Events

Terry Fox Run
2024-09-15 09:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Front Lawn, Clark Hall, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
One of Canada’s largest and most beloved annual fundraising events, the Terry Fox Run has raised more than $850 million dollars for the fight against cancer since Fox launched his epic Marathon of Hope in 1980. Register, join a team, or donate at TerryFox.org/Terry-Fox-Run. A direct link to the Brandon race is https://run.terryfox.ca/55825.
This event is part of Brandon University Homecoming 2024 and BU125:

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Farewell Brunch
2024-09-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Harvest Hall, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Enjoy a wonderful buffet-style breakfast in Harvest Hall, reminisce about your time at BU, and start making plans for 2025!
Tickets $25.
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Add/drop deadline — Fall and full-year courses
2024-09-18 08:00 - 16:30 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
This is the final day to add or drop most undergraduate Fall Term or full-year (both-term) courses. It is also the add/drop deadline date for most graduate courses. Additionally, this is the 100% tuition refund deadline for those same programs.
The exceptions are Faculty of Education courses. For Master of Education courses, the add/drop deadline and 100% tuition refund deadline is Monday, Sept. 23.
The add/drop deadline and 100% tuition refund deadline for Bachelor of Education (after degree), Bachelor of Education (integrated program) fifth year, Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education (combined) fifth year courses has already passed.
The add/drop deadline and 100% tuition refund deadline for is Wednesday, Sept. 18.
For most graduate programs, the add/drop deadline and 100% tuition refund deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 18.

Fall Equinox Feast
2024-09-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Gathering Space, John E. Robbins Library, Canada
Come celebrate the new season at the Fall Equinox Feast, hosted by Library, Archives and IT Services, in partnership with Indigenous Peoples’ Centre.
Friday Sept 20, 12:00-1:00 pm
Library Gathering Space
This is a potluck feast. Food will be provided, bring a small dish to share if you are able.
Come enjoy delicious food and the company of others. Ensure to bring a blanket to sit on, feast bundle (bowl, plate, napkin, cutlery).
Knowledge Keeper Barb Blind will lead us in opening prayer. In keeping with traditions followed for feasts, identifying men assist in serving the meal. Identifying women wear long skirts if they have them.

Bobcats Soccer
2024-09-21 13:00 - 17:15 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Women’s Soccer vs Providence
Game start: September 21, 2024 3:15 pm
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BU Men’s Soccer vs Providence
Game start: September 21, 2024 1:00 pm
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Bobcats Soccer
2024-09-22 13:00 - 17:15 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Women’s Soccer vs St. Boniface
Game start: September 22, 2024 3:15 pm
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BU Men’s Soccer vs St. Boniface
Game start: September 22, 2024 1:00 pm
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Add/drop deadline — Master of Education courses
2024-09-23 08:00 - 17:00 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
This is the final day to add or drop Master of Education Fall Term courses. This is also the 100% tuition refund deadline for those same courses.

Jigging Practice with Vince O'Laney Copy
2024-09-24 12:30 - 13:30 | 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!

Green Futures work bee
2024-09-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
FINAL WORK BEE OF THE SEASON!
PLEASE COME AND JOIN US, *** TUESDAY, SEPT 24, 5-7 PM ***, FOR THE LAST WORK BEE OF THE SEASON! WE WILL HARVEST ALL THE VEGGIES AND PREPARE THE BEDS FOR THE WINTER!
Did you know that there are two community gardens at Brandon University that grow vegetables to fight food insecurity in our community? Our produce is donated to Samaritan House Ministries and other organizations that help fight food insecurity.
It’s been a beautiful summer and the last of our veggies are ready to pick, and delivered to BUSU and the food bank of Samaritan House Ministries! We will harvest the potatoes, the last of the tomatoes and peppers, and the last of the kale. We will also pull out all the weeds and prepare the garden beds for the winter, by turning the soil.
We won’t ask for much of your time, and this will be a kid friendly event, so please bring all of your family! Please come to BU at 5 PM, and we will work together until 7 PM.
Please meet us just behind the bus shelter on 18th street, next to the Brodie Building; if you have them, bring a shovel and some gardening gloves. Please RVSP to Petrellas@brandonu.ca, so that I have a sense of how many volunteers we will have, and I can bring snacks and refreshments for everyone.
Thank you, lovely people!

Dakota Star Teachings With the Men's Resource Centre
2024-09-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Kavanagh Courtyard, 270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, R7A 6A9, Canada
Join Jace Pratt from the Men’s Resource Centre for stories and star gazing with telescopes.

Bobcats Soccer
2024-09-28 13:00 - 17:15 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Women's Soccer at Assiniboine
Game start: September 28, 2024 3:15 pmGame details

BU Men's Soccer at Assiniboine
Game start: September 28, 2024 1:00 pmGame details

Bobcats Volleyball
2024-09-28 13:00 - 20:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU Men's Volleyball vs U of Manitoba
Game start: September 28, 2024 1:00 pmGame details

BU Men's Volleyball vs Queen's U
Game start: September 28, 2024 6:00 pmGame details

Bobcats Volleyball
2024-09-29 12:00 - 14:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU Men's Volleyball vs U of Saskatchewan
Game start: September 29, 2024 12:00 pmGame details

Beading with Barb & Kevin
2024-10-01 12:30 - 14:30, 2024-10-01 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-08 12:30 - 14:30, 2024-10-08 17:30 - 19:30 | 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.

Out of Bounds Lecture: "Poet, Take Up Your Lute"
2024-10-01 12:40 - 13:30 | MB
“Poet, Take Up Your Lute: Narrative Interruption in Rebecca Clarke’s Sonata for Viola and Piano”
September Russell (University of Regina)
Lecture Recital with Katherine Achtzehner, viola & Danielle Guina, piano
Everyone is welcome! Open to the public.

Beading with Nicole & Joan
2024-10-02 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.

'Owl Calling' staged reading
2024-10-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Evans Theatre, McKenzie Building, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
The call of an owl becomes an omen for Eddie, a former residential school student in Brandon University professors Darrell Racine and Dale Lakevold’s new play Owl Calling. But what kind of an omen will it be for a man who has just opened up about his residential school experience?

The play premieres in Winnipeg September 25 — with a staged reading in Brandon at BU’s Evans Theatre on Oct. 3 as part of the university’s Truth and Reconciliation Week.

Owl Calling depicts the journey that two Indigenous men undertake with their families as they go through the federal government’s compensation process for former residential school students.

Their families believe this process will help Eddie and his brother-in-law Jim heal from their school experience and find justice. But the compensation model, as the family members in the play discover, has little to do with healing.

The staged reading is free to all, and takes place at BU’s Evans Theatre beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3.

Read more about Owl Calling.

ayîkisis ᐊᔩᑭᓯᐢ — Catalogue Launch
2024-10-03 19:30 | Sutherland Gallery of Art, 2021 Victoria Avenue, Brandon, MB, Canada
IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art and The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba invite you to join us for the Catalogue Launch celebrating BU professor Kevin McKenzie’s new exhibition. The launch begins at 7:30 p.m., at the Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art.

Community Safety and Wellbeing Presentation Survey
2024-10-04 13:00 | Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Brandon’s Community Safety and Well-being Plan seeks to identify safety concerns within the community and develop a systematic plan to implement long-term, preventative solutions that address underlying causes. We want to ensure that Indigenous voices are heard throughout the process! We want to hear your views on community safety and incorporate stories of lived experience.

Bobcats Rugby
2024-10-05 13:00 - 16:00 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Women’s Rugby vs U of Regina
Game start: October 5, 2024 1:00 pm
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Bobcats Soccer
2024-10-05 13:00 - 17:15 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Men’s Soccer vs CMU
Game start: October 5, 2024 1:00 pm
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BU Women’s Soccer vs Canadian Mennonite U
Game start: October 5, 2024 3:15 pm
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Horticultural Therapy
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

Square Dancing Practice with Vince O'Laney
2024-10-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Indigenous Peoples’ Centre, McKenzie Building, Room 101, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada

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

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.

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