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East & West Dialogue with Shen Wei and Promise XU: Creating and Growing Mulan International Film Festival in Toronto

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Watch this wonderful dialogue on our YouTube channel:

English version (please make it a clickable link using https://youtu.be/Ox-x4NOi-Dg)

Chinese version (please make it clickable using https://youtu.be/xLc1j6aYHPM)

Write to info@eawlc.org to get a 10% discount when purchasing tickets online.  Here’s the schedule and ticket link(pleases make it clickable using https://mulanfestival.com/festival-2025-schedule/). Continue reading “East & West Dialogue with Shen Wei and Promise XU: Creating and Growing Mulan International Film Festival in Toronto”

EAWLC Entrepreneur Mentoring Program with Martin Copeland 2025

May 14, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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

Learn more about the series and click here to register.

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.

This course is developed by Martin specifically for our audience; each lecture will be broken into several sections, and certain sections will relate more specifically to the immigrant community. The total 12 lectures will span over 2025-27 in the quarterly EAWLC Entrepreneurship Mentoring Program.

 

EAWLC Dialogue with Peter Hessler: Managing Cultural Difference and Political Conflict

May 21, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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.

Peter, a prolific author, has earned widespread admiration for his vivid depictions of the spirit and complexities of contemporary societies by examining the lives of ordinary people, and for his courage in stating inconvenient truths in the face of criticism from both sides in a political conflict.

 

Learn more or click here to register.

EAWLC Dialogue with Peter Hessler: Managing Cultural Difference and Political Conflict

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

April 26, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

This month, please come to meet with a renowned set and costume designer, and one of the best up and coming musical producers and song writers in Canada, and go through what it takes to get a production to opening night, and explore together the purpose in creating art, the process, and the future of the arts!

Time: Saturday April 26, 2025 at 7:30-9 P.M. (Eastern Time)

Venue: 1585 Yonge Street, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church (Use the Toronto School for Strings and Piano entrance)

Free parking, close to St. Clair Subway Station.

Please RSVP to info@eawlc.org if you wish to participate in person.

Or register the online Zoom session at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/riIGu3XmSoq2VGUWjyF0kA

Lunch Coaching Hour on Business Communication Session #4 Understanding Office Politics

June 26, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

EAWLC Lunch Coaching Hour on Business Communication

Session #4: Understand Office Politics

Learn more on the event page and register here.

Is it ok to speak over my boss’s head and talk to their boss? If someone takes credit for your work without acknowledging your contribution, how should you respond? Please join us for the June session if these these questions bothering you at work.

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

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.

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EAWLC Dialogue with Peter Thurton

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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