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THANK YOU to all our amazing students, academics, researchers, staff, and alumni! Have a wonderful, restful, healthy, and happy holiday!

From the Visual Arts Student Association: "The time has finally come and VASA invites everyone to attend our Annual Silent Art Auction, "Of a Kind," done remote...ly this year starting on New Year’s Day! The online auction launches at MIDNIGHT on New Year’s Day (Friday, January 1st 2021) on our new website: uofavasa.com Bidding period will end on January 3rd at 11:59pm! Artworks from various disciplines created by the U of A Art & Design students will be showcased and up for sale! Proceeds from the auction will go towards the fundraising for our 2021 Grad Show. Please feel free to spread the word and share this invitation to your colleagues, friends, and family! We look forward to all your support!"

Good morning, This will be our last What to Listen and Watch email for 2020. UofA will be closed for it's winter break from December 25 to January 4, 2021, alt...hough classes do not start again until January 11, 2021. It has been a crazy year but all of us at Sound Studies Institute hope you have enjoyed our Monday morning recommendations and we will be back with more in 2021!! Wishing everyone a happy holiday season for 2020. Take care and stay safe!!! Snow Science: Silent Snow https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/snow_science_silent_snow Relaxing Snowfall 2 Hours - Sound of Light Wind Breeze and Falling Snow in Forest youtube.com/watch?v=vz91QpgUjFc

When it comes to Canada’s Constitution, 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Howard Leeson (’72 MA, ’83 PhD, both in Political Science), hasn’t just written books on the subject. He helped write the document itself. Read the profile in New Trail here: http://ow.ly/bzwF50CtVBK UAlberta Alumni University of Alberta #ualberta University of Alberta Political Science

Anthony Goertz's film and master's thesis (in Gender and Social Justice Studies), "The Line," is about the people who work sorting Edmontonians' trash. They are hired because of barriers to employment like criminal records, newcomer status, disabilities or struggles with addiction. "I wanted to show, through their stories, that these people are our brothers, our sisters, our friendspeople who are contributing to society." Congratulations Anthony on you MA and this incredibly powerful film. https://youtu.be/HpHU2GHiZ1o University of Alberta #ualberta20 Department of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Alberta

Growing in rural Georgia, Emily Hull immersed herself in the local fauna, whether that was birds, rabbits, turtles, or less appealingly but still with a curious eye, snakes. Her fascination with the natural world deepened, eventually leading her to study human-animal interactions and zooarchaeology at the university level. Now graduating with a PhD in Anthropology, Hull has focused her research on reindeer and caribou in Canada and Fennoscandia, studying anatomy, osteology, pathologyand of course, their myriad connections to humans. Congratulations Emily! https://www.ualberta.ca//no/convocation-20-emily-hull.html UofA Anthropology Ualberta #ualberta20 University of Alberta Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research #Finland #reindeer

Improvisational performance, photography, sculpture and video are just some of the elements found in artist and MFA candidate Stephanie Patsula’s latest exhibit. Her self-titled show opened today at FAB Gallery and runs until November 27, 2020. Live performances include: The Long Goodbye... November 26, 2020 1:00 p.m. MST Sympathetic Resonances November 27, 2020 5:30 p.m. MST Visits to FAB Gallery are by appointment only. Contact 780-492-2081 or [email protected] to schedule your visit! For more information, visit: ow.ly/2L7C50CtEl9.

Spread Joy. Make a Difference. Become an Arts Holiday Helper! For some, the holiday season can be particularly stressful and difficult. As our UAlberta community continues to study and work remotely, and in lieu of our annual Arts Toasty Toes Sock Drive, we’ve put together a list of 12 organizations and charities that you can donate to directly. See full details about how to access the services and supports offered by these organizations, plus all the information you need to help by making a donation in our UAlberta Arts Insider blog post: https://medium.com//spread-joy-make-a-difference-become-an Or check out the feature on our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/ualberta_arts/ #ArtsHolidayHelpers #UAlberta

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Our #UAlberta20 convocation series introduces Psychology student Idara Effiom. Her dedication to supporting her fellow students and community is easily seen through the countless organizations she volunteers her time with. Congratulations, Idara! https://www.ualberta.ca///convocation-20-idara-effiom.html #ualberta University of Alberta

Join the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of a groundbreaking account of the 193233 famine that ravaged Ukraine as the world looked on indifferently or simply loo...ked away. Anne Applebaum is also the author of Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956; Gulag: A History; and Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe. A graduate of Yale, she has lectured widely at leading universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, London, Belfast, Heidelberg, Zurich, Texas, Toronto, and many others. Published in 2017, Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine, was awarded the Lionel Gelber Prize as well as the Duff Cooper Prize in 2018. The conversation with her runs 51 minutes. The full conversation will be broadcast on the CIUS Facebook page. Saturday, 28 November 2020 | 1:30 P.M. (MST)

Our #ualberta20 Convocation storytelling continues with Aislinn Makowski, a double major in psychology and sociology. She says her Certificate in International Learning (CIL) helped to broaden her view of the world after growing up in a small, homogenous community in Alberta. Congratulations Aislinn! https://www.ualberta.ca//international-learning-during-cov Global Education Program - University of Alberta International University of Alberta

Rolling on with our #UAlberta20 convocation stories, Xuan Xu graduates this year with an unusual double major pairing: Art & Design, and Economics. Art & Design fed her passion for creativity, while Economics helped her understand the world through a different lens -- one of international trade and profit maximization. Best of luck with your future plans, Xuan! https://www.ualberta.ca//novem/convocation-20-xuan-xu.html Art & Design, UAlberta University of Alberta, Department of Economics University of Alberta #UAlberta

ICYMI, last week was International Education Week! Go abroad with Rena Rioux, a third year French and Spanish student in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies: http://ow.ly/zTwE50Ctu5R Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies University of Alberta Global Education Program - University of Alberta International #IEW2020 #UAlberta

What happens when a vocalist from India combines her Malayalam song with the jazz stylings of a Canada-based musician? Or when an audio producer in Kenya applies his African influence to create a new arrangement of a Ukrainian folk song? The answer can be found in a series of new music tracks created by the TranceCultural Orchestra, a COVID-19 era development of the live, face to face music presented for the past three years by the Edmonton TransCultural Orchestra, founded by UAlberta professor of music and ethnomusicologist Michael Frishkopf. Read more: ualberta.ca//international-artists-create-music-from-blend

Mark your calendar! The next University of Alberta Department of Music Virtual Prism concert is coming up on Monday, October 5 at 12 p.m. MST! Trombonist Kathryn Macintosh presents a solo concert featuring repertoire by Jocelyn Morlock and Anthony Plog. Claude Lapalme's piece, Album Leaf in a Bygone Style, which is one of 50 unaccompanied pieces the composer wrote for almost as many different instruments during quarantine, will also be performed. For more information, visit: http://ualberta.ca/.../con.../2020-21/solitary-trombone.html

If you weren't able to visit the FAB Gallery this past month, check out this video profile of Daniel Evans' recent exhibit, Littoral Zone! Be sure to join us next month for Kathleen Murray's exhibit, Patterns Within, running October 6 - 30. Schedule your FAB Gallery visit by contacting Joshua Wade, Gallery & Exhibitions Coordinator at 780-492-2081. For more information, visit: ualberta.ca/arts/shows/gallery-listings/index.html

Today is Orange Shirt Day to honour and remember the experiences and loss of the thousands of children who were stolen from their families and placed in Indian Residential Schools. Find out why we wear orange shirts on this day from the Faculty of Arts' Indigenous Student Engagement & Recruitment Specialist: https://medium.com//why-wear-an-orange-shirt-on-september- University of Alberta #UAlberta #UAlbertaOSD2020

Humanities 101 (HUM) provides free, accessible, supportive, rigorous, university-level courses for communities who would not otherwise have access to university. Due to COVID-19 risks, they are unable to meet in person this term, and many HUM participants do not have access to technology or the internet. So, they have teamed up with CJSR, the University of Alberta's community radio station, to broadcast HUM on air! Please consider donating a portable, battery-operated radio t...o Humanities 101. They are hoping for 20 radios by Tuesday, October 6 in time for distribution to learners for the first show on CJSR on Friday, October 16. If you have a portable battery operated radio to donate or would like to purchase one (examples here or here) please contact [email protected] or call 587-709-5472. Radios can also be sent to: Community Service-Learning, 400 Arts & Convocation Hall. UAlberta Community Service-Learning - CSL Humanities 101 - University of Alberta CJSR FM 88.5 #UALberta See more

ICYMI: Saxophonist Allison Balcetis and flutist Chenoa Anderson presented an amazing improvised concert this past Friday night! Watch it now, and mark your calendars - the next University of Alberta Department of Music Virtual Prism concert is coming up on Monday, October 5 at 12 pm MST when Kathryn Macintosh presents 'Solitary Trombone'! More info at: http://ualberta.ca/.../con.../2020-21/solitary-trombone.html... https://www.youtube.com/watch See more

The toll of COVID-19 on older generations has illuminated the stark consequences of ageism, but age-based mistreatment and discrimination is not new, says Margaret Morganroth Gullette, an internationally known cultural critic in age studies. The pandemic, she says, has only made it worse. Gullette will be speaking at the Department of Women's and Gender Studies’ annual Dallas Cullen Memorial Lecture on October 1. Cullen, a pioneer in the study of women's leadership as well as... gender and organizations, was the first chair of the burgeoning and interdisciplinary Women's Studies Program, which was established in 1987. Earning full department status in 2013, Women's and Gender Studies honours Cullen, who passed away in 2010, with the annual memorial lecture - the signature event of the academic year. To read more about Dr. Gullette's lecture and to register for the event, click on the link below: https://www.ualberta.ca//sept/ageism-and-the-pandemic.html University of Alberta Department of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Alberta Intersections of Gender - University of Alberta #UAlberta See more

Orange Shirt Day started in 2013. Maybe you've seen others wearing orange on September 30th and wondered why. Maybe you've worn an orange shirt yourself. In the latest UAlberta Arts Insider blog post Jackie, Arts' Indigenous Student Engagement & Recruitment Specialist, explains why she wears an orange shirt - and why you might want to too. https://medium.com//why-wear-an-orange-shirt-on-september-... #ualbertaosd2020 #UAlberta_Arts #UAlbertaArtsInsider

Students! While things have changed, global learning has not stopped because of COVID-19. You can still incorporate global learning into your degree without international travel! UAlberta International has curated many opportunities to globalize your degree - no passport required! It's easy and accessible! Check out all of the opportunities available to you at: https://www.ualberta.ca//global-learning-without-travel.ht University of Alberta #UAlberta #artsgo #studyabroad #travel #createyourownpath #artsdegree #proudlyarts

See you TONIGHT at 7 p.m. MST for 'Freeform', presented by the University of Alberta Department of Music. Allison Balcetis, saxophone, and Chenoa Anderson, flute, perform a fully improvised concert in this live-streamed event. Click on the link below to watch!

Congratulations Alan Brownoff ('79 BFA) and Natalie Olsen ('08 BFA) on your recent Alberta Publishing Award wins! Alan Brownoff's book design for 'Knowing and Knots' (edited by Natalie Loveless), and Natalie Olsen's book cover design for 'Echolocation' (by Karen Hofmann), were among the award recipients. For a full list of winners, visit: quillandquire.com//u-of-a-leads-at-the-alberta-publishing/

With a vision of creating a greater understanding of the most important issues of the day, the Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) partnered with the Sustainability Council to appoint five members to the inaugural cohort of Kule Scholars. The Kule Scholars initiative is a new KIAS program designed specifically to encourage the formation of interdisciplinary research around a theme. The 2020-2023 theme is Climate Resilience in the 21st Century. Congratulations to the 2...0202023 Kule Scholars: . . University of Alberta Department of Drama Art & Design, UAlberta U of A Augustana University of Alberta School of Public Health University of Alberta Kule Institute for Advanced Study See more

Join us at 3:00 p.m. MST TODAY for The Future is Arts. Faculty of Arts professors will highlight how the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts develop the core competencies of innovative thinking, ethical reflection, and creative problem-solving, which will help us navigate and succeed through the constant challenges and opportunities in our global society. Click on the link below to view the live panel presentation.... UAlberta Alumni, University of Alberta, #UAlberta

The University of Alberta Department of Music's Virtual Prism concert series continues this Friday, with flutist Chenoa Anderson and saxophonist Allison Balcetis joining forces to present a colour-filled, improvised performance! Incorporating three different sizes of flutes (piccolo, C-flute, alto flute) and three sizes of saxophones (soprano, alto, baritone), Chenoa and Allison will play off each other's ideas -- dialoguing, contrasting, intuiting -- in this live-streamed concert event. Join us for 'Freeform' on Friday, September 25 at 7:00 p.m. MST. More info at: ow.ly/60Tz50BzviT

Coming up TOMORROW: The Future is Arts panel presentation featuring Todd Hirsch ('89 BA, Hons), Aidan Rowe (Art & Design), Kisha Supernant (Anthropology), and Julie Rak (English & Film Studies). Individually and collectively, presenters will discuss how the Fine Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities develop the core competencies of innovative thinking, ethical reflection, and creative problem-solving skills that are necessary to navigate and succeed in the 21st century. The ...Future is Arts will take place on September 24 from 3 - 4 p.m. MST. Please register here: ow.ly/Vv0Z50BzbZJ UAlberta Alumni, University of Alberta, #UAlberta

This is your final week to experience Selene Huff's exhibit "Formed", along with Daniel Evans' exhibit "Littoral Zone", both running now until Friday at FAB Gallery! Click below to learn more about how Selene, a journeyman welder turned artist, created compelling artwork inspired by body movement and physical interactions. Visits are by appointment only, Tuesday - Friday from 12 - 5 p.m. and masks are required. For more information, visit: ualberta.ca/arts/shows/gallery-listings/index.html

Join us TODAY at 5 p.m. MST for a special Speaker Series event, Arts Careers: Impact on the Front Lines. Hear from Arts Alumni working on, and supporting the front line to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and learn how your skills, knowledge and abilities are relevant to creating a positive impact during trying times. Register now at: campusbridge.ualberta.ca/publicEvents.htm?eventId=401... For more info on this and other Arts events taking place during Alumni Week(end), visit: ualberta.ca/arts/alumni-and-giving/arts-alumni/index.html University of Alberta, UAlberta Alumni, #UAlberta

Find out how three incredible alumni have worked to help their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Register now at the link below to find out how an Arts degree can help you make a difference too! http://ow.ly/lIC350BxeNy

Coming up this Friday, in light of the global protests against anti-Black and anti-Indigenous violence, Intersections of Gender (IG) is hosting a conversation with Shirley Anne Tate (incoming Canada Research Chair in Feminism and Intersectionality, Department of Sociology) and Chris Andersen (Dean, Faculty of Native Studies) about institutional racism and the role and responsibilities of post-secondary institutions Friday, September 25 at 1:30 p.m. MST. via Zoom. Please register using the link below: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ig-in-conversation-institutiona Intersections of Gender - University of Alberta The Faculty of Native Studies University of Alberta #UAlberta

TODAY at 3 pm! The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and the Intersections of Gender Signature Area at the University of Alberta invite you to the first lecture in the 2020 Feminist Research Speaker Series: Drag Queen Miss Chief Eagle Testickle Indigenizes and Queers the Archive and the Repertoire with Dr. Jean O'Hara (Department of Drama) at 3 pm, via Zoom. Register here: ow.ly/b98w50BwYcO This presentation focuses on the performance work of Swampy Cree Two-Spirit mu...ltifaceted artist Kent Monkman and his alter ego, the drag queen Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. First created in his paintings, the trickster figure purposefully disrupts the colonizing gaze of white cis landscape painters who long had erased, misrepresented and fetishized the Indigenous peoples of what is now called Canada and the United States. Dr. Jean O’Hara is an assistant professor in the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta. She directs and teaches theatre and has worked in partnership with Indigenous communities for the past fifteen years, including with Native Earth Performing Arts, the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, and Spiderwoman Theater. Her research interests include the intersectionality of race, class, gender, (dis)ability, and sexuality in performance art and theatre as well as Indigenous theatre and representation. O'Hara is the editor of Two-Spirit Acts: Indigenous Queer Performances. University of Alberta #UAlberta Intersections of Gender - University of Alberta Department of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Alberta University of Alberta Department of Drama