Title: Application Deadline for How Education Benefits the World Student Speaker ChallengeLocation: pirg@uleth.caDescription: How Education Benefits the World Student Speaker Challenge
Building on the premise that in a democracy, an informed public makes the best decisions, SACPAS (Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs Society), LPIRG (Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group), and the ULSU (U of L Students’ Union) are collaborating to provide students with a forum to express their point of view on issues of significance. Recognizing that each individual has a unique perspective and an authentic voice, students will be …

Title: Cinema Politica – Malls R UsLocation: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union BuildingLink out: Click hereDescription: Malls R Us
Helene Klodawsky / Canada / 2009 / 85 min
What do Al Gore, science fiction, gothic cathedrals and roller coasters have in common? All come together in MALLS-R-US, a feature documentary with a multiplex of reflections and revelations on one of North America’s most popular institutions: the enclosed shopping center. Mixing nostalgia, architectural ambition, pop culture and politics, MALLS-R-US travels from North America, the mall’s origins, to its most impressive newer hosts: Dubai, Poland, …

Title: Cinema Politica – Bevel Up: Drugs, Users, and Outreach NursingLocation: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union BuildingLink out: Click hereDescription: Bevel Up: Drugs, Users, and Outreach Nursing
Nettie Wild / Canada / 2008 / 40 min
Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing (Biseau vers le haut) is an educational kit (including a DVD, subtitled in French, with special features and a bilingual Teaching Guide) created to share knowledge not found in nursing schools and teaching hospitals. It shows how registered nurses working with the BC Centre for Disease Control’s Street Nurse Program …

How Education Benefits the World Student Speaker Challenge
Building on the premise that in a democracy, an informed public makes the best decisions, SACPAS (Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs Society), LPIRG (Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group), and the ULSU (U of L Students’ Union) are collaborating to provide students with a forum to express their point of view on issues of significance. Recognizing that each individual has a unique perspective and an authentic voice, students will be given a chance to communicate their thesis to an audience and defend it, …

Title: Cinema Politica – “Taking Root”Location: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union BuildingDescription: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Lisa Merton & Alan Dater / Kenya-USA / 2008 / 79 min
Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.
Start Time: 19:00Date: 2009-11-17End Time: 21:00

Title: LPIRG Offers Media Skills Workshop
Location: TH 173 in Turcotte Hall
Description: The Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG) would like to offer you a free, practical, hands-on  workshop on media skills.
This 2 hour workshop will cover:
• how to write a press release
• effective media relations (give them what they want)
• press interviews (how to get your message out)
The workshop will take place on Thursday, November 19th from 4:30 – 6:30 in TH 173 in Turcotte Hall.  Refreshments will follow.  Space is limited so sign up now!  Completely FREE!
Shannon Phillips will conduct the workshop. …

Title: Cinema Politica – “Addicted to Plastic”Location: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union BuildingLink out: Click hereStart Time: 19:00Date: 2009-11-10End Time: 21:00