Blind Date with a Book

Fall in love all over again with Blind Date with a Book Feb. 13-24
Come to the Library at St. Jerome's University and learn to love again! Don't judge a book by it's cover has a whole new meaning, as we wrap some of your favourites in brown paper and leave it up to you to choose your Valentine based on plot, themes, and synopsis!

Reading Series: Tim Conley

Tim Conley's recent books include Dance Moves of the Near Future (2015), the poetry collection One False Move (2012), Burning City: Poems of Metropolitan Modernity (edited with Jed Rasula, 2012), and Nothing Could be Further: Thirty Stories (2011). He lives in St. Catharines, ON, where he teaches English at Brock University and has published widely on Joyce, Nabokov, and other topics in twentieth-century literature.

"Forgiven/Forgotten" a Theatre of the Beat Production

“Forgiven/Forgotten” is a fast paced, heart-wrenching drama that examines how our culture responds to those affected by crime. When a family finds out that an offender will be serving his parole in their community, they are forced to choose between closing their doors or reaching out to those in need.

 

This event is part of St. Jereome's Univerity's Encounter KW program and is sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee. Admission is by donation, $15 suggested.

 

The Blanket Exercise

The Blanket Exercise is a powerful learning experience which shares the historic and contemporary relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. In this participatory workshop, participants are led through 500 years of history, taking on the roles of Indigenous peoples while standing on blankets which represent the land. The Blanket Exercise will be facilitated by staff members from the Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre and will be followed by a debrief discussion.