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Science North Our Climate Quest


Upcoming Dates:

Saturday, April 27, 2024 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Sunday, April 28, 2024 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Address:

Thunder Bay Museum
425 Donald St. E. Thunder Bay ON
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Category:

  • Arts and Heritage
  • Children and Youth
  • Tourism

Details:

This exhibit is presented by Science North.

Welcome to Our Climate Quest: Small Steps to Big Change!

Join us on our quest to take action on climate change! Our mission is to inspire 1 million youth (and more!) across Canada to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and help Canada achieve its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. See what other change makers from across the country are doing to take action and share your own climate story to motivate others to get involved!

Location:

Thunder Bay Museum

To learn more, please visit: https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/

 

Brewing Conversations


I’m thrilled to introduce “Brewing Conversations,” a groundbreaking panel discussion dedicated to initiating open conversations about periods in public, aiming to dismantle the stigma. This conversation will be hosted by my lovely friend, Brayden Chartrand who has been my right hand man over the last few weeks. Our event will showcase insightful stories from panelists including myself, Josia Prince, Paurvinder Kaur, and Katie Simmons.

Hosted in the Lakehead University Alumni Lounge, tickets will be $20 and available on the website flowingforchange.ca. All money raised from ticket sales will be invested back into the campaign, and be used to purchase 8 cycles worth of products for menstruators in need!

Join us as we delve into meaningful discussions, exploring a variety of questions and fostering a more inclusive dialogue on menstruation. 🌟🗣️ #BrewingConversations #BreakTheStigma #periods #periodpoverty

NOWW Presents the Art of Visual Storytelling: How Picture Books and Graphic Novels Are Co-created


Join award-winning, best-selling and internationally published creators of illustrated books for a presentation and conversation about how art works to tell a story. Authors Adrian Lysenko and Jean E. Pendziwol along with illustrators Todd Stewart and Olivia Amoah will reference their own work and experience to discuss how illustrators and writers collaborate, the role of publishers in the creative process and where graphic novels and picture books fit in today’s publishing market. Audience members are encouraged to bring questions for the panel.

​Books will be available to purchase at the event.

Panelists:

Jean E. Pendziwol – Writer

PictureJean E. Pendziwol is the author of books for adults and children, including the bestselling novel The Lightkeeper’s Daughters, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club selection and winner of the Northern Lit Award. Her children’s books include the Governor General Literary Award shortlisted Once Upon a Northern Night, the classic No Dragons for Tea: Fire Safety for Kids (and Dragons) and When I Listen to Silence. Her latest book Skating Wild on an Inland Sea (ill. Todd Stewart) was published by Groundwood Books in 2023. Her work has been translated and published in more than 20 countries around the world. She lives in Thunder Bay and finds inspiration in the beautiful natural environment of Lake Superior and Northwestern Ontario.

 

Adrian Lysenko – Writer

PictureAdrian Lysenko is the author of Five Stalks of Grain, a graphic novel illustrated by Ivanka Theodosia Galadza that tells a story of tragedy and survival during the Holodomor, the terror-famine that claimed millions of lives in Soviet Ukraine. In his more than 10 years as a journalist, he’s worked in Ontario, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. In 2021, Adrian won the Taras Shevchenko Foundation’s 2021 Emerging Writers Short Prose Competition. He’s currently on paternity leave from his duties as the editor of the arts and culture alternative The Walleye Magazine. Adrian lives outside Thunder Bay, Ontario.

 

Todd Stewart – Illustrator

PictureTodd Stewart is a printmaker, filmmaker, author and illustrator based in Montreal. He co-manages Le Temple, a dedicated screen printing studio, since 2016. He wrote, illustrated and silkscreen printed the artwork for the children’s book Quand le vent souffle, published by Comme des Géants. The English version of the book, The Wind and the Trees (Owlkids), was nominated for the 2021 Governor General’s Literature Award. In 2022, he directed a short animated film version of The Wind and the Trees. His works on paper have been exhibited in Canada and around the world.

 

 

Olivia Amoah – Illustrator

PictureOlivia Amoah is an illustrator born and raised in northern Ontario. She completed her studies at Sheridan College where she received a BFA in Animation and proceeded to work as an animator and designer for TV. In recent days, she also pursues a career in illustration — aiming to create humorous stories and illustrations, as well as work that serves as a connection to her African heritage. ​Her work includes the picture book Vanessa Nakate published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books and Here are the Seeds written by JaNay Brown-Wood and scheduled for publication with Kids Can Press in spring 2024.

 

 

Fore more info, please visit: https://www.nowwwriters.ca/workshops.html

 

 

 

United in Local Love Breakfast


United in Local Love.

Join us as we celebrate community, share our Local Love, and learn how, together, we’ve been investing in building a community united against poverty.

Come and see what’s new at United Way!

For more info, please visit: https://uwaytbay.ca/event/united-in-local-love-breakfast/

The Thunder Bay Public Library presents
STORY TIME WITH THUNDER BAY DRAG QUEENS

Saturday, August 26, 2023
@ Mary J. L. Black Library
901 Edward St. S.

2:30pm to 3:30pm
All-ages welcome // Family-friendly
Free to attend (limited seating capacity)

Story Time with Thunder Bay Drag Queens features local drag artists, Lady Fantasia LaPremiere & Mz. Molly Poppinz as they read stories and do activities while fostering acceptance and appreciation of diversity.

+++ BOOK LIST+++

EVERY FAMILY IS DIFFERENT
By Constance O’Connor & Natalia Rojas

MIGRANT
By Maxine Trottier

THE BOY WHO CRIED FABULOUS
By Leslea Newman

WORM LOVES WORK
By J. J. Austrian

For more info, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/TBayPL/

Allyship Townhall


Join Rainbow Collective and Community Allies as they discuss important topics and challenges facing the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and how allyship is needed and important.

Guests will be announced soon!

Starts at 7:00pm with a panel conversation with local leaders, educators, athletes and business owners who are all allies.

Following the panel discussion, questions from the attendees will be taken in a open forum for conversation. The evening will conclude with community time to meet panelists and have a snack and social time.

Proudly sponsored by Diversity Thunder Bay, Sociable Solutions and Roots Community Food Centres.

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/allyship-townhall-tickets-646719333937?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete

These events are held at the David Thompson Astronomical Observatory located in Fort William Historial Park

Indigenous, spirituality, traditions, stories and seasonal rounds are influenced by all of creation, including the Earth, Moon and stars. With the sacred blanket of snow covering the land, it is time to share the stories of the night sky and creation. Experience the richness and wonderment of the night sky through Anishinaabe stories and traditional teachings.

Group bookings available, contact organizer for details.

$10 Adults, $8 Seniors/Students/Youth, Children 5 yrs and under are free

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