East and West Learning Connections
At East and West Learning Connections (the Organization), we promote life experience and thought exchange between people of different cultural backgrounds at an individual level. While we greatly appreciate our guest speakers kindly taking the time to share their life stories, thoughts, concerns, and/or suggestions with our audience, the guest speakers’ opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Organization’s. We encourage our audience always to exercise critical thinking, and have frank dialogues with guest speakers as well as with one another, and the Organization.
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!
Continue reading “EAWLC Dialogue with Peter Thurton”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.
Continue reading “EAWLC Lunch Coaching Hour on Business Communication, 2025”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》”Want to become an Entrepreneur? Already an Entrepreneur and have questions?
The East and West Learning Connections proudly kicks off a quarterly entrepreneur mentoring program hosted by Dr. Frank Wang, inviting business mentor Martin Copeland to sit in, and answer audience’s questions on everything about entrepreneurship. A successful business owner with over 40 ears’ experience in practice in both Canada and the U.S., and a business mentor since retirement, Martin would be happy to share practical advice as well as cultural context, and mindset insight of the business world to help guide early stage entrepreneurs.
You can bookmark this playlist for all videos of Martin’s lectures and Q&As at East and West Learning Connections’ YouTube Channel.
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.
Continue reading “Social Conversations at East and West Learning Connections 2025”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.
Continue reading “EAWLC Foodies Group: Tasting Cultures in Cuisines”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/bSMehcjHTWy_yBsTLUk2Ww#/registration
Continue reading “EAWLC Social Reading Club/读点东西俱乐部: Read Together, Chapter by Chapter”
Join us in this fascinating tour of Toronto Zoo guided by a prominent scientist who has devoted to animal study and wild life protection for decades! Moreover, the Zoo has kindly offered a complimentary animal encounter for us. We may also meet with the Zoo’s CEO.
Time: Sunday December 1, 2024 at 10 a.m. to noon (Eastern Time)
Continue reading “EAWLC Tour of Toronto Zoo Guided by Dr. Andrew Lentini”EAWLC Lunch Coaching Hour for Business Communication 2024
Due to popular demand, we are delighted to announce the return of the renowned communication trainer, Ric Phillips, for workplace culture and business communication coaching. Register here!
Continue reading “EAWLC Lunch Coaching Hour for Business Communication, 2024”
At our monthly East & West Dialogue, guest speakers from different cultural backgrounds volunteer their time and expertise to share life experiences, thoughts, concerns, , and have a dialogue with our audience.
This month, we are very much delighted to welcome two renowned Canadian poets and writers, Alice Major and DC Reid, who both have broad interest in literature, science, and social issues. They’ll talk about how they came to make their living as writers, and share how their interest in science informs their work. They’ll also talk about having some of their poetry translated into Chinese, and together with their translator, Mississauga’s first poet laureate Anna Yin, read a little of their work.
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Time: Sunday October 27, 2024 at 7-8:30 P.M. (Eastern Time; starts at 5 P.M. Mountain Time, and 4 P.M. Pacific Time)