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Exploring the Stars.
October 15, 2007 — December 13, 2008
| Description |
Western is offering free star gazing nights three times a week throughout the fall and winter. Following a main presentation, participants will be given a tour of the
observatory, and have the option of being led through related hands-on or computer activities. Presentation topics include:
Life in the Universe, Our Solar System, Stars, Galaxies, Missions to Space, Comets &
Asteroids and the Earth/Moon System. Weather permitting, visitors can also use the observatory's telescopes under the guidance of members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. "Exploring the Stars" will be
offered on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, *October 15 to December 13, and January 14 to April 17*. Two open houses will be held this year as well, on *Friday, October 26 and Friday, November 30*, 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. For more information or to make reservations, please visit
www.astro.uwo.ca/exploringthestars or call 519-661-3183.
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| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Hume Cronyn Memorial |
| Website |
http://www.astro.uwo.ca/exploringthestars |
| Contact |
519-661-3183 |
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Adult Co-ed Dodgeball League.
January 27, 2008 — March 23, 2008
| Description |
This is the 3rd season running. Sign up early and save on your registration. Indoor DodgeBall, this is a perfect leisure sports event for men, women, guys and gals. Ages 16 through adult. Get all the information and register at www.DodgeBallSport.com. See you there. |
| Category |
Sports |
| Location |
South Secondary School |
| Website |
http://www.DodgeBallSport.com. |
| Contact |
Mike Worden |
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FREE COMMUNITY BREAKFAST.
February 20, 2008 — March 18, 2008
| Description |
Please join us for a
FREE
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
East London Anglican Ministries
2060 Dundas Street East
(half way between Clarke Rd. and Veterans Memorial Parkway)
(On Dundas 2B bus route)
Every 3rd Tuesday of the month
7:30 til 10:30 AM
March 18
April 15
May 20
June 17
July 15
Aug 19
Sept 16
Oct 21
Nov 18
Dec 16
Serving eggs, sausage or bacon, toast, cereal, fresh fruit, coffee, tea & more!
Everyone is welcome.
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| Category |
Community |
| Location |
2060 DUNDAS STREET EAST LONDON |
| Website |
http:// |
| Contact |
Helen Booth |
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Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Reduction: An 8 Week Evening Course.
February 21, 2008 — April 10, 2008
| Description |
Mindfulness Meditation is a gentle but powerful daily practice that calms the emotions, clarifies the mind, and warms the heart. 25 years of medical research demonstrate benefits for many physical and emotional stress-related problems including: sleep disorder, anxiety, emotional overreactivity, worrying, chronic pain, and high blood pressure.
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| Category |
Workshops & Seminars |
| Location |
St. Joseph's Health Care London |
| Website |
http://www.stressrelease.ca |
| Contact |
Dr. Kate Partridge at 519-438-8591 |
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Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon.
February 29, 2008 — March 8, 2008
| Description |
A tiny, fifth-floor walkup is the setting for marital fireworks between Corie, a free spirited bride, and Paul, a young uptight, buttoned-down lawyer.
The newlyweds have a lot to learn about eachother, marital negotiations and the art of communications. Living together is made more intense and comical in the confines of their new apartment with frequent visits from Paul's mother-in-law and by Victor, their oddball upstairs neighbour.
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| Category |
Performing Arts |
| Location |
The Palace Theatre |
| Website |
http://www.londoncommunityplayers.com |
| Contact |
Box Office 519-432-1029 |
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Frontier College’s SCRABBLE® Night in Canada Friends & Family Challenge, proudly presented by Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life..
March 1, 2008
| Description |
Frontier College’s SCRABBLE® Night in Canada Friends & Family Challenge, proudly presented by Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life.
Play SCRABBLE® with friends and family this March in your home and raise money for Frontier College, Canada’s leading literacy organization.
Choose any day or night in March. Invite friends and family to your house to play SCRABBLE® and ask them to make a donation to support Frontier College literacy programs in exchange for the privilege of playing. Visit www.scrabblenightincanada.ca for more information or to register your party.
It is hard to comprehend that 42% of adult Canadians have trouble with everyday tasks involving reading and writing. By playing SCRABBLE® and raising money, you can help Frontier College improve literacy for children, youth and adults across the country. www.frontiercollege.ca.
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| Category |
Special Events |
| Website |
http:// |
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Career Symposium.
March 1, 2008 — March 31, 2008
| Description |
Top 10 reasons to be an Investors Group Consultant
Work independently and run your own business, supported by a team of field specialists and management.
Earn unlimited income.
Develop long-term relationships with clients.
Benefit from our tools for success.
Get a head start if you already have experience in the financial services industry.
Enjoy the entrepreneurial flexibility to manage your business.
Join a team of experts across Canada with industry-leading experience and business know-how.
Develop professionally throughout your career with the help of Investors Group Career Stage Support.
Promote yourself by being affiliated with a well known and highly respected brand.
Build your career with one of Canada's leading financial services companies.
Contact Julie Jenkins to get the details for our next Career Symposium.
1-866-640-5436 extension 232
julie.jenkins@investorsgroup.com |
| Category |
Visual Arts |
| Location |
London Ontario |
| Website |
http://www.investorsgrouplondonbluewater.com |
| Contact |
Julie Jenkins |
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Wedding Expo 2008.
March 2, 2008
| Description |
Wedding Expo 2008
St Thomas Golf and Country club
March 2nd 12-5
Over 30 vendors with every fascet of your wedding.
Many prizes to be won
for more information go to www.amsoundsdj.com
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| Category |
Special Events |
| Location |
St Thomas golf and country club |
| Website |
http://www.amsoundsdj.com |
| Contact |
Adrian Peters |
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International relations explored.
March 3, 2008
| Description |
Western students will learn about international relations from a former United Nations representative. Louise Frechette, a prominent Canadian diplomat and former Deputy Secretary-General to the United Nations will speak at 1:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the Social Science Students’ Council and the Undergraduate Political Science Association. |
| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Social Sciences Building, Room 3028 |
| Website |
http:// |
| Contact |
Kara Rawson at krawson2@uwo.ca |
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"Cabin Fever" Art Show & Open House.
March 3, 2008 — March 16, 2008
| Description |
This is a free event/open house featuring 'the Originals' from the collection of Shelley McVittie. There will be wine tastings, door prizes, free draw on a limited edition print, bruchetta bar. Meet & greet with the artist & wine makers. |
| Category |
Special Events |
| Location |
Rush Creek Winery |
| Website |
http://www.shelleymcvittie.com |
| Contact |
Shelley McVittie |
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Western's Writer in Residence Reads.
March 3, 2008 — March 19, 2008
| Description |
The Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities invites you to a reading by First Nations author, playwright and Writer in Residence, Drew Hayden Taylor on Tuesday, March 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Conron Hall Room 224 University College at Westsern. All welcome - free admission - refreshemnts served. |
| Category |
Poetry/Readings |
| Location |
Room 224 University College - Conron Hall |
| Website |
http://www.uwo.ca/arts/ |
| Contact |
Heather Moller 519-661-2111-x 82200 |
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Arts and Humanities Research Day.
March 3, 2008 — April 3, 2008
| Description |
You are invited to a celebration of research in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.Talk to our Researchers and Faculty and learn what is new in our Faculty. See presentations and posters.
Wednesday, April 2 from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Free admission and everyone is welcome. Refreshments served. |
| Category |
Special Events |
| Location |
The Great Hall, Sommerville House, University of Western Ontario |
| Website |
http://www.uwo.ca/arts/ |
| Contact |
artsresearch@uwo.ca |
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"Beauty at Work: Trade Union Beauty Contests in Post-World War II Canada".
March 4, 2008
| Description |
3:30pm- Joan Sangster is a Professor of History at Trent University. Her areas of study include
North American women’s history, working class history, law and the state and Aboriginal women’s history. Her current projects include a book exploring women and wage labour
in the post World War II period, and a series of articles on the images of First Nations women in popular Canadian culture after World War II.
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| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Social Science Centre Faculty Lounge room 3036 |
| Website |
http:// |
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Designing the Forest City.
March 4, 2008
| Description |
London is giving Western Engineering students the opportunity to design projects that may be used in future city developments. The 12th annual Design Competition features ten teams of fourth-year Civil and Environmental Engineering students, who have prepared preliminary designs for three projects already in the city’s plans. The projects include the designing of a new ‘green’ North London Community Recreation Centre and Library, a new bridge to carry a planned extension of Wonderland Rd. S. over the 401 and an upgrade to the Greenway Pollution Control Plant that is expected to accommodate the growing southwestern quadrant of the city. The teams are competing for $3,750 in prize money, to be divided between the top three designs as determined by the panel of judges. Students will present their designs and field questions from the judges at 7 p.m. General public is welcome at evening presentations. |
| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Spencer Engineering Building, Room 1200. |
| Website |
http:// |
| Contact |
Mike Bartlett 519-661-3659 f.m.bartlett@uwo.ca |
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Medicine and Classics.
March 5, 2008 — March 26, 2008
| Description |
Free lecture series where the public will have an opportunity to discuss several aspects of ancient Greek culture with both a Classics professor and a professor from medicine. Seating is first-come, first-served. |
| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Landon Branch Library |
| Website |
http://www.schulich.uwo.ca/medicine&classics |
| Contact |
519-661-2074 |
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London Reads Debate.
March 5, 2008
| Description |
The heat is on! Come and hear from all ten celebrity readers as they explore the virtues of their books.
Cast your ballot online or at your favourite branch of the London Public Library. 7:00 p.m. Parking is complimentary - tickets will be validated in the library.
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| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Stevenson & Hunt Meeting Room, Central Library |
| Website |
http:// |
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Medicine and Classics -The Great Plague of Athens and Pandemic Planning.
March 5, 2008
| Description |
7pm to 830pm, free admission, no pre-registration required. Come hear a discussion of Ancient Medicine and how it influences the modern, with faculty from The University of Western Ontario's Classics Department and The Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. |
| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Landon Branch of the London Public Library, 167 Wortley Road |
| Website |
http:// |
| Contact |
519-661-2111 ext 81136 |
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Creative Memories Workshops.
March 5, 2008 — March 31, 2008
| Description |
For all you scrapbookers out there. I am a consultant in your area and will be holding a workshop every Monday night and Wed. night. Come scrapbook, crop, finish albums and have fun!
Meet new people with the same interests as you.
Please contact me soon, as spaces do fill up quickly.
Hope to see you!
519-951-0671
michelle_cmc@sympatico.ca |
| Category |
Workshops & Seminars |
| Location |
21 Rosewood Ave. |
| Website |
http://www.mycmsite.com/cmcmichelle |
| Contact |
Michelle |
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The Life and Art of Emily Carr.
March 6, 2008
| Description |
Please join us for an exciting lecture and slide presentation on the life and works of Canada's leading female artist. Emily Carr's deep emotional attachment to nature brought forth a multitude of art depicting Canadian landscapes of First Nation villages, dark forests, and vast skies. This 60 minute lecture will be presented by Sonia Halpern, whose passion for Art History at University of Western Ontario has won her numerous teaching awards along with the honorary title of most "popular profs" according to Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities. This is a FREE event, however, due to limited space registration is required. Call 519.471.4278 to register. |
| Category |
Visual Arts |
| Location |
1438 Aldersbrook Rd. |
| Website |
http://www.artventure.ca |
| Contact |
ArtVenture @ 519.471.4278 |
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BLACK POWER.
March 6, 2008
| Description |
Peniel E. Joseph, an expert on black radicalism and professor of African and Afro-American studies at Brandeis University in Massachusetts will present “Waiting ’Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America” based on his book about Stokely Carmichael’s historic call for black power at 4:30 p.m. |
| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Spencer Engineering Building, Room 2202. |
| Website |
http://cas.ssc.uwo.ca/Speakers_Series.html |
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2nd Annual Pensa Lecture on Human Rights.
March 6, 2008
| Description |
The Honourable Mr. Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada will deliver Western Law’s 2nd Annual Pensa Lecture on Human Rights. This free public lecture, “The Reasonable Accommodation of Minorities,”at 7:30pm. |
| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Josephine Spencer Niblett Building Rm 38 |
| Website |
http:// |
| Contact |
Susanna Eayrs at 519-661-2126 seayrs@uwo.ca |
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River Ice Dynamics.
March 6, 2008
| Description |
The Geography Speaker series offers informal talks and discussions on various Geography related issues. Everyone is welcome to attend. This week, Dr. Tom Buffin-Belanger, Department of Geography, Université du Québec à Rimouski,will discuss River ice dynamics.
Complimentary fair trade coffee, refreshments and light snacks will be provided. 3:00pm
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| Category |
Community |
| Location |
Social Science Centre - 2333 |
| Website |
http:// |
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