Join us for the next Henry Marshall Tory lecture “Finding Common Ground in Polarized Times: Rediscovering Alberta’s Political Culture” presented by Dr. Jared Wesley PhD.
Doors Open 6:30pm, Lecture 7pm. Attend In Person. Registrations links will be posted.
Tentatively Telus Centre, 150 Lecture Theatre and Atrium
111 Street 87 Avenue NW Edmonton
It it great to read the positive impact USchool has on the students – in their own words! Here is a small sample:
We are happy to help USchool and we hope one day these students will attend the University of Alberta. Thank you for your kind words and artwork. Have a great summer.
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Dr. Laura Beard
“It’s Real! It’s Wild! It’s Western!”: Talking about Deadwood Facts and Fictions
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
5:30 PM Doors Open
6:00-7:30 PM Speaker + Q&A
Arcadia Brewing Co.
10712 120 St NW Edmonton (View on map)
Tickets are $12 and include 1 drink. Get them on Eventbrite.
Have you heard of the Dead Man’s Hand in poker? Ever been fascinated by Wild Bill Hickok or Calamity Jane? Or been to Deadwood, South Dakota? Or watched the “Deadwood” tv series on HBO?
The Friends of the University of Alberta are proud to bring you Raise The Bar on November 28, 2023 at Arcadia Brewing Co. (10712 120 ST NW) with Dr. Laura Beard, University of Alberta.
Come hear some of the real stories of Deadwood, South Dakota, the Black Hills, the Treaty of Fort Laramie, Saloon No. 10, and more, as Dr. Beard, talks about her research on an early Deadwood resident and his memoir, Pioneer Days in the Black Hills, taken as the authoritative source on all topics related to Deadwood and the Black Hills.
Join us for what is sure to be an insightful evening as we raise the bar on the way people learn and engage with their community. And as the promotions for the Days of ’76 rodeo proclaimed in the 1930s in Deadwood: “It’s Wild, It’s Real, It’s Western!”
BIO
Dr. Laura Beard is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies in the Faculty of Arts. Laura works in the areas of life narrative in the Americas. Research interests include life narratives, Inter-American literature, Indigenous literatures and cultures and related topics.
A current research project, entitled “Wanted: A Life Narrative in Deadwood,” takes up the 1939 memoir “Pioneer Days in the Black Hills: Accurate History and Facts Related by One of the Early Day Pioneers ” by John S. McClintock in order to explore how how life narrative and current heritage tourism are media through which we continually play with the past, reconfigure it, and try to make meanings out of the traces we chose to pick up from that past.
Raise The Bar is a program designed by The Friends of the University of Alberta to provide engaging learning opportunities delivered by U of A researchers in a causal setting – like a bar. We’re raising the bar on the way people consume content!
| 5:45 PM | Doors open for the Social Innovation Showcase |
| 7:00 PM | Henry Marshall Tory Lecture by Dr. Samantha Nutt |
| 8:30 PM | Networking Forum |
Dr. Samantha Nutt
Social innovator, physician, global affairs expert, and Founder & President, War Child Canada & War Child USA
Local and global events are creating increasing stress, polarization, and division. Can these be overcome? What will this take? In this dynamic keynote, bestselling author, medical doctor and award-winning humanitarian Samantha Nutt will reflect on the challenges she has faced addressing issues of global conflict across the length of her career (including building the international humanitarian organization War Child), the real changes she has witnessed and the opportunities to lead through even the most difficult circumstances. At once personal and informative, this presentation reflects on the meaning of leadership when solutions seem elusive, and the lessons Dr Nutt has learned from confronting some of the most difficult and complex humanitarian environments in the world.
Supporting the public aims of academic scholarship, you’ll be surprised and uplifted by the community-grounded initiatives underway at U of A.
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of The Friends of the University of Alberta Society, we’re highlighting projects that are tackling complex issues in ways that hold promise and possibility. There’s reason for hope.
Join us, find out more, and talk to the people involved. The showcase and networking forum are a chance to engage in social innovation at a very different level.
Housing reimagined – Realizing the human right to adequate housing. Lead: Dr. J. Evans
New Canadians Health Centre – Refugee health reimagined: a principles-based model of care. Co-Leads: Dr. R. Gokiert, Ms. A. Velasquez.
Changing Society by Improving Children’s Reading Skills – Lead: Dr. G. Georgiou.
The Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities – Who’s listening to rural Canada? Bridging the rural/urban divide. Lead: Dr. C. Banack.
Food scarcity reimagined – moving beyond food charity to enable the capacity for people to feed themselves. Lead: Dr. Y. Chiu, Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative.
Humanities 101 realizing the ‘public good’ – abundance thinking removing barriers to who gets to learn on and off campus. Lead: Ms. L. Prins.
Attend In Person
Telus Centre, 150 Lecture Theatre and Atrium
111 Street 87 Avenue NW Edmonton
Register for FREE tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2023-henry-marshall-tory-lecture-tickets-728878714857
Or register to watch online via Zoom here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwodOCsrTooG9LWr_gnABsMsfuSJ6o-yf2P
The Social Innovation Showcase & Networking Forum is sponsored by:
Chancellor and Senate
&
Office of the Vice-President (Research and Innovation)
