\, and playing the stock market. \nProfessionals or home-builders\, Parents or students\, everyone is welcome to meet with Tony and Jane\, and have a dialogue with the lively\, fun couple! \nFor inquiries\, please send an email to info@eawlc.org. Thanks!
URL:https://www.eawlc.org/calendar/eastwest-dialogue-with-tony-and-jane-preston-a-western-couple-met-and-lived-in-asia
CATEGORIES:East and West Dialogue
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220325T193000
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SUMMARY:East & West Dialogue with Samantha Kaine and Ian Steaman: Voices of Under-represented Community in Film and Television
DESCRIPTION:The first East & West Dialogue of Year 2022 is coming! In the monthly dialogue\, guest speakers of different cultural backgrounds come to the East and West Learning Connections as volunteers\, share their life experiences\, thoughts\, suggestions\, and answer questions from the audience.  With deep gratitude to the guest speakers\, we hope these individual-level dialogues can promote mutual understanding among people of different heritages\, and help immigrants learn more about Canadian society\, people\, and culture. \nThis month\, we will meet Samantha Kaine and Ian Steaman\, two talents of Black heritage in the Film & Television field.  Let’s listen to their interesting stories\, and see how they have broken the barriers for themselves as well as for their under-represented community in a slowly diversifying industry. \nGuest Speaker Introduction \nIAN STEAMAN is a reformed music industry executive turned award-winning TV writer who began his career working with many chart-topping and critically acclaimed artists including De La Soul\, Queen Latifah\, Big Boi of Outkast\, and T-Pain while working at record labels in New York. \nA 2019 graduate of the Bell Media Prime Time TV Program at the Canadian Film Centre\, Ian has worked on various shows including CBC’s Pretty Hard Cases and Take Note\, a brand new family half-hour for NBC’s Peacock TV as well as developing his own workplace comedy\, Deadstock in conjunction with CBC Television. He is also a winner of the 2020 Telefilm New Voices Award and a finalist in the 2022 WGC Screenwriting Awards. \nhttps://iansteaman.com/ \nSAMANTHA KAINE is a Jamaican-Canadian\, award-winning independent film and television creative producer\, advocate\, mentor\, and alumna of the Cineplex Entertainment Producers’ Lab Program at the Canadian Film Centre. She is also the Founder and CEO of the Independent Media Producers Association of Creative Talent – I.M.P.A.C.T\, a national\, member-based non-profit organization created to combat systemic and anti-Black racism by breaking down barriers and opening the gates for producers who are of Afro descent\, Afro-Indigenous descent and who identify as Black\, of all intersectional identities\, to create a fair\, equitable and a truly representative film\, tv\, digital media\, and music industries. \nSamantha has more than a decade of experience in the Canadian and Quebec Film\, TV\, and Media Industries. As the owner of Red 11 Productions Inc\, her producer credits include the award-winning short films Willing to Lie and The Women of Alpine Road and she developed\, co-wrote\, and produced the six-part TV docu-series\, Offbeat Roads – The Danakil Diaries that sold to numerous territories internationally including France\, Brazil\, Hungary\, and Israel. \nhttps://www.impact-aptcmi.org/ \nProfessionals or home-makers\, students or parents\, everyone is welcome to join us\, and have a dialogue with our inspiring guests Ian and Samantha! \nTime: Friday\, March 25\, 2022\, at 7:30-9 P.M. (Eastern Time) \nCost: Free \nLanguage: English \nVenue: Online Zoom meeting.  Please click below link to register. \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcu-gqTgvEtCPMCyofmi6xGK7x8fS7B1b \nFor inquiries\, please contact info@eawlc.org.  Thanks! \n \nPoster designer: Erica Liu
URL:https://www.eawlc.org/calendar/east-west-dialogue-with-samantha-kaine-and-ian-steaman-voices-of-under-represented-community-in-film-and-television
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