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All events are free unless otherwise indicated.
This events listing is provided by UVic Communications and mirrors the listing published in the most recent issue of The Ring.

For more information about events at UVic, call 721-UVIC, the 24-hour events line.

Links to other UVic events calendars

OCTOBER 16 - OCTOBER 31

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Oct. 16

Oct. 17

Oct. 18

Oct. 19

Oct. 20

Oct. 21

Oct. 22

Oct. 23

Oct.24

Oct. 25

Oct. 26

Oct. 27

Oct. 28

Oct. 29

Oct. 30

Oct. 31


AT THE GALLERIES

Federation of Canadian Artists Biennial Exhibition. Oct 2. - Nov. 2, at McPherson Library Gallery. Artists in attendance daily 12:00 - 2:00. 721-8998.


PHOENIX THEATRE

October 14 - 24 Dogg's Hamlet/Cahoot's Macbeth. Guest director Roy Surette. $16/6.50. Dinner theatre, Oct. 20. $19.50. Phoenix Theatre. 721-8000.


FAMILY HEALTH RESOURCE CENTRE

9:30 a.m. Wednesday Morning Coffee. Parent/Tot drop-in. Every Wednesday morning for UVic student families at the large park in Student Family Housing. Coffee/juice .25 cents. 472-4062.

9:30 a.m. ESL Class for Multicultural Women. Every Friday at UVic family centre, student family housing, #208 - 2375 Lam Circle. Children welcome. 472-4062.


COMPUTING USER SERVICES

Offers workshops on Creating a Faculty Home Page, Building Your Own Website, Academic Research on the Internet,Web Workroom for Faculty, Converting Existing Word Processing Documents to Web Format, Introduction to WebCT, EASY to Excel and Adding a Bulletin Board and Discussion Group to Your Website with WebCT. Information: 721-8280.


STUDENT EMPLOYMENT CENTRE

Offers workshops on Work Search Strategies, Cover Letter Clinic, Job Search Using the Internet, Résumé 201, Networking, Résumé 101 and Interview Intimidation, NOT! $5. Student Employment Centre. Information: 721-8421.


Friday, October 16

athletics

6:00 p.m. Vikes Men's Soccer vs. UBC. $3/Free. Centennial Stadium. 721-8406.

lectures

12:00 p.m. The Status of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process. Dr. Martin Bunton, UVic. UVic Downtown, 910 Government St. To reserve: 472-4747.

12:30 p.m. Forest Products Certification. David Ford and Liz Barratt-Brown. (Eco-Research Chair). 472-4316.

3:00 p.m. Geographical Inquiries into Aging and Health. Ge Lin, UVic. Cornett B145. (Geography). 721-7327.

music

12:30 p.m. Fridaymusic. School of music students in a program for various instruments. Admission by donation. Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. 721-7903.

8:00 p.m. Faculty Recital. Bruce Vogt, piano. $12/8 at school of music. Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. 721-7903.

workshops

9:30 a.m. Introduction to SAS. Hands-on introduction to the statistical program. $25. BEC 180. (computing user services) 721-8280.

12:30 p.m. Build Your Own Website. Discovery sessions for faculty. HSD B241. (computing user services). 721-8280.

1:00 p.m. Jump Start Your Career! Alumni career prospects exploration orientation and intake. 472-4286 or 721-6364.

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Saturday, October 17

athletics

11:00 a.m. Vikes Women's Soccer vs. Alumni. $7/Free. Centennial Stadium. 721-8406.

1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. Vikes Men's Soccer vs. Alumni. $7/Free. Centennial Stadium. 721-8406.

6:30 p.m. Vikes Women's Basketball vs. Alumni. $7/Free. McKinnon Gym. 721-8406.

8:15 p.m. Vikes Men's Basketball vs. Alumni. $7/Free. McKinnon Gym. 721-8406.

music

8:00 p.m. Guest Recital. Lecture/recital of violin-piano music by women composers of Canada and the U.S. Derry Deane, violin, Anna Norberg, piano. $12/8.

(music) Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. 721-7903.

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Sunday, October 18

music

2:30 p.m. Victoria Symphony. $28/15 at McPherson Theatre box office. University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. 386-6121.

other

12:00-5:00 p.m. Chemistry Week Events for Kids. Dr. Zonk's Chemistry Magic Show, Chemistry for Kids, The World at 200 Degrees Below Zero, and Chemistry Olympics. Elliott Building Lecture Wing. (Chemistry). 721-7152.

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Monday, October 19

lectures

12:30 p.m. Critical Imperatives for Young Lawyers. Managing Partners' Speakers Program. George Burke, Managing Partner, Bull, Housser, Tupper. Begbie 158. (Law). 721-8147.

1:15 p.m. A Tradition of Tolerance: Race, History and Canadian Identity. Dr. James Walker, University of Waterloo. (University Centre A180). 721-7392.

music

8:00 p.m. Victoria Symphony. $28/15 at McPherson Theatre box office. University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. 386-6121.

workshops

10:00 a.m. Bump-Hunting in Regression Functions and their Derivatives. Dr. Nancy Heckman, UBC. BEC 363. (Economics). 721-8532.

 

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Tuesday, October 20

lectures

12:30 p.m. Distinguished Speakers' Program. Ron Friesen, Director of Education, Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C. Begbie 158. (Law). 721-8147.

 

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Wednesday, October 21

lectures

12:00 p.m. Life after Death? Chaplains Circle Interfaith Explorations Chats. Interfaith Chaplains Office Drop-In Lounge. (Campus Services Building). 721-8338.

12:30 p.m. Russia: From Communism to Capitalism. Dr. Donald Senese, UVic. Clearihue A301. (History, UVic World History Caucus). 721-7381.

other

12:30 p.m. Reading from her Poetry and Prose. Jeannette Armstrong, Director, En'owkin International School of Writing, Penticton. Lansdowne Lecture. 1996 Classroom Building C112. (Women's Studies). 721-7378.

workshops

9:00 a.m. Jump Start Your Career! Alumni Career Prospects Career Search Internship Orientation. 472-4286 or 721-6364.

 

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Thursday, October 22

lectures

11:30 a.m. Sin-yews: Traditional Ways & Obligations of Knowing and Being. Bill White, Aboriginal Liaison Officer. Grad Student Centre. (Interfaith Chaplains Office). 721-8338.

4:00 p.m. Medical Physics at the End of the 20th Century. Dr. Will Ansbacher, Vancouver Island Cancer Centre. Elliott 061. (Physics & Astronomy). 721-7700.

7:30 p.m. Chemicals, Sustainability and Environmental Health. What on Earth are Toxic Chemicals Doing to Us? Lecture Series. Dr. Paul Johnston, University of Exeter. (MacLaurin A144). (Law). 721-8147.

7:30 p.m. Prague as a Capital for Modernity: A Project. Prof. Derek Sayer, University of Alberta. Classroom Building C103. (Sociology). 721-7572.

other

7:00 p.m. "Turtles Race with Eagle", a story from the Okanagan Nation about Racism. Storytelling by Jeannette Armstrong, Director, En'owkin International School of Writing, Penticton. Lansdowne Lecture. HSD A240. (Women's Studies). 721-7378.

 

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Friday, October 23

lectures

12:00 p.m. The Democratic Deficit in B.C. Dr. Norman Ruff, UVic Downtown, 910 Government St. (Political Science). To reserve a seat 472-4747.

12:30 p.m. Community-Based Forestry and Public Interest Human Rights and Environmental Law: Experiences and Insights from Asia. Prof. Owen Lynch, Centre for International Environmental Law. Washington, D.C. Distinguished Speakers Program. Begbie 158. (Law). 721-8147.

7:30 p.m. Racist Visions for the Twenty-First Century: On the Cultural Politics of the French Radical Right. Lansdowne Public Lecture. Prof. Ann Stoler, University of Michigan. (Anthropology). 721-7046.

music

12:30 p.m. Fridaymusic. School of Music students in a program for various instruments. Admission by donation. Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. 721-7903.

8:00 p.m. University of Victoria Wind Symphony. Gerald N. King, conductor. $10/8 McPherson Theatre box office. University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. 386-6121.

other

9:00 a.m. 10th Annual Vancouver Island Science Olympics. Grade 11 and 12 students representing 35 island schools will showcase their work in science and engineering. Royal B.C. Museum. 721-7745.

2:30 p.m. Be it Resolved that Social Science Can Be Objective. Faculty of Social Science Colloquium No. 2. University Centre A180. 721-7064.

seminars

2:30 p.m. Carbon Fixation and Water Use: From Embryos to Forests to the Biosphere. Dr. Nigel Livingston, UVic. Cunningham 146. (Biology) 721-7094.

 

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Saturday, October 24

athletics

12:00 p.m. Vikes Women's Soccer vs. Alberta. $3/Free. Centennial Stadium. 721-8406.

2:00 p.m. Vikes Men's Soccer vs. Alberta. $3/Free. Centennial Stadium. 721-8406.

2:30 p.m. Vikes Men's Rugby vs. UBC. $3/Free. Wallace Field. 721-8406.

lectures

1:30 p.m. Racing: The Global Systematization of Race Violence. Jeannette Armstrong, Director, En'owkin International School of Writing, Penticton. Keynote Address at the Making History, Constructing Race Conference. Lansdowne Lecturer. Begbie 159. (Women's Studies). 721-7378.

music

8:00 p.m. Civic Orchestra. A United Nations Day Salute. $12/Free. McPherson Theatre box office. University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. 386-6121.

 

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Sunday, October 25

athletics

12:00 p.m. Vikes Women's Soccer vs. Saskatchewan. $3/Free. Centennial Stadium. 721-8406.

2:00 p.m. Vikes Men's Soccer vs. Saskatchewan. $3/Free. Centennial Stadium. 721-8406.

music

2:30 p.m. Faculty Recital. Sharon Stanis, violin, Helen Hall, piano. $12/8 at School of Music. Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. 721-7903.

2:30 p.m. Victoria Symphony Rendezvous with Friends. $20/18 McPherson Theatre box office. University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. 386-6121.

 

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Monday, October 26

lectures

2:30 p.m. The Cultural Studies Debate in Latin America. Dr. Jean Franco, Columbia University. Lansdowne Lecture. Clearihue A306. (Hispanic & Italian Studies). 721-7413.

 

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Tuesday, October 27

lectures

2:30 p.m. A Ghost Dance in the Fields of the Cold War. Dr. Jean Franco, Columbia University. Lansdowne Lecture. Clearihue A306. (Hispanic & Italian Studies). 721-7316.

seminars

12:30 p.m. Malaysia's Policy on Capital and Exchange Controls: Implications for Singapore and ASEAN Economies. Dr. Hank Lim. (Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives). 721-7020.

workshops

3:30 p.m. Finite Sample Properties of Beta Estimators. Will McNally. BEC 363. (Economics). 721-8532.

 

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Wednesday, October 28

lectures

12:30 p.m. Dropping the Drawbridge in the Gulf Islands - Planning with Community-Based Geographic Information Systems. Meg Holden, Rutgers. Cornett B145. (Society of Geography Students). 721-7346.

2:30 p.m. Singularities, Nonlinear PDEs and a Critique of the Functional Analytic Approach. Dr. Elmer E. Rosinger, UBC. Clearihue B215. (Mathematics & Statistics). 721-7437.

 

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Thursday, October 29

athletics

6:30 p.m. & 8:15 p.m. Vikes Men's Basketball Classic Tourney. $7/Free. McKinnon Gym. 721-8406.

lectures

10:00 a.m. After Violence. Dr. Jean Franco, Columbia University. Presentation to the 14th Annual Colloquium of the Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies. Lansdowne Lecturer. University Centre A180. 721-7413.

11:30 a.m. Re-incarnation? Heather Botting, Wiccan chaplain, Henry Lock, Christian chaplain. Grad Student Centre. (Interfaith Chaplains Office). 721-8338.

4:00 p.m. Healing Journey of the Soul through Pain to Fullness of Life. Chris Bernard. Clearihue A303. (Centre for Studies in Religion and Society). 721-6325.

other

10:00 a.m. Feasts and Festivals in the Hispanic and Italian World. 14th Annual Colloquium of the Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies. University Centre A180. 721-7413.

seminars

4:30 p.m. Teaching Business English. Don Greene, UVic. Clearihue A204. (Linguistics, Continuing Studies). 721-7420.

 

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Friday, October 30

athletics

6:30 & 8:15 p.m. Vikes Men's Basketball Classic Tourney. $7/Free. McKinnon Gym. 721-8406.

music

12:30 p.m. Fridaymusic. School of Music students in a program for various instruments. Admission by donation. Phillip T. Young Recital Hall. 721-7903.

8:00 p.m. University of Victoria Orchestra. Janos Sandor, conductor. $12/8 McPherson Theatre box office. University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. 386-6121.

lectures

12:00 p.m. Traumatic Brain Injury: Coping with Cognitive, Behavioural, and Emotional Challenges to Community Reintegration. Dr. Catherine Mateer. UVic Downtown, 910 Government Street. (Continuing Studies). To reserve a seat 472-4747.

other

9:30 a.m. Feasts and Festivals in the Hispanic and Italian World. 14th Annual Colloquium of the Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies. University Centre A180. (Senate Chambers). 721-7413.

seminars

2:30 p.m. Using DNA Sequence Information to Reconstruct Historical Relationships: Mitochondrial Sequence Comparisons of Diptera (true flies). Dr. Andy Beckenbach, SFU. Cunningham 146. (Biology). 721-7094.

 

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Saturday, October 31

athletics

9:00 a.m. Vikes Men's & Women's Rowing. Gorge. 721-8406.

3:00 p.m. Vikes Women's Basketball vs. Trinity Western. $7/Free. McKinnon Gym. 721-8406.

6:30 & 8:15 p.m. Vikes Men's Basketball Classic Tourney. $7/Free. McKinnon Gym. 721-8406.

 

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The deadline for calendar submissions for the October 30 issue of the Ring is October 23 at 4:00 p.m. Late submissions cannot be accepted for publication. Calendar submissions may be sent to Donna Barker, at UVic Communications Services, email: dbarker@uvic.ca


LINKS TO OTHER UVic EVENTS CALENDARS

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Student Employment Centre Events

Alumni News

Learning & Teaching Centre

Maltwood Gallery

School of Music

Cinecenta

Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives

University Centre Auditorium

Vikes Varsity Teams & Schedules

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