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March 10, 2013

Chris Guillebeau l Bruce Duggan l Mike Clarke l Jeanne Martinson l Therese Jennissen l World Poetry Day


March 16, 2:00 pm in the Atrium
The $100 Startup: 
Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future

Chris Guillebeau shows how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose. It’s about finding the intersection between your expertise and what other people will pay for it.

Guillebeau is a writer, entrepreneur, and traveler. Host of the World Domination Summit, an international gathering of creative people, Chris is focused on encouraging individual quests.  Chris asks attendees to sign up.

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March 16, 7:00 - 8:30 pm in the Community Classroom
Admission is free
Bruce Duggan, M.B.A., Director of the Providence Buller Centre for Business, presenting
A Christian View of Economic Globalization

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March 17, 2:00 pm in the Atrium
Route 66: The Last Mile

This story is about two men who started down the road with a destination. Their journey was never completed. This road has waited long enough. It is a ride across America.

Mike Clarke drives a 1961 Thunderbird to work and is currently employed in Logistics.

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March 17, 2:00 - 4:00 pm by the Cash Desk
Generation Y and the New Work Ethic

If you are a colleague trying to understand your multi-generational co-workers, a front line manager trying to get your youngest workers to show up and show up on time, or are a member of Generation Y and looking for ways to maximize your effectiveness and success in the workplace, this book is for you.

Jeanne Martinson is a best-selling Canadian author on diversity and leadership.

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March 19, 7:00 pm in the Travel Alcove
One Hundred Years of Social Work: A History of the Profession in Canada 1900-2000

This book provides a critical look at the struggles in the social work profession over the course of a century and investigates the responses of social workers to several events. A central theme is the struggle of the Canadian Association of Social Workers and individual workers to reconcile advancement of professional status with social action.

Therese Jennissen has published work on the gender dimensions of occupational health and safety in the workplace, workers compensation in Canada, and women and social policy. With Colleen Lundy, she has published on the impact of economic transformations on women in Cuba and Russia.

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World Poetry Day
March 21, 7:00 pm in the Atrium
Featuring readings from Lori Cayer, Sarah Klassen, Barb Schott and Jennifer Still
Followed by a discussion about writing, editing and publishing of poetry in Canada.
Hosted by Clarise Foster.

Co-presented by CV2 and Prairie Fire magazine.


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