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Premier Campbell, Asian Joan of Arc, poverty
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November 3, 2010
Premier slated to make announcement
Literally a week after his television address, B.C. premier Gordon Campbell is once again addressing the public. This time at an 11:30 a.m. news conference in downtown Vancouver to make what his office calls “a significant announcement.” SFU public policy analyst Doug McArthur is abroad but available to comment by phone and email.
Doug McArthur, 011 44 740 587 2452 (UK cell number); doug.mcarthur@sfu.ca
Understanding China’s Joan of Arc
On Friday, Nov. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m., SFU’s David Lam Centre will host a screening of Autumn Gem, an independent documentary about a woman known as China’s Joan of Arc. Qiu Jin (1857-1907) was a Chinese writer, feminist and anti-Qing revolutionary who became a cultural hero of near mythic proportions after being executed. Shuyu Kong, an SFU associate professor in the department of Humanities and Asia-Canada program, will discuss the film with its creators after the screening. This free public event will be held at SFU’s downtown campus, Room 1900, 515 West Hastings St. Reservations requested at www.sfu.ca/reserve.
Shuyu Kong, 778.782.4664; shuyu_kong@sfu.ca
Poverty & homelessness: a thin line
Five SFU business students are staging a one-day event to raise public awareness of the thin line between poverty and homelessness, collect household goods for the needy, and promote re-gifting as a way of recycling. The students will stage the good drive, which is also a collective project for an SFU management course, on Sunday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the southwest corner of Hastings and Gilmore, rain or shine. Everyone is invited to drop off household goods in good shape at this location. They will go directly to Gather and Give, a Vancouver-based non-profit organization that benefits low-income families and people living below the poverty line. “The need for this project stems from the fact that over the last two years the homelessness rate in Vancouver has increased by 12 per cent,” says Chantelle Buffie, one of SFU students involved in this drive. She adds there’s a very fine line between living in poverty and homelessness.
Twitter: @thegooddrive
Web: http://www.thegooddrive.ca
Chantelle Buffie, 604.763.7211; buffie.chantelle@gmail.com
Literally a week after his television address, B.C. premier Gordon Campbell is once again addressing the public. This time at an 11:30 a.m. news conference in downtown Vancouver to make what his office calls “a significant announcement.” SFU public policy analyst Doug McArthur is abroad but available to comment by phone and email.
Doug McArthur, 011 44 740 587 2452 (UK cell number); doug.mcarthur@sfu.ca
Understanding China’s Joan of Arc
On Friday, Nov. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m., SFU’s David Lam Centre will host a screening of Autumn Gem, an independent documentary about a woman known as China’s Joan of Arc. Qiu Jin (1857-1907) was a Chinese writer, feminist and anti-Qing revolutionary who became a cultural hero of near mythic proportions after being executed. Shuyu Kong, an SFU associate professor in the department of Humanities and Asia-Canada program, will discuss the film with its creators after the screening. This free public event will be held at SFU’s downtown campus, Room 1900, 515 West Hastings St. Reservations requested at www.sfu.ca/reserve.
Shuyu Kong, 778.782.4664; shuyu_kong@sfu.ca
Poverty & homelessness: a thin line
Five SFU business students are staging a one-day event to raise public awareness of the thin line between poverty and homelessness, collect household goods for the needy, and promote re-gifting as a way of recycling. The students will stage the good drive, which is also a collective project for an SFU management course, on Sunday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the southwest corner of Hastings and Gilmore, rain or shine. Everyone is invited to drop off household goods in good shape at this location. They will go directly to Gather and Give, a Vancouver-based non-profit organization that benefits low-income families and people living below the poverty line. “The need for this project stems from the fact that over the last two years the homelessness rate in Vancouver has increased by 12 per cent,” says Chantelle Buffie, one of SFU students involved in this drive. She adds there’s a very fine line between living in poverty and homelessness.
Twitter: @thegooddrive
Web: http://www.thegooddrive.ca
Chantelle Buffie, 604.763.7211; buffie.chantelle@gmail.com