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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.

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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.”

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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. 

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