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Together we are stronger than we are alone.
-Augusto Boal

The unconference will be an opportunity for U of T students, staff and
faculty who are passionate and interested in various aspects of
sustainability, to meet each other, to share ideas, to explore
opportunities to collaborate, and to synergize around sustainability
actions at U of T and beyond. The Unconference will be organized as an
open space: a process where participants create the agenda by
proposing and facilitating the discussion of issues or actions that
are meaningful to them; an open space process allows for a diverse
group to share the space in a relaxed, inclusive and purposeful way.

The goal of this gathering is to channel the large amount of energy
and dedication of individuals, campus organizations, existing
networks, committees and departments toward building relationships and
engaging in a cross-pollination of ideas that will enhance our current
actions. The unconference will also be an opportunity to learn new
ways of doing and being so that together we work toward strengthening
environmental justice and sustainable practices at U of T and beyond!

What: Environmental Justice and Sustainability Unconference
When: Thursday March 11, 2010 from 2 to 5pm
Where: Hart House, Debates Room
Delicious afternoon nourishment included
RSVP at http://www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/Programs

- Dance! FREE Food! Art! Socialize! Meet Faculty & Students & FREE Admission
- A demonstration of Bol, the spoken language of rhythm
- Intro to North and East Indian classical dance forms; Check it out on <Facebook>: http://www.facebook.com/events/edit/index.php?eid=310614136710&step=1#!/event.php?eid=265891479559&ref=ts

From the Globe & Mail, describing a Chitralekha performance:Odissi is considered the most lyrical and sensual of the South Asian dance styles. The art form brings to life temple dance sculptures in a series of beautiful poses linked by intricate footwork and hand movements. Devraj’s clever spin on this living sculpture is to elaborate on traditional Odissi movements-in other words, to make the dance more complicated and ornate, a concept embraced in the word “pallavi”. The “science” part is anchored in the complex mathematics of the musical structure of the raaga, or specific number of beats of the music. The resulting dance is like watching Odissi in fast-forward. Traditional poses flash by like telephone poles from a passing car, while the siblings execute Devraj’s demanding physicality with awesome speed.

Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010
Time: 7:30pm – 9:10pm
Location: Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Ave.)

Synopsis: Adam and Zooey have been unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant for 7 months, then end up pregnant after a rape. Unsure of the parentage of their child, they decide to have him anyway.

Full summary: Adam (Tom Keenan) and Zooey (Daria Putteart) have been unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant for seven months. At wit’s end, they decide to detoxify, de-stress and go to the country to keep trying. Their relaxing time away turns to mayhem as they are set upon by a band of drunken young men who beat them up, and rape Zooey in front of Adam. As the distraught couple attempt to recover, they discover Zooey is pregnant. Unsure of the parentage of their child, they decide to go through with the pregnancy, use it to heal, and raise the child as their own – no matter what. Zooey is nonplussed, and uses the pregnancy to heal from her trauma. But Adam, who is sure the child has been spawned by a rapist, is haunted, and eventually driven to extremes.

“Bold, raw and unforgettable. A gritty, fearless, emotionally devastating experience”
Sam Hagenlocher, The Uniter

“Gripping… The opening ten minutes of this film are a harrowing brush with evil.”
Aaron Graham, Uptown

“Intimate and emotionally real”
Alison Gillmor, CBC

Zooey & Adam has just begun its festival circuit, premiering at The Atlantic International Film Festival in September of 2009 and nominated at the Vancouver International Film Festival for the CanWest award for Best Canadian Feature Film.

Sean Garrity is an independent filmmaker from Winnipeg. His past films, Lucid and INerTia have garnered much acclaim from the independent filmmaking community, winning such awards as Best First Feature at TIFF 2001 and “Best Director” at the 2001 FilmCan Festival.

Come view a rare screening of this controversially topical film. This film is a rejection of big-budget Hollywood aesthetics, come out to support our Canadian Independent cinema!

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The ASSU Executive represents the academic concerns for over 26,000 full-time Arts & Science students on the St. George campus.  Their responsibilities include, but are not limited to – holding 4 office hours a week in the ASSU Office, attending Executive meetings every few weeks, reporting at ASSU Council Meetings 6 times a year, sitting on various ASSU committees, representing ASSU at Faculty meetings, helping out with course evaluations, working with and helping out Course Unions, working on ASSU projects and any other academic concerns affecting A&S students that might come up during the year.

If you have the time commitment and the passion, why not consider running for the ASSU Executive!  Any Full-time, Arts & Science Student registered on the St. George campus, or ASSU-fee paying student can run for a position.  Nominations open on Wednesday, February 24^th and close on Wednesday, March 10^th.  Drop by the ASSU Office, SS 1068 to pick up a nomination form or to get more info.

GET INVOLVED!

Criteria for the Award
The award is made on the basis of excellence in teaching and contributions to undergraduate education.  In evaluating nominees, the following criteria are considered:

*Stimulates and challenges students’ intellectual capacity
*Is skillful at communicating the course material to students
*Shows mastery of the subject area
*Is highly accessible to students
*Influences development of students’ intellectual and critical skills
*Does anything else you feel makes them an outstanding educator

Eligibility for the Award
Any instructor who taught or is currently teaching in the 2009-10 academic year is eligible for nomination.  Teaching staff of any rank are considered to be instructors: Full/Associate/Assistant Professors, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer.  Teaching Assistants are not eligible for this award.  Nominees must also be published in the ASSU ANTI-CALENDAR.

Nomination Procedure
Candidates may be nominated by Full-time A&S students registered on the St. George campus only.  Please read carefully and then fill out the reverse side of this form.  Nominations must include a typed letter outlining the merits of the instructor and why you feel they deserve to win the teaching award.  Feel free to attach letters of support.

Nomination forms also available at the ASSU Office – SS 1068.

Deadline for nominations: Monday, March 8, 2010

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This is a call for past term tests for the fall 2009 semester. You can bring your tests to the ASSU office (room 1068 of Sidney Smith).

Upon donating a test that we don’t have, your name will be entered into a draw for fantastic prizes in the form of gift certificates for Second Cup and Tim Hortons.

The reception will be held on September 18, 2009 at 4 pm on the second floor of the University of Toronto Multi-faith Centre located at 569 Spadina Avenue.

Terry felt very strongly about the development of area studies at the University of Toronto and over the years had helped ASSU Presidents take a stand on this very important issue. He held a particular affinity to South Asian Studies and over the years had built a strong working relationship with the program and its former home, New College. In his memory, New College and ASSU are working to put together an endowed Bursary fund, the “Terry Buckland Memorial Bursary” which will generate at least one bursary every year for a student interested in social justice and equity issues in South Asia. In lieu of flowers, donations to the “Terry Buckland Memorial Fund” will be accepted at the reception.