http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-app Event listings from www.uwinnipeg.ca en 2012-02-15T01:53:07-06:00 hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.1235/title.art-exhibit-chris-reid-i-like-to-believe-i-am-telling-the-truth Gallery 1C03 & Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre are pleased to co-present a double-sited solo exhibition of new work by Brandon-based artist Chris Reid. "I like to believe I am telling the truth" includes large-scale pastel drawings, quirky re-interpretations of Ukrainian Easter eggs, and a multi-media sculptural installation. Reid's lush visual narratives simultaneously modernize the Ukrainian and African folklore characters Baba Yaga, Koshchiy and Anansi as well as present idiosyncratic anthropomorphic cats, dolls, bunnies and bread. All of these figures play out their actions in surreal Canadian Prairie landscapes and unsettling domestic environments. For further information, please consult the website below.... Other 2012-02-10T12:00:00-06:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.266/title.application-to-graduate-deadline Final date for receipt of applications for degrees from candidates who expect to graduate in JUNE 2012. (Applications received after this date may be treated as applications to receive the degree in absentia.) Application forms are available on the website at Forms or on campus at Student Central ... Academic Dates 2012-02-15T08:30:00-06:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.1164/title.-manitoba-arts-council-for-beginners-the-real-thing-lecture-series Martine Friesen, Theatre Officer, will discuss the role of the Manitoba Arts Council. Free and open to the public.... Lectures 2012-02-15T12:30:00-06:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.1248/title.film-screening-girl-inside Together as part of the international documentary screening network Cinema Politica, Gallery 1C03 and the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) present the film "Girl Inside" in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall on Wednesday, February 15 at 6:30 p.m. Directed by award-winning film maker Maya Gallus, "Girl Inside" (Canada, 2007) was selected by the LGBT* Centre and is presented in conjunction with Gender Week on campus. The film received a Gemini Award in 2008 for Best Direction in a Documentary Program. Following 26-year-old Madison during a crucial three years of her transition from male to female, "Girl Inside" is a beautiful film that tracks her emotional, intellectual and spiritual journey of self-discovery that is as important as – if not more than – the physical journey of hormones and surgery. Sharing the spotlight is Vivien, Madison’s glamorous 80-year-old grandmother, who has taken on the job of advising her on all things feminine. While Vivien's attempts to school Madison in old-fashioned codes of fashion and behavior are often hilarious, the juxtaposition of two vastly different experiences of womanhood, from very different generations, raises profound issues about the nature of gender, femininity and sexuality. Sometimes funny, sometimes painful, this heartwarming coming of age story is both an intimate portrait and a thoughtful exploration of what it means to be a woman. From the film’s website: “Quietly fierce and deeply intelligent, Madison's story is enlightening without being preachy, and Madison is a fantastically open and candid subject.” Now Magazine “A subtle and in-depth portrayal…Shot over three years in direct cinema style and beautifully structured.” Lynn Fernie, DOXA “GIRL INSIDE gives a frank glimpse into that last bastion of LGBTG-dom to be embraced by the mainstream: the trans-gendered.” Eye Weekly Please stay for discussion after the film with Wade Nelson, faculty member of the Department of Rhetoric, Writing and Communications at The University of Winnipeg. All screenings will be open to all audiences – everyone is welcome. Admission is free, but donations to offset the costs of screening the film are welcome. Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall is located on the third floor of Centennial Hall at The University of Winnipeg. Gallery 1C03 and the UWSA wish to thank Cinema Politica for making it possible for us to participate in this network. We are grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for generously supporting this initiative. ... Other 2012-02-15T18:30:00-06:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.1235/title.art-exhibit-chris-reid-i-like-to-believe-i-am-telling-the-truth Gallery 1C03 & Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre are pleased to co-present a double-sited solo exhibition of new work by Brandon-based artist Chris Reid. "I like to believe I am telling the truth" includes large-scale pastel drawings, quirky re-interpretations of Ukrainian Easter eggs, and a multi-media sculptural installation. Reid's lush visual narratives simultaneously modernize the Ukrainian and African folklore characters Baba Yaga, Koshchiy and Anansi as well as present idiosyncratic anthropomorphic cats, dolls, bunnies and bread. All of these figures play out their actions in surreal Canadian Prairie landscapes and unsettling domestic environments. For further information, please consult the website below.... Other 2012-02-11T12:00:00-06:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.1235/title.art-exhibit-chris-reid-i-like-to-believe-i-am-telling-the-truth Gallery 1C03 & Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre are pleased to co-present a double-sited solo exhibition of new work by Brandon-based artist Chris Reid. "I like to believe I am telling the truth" includes large-scale pastel drawings, quirky re-interpretations of Ukrainian Easter eggs, and a multi-media sculptural installation. Reid's lush visual narratives simultaneously modernize the Ukrainian and African folklore characters Baba Yaga, Koshchiy and Anansi as well as present idiosyncratic anthropomorphic cats, dolls, bunnies and bread. All of these figures play out their actions in surreal Canadian Prairie landscapes and unsettling domestic environments. For further information, please consult the website below.... Other 2012-02-12T12:00:00-06:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.1239/title.physics-colloquium Prof. Robert Brandenberger, McGill University "Testing String Theory with Cosmological Observations?" If superstring theory is the correct theory of the microscopic world, string theory will be needed to understand the early evolution of the universe. I will show that string theoretic effects may lead to an evolution of the very early universe which is very different from what is obtained using particle-based scenarios. I will focus on "string gas cosmology", one particular stringy picture of the very early universe. I will demonstrate that this scenario leads to an alternative to inflationary cosmology as a mechanism to generate the primordial fluctuations which evolve into the structures we observe today on cosmological scales. This alternative is consistent with current data, and makes predictions for future observations by means of which it can be distinguished from the inflationary universe scenario.... Lectures 2012-02-17T12:30:00-06:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.1245/title.darwin-day-2012 "Testing theory for the evolution of sex: It's more fun in practice" Aneil Agrawal Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto 2:45 (refreshments at 2:30) ... Lectures 2012-02-17T14:30:00-06:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.1235/title.art-exhibit-chris-reid-i-like-to-believe-i-am-telling-the-truth Gallery 1C03 & Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre are pleased to co-present a double-sited solo exhibition of new work by Brandon-based artist Chris Reid. "I like to believe I am telling the truth" includes large-scale pastel drawings, quirky re-interpretations of Ukrainian Easter eggs, and a multi-media sculptural installation. Reid's lush visual narratives simultaneously modernize the Ukrainian and African folklore characters Baba Yaga, Koshchiy and Anansi as well as present idiosyncratic anthropomorphic cats, dolls, bunnies and bread. All of these figures play out their actions in surreal Canadian Prairie landscapes and unsettling domestic environments. For further information, please consult the website below.... Other 2012-02-13T12:00:00-06:00 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/siteevent-details-action/id.1233/title.standard-first-aid-and-level-c-cpr Standard First Aid and LEvel C CPR (2 day course). Includes all of the Emergency First Aid plus medical emergencies, hot and cold injuries, head and neck injuries and more in depth first aid knowledge. ... Other 2012-02-18T09:00:00-06:00