{"id":890,"date":"2020-11-13T18:30:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T02:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/?p=890"},"modified":"2021-01-10T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T23:20:41","slug":"890","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/2020\/11\/13\/890\/","title":{"rendered":"The Festival of Lights Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>As\u00a0Diwali\u00a0gets underway tomorrow, we wanted to express salutations to all of those among us who celebrate and observe the festival lights. With the pandemic intensifying, and the semester approaching its final phase, Diwali&#8217;s leitmotifs of light conquering darkness, and of hope defeating despair, couldn&#8217;t be more apposite. Our update gives voice and refrain to these themes\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Startle and Illuminate:&nbsp;<\/strong>Don&#8217;t miss the upcoming Keynote Address from President Alan Davis on November 23 from 1:00 &#8211; 2:00. Dr. Davis will reflect on &#8220;The Remote Life&#8221; and share his thoughts about the way forward in the post-pandemic context. An MS-Teams invite to the event will be sent out early next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lighting the Lamp of Knowledge:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Kudos are due to Dola Pradhan (GEOG), who has secured a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shastriinstitute.org\/sites\/default\/files\/SICRG-2020-21.pdf\">Shastri Institutional&nbsp;Collaborative Research Grant&nbsp;<\/a>. This significant grant will be used to address the &#8220;Socio-Economic Impacts of Cyclones and the Coping Strategies of the Local Communities in Odisha, India with a Special Focus on Women&#8221; a project led by Dola and Assistant Professor Archana Srivastava (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bits-pilani.ac.in\/\">BITS&nbsp;Pilani link<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The<\/strong><strong> Incandescent Arc<\/strong>: The <em>Faculty of Arts Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Awards<\/em> have launched! Nominations will open on International Human Rights Day (December 10). Those who are interested in nominating someone for an award will want to look at the resources warehoused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpu.ca\/arts\/edi-awards\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Luminary Achievements:<\/strong>&nbsp;Three&nbsp;Arts faculty members are the inaugural recipients of the new<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kpu.ca\/teaching-and-learning\/tlif\" target=\"_blank\"> Teaching &amp; Learning Innovation Fund (TLIF)<\/a>.&nbsp;Dr. Larissa Petrillo, Dr. Jennifer Hardwick, and Ellen Pond will pilot a service-learning assistants program. The program will engage&nbsp;exceptional student-leaders&nbsp;in developing&nbsp;service-learning projects&nbsp;intended to be&nbsp;transformative, meaningful, and reciprocal. This pilot program was adapted from the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cps.tulane.edu\/programs\/service-learning-assistants\" target=\"_blank\">SLA program at Tulane University<\/a>. The Faculty of Arts and School of Business will be the initial pilot program site for the&nbsp;Service Learning&nbsp;Assistants program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Refulgent&nbsp;and Radiant:<\/strong>&nbsp;A massive shout out to the following&nbsp;Faculty of Arts staff, who have either recently joined our Arts team or are transitioning to new positions within Arts. We truly appreciate their commitment to learning what we do, helping to keep things going, and making them better &#8211; especially during these crazy times:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Robin Curry (Arts Degree Advisor) started in her new role on July 6, 2020!<\/li><li>Robin\u2019s former duties as DA&nbsp;for EDUC, PHIL, POLI, and POST&nbsp;are now discharged by Alex Oliphant (DA \u2013 EDUC, PHIL, POLI, POST). Alex started Tuesday, August 4, 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Kristi Collins (Geography Lab Instructor). Kristi joined us on&nbsp;Monday, July 20,&nbsp;2020&nbsp;<\/li><li>Gerri Wee (Arts Degree Advisor) started Monday, August 10,&nbsp;2020&nbsp;<\/li><li>Fernando Cilento (DA \u2013 EDAS, GEOG, &amp; MUSI) switched from AA Practicum&nbsp;to the DA role on Monday, August 17,&nbsp;2020&nbsp;<\/li><li>Julia&nbsp;Nobauer&nbsp;(Administrative Assistant) started Monday, August 24,&nbsp;2020&nbsp;<\/li><li>Nadine&nbsp;Ragonjan&nbsp;(DA \u2013 ANTH, LANC, SOCI) began Monday, August 24, 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Ankita Verma (Administrative Assistant) started Monday, September 14, 2020&nbsp;<\/li><li><em>To all newcomers: welcome aboard! And congratulations to those transitioning to new roles.&nbsp;Arts could not flourish without you.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Canada of Light:&nbsp;<\/strong>The next Arts Brown Bag Lunch&nbsp;is scheduled for Thursday, November 19, 12:00-1:00on MS Teams&nbsp;(invitations forthcoming). Dr. Gordon Cobb will discuss&nbsp;the&nbsp;links between political activism and the creative process, which led to his outstanding remix of &#8220;O Canada&#8221; as part of the Fall 2020 Convocation. See Gordon&#8217;s short video promo&nbsp;for the Brown Bag event is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7261B1vI4IQ&amp;feature=youtu.be\">here<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;And you can&nbsp;re-watch&nbsp;the entire virtual Convocation video, curated by Gordon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpu.ca\/convocation2020\">here<\/a>. The &#8216;O Canada&#8217; remix kicks in at 12:40.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Dawning&nbsp;Awakening:&nbsp;<\/strong>The&nbsp;first&nbsp;installment of the&nbsp;Indigenous Dialogue Series: Perspectives on Indigenization&nbsp;will&nbsp;occur on&nbsp;Wednesday, November 25, from 1:00-3:00, via Zoom.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Jo-ann&nbsp;Archibald&nbsp;Q&#8217;um&nbsp;Q&#8217;um&nbsp;Xiiem, from the St\u00f3:l\u014d and St&#8217;at&#8217;imc First Nations in British Columbia, is the keynote speaker. She will speak about what reconciliation means about Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous self-determination, and high-quality&nbsp;education, and how all those who work and study at Kwantlen Polytechnic University can be engaged with Indigeneity and reconciliation in meaningful ways. RSVP&#8217;s and program information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpu.ca\/indigenous\/dialogue-series\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Interdisciplinary&nbsp;Fireworks<\/strong>:&nbsp;FINA&#8217;s&nbsp;Amu Huestis has joined forces with Biology Instructors Lee Beavington and Carson Keever to have their classes participate in the <em>Ecology and Color in the 1m<sup>2<\/sup> <\/em>project.  Students observe a one-square-meter plot in their local community or backyard, with Biology students focusing on particular animal and plant species, and Amy&#8217;s students doing the same thing through a Fine Arts lens. The faculty members have traded guest lectures, and interdisciplinary dialogue among students has flourished. The project also incorporates Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, including holistic learning, which explores all aspects of a student&#8217;s intellectual, emotional, creative, social understanding, as well as respect and responsibility towards the land. Kudos to all involved!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Wishing you a luminous, resplendent, and rejuvenating weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diane, Shelley, Greg, and Wade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"107\" height=\"93\" src=\"\"><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">As\u00a0Diwali\u00a0gets underway tomorrow, we wanted to express salutations to all of those among us who celebrate and observe the festival&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":285,"featured_media":894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33,322,364,354,356,166,170,258,101,360,365,363,27,355,357,154,153,361,358,359],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-updates","tag-amy-huestis","tag-arts-brown-bag-lunch","tag-carson-keever","tag-diwali","tag-dola-pradhan","tag-edi","tag-edi-award","tag-first-nations","tag-gordon-cobb","tag-jo-aan-archibald","tag-keynote","tag-lea-beavington","tag-president-alan-davis","tag-remote-life-2","tag-shastri","tag-staff","tag-staff-tribute","tag-stolo","tag-tlif","tag-tulane-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1055,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/1055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}