Tuesday, November 1st, 2022

Lest we forget. Nous nous souvenons.

Our friends at the Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 25 in San Francisco) will be hosting their Remembrance Day ceremony in Petaluma on Saturday, November 5th – yes, it is earlier than Canada-based services, and gives everyone a chance to attend their local Veterans Day ceremony on November 11th. Michael Barbour of Branch 25 has been doing a great job getting poppies into the hands of Canadians in the Bay Area ever since Thanksgiving, making them available at various events and venues. If you still need a poppy, the DML will have them on hand at our Chesterfield Chat on November 10th at Manny’s in SF. Between now and then, you can also check out the Legion’s list of poppy locations. Thank you, Michael!

Remembrance Day Service

November 5, 2022 at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Liberty Cemetery, 20 Liberty Rd, Petaluma, CA 94952, USA

The first poppy was presented to Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon in Ottawa last week.

“I’m honoured to receive the First Poppy. Conflicts still rage and the members of the Canadian Armed Forces bravely, courageously, face the very worst so that the rest of us do not. Today and every day, I will continue to remember, honour and support our veterans and I will encourage all Canadians to do the same,” she said.

The Legion’s Annual Poppy Campaign officially opened on Friday, October 28th. 

mypoppy.ca 

QUICK LOOK

Mark your calendars. Event details follow for some quick links,
along with other news for the Bay Area Canadian community. 

Chesterfield Chat: The Future of Work

Thursday, November 10th

6:30 to 9:00 PM

Manny’s, 3092 16th St., San Francisco

The Digital Moose Lounge presents an engaging panel discussing the latest back-to-office trends and “The Future of Work”.

During pandemic-related lockdowns and work-from-home culture, many DML members spent time in Canada, working their Bay Area tech jobs remotely. The booming tech sector attracted loads of investment, and boosted a Canadian near-shoring industry, as Bay Area tech firms sought out Canada’s talent and relatively flexible immigration policies. 

Some commentators speculated that this trend would permanently shift the gravity of tech away from Silicon Valley towards Canadian and other U.S. / global talent centers. But with the recent slowdown in investments and a recession on the horizon, how will the future of work play out for Canada? 

In this panel, we gather senior policy and tech HR practitioners to assess the future of remote working and implications for the Canadian tech economy. 

IN THE COMMUNITY

Film: Sin La Habana (San Francisco Dance Film Festival)

Saturday, November 6th

3:30 PM

Brava Theatre, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco

Screening supported by the Consulate General of Canada.

It is a story of Leonardo, a classical dancer, and Sara, a lawyer, who are young, beautiful and in love. They’re also ambitious, but their dreams are trapped by Cuba’s closed borders. Their ticket to a brighter future lies with Nasim, an Iranian-born Canadian tourist with a taste for the exotic, but she has her own demons to face. Power, money, and creativity intertwine in a passionate love triangle with a hint of destiny, and cultures clash in a torrid dance between Quebec’s winter and Havana’s sultry Malecón. 

Panel: “Constructing Canadian Identity from Abroad”

Wednesday, November 9th

2:30 PM (Please note that this event takes place later than our normal Colloquium time.)

223 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley Campus

Celebrate 40 years of Canadian Studies at Berkeley with a lively discussion on how Canadian expatriates think about their home country, and contribute to Canada’s perception of itself. The conversation will feature contributors to the recently-published book The Construction of Canadian Identity from Abroad, a collection of essays that explores the topic from both a theoretical and personal perspective.

Moderator: Christopher Kirkey (the volume’s editor), Director of the Center for the Study of Canada and Institute on Québec Studies at the SUNY Plattsburgh.

Panel:

Irene Bloemraad, Berkeley Canadian Studies Program director.

Richard Nimijean, Undergraduate Supervisor of Canadian Studies at Carleton University

Julie Burelle, an expert on Indigenous, Quebec, and performance studies at UC San Diego.

David Stewart, Berkeley Canadian Studies Advisory Board chair and who recently published his own memoir on his life as a Canadian in America.

American Indian Film Festival

November 4th to 12th

Various venues around San Francisco

The Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco is pleased to support the 47th annual American Indian Film Festival (AIFF), November 4 – 12, 2022 in San Francisco. Since its inception in 1975, the mission of AIFF has steadfastly been the cultural exchange – via the power of film – of Native American and Canada’s First Nations cultures. While the content is by, for and about Indigenous storytellers, AIFF remains a film festival for all audiences – from filmmakers whose intent is to inform, educate, enlighten and entertain all viewers. The Festival features several films from First Nations filmmakers, including:

Program 4 – Thriller Pack on Saturday, November 5

Program 5 – For the Good on Sunday, November 6

Program 10 – SciFi Shorts on Tuesday, November 8 

Film: Fire of Love (California Independent Film Festival)

Sunday, November 13th

1:00 to 3:00 PM

4 Orinda Theatre Square, Orinda

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Canada, Documentary, 98 min

Director/Writer/Producer: Sara Dosa

Writers: Shane Boris, Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput

Producers: Shane Boris, Ina Fichman

Intrepid scientists and lovers, Katia and Maurice Krafft, died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.

Sundance Film Festival – Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award

Seattle International Film Festival – Gran Jury Prize, Best Feature Film

Tickets can be purchased at 925 254-9060 or on line at caiff.org

Canadian Women’s Club Monthly Lunch

Wednesday, November 16th

11 AM to 1:30 PM

Basque Cultural Center, 599 Railroad Avenue, South San Francisco

November Luncheon

Members and their guests welcome! Tickets are $45. With special guest speaker, Vicki Larson who writes the Lifestyles column for the Marin Independent Journal. She’ll present her upbeat stance on aging as a woman. She’ll also bring copies of her new book, ‘Not Too Old for That,’ to be signed and sold. Her book seeks to bust the negative, sexist and ageist narratives as a woman, which are harmful to women’s emotional, physical, sexual, romantic and financial health. She will read from her sex chapter, which is rather entertaining!

About the Canadian Women’s Club of San Francisco Bay Area

Enjoy the company of fellow Canadians while working together to promote fellowship and good relations between the people of Canada and the American community in which we live. Enjoy delicious luncheons at the Basque Cultural Center (South San Francisco) or the Old Presidio Golf Club (The Presidio, San Francisco) as well as excellent informative and educational speakers while socializing in delightful surroundings with other Canadians residing in the Bay Area. Guests are always welcome.

The membership fee is $45 per year (starting October 1st). Upon payment of dues. each member receives a Club Roster and a monthly bulletin (October through June) announcing the upcoming meeting and Club news. 

For further information or to request a membership form please email the CWC Membership Chair.

Bruce Cockburn @Stanford Live

Friday, January 27th, 2023

7:30 PM

Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University Campus, Palo Alto

THIS JUST IN

Blog bits:

After an oversold Canadian Thanksgiving when over 100 gathered in Berkeley over turkey and tarts of the butter variety, and 80 hockey fans enjoying each other’s company at the Leafs/Sharks game last week, it’s suddenly NOVEMBER! And that means American Thanksgiving is on it’s way. If you didn’t get enough (or any) turkey in October, our friends at Cream Co. Meats is offering 20% off and free shipping to our community. Enjoy a certified, pasture raised regenerative turk-eh!

We reviewed his book in August, we have a new blog post covering David Wayne Stewart’s book launch: True North, Down South: Tales of a Professional Canadian in America.

From the Embassy: Connect2Canada

Canadians of New York – what about Canadians of the San Francisco Bay Area?

In 2017, in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary, the Government of Canada donated 150 maple trees to the American people. See how they’ve been growing over the last five years! SEE MORE

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