Category: Events

Come to this month’s East & West Dialogue with two artistic, thoughtful and vigorous young film festival co-founders, learn behind-the-scene stories of a film festival, and win tickets to the 2025 Mulan International Film Festival !

Time: Friday July 11, 2025 at 8 – 9:30 P,M. (Eastern Time)

Free Dual Language Online Event (English and Mandarin)

Zoom registration link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IwdAtcEmSzKZK1GEmDOCog

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Welcome back to the EAWLC Lunch Coaching Hour Series on Business Communication! This year, we’ll guide you through your career journey—from expanding your professional network and building your personal brand to stepping into leadership, assembling a team, and inspiring others. Register today and grow with us!

Time: On the fourth Thursday @12-1 P.M. (Eastern Time) each month from March to November, excluding July and August.

We are also very grateful to welcome coach Ric back to lead all the sessions this year.

We are taking a break in summer. We will be back in September and will explore leadership communication topics for the remaining sessions of this year. Please email us at info@eawlc.org or follow us at on LinkedIn.

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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?

Judith Lawrence and her native English-speaking volunteer team are kindly facilitating Social Conversations to address those questions for you at the East and West Learning Connections. They come from all walks of life. We are so delighted to have a group of open-minded, friendly, and fun people as our facilitators! You are welcome to bring your own topics of interest to the program. Register here.

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This online club meets ALMOST every week to read books together, chapter by chapter.  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, 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!

Sessions will take place on Saturdays except for holiday breaks or otherwise notified.

Time: Saturdays from February 1, 2025, 7:30 -9 P.M. (Eastern Time).

Registration link for the latest book:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HasokwhiSy6EgUO0MJO0iA#/registration

 

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A Dialogue with Peter Hessler: Managing Cultural Difference and Political Conflict” On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 7:30 – 9:00 P.M. (Eastern Time). Register here.

Peter Hessler (何伟), an award-winning writer and journalist for The New Yorker, will discuss his cross-cultural living experience and reflect on our fast-changing world. He will be interviewed by co-hosts Dr. Fei Song and Ed Shiller and answer questions from the audience.

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Want to become an Entrepreneur? Already an Entrepreneur and have questions?

Come to this 12-session online entrepreneurship lectures offered by Martin Copeland through The East and West Learning Connections for free!

A successful business owner with over 40 years’ experience in practice in both Canada and the U.S., and a business mentor since retirement, Martin would also be happy to answer audience’s questions on everything about entrepreneurship, to share practical advice as well as cultural context, and mindset insight of the business world to help guide early stage entrepreneurs.

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At East & West Dialogue, volunteer guest speakers from different cultural backgrounds come to East and West Learning Connections to share their living experience, expertise, thought, concerns, and have a dialogue with our audience.

Continue reading “East&West Dialogue with Charlotte Dean and Andrew Seok on Theatrical Creation: Solitude and Collaboration”

At East and West Learning Connections, we hold ongoing dialogues with people of different heritages to promote mutual understanding at an individual level. With deep appreciation we thank our guest speakers who volunteer their time to share life experience, expertise, thoughts, advice, and have a conversation with our audience!

We proudly kick off our 2025 Dialogue program with a compassionate lawyer, speaker, author and a super Jazz fan!

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At EAWLC’s Book Talks program, authors come to present their books, and have discussions with our audience. This particular session will be conducted in Mandarin. For English description, please jump to the English part below.

东西联学社诚邀您来我们的书话节目，听作家讲他们自己的作品和作品背后的故事，当面交流、参与讨论。

Continue reading “EAWLC Book Talks with Echo Liu: No Detours in the Black Hole / 彼方书话《黑洞不绕行》”

If you know a good restaurant from your culture, or any restaurant you really like, in Toronto or near vicinities, please kindly share with us!

East and West Learning Connections initiated the Foodies Group in 2024 for its registered members, volunteers, and guest speakers. Group members, coming from different cultural backgrounds, are encouraged to take turns to lead an outing to a restaurant of their choice, and if possible, to think of ways to enhance the experience for the group culturally.  For example, they may share knowledge or stories related to the food/culture, or try to arrange for a cooking demo, etc.

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