Events

Drum Songs with Susie
2024-10-28 15:30, 2024-10-21 15:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Join Cree Knowledge Keeper Susie Mcpherson Derendy to learn and practice drum songs.

Horticultural Therapy
2024-10-24 15:30 - 18:30, 2024-10-17 15:30 - 18:30, 2024-10-10 15:30 - 18:30 | Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Horticultural Therapy supports students to cope with stress using plants, plant-based materials, and plant-based activities to achieve specific therapeutic goals such as relieving stress and improving mood and attention.
Co-facilitated by Marsha Harris, Counselling Therapist, and Deborah Tacan, Cree Métis Grandmother.
Registration is now open—email HarrisM@BrandonU.ca to register

Bobcats Basketball
2024-10-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU Men's Basketball vs Calgary
Game start: October 24, 2024 1:00 pmGame details

BU Teachings House: Etuaptmumk | Two Eyed Seeing
2024-10-24 12:00 | He Oyate Tawapi (Ceremony Room), Health Studies Complex, Room 141, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Join BU Knowledge Keepers as they share teachings that reflect the importance of respectfully bringing together different ways of knowing, to learn and lead in a way that draws on the strengths of our diverse knowledges and experience. Hosted by the Indigenous Peoples’ Centre. BU Teachings House gatherings are open invitations to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the broader community to reflect, listen, and share. All are invited to attend! Coffee, tea, and bannock provided.

Beading with Nicole & Joan
2024-10-23 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-16 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Beading with Métis Inclusion Coordinator Nicole Braun and Métis Elder Joan Church.

United States Election Panel
2024-10-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Gathering Space, John E. Robbins Library, Canada
Experts from Brandon University and Assiniboine College have put together a panel to discuss November’s United States presidential election, and why it matters to you.
This free, non-partisan event will feature David Docherty and Rick Baker of BU, along with Murray Oliver and Chris Hunt of Assiniboine speaking on issues such as the spillover of American political dynamics into Canada, Canadian-American relations, media mis/disinformation and the implications of the election on global security.
The evening will also include opportunities for questions and answers from the public as well as mingling and refreshments.

Beading with Barb & Kevin
2024-10-22 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-22 12:30 - 14:30, 2024-10-15 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-15 12:30 - 14:30, 2024-10-08 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-08 12:30 - 14:30 | Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Join Anishinaabe Elder Barb Blind, Fine Arts Professor Kevin Mckenzie, and the world famous Beading Babes. Open to all levels of beaders—new to experienced.

"I Don't Know Where to Start!": Prioritizing Projects You're Avoiding
2024-10-22 12:40 - 13:30 | Zoom, Brandon, MB, Canada
With Genevieve Maltais Lapointe, Student Accessibility Specialist.
If you have large projects that you are avoiding because you don’t know where to start, this workshop is for you! Join us to learn how to mediate procrastination, ways to prioritize, and break down large overwhelming projects into more manageable tasks. Open to all students.
Click here to register!

Square Dancing Practice with Vince O'Laney
2024-10-22 12:30 - 13:30, 2024-10-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Join championship dancer Vince O’Laney and prepare to jig and square dance at Our Journey 2025!

Brandon Chamber Players Concert: On the Brink of Peace
2024-10-19 19:00 | Brandon, MB, Canada
CONCERT STARTS at 7:00 p.m., with a pre-concert talk scheduled for 6:15 p.m.
Jazz pianist and composer Witness Matlou
presents
a suite of original music informed by his upbringing in South Africa’s townships. These areas on the periphery of a town or city have historically been used to uphold racially segregated living arrangements. There, outside of Johannesburg, Witness was surrounded by the sounds of Marabi, Mbaqanga, and gospel music. Protests songs echoed into South Africa’s political transition period into the late 90’s and 2000’s. The music stems from different cultural backgrounds that represent the demographic makeup of the townships, where people were assembled from around the country. New forms of language and expression emerge forming a unique township lingo. The music is interpreted and processed in the context of life in the township and the socioeconomic conditions of the working-class. The township experience forms the basis for Witness’ musical background, along with classical music, and having moved to America to study Jazz.
“I look to create music that forms an amalgamation of my life experiences, the sounds of the languages I speak, the people I’ve met around the world and the social conditions that I live in. Music to me means possibilities. It is where I find joy and a shelter that I wish to bring people in when life’s storms appear,” says Witness. He is presently an assistant professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA.
Also featuring:
Jon Gordon, saxophone; Marika Galea, bass; Eric Platz, drums
TICKETS: $40 GENERAL, $20 STUDENT
Students attend free with valid student ID at the door. Adult tickets can be reserved online at brandonchamberplayers.ca or by phone at (204) 724 6031. Tickets can also be purchased at the door, although we appreciate greatly when tickets are reserved in advance. Cash, credit, and debit are accepted.
https://brandonchamberplayers.ca/concerts

Bobcats Rugby
2024-10-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Women’s Rugby vs U of Saskatchewan
Game start: October 19, 2024 1:00 pm
Game details

Assiniboine Open MTTA Table Tennis Tournament
2024-10-19 09:00 - 19:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
Open to all ages and levels of play.
Register before October 11, 2024:
https://mtta.ca/index.php/assiniboine-open-page/

Community Healing Beading Project
2024-10-18 12:30 | Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Join Jessie Jannuska as she hosts beading workshops in the IPC. Jessie is creating a large, mixed media beading artwork with the community to become part of her touring art exhibit titled “Mending with Tradition”. She welcomes others to come and create a beaded piece to add and help form a large, beaded wall.

Mayor’s Book Club
2024-10-17 16:30 - 18:30 | Western Manitoba Regional Library, 710 Rosser Avenue, Brandon, MB, Canada
Join Mayor Jeff Fawcett and Brandon University professors at the Downtown Branch of the Western Manitoba Regional Library for a community discussion around “The Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt.
The topic of social media and the effects it has on developing minds is more important than ever right now. Be a part of the conversation and sign up by emailing programs@wmrl.ca.
This book is available as a physical copy, ebook, and audiobook through the WMRL, and physical copies are also on reserve at the Brandon University Library.

Read & Write – Beyond just text-to-speech!
2024-10-15 12:40 - 13:30 | Zoom, Brandon, MB, Canada
With Genevieve Maltais Lapointe, Student Accessibility Specialist.
Highlight information from a webpage, journal article, word document, PDF and collect them all in one document with one click. Create a vocabulary list with definitions from the highlights with one click. Create audio of your notes to study on the move. Do you wish Microsoft Word would do word prediction like your phone or find a definition for you? It’s possible. Other tools to improve reading and comprehension.
A guide will be provided prior to the workshop so you can follow along. Open to all students.
Click here to register!

Pursuing a Career in Mental Health: Interest Group
2024-10-15 12:40 - 13:30 | Brodie Building, Room 1-50, 1270 - 18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Are you interested in a career in mental health but are unsure how to get started?
Come meet like-minded individuals and hear from people working in mental health about their education, training and experience!
Hosting:
Kim Iwasiuk, Director of Counselling and Advocacy
Nicole Funk, Supervising Domestic Violence Counsellor
Kelsey Crandall, Domestic Violence Counsellor
The Women’s Resource Centre
thewomenscentrebrandon.com
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Nancy Newall, Associate Professor, BU
NewallN@BrandonU.ca
Dr. Marysia Lazinski, C. Psych.
Assistant Professor, BU
LazinskiM@BrandonU.ca

Bobcats Soccer
2024-10-13 13:00 - 17:15 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Women’s Soccer vs Assiniboine
Game start: October 13, 2024 3:15 pm
Game details

BU Men’s Soccer vs Assiniboine
Game start: October 13, 2024 1:00 pm
Game details

Vision Board Workshop with Métis Elder Joan Church
2024-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Join Métis Elder Joan Church and let us know what your vision is for the new Indigenous Peoples’ Centre! Open to BU students. Refreshments provided.

Artist Talk — Elaine Rounds
2024-10-10 19:00 | Sutherland Gallery of Art, 2021 Victoria Avenue, Brandon, MB, Canada
IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba invite you to join us for an artist talk and discussion led by local Mail-Art specialist Elaine Rounds.
Bio:
Elaine Rounds was born in Harvard, Illinois and immigrated to Canada in 1970. She quickly became involved in the arts community and grew a twenty-two year career as a professional weaver. Later having expanded her artistic interests, she taught bookmaking, collage and mail art to children and adults. She has sent at least twenty thousand mail art postings around the world. She has a long history of one-person and group exhibitions, and her work is in public and private collections in more than seventy countries. She was selected for the MAWA program in 1995-96 and a summer mentorship a few years later. She describes herself as a nature-based artist.
Mail art projects:
Elaine has had 2 major mail art projects. THE FABRIC OF LIFE asked participants to produce work expressing how fabric touches or influences their lives. The work sent to her was exhibited in Brandon and Iceland. Her second project was READING THE LANDSCAPE, where she requested handmade artist books reflecting urban and rural landscapes. It was exhibited at the Art Gallery of Southwest Manitoba. Documentation of both projects was sent to all participants. Making mail art is still part of her current art practice.
Selection of Mail-Art collection of Elaine Rounds, housed at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba
