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What new role can universities play in a post-pandemic world? Join us for an online panel discussion exploring the future of community engagement as a method of teaching, research and scholarship. In the context of ongoing social fractures, polarization and inequality, this panel will envision a way forward for university-community engagement that speaks to these tensions. When: Thu, Jan. 28, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM... Where: Online via Zoom Register to receive link: http://bit.ly/SFUafterthepandemic See more

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival announces the lineup for the newly formed PuSh Rally, January 28 to February 6, 2021. This year's festival is a free online series designed to respond directly to this deeply uncertain moment in our cultural sector. Curated by two of Vancouver’s most celebrated theatre artists, Theatre Replacement’s Maiko Yamamoto and Neworld Theatre’s Marcus Youssef, the Rally will include a variety of artist encounters and conversations, internat...ional artist presentations, and surprise performances from some of the world’s finest artists, thought leaders, and change makers. Program information here: https://pushfestival.ca/push-rally/ #PuShFestival #PuShRally #YVR #yvrarts

REGISTER NOW! Explore our free online 2021 PuSh Rally program designed to respond directly to the deeply uncertain moment in the cultural sector by connecting... PuSh audiences, artists, and industry leaders from around the globe. Join Maiko Yamamoto, Marcus Youssef, Sarah Schulman, Carmen Aguirre & more, Jan 28Feb 6, 2021. Learn more at www.pushfestival.ca/push-rally.

A virtual lecture by Fred Kudjo Kuwornu on the movement for Black lives in Italy, offering a cultural and semantic framework to interpret the current condition in Italy with the contest of the past of Italian Colonialism This event is hosted by Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University and proudly supported by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Register: http://bit.ly/3bhxzK9

And that’s a wrap! Today is the last day to stream Bah Humbug! online. All of us at SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs, Vancouver Moving Theatre, and Full Circle: First Nations Performance want to extend our most heartfelt thanks to you, the community, for your unwavering support for this project. We’re so grateful that you love the show! #BahHumbug #christmasiscoming #christmasready #holiday #christmas #carol #spirit #yvr #yvrarts #SFUWoodwards #BahHumbug2020 #sfuw

Gathering: Go together SFU Galleries Friday, November 27, 12 2pm PST www.sfu.ca/makebelievebathroom With Make-Believe Bathroom, Amy Lam creates a virtual space that provides an opportunity for escape or anonymous exchange, acknowledging the many ways in which the private and the public touch. ... Join the artist for group visit hours in the Make-Believe Bathroom. Bring your friends and use the chat rooms to vent, ask questions, give advice, gossip, et cetera.

Help put Bard Back on the Beach Help to put Bard on the Beach by taking part in this vital fundraising campaign! Bard's Board of Directors have banded together with some of Bard's visionary donors and promised Bard $300,000 if they are able to raise another $300,000 from you the incredible Bard Community. This total of $600,000 would play a huge part in achieving the goal of returning the Festival to the Park in 2021, and offsetting the financial gap they'll inevitably face in the coming year. Please browse through the link below and find out the difference your donation can make today. Donate: https://bardonthebeach.org/

Reading: Danielle LaFrance: JUST LIKE I LIKE IT Wednesday, November 25, 5:30PM PST Presented on Zoom Please contact [email protected] to register.... Co-presented with Talonbooks, this reading with poet Danielle LaFrance will be introduced by author Catriona Strang. In JUST LIKE I LIKE IT (2019), LaFrance combines poetry and autotheory as a means of targeting ideological infatuation, spilling into an obsession with ideological abolishment. JUST LIKE I LIKE IT searches for ways to kill and abolish "it," seeking means to get it done right even when attempted slowly and stupidly, even if the only way out is death. SFU Galleries http://www.sfu.ca//SFUGalleriesE/2020/LaFranceReading.html

A reading of Beyond, a new script by Jenifer Brousseau that grapples with indigenous teen suicide. Followed by conversation with Jenifer. Jenifer Reads Interactive workshop on Zoom | Free / donation appreciated Mon, November 2, 2020 | 12:00 PM 2:00 PM MST... Presented in association with SFUW Cultural Programs! Imagin’Nation Collective returns to the festival with new work in development. In response to the continuing Indigenous teen suicide crisis, writer Jenifer Brousseau is developing the screenplay Beyond, the story of a bullied and suicidal teenager who is thrown on an unexpected vision quest when she is catapulted into a world beyond her imagination. Join Jenifer on ZOOM for a conversation about the project and a viewing of the screenplay-in-development, filmed by director Sarah Kelley and videographer Patrick Wakefield, read by a cast including Jules Koostachin, Solla Hill, Olivia Lucas, Mitchell Saddleback, and Morgan Whitehead.

Musician, community activist, and founder of The Downtown Eastside Centre For The Arts Vancouver Dalannah Gail Bowen joins Am Johal on Below The Radar to reflect on a career in making music and cultivating space for community arts. Listen here, or wherever you find podcasts! https://bit.ly/belowtheradar90

Register now for DanceHouse's Speaking of Dance - Future Memory November 26 | 11 AM | Free | Online DanceHouse’s new online series Speaking of Dance focuses the spotlight on the exceptional artists who have previously presented work on the DanceHouse stage. ... Register: http://www.sfu.ca///events1/2020-fall/SpeakingofDance.html

The Dance Centre presents Mary-Louise Albert: Solo Dances/Past into Present December 3-17 | Online | $10 Two generations of Canadian contemporary dance artists come together in an evening of vibrant solo works helmed by Mary-Louise Albert. Having retired from performing twenty years ago following a distinguished career as a dancer, Albert is reviving three solos she commissioned from leading Canadian choreographers, for a new generation of outstanding female performers. Peter... Bingham’s Woman Walking (away); Tedd Robinson’s (oLOS); and Allen Kaeja’s Trace Elements will be performed. Joyful, yearning, vivacious, and dramatic, these eclectic, beautifully crafted solos encompass a world of emotions. Purchase Tickets: https://thedancecentre.ca//mary-louise-albert-/2020-12-03/

Every year, the Downtown Eastside community looks forward to the Heart of the City Festival . This year, more than ever, Downtown Eastside residents and artists seek opportunities for cultural exchange and to get together. Due to circumstances of the pandemic, they have reimagined this year’s festival to have programming mostly online and outdoors. Free | Various | October 28, 2020 - November 8, 2020 | Online | Various in-person locations The 2020 Festival theme, This Gives U...s Strength, resonates today as our community copes with a worldwide pandemic, physical distancing, ongoing displacement, the fentanyl crisis, and the raw realities of bigotry and systemic racism. We take strength from the compelling creativity of Downtown Eastside-involved artists and residents who illuminate the vitality, relevance and resilience of the Downtown Eastside community and its diverse and rich traditions, knowledge systems, ancestral languages, cultural roots and stories. SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs is proud to be involved in several events including: AN EVENING WITH DALANNAH GAIL BOWEN OCTOBER 29, 2020 | 7-9 PM | FREE WORKSHOP READING: BEYOND WITH JENIFER BROUSSEAU NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | 11 AM - 1 PM | FREE #hotcf #festival #community #Vancouver #vancouverevents #dtes

Vancouver Podcast Festival is on now! November 18-22 | Single ticket $10 | Pass $25 | Online The Vancouver Podcast Festival, presented by DOXA Documentary Film Festival returns for its 2020 ‘At Home’ edition. VanPodFest offers a robust mix of live events, workshops, and panels over the course of five days. SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs is partnering with VanPodFest to bring you the Producer's Roundtable, on Sunday Nov. 22 at 1:00pm PST.. Find out how to produce a studio-...quality podcast in the comfort of your own home. Purchase Tickets: http://ow.ly/aPt450CpNzB

Vancouver Podcast Festival Trivia Night At Home Edition October 28 | 7:30 PM | Online | $10/person Calling all podcast lovers, pop culture fanatics, and trivia titans near and far! Join co-hosts Hannah McGregor, Lisa Christiansen, and Andrea Warner on Wednesday, October 28th for an evening of online trivia by Quiz Master Carlos to raise money for DOXA Documentary Film Festival in support of Vancouver Podcast Festival.... Purchase Tickets: https://www.vanpodfest.ca/vanpodfest-trivia-night-home-edit

Below The Radar interviews interdisciplinary artist and proud 'queerdo' Jen Sungshine! Listen to hear Jen in conversation with Am Johal about her practice and her work with the Love Intersections collective to address systemic racism and queerphobia through art making. Available wherever you find podcasts!

SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs is launching a new newsletter next week! Exciting news - SFUW Cultural Programs is launching a fresh newsletter! Starting Thursday, November 26, all SFUW CP news will be exclusively in a separate newsletter from our current one. If you wish to continue receiving our weekly events and updates, you will need to subscribe, even though you are currently subscribed to this newsletter. SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement will continue to use this newsletter on a monthly basis, so make sure to stay subscribed for their updates, including about new episodes of Below The Radar! Subscribe: http://secure.campaigner.com/CSB/Public/Form.aspx

This week on Below The Radar, we hear from Kari Grain of SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative, on cultivating meaningful partnerships with community across different university initiatives. She and Am Johal discuss the impacts of experiential learning on communities and the ethics of community-engaged research. Listen here! https://bit.ly/belowtheradar89

Queer Arts Festival and SUM Gallery ’s NEW fall exhibition runs from Oct 29 - Dec 1st. Time-Lapse: Posthumous Conversations is a memorial retrospective of late disability art pioneer Geoff McMurchy’s artwork. Check out their page and RSVP to all their events! Timed-entry appointments to visit the exhibition can be booked now: https://bit.ly/3jeQVA6

Vancouver Writers Fest Presents: Fairytales and Legends October 23 | 1 PM | By Donation | Online via Zoom | Moderator: Sirish Rao Oral and written traditions have produced some of the world’s best-known and fascinating tales, from Gilgamesh to the Trickster, Beauty and the Beast and mythologies born on the islands of Hawai’i. Prepare to revisit humanity’s oldest and most beloved story formsand see them reformed into meaningful messages for our modern world. Presented in co...llaboration with Indian Summer Festival . Register: https://writersfest.bc.ca/2020-fest/fairytales-and-legends/

Whose city is it anyway? Who does it embrace, who does it marginalize, and who does it push away from legibility? Whose bodies matter and whose don’t? Is the ‘Right to the City’ just words on a page? Am Johal's presentation from "Pandemics & Long-Range Planning" is now up on our blog, with added resources and readings. Thanks to SFU Public Square and SFU Urban Studies for hosting this vital conversation!

Mark your calender for Wednesday, October 28 to Sunday November 8, 2020 The 17th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival is quickly approaching! Over 100 events throughout the Downtown Eastside and online Heart of the City Festival... Many events can be enjoyed from the comfort of your home (or one of their screening rooms or viewing outposts), while others can be enjoyed in person. There's a lot to take in, so take a few minutes to explore their website and start filling in your calendar. This Gives Us Strength is their 2020 Festival theme: Those sources that our community draws upon as we, like others across the land, cope with a worldwide pandemic, physical distancing and isolation, ongoing and growing displacement, the tragic realities of the fentanyl crisis, and the legacies of systemic racism. This year's Festival will be experienced both live and online, as the Downtown Eastside community shares with each other, and our guests, our stories, history, heritage, culture, concerns, hopes, dreams and visions for the future. http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/ #hotcf #vancouver #festival #yvrevents #community #dtes #arts #explorebc #celebration

2020 Sterling Prize Ceremony and Lecture with Tamara Starblanket SFU Public Square October 29 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Free with registration Tamara Starblanket is the recipient of the 2020 Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy for her book Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State. Watch a livestream of the event, which addresses Canada’s role in changing the definition of genocide and the legal ramifications internationally.... Register: http://www.sfu.ca//2020-sterling-prize-ceremony-and-lectur

The Writers' Exchange is hiring! Apply to be their Senior Manager, Youth Programs by 9am on Thursday, Oct. 29. Help them deliver their fantastic literacy programs to high school aged youth. Included are: full health and dental benefits and "the opportunity to make slime on a regular basis."

Apply to CityHive's Envirolab: Zero Waste & the Circular Economy When: Apply by November 1 The Envirolab is a series of thematic labs that engage youth from a variety of backgroundscultural, academic, professional and lived experiencesto dive deep into pressing urban sustainability challenges and create projects that address them.... Apply: https://cityhive.ca/innovation-labs/envirolab/

Work with the Union of BC Indian Chiefs UBCIC Posting will remain open until filled. The UBCIC is looking for a full-time Project Manager to fill a six-month contract. Reporting to the UBCIC Policy Director, the successful candidate will lead the technical development of the First Nations Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, which addresses climate change and managing dynamic projects in a limited timeline.... Apply: https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/contract_full_time_project_manager

Configurations in Motion: Performance Curation and Communities of Colour 2020, 4th Iteration Made in BC - Dance on Tour Today- October 16 | 6 PM | FREE In this inaugural online series, Configurations in Motion: Performance Curation and Communities of Colour explores topics that impact communities of colour. Presentations offered by performance curators, artists, and scholars from the States; an ongoing conversation with Vancouver, BC-based performance curators, and; an online... showing of works-in-process from dance artists participating in PROJECT 686km Artistic Exchange. This event is a partnership with SLIPPAGE: PERFORMANCE | CULTURE | TECHNOLOGY @Duke University, and co-presented by SFU Woodwards Cultural Programming. http://www.sfu.ca/.../2020-fall/ConfigurationsinMotion.html

BIPOC TV & Film- A roster of Canadian BIPOC creatives and crew HireBIPOC will facilitate and increase BIPOC hiring in Canadian media & entertainment (television, film, digital) - whether Canadian or shot-in-Canada - in roles at all levels, across all areas of the industry - including production (above and below the line), behind the scenes, communications & marketing, and on-air. HireBIPOC will be the most comprehensive roster of roles in the Canadian tv, film, and digital me...dia and will encompass jobs in production as well as at media companies and arts organizations. The site will be available in both English and French. HireBIPOC’s category list will be extensive and include roles across all experience/education levels.. You can sign up to be hired, or to hire. Sign Up: https://www.hirebipoc.ca/

Head over to our Instagram page to enter our giveaway! Giveaway! We've teamed up with Vancouver South African Film Festival and Toronto South African Film Festival to giveaway two tickets to any film from November 1-12. TO ENTER:... 1 LIKE this post 2 Follow us @sfuwoodwards , Vancouver South African Film Festival and Toronto South African Film Festival 3 TAG a friend in the comment 4 If you SHARE on your story this post, you will be entered an additional entry for the giveaway, please tag @sfuwoodwards when you repost to your story! https://www.instagram.com/p/CGYvextBdnr/ This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram. No purchase necessary. One winner will be randomly selected from all the eligible entries. You may enter only once, unless you choose to share this post on your story you will have two entries. The winner will be notified via Instagram direct messages in which they used to enter and must respond within 48 hours to claim the prize. This contest ends on Thursday October 22nd, 2020 at 11:59 PM. The winner will be chosen using a random generator. This giveaway is only eligible through Instagram. #SFUWoodwards #Giveaway #SAFF2020 #VSAFF #TSAFF #Film #Documentaries #SouthAfrican #SFU

Simon Fraser University has supported Indian Summer Festival since the festival was born 10 years ago - we're deeply proud of everything that we achieved together. Thank you, SFU. We hope to nurture this relationship for many years to come. Song: Akhiyan | No Peace in My Sight by Jhalaak

DanceHouse's Speaking of Dance - Future Memory November 26 | 11 AM | Free | Online DanceHouse’s new online series Speaking of Dance focuses the spotlight on the exceptional artists who have previously presented work on the DanceHouse stage. The first edition, co-presented with SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, features Jacob Boehme (Ilbijerri Theatre Company), Hervé Koubi (Compagnie Hervé KOUBI), Sonia Destri Lie (Companhia Urbana de Dança) and others. ... Register: https://dancehouse.ca/event/speaking-of-dance-future-memory/

Join Vancouver Queer Film Festival for a Watch Party: The Half of It TODAY- October 15 | 7 PM | Free | Netflix To join VQFF's Watch Party, simply sign in to your Netflix account and play the film from the link they'll provide you with on Thursday October 15 by 6:30pm. They're using the newly created ‘Netflix Party’ Google Chrome extension that allows users to synchronize viewing with friends and chat while watching together. You will need to use the Google Chrome browser.... Register: https://www.goelevent.com/VQFF/e/VQFFWatchPartyTheHalfofIt #VQFF #WatchParty #Netflix #NetflixParty #TheHalfofIt #Film

"An Intimate Festival": A Recap of Festival of Recorded Movement F-O-R-M Festival of Recorded Movement wrapped up in late September, and by all accounts, it was a huge success. F-O-R-M had 2700+ viewers, who streamed events from 17 countries, which was possible due to their shift to a digital festival. According to Tamar Tabori, Youth Curator, the switch to digital allowed for more intimacy. "I had projected that the festival would be a more intimate experience for both artis...ts and audiences. It was exciting to give a platform to young artists who are combining different styles of work into one cohesive piece". For Sophia Wolfe, Artistic Director, it was critical to connect with the artists. "We approached the festival with emphasis on creating more space for the artists to share and connect; with an open heart, kindness, generosity and did our best to respond to their needs. Switching to digital gave us an opportunity to connect with the artists in ways we haven't been able to before". SFUW Cultural Programs extends a heartfelt congratulations to the entire F-O-R-M team on an incredible festival! You can help support their 2021 festival by donating. Donate: https://www.f-o-r-m.ca/donate

A powerful new episode from Below The Radar, featuring Ta7talíya Nahanee, a decolonial facilitator and strategist catalyzing social change to transform colonial narratives and impacts. Ta7talíya speaks to working with people to untangle neocolonial systems of oppression, from founding Decolonizing Practices to creating the Sínulhkay and Ladders board game as a part of her MA from SFU - School of Communication, bringing decolonizing practices into academic spaces. Ta7Talíya is also an Associate of the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. Listen to the interview here, or wherever you find podcasts: http://bit.ly/belowtheradar81

CreativeMornings/Vancouver : David Whyte November 6 | 8:30 - 10 AM | Free | Online via Zoom Join CreativeMornings Vancouver for a talk with David Whyte as part of their theme 'Radical'! CreativeMornings attendees gather to not only celebrate a city’s creative talent, but also promote an open space to connect with like-minded individuals. Registration for this talk is now open! ... Register: https://creativemornings.com/talks/david-whyte-online #CMVan #CMRadical #creativemorningsvancouver

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Are you ready for the South African Film Festival? Vancouver South African Film Festival Toronto South African Film Festival November 1-12 | $10+ tickets | $85+ pass The highly anticipated South African Film Festival - now nationwide and virtual - showcases the best of South African film with an award-winning lineup of features, documentaries and shorts that inspire, inform and entertain. This unique Festival reflects the outstanding cinema produced by South Africa’s diverse ...population, its rich tradition of struggle for democracy and equity and its complex political and economic reality. All proceeds support Education without Borders programs in Canada and South Africa. Purchase Tickets: https://www.vsaff.org Head over to our Instagram page to enter our giveaway! The giveaway ends tonight at 11:59PM. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGYvextBdnr/ #SFUWoodwards #Giveaway #SAFF2020 #VSAFF #TSAFF #Film #Documentaries #SouthAfrican #SFU

East Van youth are leading the way with a set of clearly-outlined recommendations to centre Indigenous voices in policymaking. Listen to Below The Radar's conversation with Jessica Savoy and Edgard Villanueva-Cruz of Aboriginal Life In Vancouver Enhancement (ALIVE), and read their full report linked in the show notes to learn more!

Have you had a podcast idea lurking in your closet, but you just haven’t managed to get the ball rolling? Join Debbie + Kimit from Vancouver Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO on Saturday October 31st from 10am - 12pm for a virtual podcasting workshop. You will learn: What a podcast is and how it differs from radio... The different formats and genres Script and Interview tips & techniques Equipment and software recommendations Basic editing with Audacity How to distribute your podcast and get it on all of the big podcast players such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify How to promote your podcast. To register, visit www.coopradio.org/fall2020. Entry is $20 per person.

Join Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO for a fun virtual trivia night on Monday October 26th from 6:30pm - 7pm. Test out your general knowledge, local music expertise, and your Co-op Radio knowledge! There will be fun prizes for our top scorers! To register, visit www.coopradio.org/fall2020. Entry is $10 per individual or social bubble. You can also tune into Vancouver Co-op Radio, 100.5FM from 5pm - 6:30pm for the pre-show party. Then continue listening from 6:30pm - 7pm for the live trivia simulcast!

Transmissions Expanded is an online portal to educational materials related to Lisa Jackson’s Transmissions art installation: an opportunity to dig deeper into the languages, the revitalization efforts and the cross-disciplinary thinking that animates the artwork. Transmissions Expanded gives a glimpse into what the Elders mean when they say the culture is in the language. Explore: https://transmissionsx.com/