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SUMMARY:Indigenous Dramaturgies Exchange 2023
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Dramaturgies Exchange offers emerging Indigenous artists professional development and space for artistic exchange on a current or upcoming dramaturgy project\, with a focus on on-the-land engagement as a way of locating stories. \nThis program provides reciprocal mentorship and community building\, and you are encouraged to apply with a partner\, mentor\, or collaborator. \nIndigenous dramaturgies; as artistic ceremony\, as political resistances\, and as community-building\, are under studied and under supported. In this program we will discuss and explore your roles in deeper detail\, with the support of faculty and with cultural facilitators for on-the-land engagement sessions. This program includes daily check-ins as a group to share in creative processes and showcase your work in order to look to yourselves\, your cultural realities\, relationships\, and teachings as ways that navigate your artistic practice. \n*Financial Aid of up to 100% of tuition fee\, meal and accommodation fee is available for this program. All accepted participants will receive the financial aid package. \nProgram Dates: May 8 – 26\, 2023\nApplication Deadline: February 15\, 2023\nLearn more and apply online: http://bit.ly/3tPly6S
URL:https://qwf.org/event/indigenous-dramaturgies-exchange-2023/
LOCATION:Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity\, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive\, Banff\, Alberta\, T1L 1H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival presents: Marusya Nikiforova: Ukraine's Legendary Anarchist Warrior
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 23\, 2023\, 7:00 pmLa Sala Rossa\, Montreal\n\n\n\nNorman Nawrocki’s one-act play Marusya Nikiforova: Ukraine’s Legendary Anarchist Warrior debuts May 23 as part of the Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival.  \n\n\n\nTickets are $20 and include entry to all the day’s performances: \n\n\n\n\nKiltras\, by the Compania Danza JAM (Chile)\n\n\n\nMarusya Nikiforova: Ukraine’s legendary anarchist warrior\, by Norman Nawrocki/Babushka Theatre (Montreal)\n\n\n\nCÍCLICAS: Resistiendo en la (de) (re) construcción\, by Colectiva Tribu (Montreal)\n\n\n\n\nA three-day pass to the entire festival is available for $50. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, click here to visit the festival website.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/montreal-international-anarchist-theatre-festival-presents-marusya-nikiforova-ukraines-legendary-anarchist-warrior/
LOCATION:La Sala Rossa\, 4848 St. Laurent Boulevard\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2R5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:Finding the Fun in Children's Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 23\, 7:30-8:30 pmOnline via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNon-fiction is NOT fiction’s boring cousin. Join children’s non-fiction author Rachel Poliquin as she explores the use of fictional elements like character development\, world-building\, and dialogue in non-fiction writing and learn a few tips and techniques to create wildly entertaining and educational books for kids. \n\n\n\nRachel Poliquin writes about all things orderly and disorderly in nature. She particularly likes celebrating unexpected heroes — the lumpy\, the lowly\, and quietly extraordinary. She has written many non-fiction books about animal and nature for children including The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers and The Strangest Thing in the Sea. Rachel lives in Vancouver with her husband and three children.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/finding-the-fun-in-childrens-nonfiction/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230524T133000
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SUMMARY:Learn@Lunch: Navigating Bill 96 – Understanding Quebec’s French Language Law
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 24\, 12:00-1:30 pmOnline via Zoom\n\n\n\nAre you wondering about Quebec’s newly approved Bill 96? \n\n\n\nIn this Learn@Lunch\, YES Employment + Entrepreneurship will be discussing the potential impact of Quebec’s new French language law Bill 96 on the labour market. More specifically\, we will examine the effect of these new measures imposed on Quebec English-speaking entrepreneurs\, employees and job seekers who may not have a good command of the French language. \n\n\n\nThis presentation will allow you to better understand the new requirements you may have to face in your job search or in your entrepreneurial journey in Quebec\, with respect to the required use of French. \n\n\n\nGuest Speaker: Hanna El Fishawy\, Avocate en droit du travail et de l’emploi – Employment Lawyer | Plūme inc. \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker: As a member of the Quebec bar\, Hanna El Fishawy focuses her practice on advising and representing companies across all industries\, big and small\, in the various aspects of employment law. She quickly became conscious of the issues that employers face on a daily basis\, with respect to the management of their employees\, and the conflictual relationship that often ensues. \n\n\n\nHanna makes sure to keep up to date with current employment legislation and ensures that her clients not only understand their current situation\, but also guides them toward decisions that are made in their best interest. \n\n\n\nWith the implementation of Bill 96\, Hanna has invested much time and effort in analyzing it with regards to its impact on both employers and employees in Quebec. \n\n\n\nPre-registration is required. Available as a free online\, live-streaming webinar.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/learnlunch-navigating-bill-96-understanding-quebecs-french-language-law/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Recto-Verso
DESCRIPTION:L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal \nPoets: Louise Dupré\, Emmanuel Deraps\, et Jean-Guy Forget \n​Join us at Phoenix Books in NDG (5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec H4A 1X7)\non Wednesday\, May 24th @ 7:30 PM \n​for a poetry reading with a difference\, avec SpeakUp le public est engagé: \nChaque membre de l’auditoire recevra une copie du poème.\nChaque poète lira d’abord leur poème dans la version originale\, puis dans sa version traduite\, suivi d’une discussion de 15-20 minutes.\nLe poète lira leur poème une dernière fois.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-recto-verso-3/
LOCATION:Phoenix Books\, 5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1X7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Series
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SUMMARY:The Writers' Union of Canada Awards Announcement
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 25\, 202312 pm EDT on Facebook Live\n\n\n\nJoin The Writers’ Union of Canada for a live announcement of the winners of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers. Please join us to cheer on the finalists and winners! \n\n\n\nThe Danuta Gleed Literary Award recognizes the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2022 in the English language. The Award consists of cash prizes for the three best collections\, with a first prize of $10\,000 and two additional prizes of $1\,000. This year’s jury comprised authors Jack Wang\, Sally Ito and Cynthia Holz who determined the short list from 23 collections submitted\, some by seasoned writers\, others by authors being published for the first time. This year’s finalists are: \n\n\n\nNada Alic\, Bad Thoughts (Vintage Books)Kathy Friedman\, All the Shining People (House of Anansi Press)Kim Fu\, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century (Coach House Books)Rawi Hage\, Stray Dogs (Knopf Canada)Saeed Teebi\, Her First Palestinian (House of Anansi Press) \n\n\n\nThe Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers aims to discover\, encourage\, and promote new writers of short prose in order to provide opportunity and exposure to developing writers. A $2\,500 prize is awarded to a Canadian writer for the best piece of unpublished prose of up to 2\,500 words in the English language. This year’s Short Prose Jury comprised Doretta Lau\, Tāriq Malik\, and Ann Shortell. \n\n\n\nVisit the Union’s website for more info about the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers: www.writersunion.ca. If you would like to support the work of The Writers’ Union of Canada\, donations are gratefully accepted online at www.writersunion.ca/support.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-writers-union-of-canada-awards-announcement/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Hackmatack Panel with Valerie Sherrard\, Edeet Ravel\, Laura Best\, and host Stephanie Domet
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 25\, 6:30 pm EDT (7:30 pm ADT)Online via Zoom\n\n\n\nJoin 2023 Hackmatack award nominees Laura Best (The Family Way\, Nimbus Publishing\, 2021)\, Edeet Ravel (A Boy Is Not a Ghost\, Groundwood Books\, 2021)\, and Valerie Sherrard (Birdspell\, Cormorant Books\, 2021) for a discussion on writing difficult topics for middle grade readers. \n\n\n\nIn conversation with Stephanie Domet (AfterWords Literary Festival)\, the authors will explain how their novels tackle difficult issues such as war\, racism\, historical traumas\, mental health\, and strained family relationships. The discussion will offer advice on how to approach tough topics with sensitivity and forethought\, craft an age-appropriate narrative\, and navigate the publishing process.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/hackmatack-panel-with-valerie-sherrard-edeet-ravel-laura-best-and-host-stephanie-domet/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Panel,Webinar
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SUMMARY:League of Canadian Poets: Quebec/French Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 25\, 7-8 pm EDT\n\n\n\nEvents will feature 10-15 poets maximum\, who will read for 3-4 minutes (typically 1-3 poems). No payment is offered for participation; these are casual\, community-building events to help connect poets in similar regions or communities! \n\n\n\nSign up is first come-first served. The first 15 poets to register will be contacted to confirm their availability. All LCP members are welcome to attend our Open Mic series\, but only LCP members who receive confirmation will be allowed to read.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/league-of-canadian-poets-quebec-french-open-mic/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Open Mic
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 27\, 10:00 am–12:30 pmOnline via Zoom—RSVP below to receive the Zoom link \n\n\n\nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \n\n\n\nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \n\n\n\nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. A Zoom link will be sent out a day or two before the session. \n\n\n\nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n\n\n10:00–10:25: Writing 110:25–10:30: Break10:30–10:55: Writing 210:55–11:00: Break11:00–11:25: Writing 311:25–11:30: Break11:30–11:55: Writing 411:55–12:00: Break12:00–12:25: Writing 5 \n\n\n\nTo receive the Zoom link\, RSVP below.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf-26/
LOCATION:Quebec
CATEGORIES:Shut Up & Write!
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