Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Do you have an interest in sustainability, social and economic justice, growing food, social change, art, community building, self care, or nonviolent communication? Do you want to make a difference in your community and in the world? As a community activist, volunteer or worker, are you interested in learning strategies for working more effectively, being more creative or for personal renewal? Are you looking to connect with others who are working for a more just and sustainable world?
Langara’s 2011 Summer School on Building Community offers all this and more!
From June 11–18, over 20 workshops, presentations and dialogues will be held.
Workshop descriptions and schedule: See the workshop list below, or go to www.langara.bc.ca/social-cultural/summer-school and click on “Courses” on the right hand side bar.
To register, please call 604 323 5322
Questions? Contact Leslie Kemp at lkemp@langara.bc.ca or 604 323 5981 or Jennifer Hales at jhales@langara.bc.ca
50% discount for full-time students with valid ID and for people on low incomes.
Please spread the word!
Renew.Learn.Celebrate.
at Langara’s Summer School on Building Community, June 11-18
Learn skills, develop strategies, and create visions for sustainable communities, sustainable work, culture, ecology and more.
List of workshops (click on workshop title for details):
Planning and Acting for Change and Sustainability
- Transition in Vancouver: from fossil fuel dependence to resilience (Sat-Sun, June 11-12, 9am-5pm)
- Inequality: The Biggest Barrier to Sustainability with Linda McQuaig (Mon June 13, 9am-5pm)
- Shake It Up! Creative Capacity Building for Change Makers of All Kinds (Thurs June 16, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- Community Mapping (Part 1) (Thurs June 16, 6:30pm-9:30pm)
- Community Mapping (Part 2) (Fri June 17, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- Setting the Context for Change: Exploring the Pathways to Ecological Sustainability (Tues June 14, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- Sustainable Leisure Summer Edition (Tues June 14, 6:30pm-9:30pm)
- The Sustainable Story of Stuff (Wed June 15, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- Making a Difference in Your Own Backyard (Thurs June 16, 9:30am-4:30pm)
Tackling Inequality, Poverty and Homelessness
- Inequality: The Biggest Barrier to Sustainability with Linda McQuaig (Mon June 13, 9am-5pm)
- Homelessness 101: What You Need to Know and What You Can Do (Wed June 15, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- The Economics of Poverty (Fri June 17, 9:30am-12:30pm)
Inspiring Change through Community and Environmental Arts
- Ivy Coiling (Mon June 13, Tues June 14, Wed June 15, or Thurs June 16, 4:30pm-7:30pm)
- Telling Stories through the Act of Gardening (Wed June 15, 1pm-5pm)
- Drawing Your Team Together (Fri June 17, 1:30pm-5pm)
- Community Celebration (Fri June 17, 6pm-10pm)
- Community Arts Dialogue: Community, Politics and Resistance in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) (Sat June 18, 10am-4pm)
Facilitation and Team Building
- Lead the Way as a Bureaucracy Navigator (Tues June 14, 1pm-4pm)
- Introduction to Non-Violent Communication (Wed June 15, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- Facilitating Participation (Thurs June 16, 10am-5pm)
- Community Mapping (Part 1) (Thurs June 16, 6:30pm-9:30pm)
- Community Mapping (Part 2) (Fri June 17, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- Drawing Your Team Together (Fri June 17, 1:30pm-5pm)
Communication Skills and Empowering Yourself
- Lead the Way as a Bureaucracy Navigator (Tues June 14, 1pm-4pm)
- Introduction to Non-Violent Communication (Wed June 15, 9:30am-4:30pm)
Self Care and Renewal
- Developing Resilience: Self Care in the Thick of Things (Fri June 17, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- Make Light Work: 8 Tools for Knowing What You Already Know (Sat June 18, 9:30am-4:30pm)
Cultivating Food and Gardens, Cultivating Community
- Two Block Diet: Creating Community and Growing More Food (Mon June 13, 7pm-9pm)
- Strawberry City: Rebuilding Fractured Communities through Food Security (Tues June 14, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- Composting Made Easy (Tues June 14, 5:30pm-6:30pm)
- Soil Fertility and Plant Health (Tues June 14, 7pm-9pm)
- Telling Stories through the Act of Gardening (Wed June 15, 1pm-5pm)
- Backyard Chickens 101 (Wed June 15, 7pm-9pm)
- Bees in the City: An Introduction to Backyard Beekeeping (Thurs June 16, 9:30am-12:30pm)
- Winter Gardening and Harvesting (Sat June 18, 9:30am-4:30pm)
Emergency Preparedness
- Prepared or Not Prepared: Are You Ready? (Wed June 15, 7pm-9:30pm)
Celebrating Community
- Community Celebration (An evening of food, community arts and circle dancing) (Fri June 17, 6pm-10pm)
Village Vancouver’s Transition School
- Transition in Vancouver: from fossil fuel dependence to resilience (Sat-Sun, June 11-12, 9am-5pm)
- Two Block Diet: Creating Community and Growing More Food (Mon June 13, 7pm-9pm)
- Setting the Context for Change: Exploring the Pathways to Ecological Sustainability (Tues June 14, 9:30am-4:30pm)
- Composting Made Easy (Tues June 14, 5:30pm-6:30pm)
- Soil Fertility and Plant Health (Tues June 14, 7pm-9pm)
- Backyard Chickens 101 (Wed June 15, 7pm-9pm)
- Prepared or Not Prepared: Are You Ready? (Wed June 15, 7pm-9:30pm)
- Village Vancouver Meet Up (Thurs June 16, 6pm-9pm)