Events

Vision Board Workshop with Métis Elder Joan Church
2024-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Winnipeg) | 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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Beading with Barb & Kevin
2024-10-15 12:30 - 14:30, 2024-10-15 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-22 12:30 - 14:30, 2024-10-22 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-29 12:30 - 14:30, 2024-10-29 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.

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

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!

Beading with Nicole & Joan
2024-10-16 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-23 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-30 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.

Horticultural Therapy
2024-10-17 15:30 - 18:30, 2024-10-24 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

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.

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.

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/

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
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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

Drum Songs with Susie
2024-10-21 15:30, 2024-10-28 15:30 | 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.

Square Dancing Practice with Vince O'Laney
2024-10-22 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!

"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!

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.

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.

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

pro series: Carlo Muscat, saxophone
2024-10-29 19:30 | Brandon, MB, Canada
The evening’s program, composed by Carlo Muscat:
Totoro; Cleopatra; Holler; The Body Is Only Light; Lisovyk; Arrietty; Everyone Looks Happy; Lyra’s Sonnet

Recognised as one of the most promising voices on the European jazz scene, Carlo Muscat’s reputation as a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader has flourished through collaborations with numerous outstanding European musicians including Tony Tixier, Philippe Maniez, Mátyás Szandai, Mauro Gargano and Sandro Zerafa. His sixth album, Hymns, received critical acclaim, with a four-star rating from Downbeat Magazine and a spot on their list of Best Albums of 2023. This acknowledgement signaled his development as an artist and his emerging role in contemporary jazz. An inventive improviser overtly embracing freedom of interpretation and a willingness to explore new musical territories, Muscat’s discography now includes seven albums as a leader and numerous contributions as a sideman. Beginning with his 2014 debut release, The Sound Catalogues, each album has probed a different aspect of his sound and experimented with compositional and stylistic approaches, reflecting his dedication to an ongoing pursuit of his musical vision. Originally from Malta, Carlo is currently based in Kyiv, Ukraine, and has been the co-owner and director of the music venue and bar Storeroom, located in Ta’ Xbiex (Malta), since 2019. His 7th album, The Body Is Only Light, was recorded in Kyiv in March 2024, and is set to be released on October 25th 2024 on the American label ears&eyes Records.
also featuring Brandon University Music faculty:
Diogo Peixoto – guitar; Marika Galea – bass; Eric Platz – drums

Starting his guitar journey at a young age, Diogo Peixoto quickly immersed himself in various musical environments, becoming a sought-after sideman across different genres. His involvement with the ‘Coletivo Orquestral’ alongside renowned musicians like Hermeto Pascoal, Brandford Marsalis, Arrigo Barnabé, and Vinícius Dorin, not only showcased his talent but also provided invaluable experiences. Diogo is also a proficient songwriter and singer, with his compositions receiving recognition in several Brazilian song festivals. Characterised by spontaneity and intensity, his guitar playing reflects a unique blend of influences, showcasing a melodic sense and composition style enriched by Brazilian rhythmic nuances. Holding degrees in Popular Music, Financial Management, and a Master’s in Jazz Performance and Literature, his academic background complements his practical expertise. Currently teaching at Brandon University in Canada, Diogo continues to inspire and educate a new generation of musicians, embodying a commitment to fostering creativity and musical excellence.

Marika Galea (she/her) is an award-winning performer, composer and writer from Toronto. Best known as a bassist, her work explores the space between improvised jazz, narrative songwriting, and hypnotic soundscapes. She has supported artists across jazz, pop, rock, indie, hip hop, new music and experimental genres including Terence Blanchard, Cyrus Chestnut, Ralph Peterson Jr., Rachel Therrien, Jason Palmer, L’Orchestre national du jazz de Montréal, Basia Bulat, Tim Kingsbury (Arcade Fire), Jake Clemons (E Street Band), U.S. Girls, Geneviève Racette and Laura Niquay. Her collaborations have garnered nominations and wins for JUNO, Golden Globe, Academy, Polaris, Iris, RIDM and HotDocs Awards. In 2017, she earned a spot as one of CBC Music’s 35 best Canadian jazz artists under 35. She has taught at McGill University & Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, McGill Executive Institute, Malta Jazz Festival, Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival, Prince Edward County Jazz Festival, McGill University School of Continuing Studies and the University of Manitoba – and is currently on faculty at Brandon University.

Eric Platz is a drummer whose creative work intersects with Jazz, Americana, North African, and Contemporary Improvised music. As a member of singer Carrie Rodriguez’s band, Eric toured extensively throughout North America, appeared on “Austin City Limits”, performed with Bill Frisell and Lucinda Williams, and collaborated with producer Lee Townsend on the recording Love and Circumstance. Life After Life, a recording featuring Eric’s compositions for clarinet, cello, bass, and percussion, was called “an extraordinary debut” by DOWN BEAT Magazine. Eric is an Associate Professor at Brandon University where he teaches drumset, Jazz & Contemporary Popular Music, and non-Western music traditions.
We recognize the support of Arts Council Malta in presenting this program.
Tickets are $20 for adults (no admission fee for BU and Conservatory students) and are available at the door.

Bobcats Basketball
2024-11-01 18:00 - 22:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU Men’s Basketball vs Winnipeg
Game start: November 1, 2024 8:00 pm
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BU Women’s Basketball vs Winnipeg
Game start: November 1, 2024 6:00 pm
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BU Symphonic Band & Guests
2024-11-04 19:00 | MB
Please join us for an evening of concert band music with our BU Symphonic Band under the direction of Dr. Wendy Zander who will be joined by guest High School Bands:

Killarney School Senior Band with Meagan Lawson, conductor
Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School Concert Band with Andrew Coombs, conductor

The evening will feature works by Brian Balmages, Andrew Boysen, William Owens, Pete Meechan among others.
LOCATION: Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium located at 205-20th Street
TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased in person or online at the wmca: https://www.wmca.ca/events/bu-symphonic-band-concert-2024
Ticket pricing: $15 Adults; $10 Youth (13-17 years of age); FREE for 12 and under
