East and West Learning Connections is very much delighted to bring to our audience this interesting conversation with a retired American journalist, author, publisher, and adventurous social justice advocate since young!
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EAWLC Outstanding Service Award Winners
East and West Learning Connections (EAWLC) is run by volunteers. Without their talents, commitment, and hard work, all the programs we have offered to the public just cannot possibly come into reality. Every year at our Annual General Meeting, our Board chooses a number of winners to receive the EAWLC Outstanding Service Awards based on time commitment, task impact, and organization involvement in the previous year. The award does not apply to board directors, advisors, or guest speakers, even though they are also volunteers to whom we are deeply grateful for their help. Each year there will be friends generously donating some cool items so we can give the winners as a gift. The winners are the representatives of all EAWLC volunteers who all come to help us with a giving heart for the community. Thank you so much, members, volunteers, and donors, for your great support and contributions!
2025 EAWLC Outstanding Service Award winners
East&West Dialogue with James German and Nathaniel Kingsley Quaw: Voice from West Africa
In our East&West Dialogue program, esteemed guest speakers from different cultural backgrounds volunteer their time to share life stories, knowledge, thoughts, concerns, and have a conversation with our audience.
We proudly kick off our 2024 dialogue with two guest speakers from Ghana. They will tell us about this west African country, their interesting work, the life of neighbouring communities, hopes and concerns, some tips for tourists, and more!
EAWLC Book Talks with George Elliott Clarke: Where Beauty Survived
Our Book Talks program brings to our audience an author, a translator, or sometimes an avid reader to share a book of their choice and facilitate discussions.
A Canadian Poet Laureate (2016-17), Professor George Elliott Clarke is also a prize-winning novelist and screenwriter, a celebrated lyricist and librettist, an internationally recognized essayist and scholar, and a revered poetry recitalist and memoirist. Continue reading “EAWLC Book Talks with George Elliott Clarke: Where Beauty Survived”
Poly-Translation: From Art to Poetry to Film
Come to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the City of Mississauga with its Inaugural Poet Laureate through poetry, art, and film!
This free Zoom meeting is hosted by Anna Yin and supported by East and West Learning Connections.
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Happy Loong or Dragon New Year and Family Day the Canadian Way
By Yang Wang
February 19, 2024
CCB Toronto Visionaries, a peer support organization for the blind, organized a trip to the Lunar New Year Reading and Tea at Montgomery’s Inn yesterday. The event was a celebration of the Lunar New Year (Feb 10-24) and the Family Day (Feb 18). Montgomery’s Inn was a museum in Toronto, turned from a historic inn built in the early 19th century. It was free for visionary members but was attended by a full room of people from across the city from all kinds of cultural backgrounds, age groups, and professions.
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Living with Cultural Barriers: A Speech, a Poem and the EAWLC / 我的文化差异体验
By Yang Wang
I was invited to give a speech at Don Heights Unitarian Congregation on October 15, 2023 to introduce East and West Learning Connections (the EAWLC). I shared my personal stories and observations of cultural difference, barriers for first generation immigrants, problems the immigrant community face to realize the two-way diversity process, and what the EAWLC had been doing to help address those concerns. Thanks to the engaging audience, their frank and thoughtful questions, plus interesting stories made my wish for a meaningful conversation come true!
Continue reading “Living with Cultural Barriers: A Speech, a Poem and the EAWLC / 我的文化差异体验”5 Poets Breaking Into Song (Tenth)
Former national poet laureate George Elliott Clarke, the Canadian Music Centre, the League of Canadian Poets, and the East and West Learning Connections will bring you another feast of poetry and music! It is the 10th edition of Clarke’s “5 Poets Breaking Into Song” series that presents the beautiful creations of renowned Canadian poets and award-winning composers and singers.
Reading for Culture with Emma 2023 ：History of English
English literature professor Emma Gorst will lead us to read articles from
recent magazines, newspapers or online resources, and facilitate discussions
on various social and cultural topics.
Theme of this month: History of English
December 6, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
EAWLC Book Talks with Sheila White : The Letters Postmark Prejudice in Black and White
Our Book Talks program invites an author, a translator, or an avid reader to talk about a book and facilitate discussions.
Join us for a thought-provoking evening with author Sheila White exploring The Letters, a novel based on the true story of her parents’ mixed marriage in Toronto in 1947 at a time when racist attitudes tried to keep Blacks and whites apart!
December 2, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm