Wednesday, October 31
A bloody good time
On hallow’s eve (October 31, in case somehow you do not know this), the Centre for Sport & Exercise Education Students Society will be hosting a very appropriate event. What’s Your Type, hosted in collaboration with Canadian Blood Services, will be aimed at helping students find out their blood type. Hopefully this will also inspire some folks to learn more about how to become a blood donor, or how to help save lives in other ways. The event starts at 10 am, goes until 1 pm, and will also feature a bake sale to raise money for future events.
November 1
Be secure in your knowledge
The Vancouver Island Criminal Justice Association is sponsoring the public forum “Surveillance: Security and Civil Rights” on November 1 at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus. On the panel will be Earl Moulton, a retired RCMP assistant commissioner; Michael Vonn of the BC Civil Liberties Society; and Dr. Kevin Walby, a sociology professor at UVic. The event takes place from 7 pm to 9 pm in Fisher 100. This will give students a chance to not just learn about their rights regarding security, but also to speak to experts on the topic and to share ideas.
October 13–14
Engler speaks
While many “radicals” find ways to criticize Prime Minister Stephen Harper, they would be hard-pressed to find someone who does it in a more eloquent fashion than former VP of the Concordia Student Union Yves Engler. And, it just so happens that Engler will be in Victoria talking about his newest book, The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy, at both Camosun on November 13 and UVic on November 14. He’s known as Canada’s Noam Chomsky; meeting him will be an interesting evening no matter where you situate yourself on the political compass.
November 1–30
Nanowrmwhat?
If you are the type of person who sees a challenge and then proceeds to run home, hide under your sheets, and write a novel, then this is the event for you (also, if you simply like to write, or might like to write, or are interested in the idea of maybe writing….). November 1 marks the start of NaNoWrMo, which is the fun thing to call National Novel Writing Month. Here’s how it works: You have one month to write a novel, and only one month. You may not use anything thing you have already started to write (including drafts scribbled on a bar napkins). For more info, check out nanowrmo.org.