What's on
May 3 to May 24
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Planning on Graduating?
The mandatory University Writing Test (UWT) will be held May 11. Students cannot graduate without successfully completing this test. Register now by visiting the Birks Student Service Centre or by logging into the Portal. For more about the test, see the UWT site: universitywritingtest.concordia.ca
Exposed
This year's annual year-end exhibition of the Design and Computation Arts undergraduates is called Exposed and will be on display at EV 7.745 until May 6. The exhibition aims to showcase students’ accomplishments through a wide array of media, including image, sound and computer-based multimedia. The vernissage will be held May 3 at 7 p.m. For more information, email exposed@alcor.concordia.ca, or visit the Exposed website: exposed.concordia.ca/2007/
12 Stories/Histoires
The fifth annual Department of Design and Computation Arts graduate exhibition, entitled 12 Stories/Histoires, is currently on display at EV 6.720 until May 6. The exhibition presents a diverse range of projects, the results of year-long graduate certificate program investigations into areas of ethical design, experimental and new media, narrative form, interactivity and performance. For more: wordbutler@gmail.com
Digital Diversity
RCI viva, Radio Canada International's Web service for new and aspiring immigrants, launched Digital Diversity, a new creative media competition on the theme of immigration and cultural diversity. All permanent Canadian residents and Canadian citizens aged 18-35 are invited to submit a 3- to 8-minute short film or radio podcast that takes an original, constructive look at immigration in Canada or that profiles an inspiring figure or emerging talent from a cultural community. All genres are accepted, including comedy, drama, thriller and science fiction. For more information on the competition, its rules and entry procedures: www.rcinet.ca/digitaldiversity. Deadline for submission is June 29, 2007.
Reaping compost
The compost systems need your help! Two sifters will be built and painted and compost will be harvested on the SGW campus on May 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., lunch breaks from 1 to 2 p.m, the Loyola campus on May 7. The compost needs to be harvested from the system in the back of the PS building. Please confirm your presence at recycle@alcor.concordia.ca and mention the date and time that you will be there.
On your marks...
The pull of the switch, the activation, the triggering — that first yelp into the air. Start is part of the latest exhibition at the Ellen Gallery, Start Stop, opening Saturday, May 5 at 4 p.m. The exhibit features the work of Olivia Boudreau, Peter Courtemanche, Cal Crawford, Stephen Ellwood, Marla Hlady, Adrian Piper and Liv Strand in the forms of performance, installation, audio, drawing, text, sculpture and video. Find out more: ellengallery.concordia.ca
A new look at Schultz
Norman Ravvin will be presenting his artistic vision of Bruno Shultz’s literary works at "Bruno Schulz (1892-1942) New readings, new meanings", an international conference hosted by the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences at McGill on May 4 and 5.
Bruno Schulz was a Polish writer, illustrator and graphic artist of Jewish descent, born in Drohobycz in 1892 and shot to death by a Gestapo officer in 1942 on the street of his home town. A worldwide fascination with Schulz' literary works is confirmed by growing numbers of translations, commentaries and critical studies that show him as an exceptional artist of the first half of the twentieth century. For more on the conference, www.brunoschulz.mcgill.ca
Community-building
The Institute in Management and Community Development will be holding its 15th annual Summer Program from June 10 to 15, 2007. Every year participants, trainers, speakers, resource persons and work-exchange participants (volunteers) make up the nearly one thousand people present at the Summer Program. It offers an opportunity to share new strategies and points of view on social justice; to reinforce our community-based structures; to strengthen our collective solidarity, and an opportunity for citizens to explore their community involvement. For more information please visit the website: instdev.concordia.ca
Alice in Oblivion
Students in a Dawson College seminar class have created a 70-minute presentation that The Globe & Mail called "a multimedia show about the emotional fallout students suffered as a result of the shooting" that took place seven months ago. The show, entitled Alice in Oblivion, uses short films, breakdancing and dramatic vignettes to give a new twist to the classic tale, Alice in Wonderland by adapting the story to depict the struggle of the students to steer their lives back to normality. Alice in Oblivion will run twice on May 12, at 8 and 10 p.m., at Dawson College. For ticket information, contact AliceInOblivion@gmail.ca
Storytelling workshop
Have you ever wondered what makes a story interesting and memorable? Ray McGinnis, poet and author of Writing the Sacred, invites you to recall what has lit a fire in your life and what you can do to keep it burning in his workshop titled, The Art and Practice of Storymaking on May 7 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Organized by the Multi-faith Chaplaincy, admission to the workshop is $10 for students and $25 for non-students. Registration starts at 6:30 p.m. The workshop will be held in Z-05, 2090 Mackay.
Careers for new engineers
Recent graduates of engineering will want to attend the Early Career Forum & Fair on Sunday, May 13 at the Palais des congrès. Entitled, The Global Landscape: Essential Strategies to Transform Your Career in the Gas Turbine Industry, it aims to offer practical advice and information on trends and opportunities to early-career engineers (0-10 years experience in professional practice). For more information, please see the site: www.asme.org/Communities/EarlyCareer/