Library Forum Programme

The Library Forum features guest speakers with interesting backgrounds and compelling ideas to challenge students to think, discuss and debate. Listed below are a selection of our upcoming speakers for the 2008 – 2009 academic year:

Check out the print resources in the Penturn Library by searching our OPAC. Then, consult our online databases. For additional information, try the links below. *New links are regularly added to this site, so check back often. The teaching and learning resources listed below have been selected for staff and student use.

Cherchez les ressources sur papier à la bibliothèque Penturn en utilisant notre catalogue" OPAC." Aussi, consultez les bases de données. Pour l'information supplémentaire essayer les liens qui se trouvent ci-dessous. On ajoute reguièrement de nouveaux liens; alors, regardez ce site de temps en temps. Les ressources d'enseignment et d'apprentisage ont été choisi pour les professeurs et les étudiants.

Library Forum Organizing Committee:

Maybelle Szeto, Brianna Nassif, Fraser Simpson, Nima Nahidi and Robin Yeo

FORTHCOMING SEMINARS:

International Peace Vigil - 21 September, 2008

Students will observe this day by folding paper cranes every lunch time for one week prior to the Vigil. These will finally be displayed in the Library and added to until 1000 cranes of Peace have been folded.

In 1981, the United Nations General Assembly established the International Day of Peace (IDP), designating September 21st as the annual date for its compelling notion to set aside strife for just one day. It aims to have the entire world observe 24 hours of global ceasefire and nonviolence. This is the vision behind the United Nations’ resolution for an International Day of Peace. Building peace one day at a time.

The Global Economic Meltdown: 30 October, 2008

Mr. Bruce Simson from McKinsey & Company www.mckinsey.com/ a global consulting company. Mr. Simpson addressed a lunchtime crowd of more than 30 students and teachers on the complex issue of today's economy and how it got that way.