Discussing & Connecting

Meet Your Mayor

Come meet your Mayor! Drop in for an informal chat with District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little. 
 
Mayor Mike Little connects with residents on issues of local importance and answers questions from the community.  
 
All events are subject to change. Check online for updates. 
 
No registration required. Call 604-987-4471, ext. 8175 for more information. 
 
 
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Location: 

Capilano

Time: 

Thursday, December 7, 2023 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Audience: 

  • Adults

Forgotten Things

Forgotten Things: the Story of the Seymour Valley Archaeology Project

This presentation summarizes and discusses an archaeological project in North Vancouver’s Seymour Valley, directed by Bob Muckle; and focuses on the period between 1900 and 1950 in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve.
 
The presentation tells the story of the more than 20-year history of the project, including unexpected discoveries, such as Japanese camps and a secret settlement; anecdotes about working in the rain and the company of bears, and how and why the research is meaningful. Some of the collected artifacts will be on display.
 
 
Speaker bio: Bob Muckle has been practicing, writing about, and teaching archaeology in B.C. for over 30 years. There is nowhere in the world he would rather do archaeology than in Metro Vancouver, and nowhere he would rather teach than at Capilano University, which is his work home.
 
He has authored several books and is working on several more. He has written scholarly and mainstream media articles on his research, given more than 30 presentations on his work at scholarly conferences, and more than 100 presentations to public and local community groups.

 

This event is part of the Capilano Universe speaker series. See all events and learn more about the series at capilanou.ca/UNIVERSE.

 

Registration required. Register online or call 604-984-0286, ext. 8144.

This event takes place in person in the Community Meeting Room at Lynn Valley Library.

 

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To register for this program, please visit: https://nvdpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=79157

Location: 

Lynn Valley

Time: 

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Audience: 

  • Adults

Exploring Hidden Bias in Grammar

Exploring Hidden Bias in Grammar

Why do people react with fear and judgement about their grammar when they realize they are speaking with an English teacher? What power do we attribute to being able to speak in a way we have internalized as "correct"?
 
We'll work together to make a list of steps to celebrate the expression of individual voice and move away from thinking of a person's English as correct or incorrect as we’ve learned to understand it based on a biased system.
 
 
Speaker bio: Holly Flauto (BA, MA) is a settler in Canada and an instructor in the English department at Capilano University after coordinating the peer tutoring and writing centre at Douglas College for over a decade.
 
She is also a facilitator for the Instructional Skills Network, conducting workshops to enhance teaching effectiveness for instructors and educators.
 
Her current scholarship, research and pedagogical focus includes how peer-based learning, equity and antiracism, active learning, and UDL intersect in tutoring and teaching practices, particularly in the writing classroom. Her writing focus extends to creative practice as well, as she works in both creative non-fiction and poetry.

 

This event is part of the Capilano Universe speaker series. See all events and learn more about the series at capilanou.ca/UNIVERSE.

 

Registration required. This is a hybrid program. To attend virtually on Zoom, click “Program” below. To attend in-person, please call 604-929-3727, ext. 8166.

Location: 

Parkgate

Time: 

Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Audience: 

  • Adults

Registration: 

Writing with Pictures

Thank you for your interest in this program. Please click Register if you’d like to attend in-person. If you want to attend virtually, use the information below to log-on at the event time. 

 

Writing with Pictures: Film Editors as Story Tellers, or How to Shape Thirty Hours of Footage into a Finished Film

Character, conflict, action, plot. Contemporary filmmakers still follow many of the principles of story outlined 2,500 years ago in Aristotle’s Poetics.
 
The French filmmaker Robert Bresson is attributed with the famous axiom: a film is made three times, first in writing, second in production, and finally in editing. But what is editing? But what does a film editor actually do?
 
This talk will present how film editing works in various genres: documentary, drama, episodic and reality. It will outline the challenge of condensing multiple hours of footage into a cohesive final film, as well as discuss the evolution in processes and technology over the decades, including the shift from film to digital editing.
 
Ultimately choices made in the edit room reside in the story, no matter which tools we use.
 
 
Speaker bio: Debra Rurak (BA, MFA) worked in the film and television industry as an editor for almost 30 years. She began her career in the 1980’s, after graduating from the Film Production program at Simon Fraser University. Her professional experience includes features, short dramas, documentaries and series.
 
For years she was an active member of the IATSE 891 editing department and has received various film awards for her work. She has been teaching in the Bachelor of Motion Picture Arts program at Capilano University since 2012 and loves sharing her passion for film post-production with students.

This event is part of the Capilano Universe speaker series. See all events and learn more about the series at capilanou.ca/UNIVERSE.

Registration required. Register online or call 604-987-4471, ext. 8175. This is a hybrid event that will take place in person at Capilano Library and online via Zoom.

 

To attend virtually, join via Zoom: https://capu.zoom.us/j/68047310449?pwd=Q3BiOFROZFZMY2tNbnVTZUJwVXJsZz09

Meeting ID: 680 4731 0449

Passcode: 330727

Location: 

Capilano

Time: 

Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Audience: 

  • Adults

Registration: 

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