The UBC Harvest Feastival is an epic fall-themed outdoor dinner, combined with access to multiple shows and exhibits around the university’s Arts and Culture District.
UBC Harvest Feastival
Where: University Commons (outside the Nest)
Tickets: Available online now starting at $10
When: Thursday, September 22, 2016 4:30pm to 7:00pm (dinner); 7:30pm to 9:30pm (exhibits & shows)
David Speight, Executive Chef of UBC Food Services and his team will be preparing a three-course meal that is inspired by the season and featuring local produce freshly picked from the UBC Farm. Roasted butternut squash, beet salad, salmon, pumpkin penne, and more delicious seasonal offerings will be on the menu.
Following dinner, enjoy a night of free arts and culture happenings including the UBC Symphony, alumni from Theatre Sports, gallery opening nights, opera and more.
Free, with your Feastival wrist band, is admission to the following arts and culture events:
UBC Harvest Feastival is presented by Campus + Community Planning. Follow along on Twitter for more information.
Enjoy a panel discussion, networking, and a glass of wine at the next Canadian Women in PR event in Vancouver. The discussion, with a group of local industry pros, will be based on the Harvard Business Review report titled “The Hidden Brain Drain: Off-Ramps and On-Ramps in Women’s Careers.”
Canadian Women in PR
Where: Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel
When: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Tickets: Available online starting at $65.99.
Join this evening of networking along with a panel discussion on career offroads and onroads – navigating a women’s career in business. Enjoy expansive views of Coal Harbour, Stanley Park and the Vancouver waterfront while sipping a glass of wine and mingling with PR industry colleagues.
Most professional women step off the career track at some point in their lives whether it be to raise children, care for elderly parents, or to manage other life experiences. This event aims to explore the off ramps taken by women in public relations roles in our area.
Moderator Natalie Langston will lead the panel consisting of Robin Cook Bondy, Communications Manager, Nature’s Path Foods; Instructor, BCIT; Charmaine Hammond, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Resilience, & Team Building Expert, Hammond International Inc.; Leeann Froese, Owner, Town Hall Brands; Ange Frymire Fleming, President, Vocal Point Communications; Professor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Opening remarks will be by made Talia Beckett-Davis, President & Chairwoman, Canadian Women in Public Relations; Founder, Pink Pearl PR; Director of Communications, AdvantageBC.
Win Tickets
If you would like to attend this thought-provoking event, I have a pair of tickets to give away. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw two winners at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Monday, September 19, 2016. Follow Canadian Women in Public Relations on Facebook and Twitter to learn more.
Update The winners are @wildcoasttales & Kelsey!
Celebrate food and farming in Surrey at Pie in the Plaza, a free family-friendly event where you can witness the creation of the largest blueberry pie in the province!
Pie in the Plaza at Surrey City Hall
Where: Surrey City Hall Plaza (13450 104 Ave, Surrey)
When: Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 11:00am to 3:00pm
Admission: Free
Starting at 11:00am, you can watch as the largest blueberry pie in BC gets assembled. By 12:00pm, there will be a ceremonial pie cutting and the first 2,000 guests will get a slice. At 1:00pm, mascots lead some fun and games for kids and at 2:00pm there’s a good old fashioned pie throwing contest.
Activities throughout the afternoon include a petting zoo, milking with BC Agriculture in the Classroom’s “Delilah the Cow” exhibit, Historic Stewart Farm and the Surrey Archives heritage hangout, activities with the Fraser Valley Antique Farm Machinery Association and Surrey’s Salmon Habitat Restoration Program (SHaRP), and visit with the Honeybee Centre. Stop by the Farm Fun Photobooth, and grab some lunch from one of the food trucks on site.
Follow the City of Surrey on Facebook and Twitter for information about this event and many more throughout the year.
Tickets are now on sale for the 29th annual Vancouver Writers Fest, with a remarkable lineup of more than 90 events, with over 100 local and international authors.
Vancouver Writers Fest
Where: Various locations, Granville Island
When: October 17th to October 23rd, 2016
Tickets: Ticket prices start at $9.50 for children and $17 for adults and can be purchased online, by phone (604) 681-6330 ex. 111, or in person at the festival box office at 1398 Cartwright Street, Vancouver.
The lineup of readings, conversations, interviews and multidisciplinary performances attracts more than 17,000 audience members each year, and features more than 101 authors from across the globe, including some listed for upcoming prestigious awards including The Scotiabank Giller Prize and The Man Booker Prize.
There will be two special events with musical stars: Elvis Costello presents his new book, Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink, on Wednesday, November 23 at 8:00pm at The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. The Band’s Robbie Robertson will discuss his autobiography, Testament, on Tuesday, December 6 at 7:30pm, Christ Church Cathedral. Offering an entirely unique way to experience these two sensational performers, the special events are two of dozens that the Festival presents outside of the weeklong celebrations.
Author appearances at the 2016 Festival include:
- Colson Whitehead, a multi-award winning author whose latest novel, The Underground Railroad, is becoming a sensation across North America.
- Emma Donoghue, author of the world-renowned Room, and now The Wonder.
- Beloved Canadian bestseller Yann Martel.
- Wade Davis, explorer and author, who shares his own photographs from years of travel in the soon-to-be-published Wade Davis: Photographs.
- Vancouver’s own Madeleine Thien who has been shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize and longlisted for both The Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing.
- Guy Gavriel Kay, whose groundbreaking novel Children of Earth and Sky quickly reached the bestseller list this Spring.
- Eimear McBride, winner of the Bailey Women’s Prize for Fiction, and author of A Girl is a Half Formed Thing and, newly, The Lesser Bohemians.
- Italian author Francesca Melandri whose work, Eva Sleeps, has been called “an epic novel.”
- The New Yorker journalist David Denby who shares stories of literacy and education in NY classrooms in his new book, Lit Up.
- Affinity Konar, whose novel Mischling, is hailed as “one of the most harrowing, powerful, and imaginative books of the year.”
- Other featured authors include André Alexis, Erin Bow, Deborah Campbell, Ivan Coyote, Yaa Gyazi, Guy Gavriel Kay, Joy Kogawa, Gordon Korman, Hisham Matar, Lisa Moore, Kevin Patterson, Noah Richler, Sharon Olds, Kenneth Oppel, Fred Wah, Andrew Westoll, Charlotte Wood, Zoe Whittall, and the Festival’s own artistic associate, Clea Young.
To celebrate the remarkable series of events, the Festival is giving away 101 books, one to represent each author featured. Vancouverites will be able to find the specially wrapped books across the city: in coffee shops, on library tables, and even park benches. Ranging from new titles to classics from previous years, the gifts will be distributed until October 17, when the Fest begins.
A complete set of events can be found online. Follow the Vancouver Writers Fest on Facebook and Twitter for more information and the latest news from the festival.
The 12th annual Canuck Place Gift of Time Gala takes places on October 15th. Throughout its history, a highlight of the evening has been hearing from a Canuck Place family speaker. Last year, in front of a crowd of over 700 guests, Amy and Regan Ross bravely spoke about the loss of their daughter, Gabrielle. As we approach this year’s gala, Canuck Place has taken a look back at the story the Ross family shared.
“Life with a child such as Gabrielle and the other special children who are part of the Canuck Place program is anything but easy,” said Regan. “It is wonderful. The joys and the wonderment you get to share with these children are beyond words. But the challenges families face, not on a daily basis – but on a minute to minute basis – is utterly unimaginable unless you have lived through something similar.”
Amy told the room that their time with Gabrielle was magical. “She changed our lives in ways we never could have imagined. I grieved the loss of a healthy little girl, but what I was chosen to have instead, was the wisest, most loving and brave little girl, who challenged her mom, dad, and brothers to rise to the occasion and to live our lives that best way we could. After our initial stay at Canuck Place we settled at home with Gabrielle and enjoyed every minute with her, not knowing when would be our last.”
Throughout the three years they had with their daughter, one question lingered in the air.
“How do you raise a child you know is going to die?” asked Regan. “The truth is there really is no right answer to that question. You just do. Part of you dies when you’re faced to that question. You fall down to your knees and struggle to get up to face what you need to face. Canuck Place helped pick us up. They helped us answer and live through that question. And they helped us give everything we possibly could to Gabrielle and our three boys.”
Gabrielle passed away at Canuck Place in June 2013. The Rosses now have three sons, aged four, seven, and nine.
The entire family makes regular visits to Canuck Place to attend bereavement counselling, and Amy is currently a member of the Canuck Place Family Advisory Council, a group of Canuck Place family members who provide feedback and suggestions to Canuck Place staff.
Their input helps guide new or changing initiatives, so they can best meet the many needs of Canuck Place families. This group was even involved in designing the layout of a second Canuck Place location in Abbotsford, their unique perspective provides the invaluable insight into the experiences and needs of all families Canuck Place reaches.
The 2016 Gift of Time Gala is sold out, but you can still support by donating to the Friends of Gift of Time fund. Follow Canuck Place on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram for the latest news and updates.
Miss604 is the proud Social Media Sponsor of the Gift of Time Gala
