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About Michael K. Barbour

Michael K. Barbour is the Director of Faculty Development and a Professor of Instructional Design for the College of Education and Health Sciences at Touro University California. He has been involved with K-12 online learning in a variety of countries for well over a decade as a researcher, teacher, course designer and administrator. Michael's research focuses on the effective design, delivery and support of K-12 online learning, particularly for students located in rural jurisdictions.

🇨🇦 Fellows 2022 Nominations Open on Dec. 1st | Join us on Dec. 8th to learn more about the Fellowship

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An item from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.

C100 Fellows is our signature fellowship program for 20 founders of the most promising early-stage, Canadian-led startups. Starting December 1st, the founders in your network can be nominated to C100’s signature year-long program.

WHO CAN NOMINATE?

All active C100 Members, Partners, and Alumni are eligible to nominate founders.  We encourage you to see who you know from the C100 Membership community for who can nominate you or the founders you know.

TIMELINE

Nominations open: December 1st
Nominations close: January 3rd
Applications close: January 7th
48Hrs: May 2022

Learn more at our info session on December 8th.

COMMUNITY EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES

Events brought to you by friends of the C100 community.

U OF T ENTREPRENEURSHIP LAUNCHES ITS BLACK FOUNDERS NETWORK (BFN)

U of T entrepreneurship launches the black founders network (BFN), An inclusive community for Black entrepreneurs at all stages of their journey, created to provide access to the networks, resources, and inspiration to build, fund, and scale impactful startups. Learn more here.

NOVEMBER 15 – 18 | TORONTO MACHINE LEARNING SUMMIT (TMLS)

Over 4 days speakers will address common hurdles and celebrate Canadian accomplishments in the fields of operational AI. With over 50+ speakers and, the 5th annual Toronto Machine Learning Summit explores use-cases, research and businesses strategies used within ML/AI industries.

As a subscriber, our friends at TMLS have offered a 50% off discount code. Use the code C100half when completing your registration.

REMEMBRANCE DAY – ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION POPPY CAMPAIGN

Are you a Canadian living in the Bay Area looking to show your respects to this Remembrance Day. The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25 has created a resource where you can pick up a poppy and donate in the Bay Area. This includes:

If you are interested in getting further involved, please email Michael Barbour, mkbarbour@gmail.com.

EVENTS FROM DIGITAL MOOSE LOUNGE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

Our friends at the Digital Moose Lounge in San Francisco have several events on the horizon to meet up with some fellow Canucks:

FOUNDER STORIES

At a recent C100 Deep Tech event, Christian Weedbrook, Founder & CEO of Toronto-based quantum tech company Xanadu, shared his founding journey with the community.

This portion of the event was recorded that you can hear Christian’s story and his insights on building a Canadian-based Deep Tech company before private Q&A took place.

COMMUNITY UPDATES & MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

📣 Michael Hershfield, former SVP of Sales at WeWork, C100 Board Member, and #C100NYC chapter lead, has launched Accrue Savings, a company that rewards consumers who save and helps retailers attract new customers. A big congratulations to Michael & the Accrue Savings team!

🎉 Kirstine Stewart has been named the Board Chair of Blink Studios, a new independent studio launched with the backing of Endeavor Content. Blink is founded by John Mrayniss, former eOne TV CEO, and fellow eOne alums including Patrice Theroux, Nelson Kuo-Lee and Jeff Lynas.  Kirstine is the Chief Revenue Officer at Pex and is the former head of CBC, founding Head of Twitter Canada and VP of Media North America, and a valued C100 Board Member. Congratulations Kirstine! | Variety

🤝 8-Bit Capital, founded and led by Jonathan Abrams (C100 Member) and Kent Lindstrom, has closed its first fund for $40-million. Check out the interview with Jonathan here (TechCrunch). Also hear from Jonathan in this blog post on why they started 8-Bit Capital.

🏆 Two valued Charter Members making the list of Inc. Magazine’s Best-Led Companies of 2021 (in America); Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder,  President, and COO of Cloudflare; and Patrick Spence, CEO of Sonos. Check out the list and some insights from these two tech titans here.

👑 Add LeBron James to the growing roster of investor and brand athletes at Tonal. Congrats fit for a king to Founder & CEO Aly Orady (C100 Charter Member), Christopher Stadler, and the entire Tonal team!

📰 International students can help Canada rebuild post-pandemic — all we have to do is let them | op-ed by Martin Basiri, Co-Founder & CEO of Applyboard, in the Toronto Star

🚀 Ottawa-based meeting management software Fellow has raised $24M in Series A Funding led by Craft Ventures, with participation from iNovia, Felicis, Garage Ventures, Formentera and Silicon Valley Bank. Congratulations to Aydin Mirzaee, Co-Founder & CEO (and C100 Member & “C100 Fellow” Alumnus), and the entire team on this latest announcement! | Techcrunch & The Globe and Mail

🎙 RBC Disruptors (hosted by John Stackhouse, SVP at RBC): The Climate Conversations: How to Build a Greener Food Chain with Michael McCain, CEO of Maple Leaf Foods, and Brend Preston, a pioneer in regenerative agriculture. Listen here

🇨🇦 New Zealand-based A2X Accounting is drawing on Canadian talent to scale to a Shopify-sized business. Hubdoc (48Hrs 2016 Alumnus) Co-Founders Jamie McDonald and Jamie Shulman (C100 Charter Member) are joining A2X as CEO and Head of Accounting, respectively. Congratulations all-round!

🛢 At COP26, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will impose a hard cap on emissions for the oil and gas sector. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has some words to say about the announcement.

📰 Long-distance relationships: Business is booming for the companies helping Canadian startups hire globally | The Logic via the Financial Post

🛎 Coveo Solutions has filed to go public on TSX, joining a recent parade of Canadian tech companies launching IPOs | The Globe and Mail.

🐦  TWEET OF THE WEEK | “Soooo the moose in Saskatoon just broke through the window at Sylvia Fedoruk school. No one was hurt. Kids are fine. What a morning. #yxe” – @patduboi

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Remembrance Day Virtual Race – Michael Barbour: Fundraising Page

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My Story…

While many associate Juno Beach as a Canadian landing, because the 59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment of Britain’s Royal Artillery did not participate in D-Day, most of the regiment landed in France via Juno Beach.  My own grandfather, Samuel Barbour – who served as a Gunner (GNR) in “A” Battery of the 59th Regiment – would have walked on Juno Beach five or six days after D-Day.  Along with the regiment, he would later fight through Belgium and into Holland, before being the only Allied heavy artillery to cross the Rhine River into Germany when they were selected to take part in the Battle of the Rhine and the attack on Bremen.

Following the war, my grandfather returned to a more quiet life in Newfoundland as a fishing boat captain.  During an annual Remembrance Day service at the local school one year, an English teacher spoke about my grandfather. She said, “Every year on this most special day he dons the blue beret and navy jacket adorned with medals – the recognition of his service, courage and bravery. He and his beloved wife make the journey down the hill to our school.  When they arrive, faces wreathed in smiles, they bring a card with a beautiful and thoughtful message of thanks and a gift for our students.”

This is the second year I have participated in this race to honour and remember my grandfather.

Donate to help Michael raise money for Remembrance Day Races’s fundraising campaign.

Event Tommorrow! Plus: Celebrating 100 Years of the Remembrance Poppy

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A newsletter from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.
Canadian Studies Announcements
In this issue:
  • Tomorrow: “Studying Religious Symbols and Bias in Court Proceedings”
  • Last chance to get your remembrance poppy!
  • The Remembrance Poppy celebrates its 100th anniversary
  • Extended deadline: ACSUS Biennial call for papers
  • External events:
  • Canadian films at American Indian Film Festival
  • Remembrance Day Ceremony
  • Stanford Live presents: Indigenous country-folk musician William Prince
  • “Canada and the United States: Exploring the Nuclear Option”
NEXT WEEK
Studying Religious Symbols and Bias in Court Proceedings
November 9 | 12:30 pm | 223 Moses Hall | RSVP here
Canadian Studies Sproul Fellow Nicholas A. R. Fraser will discuss research that examines bias against religious minorities within Canadian judicial procedures. Using original experimental data gathered in collaboration with Colton Fehr (Simon Fraser University), Dr. Fraser will use the example of courtroom oaths as a window into how Canadian cultural expectations can subtly affect an immigrant’s experience of “integration.”
Nicholas A. R. Fraser is a John R. Sproul Research Fellow with the Canadian Studies Program. He is a political scientist specializing in the impact of organizational culture on policy application. He holds M.A.s from the University of British Columbia and Waseda University (Japan), and received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, where he was previously an associate at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
This event will be held in-person at UC Berkeley; however, a live webcast will be available for those who would prefer to attend virtually. Please RSVP for more details.
Last Chance to Get Your Official Remembrance Poppy!
Every year, from the last Friday of October to November 11, tens of millions of Canadians wear a poppy as a visual pledge to honour Canada’s veterans. In partnership with Royal Canadian Legion US Branch #25, the Canadian Studies Program is honoured to serve as an official distributor of red poppies. Interested persons may pick up their poppies at our office in 213 Moses Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, weekdays between 9am-5pm. While the poppy is free, the Legion gratefully accepts donations towards their Poppy Fund, which directly supports Canadian veterans and their families. Learn more about the Poppy Campaign here.
The Remembrance Poppy Celebrates its 100th Anniversary
Throughout Canada, the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth countries, it’s common see people wearing red artificial poppies in their lapels around Remembrance Day on November 11. In official ceremonies, war memorials are decorated with wreaths and garlands of the flowers, sometimes numbering in the thousands. But what is the origin of this tradition, and how did it become popular across so many countries?
The symbolism of the poppy dates back to World War I. In 1915, a Canadian army medic named John McCrae wrote and published the poem “In Flanders Fields”. McCrae was inspired to write it after presiding over the funeral of a fellow soldier, and its famous opening line (“In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row”) created some of the conflict’s most enduring imagery. While McCrae died not long after its publication, the poem’s popularity and impact only grew following his death.
In 1918, an American humanitarian, Moina Michael, became the first to propose using the poppy as a symbol of remembrance after reading McCrae’s poem. However, its widespread adoption was thanks to the efforts of a Frenchwoman, Anna Guérin. Madame Guérin sold silk poppies to raise funds for French veterans and widows and orphans of war, and campaigned for other Allied nations to follow suite. Canada adopted the poppy in 1921 after a visit by Guérin, becoming the first Commonwealth nation to do so (Britain followed shortly afterwards). 100 years later, the poppy remains an enduing symbol of the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers, and the service given by Canada’s veterans to the country both in times of war and peace.
Deadline Extended: ACSUS Biennial Call for Papers
New deadline: December 1, 2021
In celebration of the its 50th anniversary, the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) will host its 26th biennial conference, March 24-27, 2022, in Washington, D.C. The conference is open to all proposals with a significant focus on Canada or Canadian-American relations, but encourages proposals that address this year’s theme: ‘Canada: Near and Far’. How is Canada perceived and portrayed from outside its borders, and by the international community? How is Canada understood by its expatriates? What is ACSUS’s role in these larger questions?
Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by December 15th, 2021 and early registration will be available until January 1, 2022. Individuals who submitted a proposal prior to the previous deadline will receive notification of acceptance by November 15.
Learn more and apply here.
EXTERNAL EVENTS
American Indian Film Festival, Season 46
November 5-13 | Online | Buy tickets
Several films by Indigenous Canadians will be screened at this year’s American Indian Film Festival. The films include: Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy; Evan’s Drum; Nalujuk Night; Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again; and The Lake Winnipeg Project. Films are available to stream on-demand online beginning November 5. The AIFF is a project of the San Francisco-based American Indian Film Institute, which seeks to foster understanding and appreciation of the cultures and issues of contemporary Native people and develop audiences for voices historically excluded from mainstream cinema.
Remembrance Day Ceremony
November 11 | 10:00 am | Petaluma, CA
Join US Branch 25 of the Royal Canadian Legion (representing the San Francisco Bay Area) for their annual Remembrance Day Service from Liberty Cemetery in Petaluma, California. The annual service will be streamed live from the cemetery through Zoom webinar and can be watched by registering here.
Stanford Live Presents: William Prince
November 11 | 7:00 pm | Stanford University | Buy tickets
Enjoy an evening with Manitoba-based Indigenous Canadian folk and country musician William Prince in a special Stanford Live performance cosponsored by the Digital Moose Lounge. A singer-songwriter of magnitude, Prince has earned critical accolades for his synthesis of country and gospel music with acoustic guitar and messages about the human condition.
Please note that all attendees must wear a mask and bring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of attendance.
Canada and the United States: Exploring the Nuclear Option
November 12 | 12:30 pm | Online | RSVP
Join the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute for a panel discussion on nuclear energy and how the governments of Canada and the United States can work together to reach their climate change goals. The United States and Canada, both parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), are faced with the challenge of meeting climate change commitments while sustaining jobs in the energy sector. Nuclear energy, responsible for approximately 52% of carbon-free energy in the United States and 15% of all energy in Canada, will be critical for clean energy security in both states.
This event will be hosted in partnership with Ontario Power Generation and the Council of the Great Lakes Region. The discussion will be moderated by Canada Institute director and Canadian Studies board member Dr. Christopher Sands.
Canadian Studies Program
213 Moses Hall #2308
Canadian Studies Program | Univ. of California, Berkeley, 213 Moses Hall #2308, Berkeley, CA 94720

News Release: Honoring our Indigenous Men and Women on National Aboriginal Veterans’ Day, November 8, 2021

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An item from the Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project.

Dear Sir/Madam:

Please find attached the News Release: Honoring our Indigenous Men and Women on National Aboriginal Veterans’ Day, November 8, 2021, for reference.

My very best regards,

Stéphane Ouellette
President and Chief Executive Officer
Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project (MNCTP)/
Executive Director
Colonel John Gardam Lifetime Achievement Award

Tel: 613.421.9005
E-mail: ouellettes@rogers.com
Website: www.alliedmerchantnavy.com

Attachment: News Release: Honoring our Indigenous Men and Women on National Aboriginal Veterans’ Day, November 8, 2021.pdf