February 27 to March 1, 2013. 
A non-competitive festival for Concert Bands featuring thirty Concert Bands from the Pacific Northwest. A non-competitive festival for concert bands featuring thirty concert bands from the Pacific Northwest. All participating bands are adjudicated by well-respected conductors/adjudicators & receive an on-stage clinic following their performance. Plan to attend and support students involved in music education.

How can we make sense of the tumultuous events currently shaking and reshaping the Arab World?

Moderated by Andrew Rippin, Department of History, a group of UVic scholars with in-depth knowledge and expertise in the region will present their thoughts on this question followed by an open discussion.

DISCUSSANTS INCLUDE: Gregory Blue (Dept. of History), Peyman Vahabzadeh (Dept. of Sociology), Martin Bunton (Dept. of History), Andrew Wender (Depts. of History & Political Science), Jason Colby (Dept. of History), Hanny Hilmy INTD Doctoral Candidate, Miriam Mueller (Doctoral Candidate, CFGS Graduate Student Fellow)

This event is free and open to the public.

ALL SEATS: $7.00  PROCEEDS FROM THIS SCREENING WILL GO TO THE SOUTHWEST BUDDHAFIELD ENDOWMENT FUND.

Cinecenta passes and tickets not valid.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL BEINGS

Christina Lundberg, 2012  This film is a beautiful journey in company of the great heart of Garchen Rinpoche: suffering with him through his youthful struggle and bravely resisting the Chinese invasion and genocidal actions in Tibet, then being inspired by his great practice, especially of “give-and-take” meditation—sending love and happiness to all beings. It is a huge blessing just to see the existence of such a great being, and this lovely film shares that with us. It is what the Tibetans call a tongdrol, something that liberates just by being seen! -- Robert Thurman:

All seats: $7.00

Clarinetist Sydney Tetarenko presents her Bachelor of Music graduating recital.

Café Scientifique - If Spirituality Matters to the Dying, Shouldn't it also Matter to Their Health Care Providers?

Doors open at 5:45 pm and the presentation begins at 6:30 pm

What does it mean to be “spiritual but not religious", especially at the end of life? UVic researchers Paul Bramadat (Centre for Studies in Religion and Society) and Kelli Stajduhar (Centre on Aging) invite the public to bring their questions and ideas to this café-style conversation on “matters of the spirit” in hospice palliative care.
Presented by Paul Bramadat, PhD & Kelly Stajduhar, PhD

Light refreshments are provided & food may be ordered from the Sticky Wicket Pub menu. Full bar available.

This is a free event and seating is limited. Please reserve your seat by emailing senage@uvic.ca or call 250-721-6369.

Free talk. Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend and a coffee mug.

Vocalist Adam Dyjach presents his first year graduate recital.
This concert will be broadcast live.

The School of Environmental Studies is very excited about the seminar this week. From UBC, Rosemary Collard will be giving a seminar titled:

ANIMAL TRAFFIC

This talk charts the transformation of wild animals into live commodities within global live wildlife trade, focusing on the initial "making" of the commodity: capture.

Wednesday Feb 27 from noon-1pm, SSM B255,

Hope to see you all there!

For more information, please contact Andrew Trant at atrant@uvic.ca

FREE!

Astronomy Open House is sponsored by the UVic Department of Physics & Astronomy. This event is held every Wednesday from 8pm - 10pm from October to April and 9pm - 10pm from May to August. In January, April and December, the open house may not run regularly, please contact the Department of Physics & Astronomy by phone at 250-721-7700 or by email at physgen@uvic.ca to confirm.

Free and open to the public.

You are welcome to attend the following defence: 

Bradley Einar George Myrholm 

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 9:30 am in the Tom Shoyama Room, A373, of the School of Public Administration 

“Assessing the Performance of the Government of Tanzania and Key Donors in Implementing the Paris Declaration Principles Within the Tanzanian Education Sector” 

Committee:

Dr. Budd Hall – School of Public Administration

Dr. Kimberly Speers – School of Public Administration

Dr. Catherine Althaus – School of Public Administration

Mr. Dan Thakur – Canadian International Development Agency

Free

A panel of HSD faculty and students will debate the roles and responsibilities of Indigenous and settler researchers in the conduct of research in Indigenous communities. Panel will include Jessica Ball, Jeff Corntassel, Kim Hayward and Mick Scow with moderator Leslie Brown.
 

Go anywhere and do anything! An UVic MBA will expand your horizons and opens your mind to a world of possibilities.

Take this opportunity to connect with the faculty and staff of the MBA program at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business.

Join us at the MBA Information Session and discover how the UVic MBA program will prepare you to be a global leader ready and able to create a better world.

Please RSVP: huangyt@uvic.ca

FREE
Open to the general public