October 23rd: "STEP" right up...

"We believe that UWO students will be the future leaders of Canada as a result of being educated at one of Canada's most academically-acclaimed universities."

That's the inspiration behind what looks like this fantastic seminar series. This is the first year of "STEP: Student Transitional Executive Program", and the program will aim, over the course of the 2009-2010 school year, to teach students about societal issues through a series of lectures and presentations. It sounds pretty great, actually, the roster of guest speakers (and topics) is pretty impressive. Some highlights:

• October 28th: Waging Peace: Canada in Afghanistan -- film screening and Q & A with director
  
• November 11th: Sex Trade Workers -- Ian Peer (Deputy Chief of London Police)
• January 6th: The Ethics of Health Care -- Dr. Jeff Nisker (Ethics Coordinator at Schulich School of M&D)
• February 24th: Homelessness in London -- Carlene Lazenby and Matti Paquiz (Unity Project & Hostels to Homes)

All of the presentations involve an interactive question and answer period and a small SFX display that includes Lasers and Fog Machines (kidding!), but it promises to be very interesting. The deal is, though, that you MUST REGISTER to be able to attend even ONE of the seminars. At the end of it, you also get a "co-curricular transcript" that you can show employers and put on your resume -- how official! Best of all though, it's FREE... so why not?

Oh, the Registration Deadline is October 23rd at 4:30 PM!! FOUR THIRTY! REMEMBER!
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