Woodwards
The Goldcorp Centre for the Arts will host a discussion on Tuesday, June 16 on the future of Canada, and the “dark history we may be unknowingly repeating” — referring to the removal of social security services in accordance to economic austerity policies.
The talk, led by Harry Leslie Smith, a 92-year old social activist and WWII veteran, and The Tyee, will present Smith’s personal anti-austerity beliefs, his experiences of the Great Depression, and his emigration to Canada.
Surrey
SFU is a co-sponsor of an art exhibition titled “From Punjab, with Love,” which is on display at the Surrey Art Gallery until August 2, 2015.
The exhibit features a 2.4 metre by 9.1 metre mural by Orijit Sen, based on his famous original housed at the Virasat-e-Khalsa Museum in Anandpur Sahib, India. The mural portrays “the daily life, history, myths, and festivities of the Punjab region through the centuries.”
Harbour Centre
The Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies is hosting a “Herstory Cafe,” titled “Canadian Political Cartoonists View the Struggle for Women’s Rights.”
On Thursday June 18 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., political cartoonists Chris and Cynthia Hou will be discussing how Canadian cartoonists have portrayed issues regarding women and women’s rights over the past 150 years.
