Woodward’s
On June 7, the first citizen festival called 100 in 1 Day was hosted at SFU Woodward’s. The event focused on raising awareness of social issues through acts of social change and was intended to motivate various leaders to re-evaluate old problems and issues.
The event invited anyone interested to “come in with an idea or simply an open mind and a hunger for change. We’ll help you work that into an action plan and meet like minded people who might want to participate.”
Surrey
Last Friday, the fifth issue of the Lyre magazine — a literary publication produced by world literature students — was launched at the Central City pub. Lyre accepts submissions from undergraduate students around the world, including places as far as India, Mexico, and Australia. “Fever” was the theme of this year’s magazine.
Vancouver
Ian McCarthy, Kate Dilworth and Jan Simon of the Beedie School of Business hosted an event on entrepreneurial leadership and innovation called E-Merge! from June 9 to 12 at the Segal Graduate School.
They hosted the day-long seminars to teach attendees from various organizations how to create value for people and communities, as well as how to start and launch new ventures to advance ideas for improving health and healthcare.
