1) A Bold Vision: Tickets Still Available for This Afternoon's Historic Public Vision Session

Vision Session with the 23 Visionaries!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1:30 - 4:00 PM
CONFEDERATION CENTRE OF THE ARTS

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS NOW! 
$20 ($5 FOR STUDENTS, SENIORS AND UNWAGED)
https://boxoffice.confederationcentre.com/online/BoldVision
 
One hundred and fifty years ago, 23 men met for the Charlottetown Conference that led to Canadian Confederation. Visions of Canada began before them and continue since.

The women’s organizations that planned A Bold Vision want to celebrate the historic accomplishments of the Charlottetown Conference and acknowledge that in 1864 the voices and experiences of women, Aboriginal peoples, and many more were excluded from the formal discussions.

We asked what would a vision for Canada look like that includes the voices and experiences of women from across Canada?

On the final day of A Bold Vision conference, we invite members of the public, women and men, girls and boys, to attend a historic public session with the 23 visionaries.

Join twenty-three Canadian women from every province and territory, leaders in many fields — from human rights to climate change, from business law to rocket science as they share their collective vision for the country. They will share their unique ideas about how that vision can be achieved, drawn from their personal vision papers, their conference experience and interaction with other visionaries.

You can expect to hear audacious imagination, seriousness and hope as the 23 diverse women visionaries set forth their visions for the next 150 years — to include peace, friendship, reconciliation, justice, equality, equity, solidarity, community, collaboration, good governance, and more.

This event will also formally launch A Bold Vision anthology, a collection of essays, interviews, poems and artwork. Books will be on sale for $22.95+tax.

The Public Vision Session will be moderated by local CBC reporter Sara Fraser. Sara is an award-winning journalist with 26 years at CBC. She grew up on a potato farm in rural PEI and graduated from the University of King’s College with an Honours Degree in Journalism in 1988. She’s always had an interest in women’s issues. She lives with her husband and two teenage girls in Hazelbrook, PEI.

 

2) A Bold Vision Anthology

On Sale September 26th, 2014 at the Confederation Centre of the Arts.
“We are people of the present, learning from the past while trying to impact the future.”
– Dr. Roberta Bondar, from the Foreword

Twenty-three women of distinct voice and vision, en anglais et en français, actively imagining how we can make a future together in Canada.

With audacious imagination, with seriousness and hope, the 23 diverse women visionaries represented in this book set forth their visions for the next 150 years — to include peace, friendship, reconciliation, justice, equality, equity, solidarity, community, collaboration, good governance, and more.

It is our bold vision that a diversity of women’s voices is included in the ongoing discussions of nation-building that a country as young as Canada must have. So, in this context, we asked, what would a vision for Canada look like that includes the voices and experiences of women from across Canada?

In this anthology, 23 women visionaries answer that question in essays, interviews, poems, and artwork. Books will be on sale for $22.95+tax.


 

3) Celebration of YOUTH! Today and Saturday

4) AVC Open House This Saturday

5) Etsy Made in Canada This Saturday

Etsy proudly presents Made in Canada Day, an Artisan and Collectors Show! This is PEI's first ever Etsy only show and will host vendors of all sorts showcasing original, handmade goods made in Canada!  

Saturday, September 27, 2014

10am-5pm

Murphy Community Centre
200 Richmond Street

And beginning at 11:00 am, there will also be stations set up where you can create your own craft with Bernardin Mason Jars with Charlottetown PEI by Discover Charlottetown

Admission is FREE for the pop up market + crafting tables.

• Guardian Article, Sept 25, 2014:  Etsy Made in Canada Day comes to P.E.I.  
• Just a Peek at some of the Etsy sellers in Charlottetown... 

6) Farm Day in the City This Sunday

Farm Day in the City presented by Bernardin is back this Sunday, September 28th from 11am - 5pm. In celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Meeting of the Fathers of Confederation, Farm Day in the City will be revisiting the Old Fashioned Country Fair with farmers, producers, musicians, chefs, vendors and artisans for some old fashion fun and children's activities. There will be music, face painting, balloon twisting and a petting zoo throughout the street. Come stroll the largest outdoor farmer's market on the Island and enjoy the grand finale to the month long Fall Flavours Festival.

Sunday, September 28th
11:00am-5:00pm
Queen Street, from Grafton to Dorchester and along Victoria Row
Admission: Free


 

7) Kelly's Cross Family Fun Day

8) Poetry Night @ The Dunk

Sunday, October 5, 2014, 6 p.m.
Poet and UPEI English professor Deirdre Kessler will read new poems at 
The Dunk
3864 Dixon Road (Rte. 246) in Breadalbane
on Sunday, October 5, 2014
6:00 p.m.

Deirdre will join poets Charlie Greg Sark and Leon Berrouard and musicians John Redher and Sarah Wendt, who will play Leonard Cohen songs in between the reading of poems.

All welcome. See The Dunk's FaceBook notice for details & directions.


 

9) Powerful 3-Day Learning Experience

LIVING YOUR POTENTIAL is a powerful three day learning experience during which you will gain insights to break through barriers and make the mind-set changes necessary to reach your personal and professional potential and achieve greater meaning and happiness in your life. This confidential transformational learning workshop is designed to help you move past self-limiting thoughts and patterns of behaviour that inhibit your potential to become the person you have always wanted to be in your work, your relationships, and your life. 

October 15-17, 2014 (9:00 - 4:00)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Cost: $750 plus tax. Snacks, lunch and materials included. Limited enrollment.
REGISTER at windingpathinc@gmail.com.

You can find more information about LIVING YOUR POTENTIAL at: https://www.facebook.com/events/525902177509397

 

10) Conference at Mt. Allison University

Discourse & Dynamics: Women as Public Intellectuals
October 16-18
Mt. Allison University, Sackville, NB

Featuring on October 16, 2014
THE WALRUS TALKS
The first in Maritime Canada, The Walrus Talks will feature the country's leading thinkers performing 7-minute presentations on the many facets of conversation, from dialogue to conflict.

October 17-18, 2014
PANELS & DISCUSSIONS
Join us for a day of panels and discussions with the conference speakers.

For more information or to register:
http://discoursedynamics.ca/registration/ 


 

11) Dance Stars Academy

The Town of Stratford in partnership with Dance Stars Academy, and support through Artist in Resident program are offering a unique dance program for members of the PEI ACL and/or the Autism Society of PEI. If your son or daughter have an interest in dance and want to further develop their appreciation of music, body awareness, coordination and range of movement, this is where you need to be. The Program costs are covered by Artist in Residence program, and FREE for participants.

The 2014 Fall program will be run by the very talented Galla McCourt and will include teaching a variety of dance styles, such as Hip Hop, Country Line dance, Twist, Italian " Tarantella", Canadian Native dance, and Minuet.

Program consists of six 1-hour classes and will be held at the Dance Stars Academy Studio at 13 Glen Stewart Drive, Stratford:

K-Gr 6/7 - Friday 5:30-6:30PM - Class dates: Oct 17, 24, Nov 7, 14, 21, 28. No class on Oct 31 (Halloween).
Ages 14+ - Friday 6:30-7:30PM - Class dates: Oct 17, 24, Nov 7, 14, 21, 28. No class on Oct 31 (Halloween).

Registration deadline: Tuesday, October 14th. Class sizes are limited, so don't wait. To register click here and complete the form online.


 

12) PEI 11th Annual Marathon

October 17-19, 2014
This Boston qualifying event is for runners and walkers of all levels. Categories include: Kid’s Run 1K Wheelchair race, 5K Run/Walk, 10K Run/Walk, 1/2 Marathon Run/Walk and the Full Marathon. Check on their website for more info.

 

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