Wednesday, January 30
Cinema Politica
Camosun’s informative film series continues as Cinema Politica presents Call Me Salma, a documentary film about a young woman from Bangladesh who enters into the world of trans-sexuality. The film screens in Fisher 100, Lansdowne at 3 pm and is free and open to the public. Go to cinemapolitica.org/film/call-me-salma for more info.
Friday, February 1
Arab Awakening
Middle East journalist Robert Fisk will speak at the University of Victoria tonight on Arab Awakening: But Are We Hearing the Truth? Presented by the Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, Fisk has won two Amnesty International UK Press awards and has been involved in international journalism for over 30 years. Tickets are $15 for students and $20 otherwise; Fisk’s speech starts at 7:30 pm in Room B150, Flury Hall at UVic.
Friday, February 1 to Sunday, February 3
Gottacon
Gamers of all sorts unite! That’s right, it’s time for GottaCon, where you’ll have 50 hours of gaming fun. There’s a plethora of game groups, such as board games, trading card games, miniatures, role-playing games, and computer and console games. Tickets will only set you back a max of 50 bones. So throw your lucky D20 in your bag of holding, put on your favourite costume (there’s a contest for the best one), and bring your game face, ‘cause this convention is going to be off the hook. Go to gottacon.com for more info. Also, there’s Lego!
Monday, February 4
Scholarship deadline
Export Development Canada Scholarship Program has up to 30 $4,000 scholarships up for grabs. These scholarships are designed to develop the next generation of globally minded business leaders, and are offered in fields such as international business and programs that combine business with environmental or sustainability studies. The deadline to get applications in is February 4, 2013. Go to edc.ca for the rest of the details.
Ongoing
Career exploration group
Life is tough, but there’s an app for that. No wait, that app is for finding the nearest liquor store (kinda the same thing?). But, hey, while there may not be an app for making life less tough, there’s a course for it. Camosun’s counselling centre is offering a four-week Career Exploration group for students who are undecided about their career choice. It will cost a mere $40 to be part of this group and a large variety of activities will be completed while on the prowl for that perfect profession. Get some more details from the counselling offices at Dawson 202, Lansdowne and Campus Centre 212, Interurban.
Ongoing
24 Hours of Innovation
24 hours isn’t a lot of time, but it’s enough time to fit in exciting new ideas from schools all over the world. 24 Hours of Innovation is an interdisciplinary, inter-institution, international competition where teams have only 24 hours to develop an innovative solution to a given problem submitted by companies or laboratories at the beginning of the game. Teams can be between three and 10 students, and will present their solution in a three-to-five-minute presentation at the end of the 24-hour period. Go to 24h.estia.fr to find out how to join. What is 24h.estia.fr, you say? It’s a website! Seriously, type that bad boy into yer URL browser if you don’t believe me. Copy and paste it, if you’re reading this online. It really works!