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The event, "Celebrating Our Connections: Canada and East Asia", features business and educational panel discussions, as well as cultural activities. It includes a special one-day seminar on business September 27.
"We want to acknowledge and celebrate the important relationship between Canada and East Asia," says Gail Cuthbert Brandt, principal of Renison. "In particular, we plan to focus on culture, education, trade and technology and to examine the similarities and differences in how our societies approach such issues."
The festival's program was developed by representatives of Renison, UW and the local East Asian community and student groups, a news release says. "It is also our hope that the festival will bring about awareness of the college's and the university's programs in East Asian studies," Brandt said.
The festival opens with a speech by Kitchener MP John English, titled "Canada's Connections with East Asia, Past and Present." Next day, September 26, there will be a panel on the University and Links with East Asia, with UW president James Downey; Lorna Marsden, president of Wilfrid Laurier University; Mordechai Rozanski, president of the University of Guelph; and Joanne Uyede, of the Asia-Pacific Foundation. Other panels will focus on research opportunities and student success stories.
Also planned are a literary evening in the Theatre of the Arts, a day of "cultural demonstrations" (including acupuncture and sushi making), Chinese films, and the business seminar.
The all-day seminar will feature expert panels and speakers on East Asian business opportunities and challenges, cultural and language issues, opportunities within the East Asian community in Canada and local success stories. About 100 executives are expected to attend. James Taylor, former Canadian ambassador to Japan, will deliver a luncheon keynote address, titled "Putting Canadian Business Relations with East Asia in Context."
The Dana Porter Library will be open Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Circulation services are available Monday to Thursday 8:30 to 10:45, Friday 8:30 to 6, Saturday 12:15 to 6, Sunday 1:15 to 6. Information services are available Monday to Thursday 9 to 5 and then 6 to 9 p.m., Friday 9 to 5, Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. (but not the next two Sundays).
The Davis Centre Library will be open an hour later than Dana Porter each night; circulation and information services hours are the same.
The University Map and Design Library will be open Monday to Thursday 8:30 to 8:30, Friday 8:30 to 4:30, Saturday 1 to 5, and Sunday 1 to 6. Information services are offered Monday to Friday 9:30 to 12 and 12:30 to 4:30.
A contest is under way now for 11-by-17 artwork that will be used on Homecoming attire. The art should say "Homecoming '96", obviously, should "appeal to UW students, alumni, staff and other volunteers", and should "work equally well in black and white or two-colour format". Entries are due by September 27 at the Federation of Students office in the Student Life Centre. The prize: $100.
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