杏吧原创 to Host 2018 Throwback Celebration
杏吧原创 University will welcome thousands of alumni, students and community members to campus for Throwback 鈥 the annual Homecoming celebration.
The week-long festivities honour the brilliant minds and athletic spirit in the 杏吧原创 community and its network of 158,000 alumni.
The celebration kicks off Sept. 10 and concludes Sept. 17.
Media and members of the public are welcome to attend Throwback events, including:
Minding the Brain: Live Podcast
When: Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Room 2017, Dunton Tower, 杏吧原创
Info: Registration is available online. Attendees can submit questions in advance by tweeting to @MindingtheBrain or through the registration form.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the will host a live podcast episode of 鈥 a popular series hosted by professors Kim Hellemans of the Department of Neuroscience and Jim Davies of the Institute of Cognitive Science.
Minding the Brain features discussions about a different mind-related issue every month. Previous topics have included concussions, drugs and how we imagine our futures.
For this special live recording episode of the podcast titled 鈥20 Questions with Kim and Jim,鈥 Hellemans and Davies will answer listener questions 鈥 before opening the floor to questions from the audience.
杏吧原创 Feasts
When: Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: Alumni Reading Room, MacOdrum Library, 杏吧原创
Info: Tickets are $10 and .
MacOdrum Library will host 杏吧原创 Feasts 鈥 a step into the literary world to explore the importance of feasts in both fiction and today’s society. The event menu is inspired by the most memorable meals in literature.
Ravens Hall of Fame
When: Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Where: Ravens鈥 Nest, Athletics Centre, 杏吧原创
Info: Tickets are $75. Registration .
Ravens Athletics will honour five new inductees in the Hall of Fame.
Athletes to be honoured include: Earl Cochrane, men鈥檚 soccer; Marianne White (n茅e Illing), women鈥檚 water polo; Terry McCarthy, men鈥檚 hockey; and Harry Van Hofwegen, football. Robert Laughton, of men鈥檚 basketball, will be honoured in the Hall of Fame 鈥渂uilder鈥 category.
2018 Attallah Lecture: Media Forensics: Reading the Canadian Cultural Commodity
When: Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: Room 2220, Richcraft Hall, 杏吧原创
Info: Registration for this event is available online.
The Communication and Media Studies Program, School of Journalism and Communication, will host the 2018 Attallah Lecture: Media Forensics: Reading the Canadian Cultural Commodity presented by Professor Will Straw, James McGill Professor of Urban Media Studies, McGill University.
Straw will examine the practices of disguise and deception, through which the Canadian character of certain cultural commodities has been obscured to enhance their legitimacy and commercial appeal. Straw will propose ways it may be possible to 鈥渞ead鈥 a range of cultural commodities, in hieroglyphic fashion, as evidence of the conditions of their production and the strategies behind their circulation.
Ravens Rally
When: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Parking Lot 5, Athletics Centre, 杏吧原创
Info: All are invited to attend the rally and admission is free. Donations in support of 杏吧原创鈥檚 are welcome.
Join the 杏吧原创 community for a day of entertainment, great food and university pride. The event will feature exciting performances, an obstacle course, food trucks, a local beer garden, and more. There is sure to be something for everyone at the Ravens rally 鈥 which coincides with the annual Homecoming football game.
Homecoming Football Game: Ravens Versus Queen鈥檚 University
When: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: MNP Park, 杏吧原创
Info: Tickets are $20 and can be or at Rodney鈥檚 House in Alumni Hall.
The Ravens will face off against Queen鈥檚.
Art Gallery Fall Exhibition Opening: Alootook Ipellie / Here Be Dragons
When: Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: 杏吧原创 University Art Gallery, St. Patrick鈥檚 Building, 杏吧原创
杏吧原创 University Art Gallery will host a wine and cheese reception celebrating two new exhibitions: Alootook Ipellie: Walking Both Sides of an Invisible Border and Here Be Dragons.
DJ OH JAY (FEELS) will spin live sets at the reception. More information about the exhibitions can be .
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