Notice Board

The Department of History Colloquium presents:

Clearing the Plains and Clearing the Air:  Canadian History in the Age of Reconciliation
Guest Speaker:  Prof. James Daschuk (U of Regina)
Day/Date:  Friday, November 4, 2016
Location:  C-674
Time:  3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Our cities have done very well in building the physical place, but there is still room to improve on how these places can enhance the social spaces of our communities. This lecture will specifically focus on such places and spaces within our neighbourhoods.

I am from Okinawa, Japan. Growing up on the island, I often took its beauty and traditional arts and crafts for granted. After I immigrated to Canada in 1999, I began to rediscover my heritage and artistic ideas associated with it. This realization guided me toward furthering my education.

“In 2006, I finally decided to follow my passion to study art. I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in studio art from the University of Lethbridge in 2011.

What are OERs? Where can I find OERs for my courses? Why would I want to use OERs in my classes? How can I adopt OERs to suit my courses?

Earn a Professional Diploma in Accounting through CPA Bridging. CPA Bridging was designed specifically to enable those with a four-year degree in any discipline to transition into a career as an organizational leader.

Admission is free. All are welcome.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s address ‘The Art and Craft of the Machine’ is widely remembered as an early manifesto for the modern movement in its embrace of the machine-made simplicity. However, Wright’s concept of the ‘Machine’ was influenced by Louis Sullivan’s organic theories of architecture which combined Victorian science and idealism. An acknowledgement that Wright’s ‘Machine’ is also metaphysical, the ‘Will of Life’, resituates his characterization of the arts and crafts as anachronistic and elitist.

What kinds of practices are considered to be predatory, and how can you tell predatory and reputable publishers apart?

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the U of L Library is hosting weekly write-ins for novelists working on their NaNoWriMo projects.  Are you one of the many people who wants to write a novel someday?  Well, someday has arrived!

Recruiting for Summer Positions