Fwd: SFU Events: Oct. 4-10

[Marg Jones <jonesa@sfu.ca>]

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From: "Fiona Burrows" <fiona@sfu.ca>
To: sfu-faculty-staff@sfu.ca
Sent: Monday, October 4, 2010 8:05:01 AM
Subject: SFU Events: Oct. 4-10




SFU events, important dates and invitations 




The following message is from SFU Public Affairs/Media Relations. Please submit any ideas for consideration to fiona@sfu.ca . 




Oct. 4 - 8 is Rideshare Week . More information can be found on the Jack Bell website at   www.ride-share.com . SFU is listed on this website and you can look for carpool options available. SFU has an attractive car-share parking pass available for faculty/staff, more information at:   http://www.sfu.ca/security/files/PDF/CarShare.pdf . 



Tues. ,  Oct. 5 
SFU Vancouver- Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue 
Local Food Plans: Lessons from Other Communities 
Concerns about food have vaulted food strategies up the public policy priority list. Find out how Toronto, Portland and California are planning to transform local food production, distribution and land use. Moderated by SFU Centre for Dialogue Fellow, Peter Ladner. 

This event is free, however pre-registration is required. 778.782.7893 . More information: http://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/study+practice/food+plans.html 

Tues., Oct. 5 
10 a.m. 
SFU Burnaby 
Teaching and Learning Centre Workshop 
The Art of Presenting: An Introduction to Design Tools and Techniques 
Free but registration required https://webserver.lidc.sfu.ca/tep/fall-10/progdesc.php?c_id=107 




Tues., Oct. 5 
11:30 a.m. 
SFU Burnaby-ASB 10900 
Coast to Coast Seminar 
Speaker: Randall Martin, Dalhousie University 
Topic : Insight into Lower Atmospheric Composition from Remote Sensing and Modeling. Tues., Oct. 5 
12:30 p.m. 
SFU Burnaby-SSB 7172 
Earth Sciences Seminar 
Speaker: Mónica Escayola 
Topic: The Yukon Windy-McKinley Terrane ultramafic complexes tectonic setting and platinum group elements mineralization. 

Tues., Oct. 5 
6:30 pm 
SFU Vancouver 
Information Session: The Writer's Studio: A Certificate in Creative Writing 
Seat reservation required and more information: http://www.sfu.ca/wp/certsession.htm 


Wed., Oct. 6 
12noon-6 p.m. 
SFU Burnaby-Town Square (by Cornerstone Building) 
SFU Pocket Farmers Market 
Local and organic produce, freshly baked bread and preserves, live music and more. The market runs every Wednesday from May 19 to October 27. For more information www.sfulocalfood.ca . 




Wed., Oct. 6 

12noon - 1pm 

SFU Vancouver-Harbour Centre, Room 2945 

Centre for Dialogue Event 

Carbon Trading: Addressing the Skeptics 

What is carbon trading? Is it real or simply a new way to make money? Join Carbon 

Talks for a lively Brown Bag Dialogue with carbon trading pioneer, Shawn Burns. 




Wed., Oct. 6 

3:30 p.m. 
SFU Burnaby-Saywell Hall Room 10041 
Faculty of Health Sciences Seminar 
Speaker: Sofialeticia Morales, Pan America Health Organization 
Topic: Faces, Voices and Places 




Wed., Oct. 6 

3:30 p.m. 
SFU Burnaby-SSB 7172 
Chemistry Seminar 
Speaker: Sean Walker, Amgen. 




Wed., Oct. 6 
7 p.m. 
Mitra Canteen, 3034 Main Street, Vancouver 
Philsophers’ Café 
Topic: Therapy and personal growth . What is therapy — should we go and are there any benefits? 




Thurs., Oct. 7 
11:30 a.m. 
SFU Burnaby-AQ 6229 
History Department Fall colloquia series 
Danielle Leblanc presents "Dangerous Dancers of the East and Espionage." 
More information: http://www.sfu.ca/history/ 




Thurs. , Oct. 7 
12:30 p.m. 
SFU Burnaby-W.A.C. Bennett Library, Room 7100 
Library Special Collections Event 
Reading by poet Gillian Jerome 
Vancouver writer Gillian Jerome's first book of non-fiction Hope In Shadows: Stories and Photographs from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (with Brad Cran) won the 2008 City of Vancouver Book Award and was shortlisted for a BC Book Prize.  Her first book of poems, Red Nest, was nominated for the 2009 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and short-listed for the 2009 ReLit Award for poetry. 

Thursday, Oct. 7 
3:30 -5:30 p.m. 
SFU Burnaby-9055 University High Street 
Nest SFU Event 
Learn about Nest, contemporary 1 and 2 bedroom homes by MOSAIC. You already understand the vibrancy of the UniverCity community, now get to know the incredible value, attention to detail and quality Mosaic offers with Nest.  We are extending a special discount of $5,000 for SFU Faculty and Staff only. RSVP to 604.299.1188 

Thurs., Oct. 7 
5:30 p.m. 
SFU Surrey 
Information Session: Rehabilitation Management Diploma 
Seat reservation required and more information: http://www.sfu.ca/rehab 




Fri., Oct.8 
11:30 a.m. 
SFU Burnaby-ASB 10900 
IMC Colloquium Series 
Speaker: Dr. Les Vertesi, IRMACS, Complex Systems Modelling Group . 




Fri., Oct.8 
3:30 p.m. 
SFU Burnaby-SSB 7172 
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Seminar 
Speaker: Fred W. Keeley, University of Toronto 
Topic: D esigning self-assembling biomaterials. How protein sequence and domain structure determine the functional properties of elastin, an unusual polymeric elastomer. 








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Fiona Burrows 
Assistant Director, Community Relations 
Public Affairs & Media Relations 
Simon Fraser University 
778.782.3928 (Burnaby office) 
778.782.9017 (Surrey office)