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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.

Anzac Day 2020 #AnzacAtHome

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Another notice for ANZAC Day services.  Note that this event begins at 12:30pm local time here in California.

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Anzac Day Special  |  April 2020
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#AnzacAtHome

Anzac Day is the day all Australians come together in remembrance. But this year we’ll have to come together in spirit, instead of in person. We can all still keep the Anzac spirit alive and honour our veterans and service members from the safety of our own homes.
Here are some activities you and your family can get involved in this Anzac Day.

WATCH THE CEREMONY

National Commemorative Service
Saturday 25 April 2020
5.30 am
For the first time in its history, the Dawn Service will not be attended by members of the public. Instead you can stream the Ceremony from your home.

ANZAC AT HOME

As we commemorate #AnzacAtHome this year there are many ways you can be involved.
We have activities for remembering with kids, mates and veterans.

PLACE A VIRTUAL POPPY

Explore our interactive poppy field and leave messages of thanks for those who have served.

SHOW YOUR MEDALS

This year, in lieu of a veterans march we are asking you to share photos of the  medals you wear on Anzac Day to create a virtual collection of medals. Share your picture to social media using #ShowYourMedals.

RECORD THE ODE

Show your appreciate for our veterans and service members this Anzac Day by becoming part of the #ForTheFallen online tribute.
Simply record a short video of you or a family member reciting The Ode and upload it to social media with the hashtag #ForTheFallen.

KIDS ACTIVITIES

From arts and crafts to cooking and educational resources there are plenty of ways you can commemorate Anzac Day and create lasting memories for the whole family.

PLACES OF PRIDE

There are thousands of memorials across the country that stand as a reminder of the service and sacrifice Australians have made for us. While we can’t visit them in person this Anzac Day, you can visit them online via the Places of Pride website.  The website will feature a live stream at dawn of memorials across a number of Australian capital cities.
If you have a photo of your local memorial upload it to placesofpride.awm.gov.au to help us build the national register.

ANZAC DAY COOKING

From the famous biscuits to the gunfire breakfast and bully beef, we asked chef and restaurateur Matt Moran for his take on some traditional Anzac Day dishes.

SHARE YOUR ANZAC DAY WITH US

Upload a photo or video to social media with the hashtag #AnzacAtHome and encourage others to do the same.

SPREAD THE WORD!

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Anzac Day 2020 – This Is The Call To Stand At Dawn

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A couple of items from the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association concerning the up-coming ANZAC Day.  Note that 6am on 25 April in New Zealand is 11am today (Friday) here in California.

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Anzac Day 2020
THIS IS THE CALL TO STAND AT DAWN
On the eve of Anzac Day, are you prepared to stand alongside your fellow New Zealanders and Australians to remember and honour all those who have given so much for us?

The world has changed. What was normal just over a month ago, no longer reflects the society we live in today. But we have always been an innovative and resilient nation of people. While we are unable to go about our daily routines like we used to, or commemorate events in traditional ways, we can still ensure that we hold to the values that the Anzac spirit is based upon. Anzac Day means so much to both New Zealand and Australia. That traumatic Gallipoli campaign 105 years ago has in many ways helped define our fighting spirit and sense of identity across our two nations. It is that spirit and the Trans-Tasman bond that we will need to draw upon in coming months.

Now is the time to show that spirit.

At 6 am tomorrow, Saturday 25 April, take a moment to remember and honour our Anzacs and all those heroes who have served for New Zealand. Join us to Stand At Dawn. Tune in the Dawn Service broadcast at 5:55 am and gather those in your bubble to mark Anzac Day 2020.  Whether it be in your front yard, at your letterbox, the living room, on your balcony or at the front door, it doesn’t matter. It is the act of remembering and honouring that counts. Anzac Day 2020 will mark the beginning of a new, defining chapter in New Zealand history as we come out of lockdown next week. Let’s harness that Anzac spirit, by honouring our past and present heroes before we begin to re-build our future.

STAND AT DAWN
6 am, Anzac Day, Saturday 25 April 2020

  • Show your support by decorating your home, letterbox, a tree, balcony or garden, get creative.
  • Share your efforts on social by tagging us @RSA_National and using the hashtag #StandAtDawn.
  • Gather in your living room, front door, balcony, at the gate or in your yard to observe Dawn Service.
HOW TO TUNE IN TO THE BROADCAST
WITH RADIO NEW ZEALAND.
Online Dawn Service Broadcast

Saturday 25 April, 6am

Radio New Zealand is our broadcasting partner, bringing you Dawn Service at 6 am. This broadcast will be available on radio and online. For more information check out standatdawn.com for broadcast information.
Thank you to Radio New Zealand for your support in making this happen.

We will remember them.
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Finally, in the last few days you have all shared a lot of photos and video content with us. During that time, we saw one video on Youtube that we think is a wonderful tribute to those heroes who gave their lives in one of our most recent conflicts. (Credit: Youtube: nh6milhistory)
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A Message for ‘Stand At Dawn’ from
THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
My “ANZAC journey” began when I first visited Çanakkale/Gallipoli three decades ago as a student. The deeper I moved around the area the more a shiver ran through me. That beautiful peninsula was, 105 years ago, a bloody stage for a war like no other the world had ever before seen. Mixed emotions evoked in me a sense of pride in my nation and our grandfathers who bravely defended Turkey, but also a pride for that unique friendship carved out and uniting our nations for over a century.
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Get The Family involved with
Stand At Dawn Activities

With children at home due to the lockdown restrictions, keep their minds ticking with these Anzac themed crafts & activities. The perfect combination of entertainment & historical education. Want to get right into the spirit of commemoration, enter our “Decorate your Letterbox” competition and be in to win some RSA themed prizes! Competitions, not your thing? We’ve got the perfect Anzac Biscuit recipe from nanny’s secret cookbook! There’s something for everyone from Poppy making to virtual lay Poppy. Have a go and tag us in your efforts @rsa_national and NZ Defence Force with the hashtag  #standatdawn.
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If you would like to offer support further, below is a link to our Givalittle page where donations are welcomed.
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Rumours of a viral war

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An item from the Legion Magazine.

Military Milestones
HMCS Matane meets a U-boat

HMCS Matane meets a U-boat

Story by Sharon Adams

It was not a nice day at sea on April 22, 1944, when Escort Group 9, patrolling near Iceland, picked up an echo on their ASDIC sonar equipment.

“It was a cracking echo and very soon it became obvious that this really was a U-boat,” wrote Royal Navy Commander A.F.C. Layard, aboard HMCS Matane, the senior officer’s ship, leading HMC ships Swansea and Stormont.

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Front Lines
Rumours of a viral war

Rumours of a viral war

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

If the rumours are to be believed, the current pandemic that has locked us all in our homes began in a Chinese laboratory. Or is that an American one? Both stories are out there.

The fact is that medical researchers from all over the world who have no stake in global politics say it’s neither. They say they have traced COVID-19 to a wet market in Wuhan and it likely came from a bat. It’s as simple as that.

Nevertheless, the rumours and the actual source of the virus has been exploited by racists, nativists and xenophobes intent on driving a wedge between ethnic groups.

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April 22, 1951

The Battle of the Imjin River starts in Korea; the Chinese objective is to capture Seoul.

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CWGC Live – Anzac Day

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Note that this event is at 6:30am here in California.

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Join us on Facebook on Thursday 23 April for the third installment of our CWGC Live series.

Max Dutton, Historian and Interpretation Officer, takes you on a virtual tour of cemeteries and memorials as we remember the Anzac contribution in the wars.

Tune into our Facebook page at 2.30pm (UK time) this Thursday. You can post your questions on our Facebook post here, or ask them directly to Max during the live stream.

Can’t watch live? You can watch all of the live-streams on our website here.
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Coming up on the CWGC Live series…

Into the Archives with Chief Archivist, Andrew Fetherston – 30 April

CWGC Architecture with Director of Works, Jon Gedling – 7 May
Have you heard our new podcast? 

‘The 1.7 million stories of the CWGC’ now available on Spotify.

Next time on the podcast we investigate the role of civilians in the Second World War, both at home and abroad.
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Student Research Panel tomorrow (RSVP required); research prizes & grants now open

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A reminder of this online event tomorrow from a fellow Canadian organization in the Bay Area.
Canadian Studies Announcements
IN THIS ISSUE:
Event Tomorrow, April 21: Student Research Roundtable (RSVP required)
Rita Ross Undergraduate Prize now accepting applications
Fulbright Canada now accepting applications
COVID-19 Podcast feat. Canada’s consul-general in SF
EVENT TOMORROW
Student Research Roundtable
Colloquium | April 21 | 12:45 p.m. | Online | RSVP required
Learn about some of the fascinating student research Canadian Studies is fostering at UC Berkeley thanks to support from our donors. This live presentation will showcase projects from two recent fellowship recipients. Please RSVP at canada@berkeley.edu. If you require an accommodation for effective communication, please let us know with as much advance notice as possible.
Good Time, Bad Time: Socioeconomic Status and the Cultural Repertoires of Time Scarcity in Retirement
Boróka Bó, doctoral candidate in sociology and demography
We tend to think of retirement as a great equalizer when it comes to relief from the pernicious time scarcity characterizing the lives of many individuals in the labor force. Puzzlingly, this is not the case. Using established research, long-term participant observation, and in-depth interviews with Toronto residents, I show that socioeconomic characteristics are important determinants of retiree time scarcity. Neighborhood disadvantage gets under the skin via time exchanges that are forged by both neighborhood and peer network characteristics. For the advantaged, the experience of time scarcity is protective for well-being in later life, as it emerges from managing a relative abundance of choices. For the disadvantaged, the later life experience of time scarcity is shaped by cumulative inequality, further exacerbating inequalities in well-being. The final section of my talk offers an analysis and interpretation of my findings, putting retiree time scarcity in conversation with the broader literature on socioeconomic status and well-being.
Healing Through Language: Revitalization in the Wendat Confederacy
Fallon Burner, undergraduate history major
Language is at the core essence of identity. My honors thesis examines the history of the languages of the Wendat Confederacy (Huron), showing the vital role that language plays in the Indigenous community, how its history is tied to issues of erasure and survival, and the role that language revitalization projects have in addressing transgenerational trauma. The Wendat Confederacy straddles the US-Canada border with nations in Québec, Ontario/Michigan, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Distance and multiple language barriers provide challenges for language revitalizers.
There is a strong need in the field of history for narratives which are from an Indigenous perspective. This can be achieved through a methodology utilizing the languages themselves and oral histories. I spent the summer of 2019 conducting oral history interviews with Wendat and Wyandot(te) language revitalizers, in order to create an archive of Wendat perspectives on language revitalization. I also conducted archival research on the Wendake reserve in Québec, and had one-on-one language instruction in the Waⁿdat and Wendat languages. Part of my mission is to erase the erasure of Indigenous voices by contributing more Indigenous perspective primary sources to the historical narrative for future scholars.
Rita Ross Undergraduate Prize In Canadian Studies Now Open
The Rita Ross Undergraduate Prize in Canadian Studies was established to honor Dr. Rita Ross, longtime associate director of the UC Berkeley Canadian Studies Program, and supports undergraduate students pursuing a research topic related to Canada in a UC Berkeley class or independent study project. The prize is awarded annually to the student who has written the best undergraduate research paper or produced the best original project that engages with topics, people or events related to Canada. Decisions about awards are made by the Thomas Garden Barnes Chair in Canadian Studies in consultation with other faculty affiliated with the Canadian Studies program.
Eligibility: The prize competition is open to any UC Berkeley undergraduate student in good academic standing, in any college or discipline.
The prize is awarded at the end of the Spring semester. The recipient receives a certificate and an award of $250.
Application for 2019-2020
Deadline: May 22, 2020
The Canadian Studies Program invites applications from undergraduate students in good standing at UC Berkeley for the Rita Ross Undergraduate Prize in Canadian Studies. Applicants should upload the following to the Canadian Studies Program through the official application form on the Canadian Studies homepage.
  • A copy of an original paper or project produced in a UC Berkeley class or independent study during the 2019-2020 academic year.
  • A cover letter providing information about the class for which the work was produced, including course name, number, and instructor’s name, and how the work relates to Canada.
  • A letter of support by the course instructor or faculty mentor highlighting the strengths of the work.
2021/22 Fulbright US Scholar Program Now Open
Join the more than 600 Fulbright Canada alumni by applying for one of our awards! For 2021/2022, Fulbright Canada is offering close to 50 Research opportunities at top Canadian Institutions in more than 10 different fields. Our grants support research with colleagues across Canada for a 4 to 9 month period. Applications will be accepted through September 15th, 2020.
To be eligible for a Fulbright Grant, you must fulfill the following criteria:
  • Be a U.S. citizen (permanent residence is not sufficient).
  • Hold a Ph.D. (except for the Business Chair) or equivalent professional/terminal degree.
  • Applicants who have resided abroad for five or more consecutive years in the six-year period preceding the application deadline are ineligible. A period of nine months or more during a calendar year constitutes a full year.
  • Recipients of a Fulbright Scholar award are eligible to apply for another award two years after the date of completion of the previous award.
Please see here for detailed eligibility requirements, or click here to apply. For more information, we invite you to see a 4-minute video presentation about our opportunities and a 10-minute video on the different awards.
COVID-19 Across Borders Podcast with Canada’s Consul General in San Francisco
Canada’s Consul General in San Francisco, Rana Sarkar, recently gave a podcast interview with Ottawa-based The 2020 Network to discuss how the pandemic is affecting his work and day-to-day life in Northern California. The in-depth discussion also touched on Canada-U.S. collaboration on recent border restrictions, emergency preparedness, supply chain management and the rescue and repatriation of citizens from cruise ships. Canadians in the U.S. can get the latest COVID-19 related info here.
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