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”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.
Continue reading “EAWLC Foodies Group: Tasting Cultures in Cuisines”
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!
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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)
At East & West Dialogue, volunteer guest speakers from different cultural backgrounds come to East and West Learning Connections to share their living experiences, expertise, thoughts, and have a dialogue with our audience.
This month, we are very much honoured to be joined by two humble, but highly achieving Canadians who have big hearts for the world. Come to see how they have developed their overseas charitable work from Canada over many years, in a secular and apolitical way, and discuss how such acts of kindness, whether big or small, can easily be achieved!
Time: Saturday September 28, 2024 at 7:30-9 P.M. (Eastern Time)
Please RSVP to info@eawlc.org if you wish to participate in person, or register the online Zoom session.
Continue reading “East & West Dialogue with Ron Kilius and Robin Mednick: Giving Gifts to the World”*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?
Continue reading “English Social Conversation @East and West Learning Connections 2024”At East & West Dialogue, volunteer guest speakers from different cultural backgrounds come to East and West Learning Connections to share their living experiences, thoughts and concerns, and have a dialogue with our audience.
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!
Time: Saturday June 29, 2024 at 7:30 – 9 P.M. (Eastern Time)
Please RSVP to info@eawlc.org if you wish to participate in person or register the online Zoom session. .
Continue reading “East & West Dialogue with Keith Garebian and Jirair Tutunjian: The Odysseys of Recovering”In our Book Talks program, authors and/or translators come to introduce their books, and facilitate discussions with our audience.
This month, we are delighted to have Toronto-based author Evelyn Chau to talk about her second works, a communication techniques book How To Speak To Anyone: Communication Tactics for the Quietly Ambitious Who Want to be Seen, Heard and Valued.
Time: Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 7:30-9 P.M. (Eastern Time)
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