Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA)

Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA)

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  • Election Forums (Part 1)
    2010 Lethbridge Municipal Election Forum for Mayor
    The 2010 Lethbridge Municipal Election promises to be an exiting event with six candidates running for Mayor. As in the past, SACPA is hosting election forums for Aldermen and Mayor on different nights.
    The SACPA Candidate’s Forum for Mayor will be held on Friday, October 8 at the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery 7 - 9 pm
    Please plan to attend this forum, which will be conducted using both formulated and audience questions. Voice your concerns and help frame the issues for the candidates at this important event. And…Don’t forget to vote on Monday, October 18, 2010 or at the advance voting at City Hall 910 - 4 Ave South (Culver Room) on October 2, 8, 9 or 14 between 10 am and 8 pm.
    Moderator:Trevor Page
    Dates:Friday October 8, 2010
    Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
    Location: Lethbridge Public Library (Theatre Gallery) 810 – 5 Avenue South
    Cost:Free, donations gratefully accepted
    Candidate List for Mayor in the 2011
    Lethbridge Municipal Election
    ADENIYI,Kay
    www.anewlethbridge.ca
    CARRIER, Dennis
    www.denniscarrierformayor.blogspot.com
    DODIC, Rajko
    www.dodicformayor.ca
    FREY, James P.
    www.freyformayor.com
    MEHEDEN, Cheryl
    www.meheden.ca
    SPEARMAN, Chris
    www.spearmanformayor.com
    56 min
  • Election Forums (Part 2 Q&A)
    2010 Lethbridge Municipal Election Forum for Mayor
    The 2010 Lethbridge Municipal Election promises to be an exiting event with six candidates running for Mayor. As in the past, SACPA is hosting election forums for Aldermen and Mayor on different nights.
    The SACPA Candidate’s Forum for Mayor will be held on Friday, October 8 at the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery 7 - 9 pm
    Please plan to attend this forum, which will be conducted using both formulated and audience questions. Voice your concerns and help frame the issues for the candidates at this important event. And…Don’t forget to vote on Monday, October 18, 2010 or at the advance voting at City Hall 910 - 4 Ave South (Culver Room) on October 2, 8, 9 or 14 between 10 am and 8 pm.
    Moderator:Trevor Page
    Dates:Friday October 8, 2010
    Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
    Location: Lethbridge Public Library (Theatre Gallery) 810 – 5 Avenue South
    Cost:Free, donations gratefully accepted
    Candidate List for Mayor in the 2011
    Lethbridge Municipal Election
    ADENIYI,Kay
    www.anewlethbridge.ca
    CARRIER, Dennis
    www.denniscarrierformayor.blogspot.com
    DODIC, Rajko
    www.dodicformayor.ca
    FREY, James P.
    www.freyformayor.com
    MEHEDEN, Cheryl
    www.meheden.ca
    SPEARMAN, Chris
    www.spearmanformayor.com
    1 hr 6 min
  • Back to the Future: Why Alberta needs more pioneer-style collective action and less American-style conservative ideology. (Part 2 Q&A)
    Back to the Future: Why Alberta needs more pioneer-style collective action and less American-style conservative ideology.
    Job loss; declining quality and accessibility of public services; environmental impact of development; and cut throat competition from abroad are the kinds of challenges Alberta faces as it moves into the second decade of the 21st century.
    Will we be able to maintain our prosperity and quality of life in the face of these challenges? Will we adapt, innovate and develop better ways to support each other and our communities? Or will we see more and more of our neighbours tossed to the curb as the newly “globalized” economy picks winners and losers?
    Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan will argue Alberta has the tools it needs to deal successfully with the challenges facing the province; all that’s missing is political vision and political will.
    McGowan believes that it’s time to reject American-inspired free-market conservatism that has dominated Alberta’s political and policy landscape since the beginning of the so-called Klein Revolution. Instead, Albertans should embrace an updated version of progressive and community based populism that helped our province’s earliest settlers build thriving communities in an often inhospitable landscape.
    Speaker: Gil McGowan
    Gil McGowan is serving his third term as the elected president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Alberta’s largest union advocacy organization representing more than 140,000 workers from 27 unions in both the public and private sectors. He also serves as a board member for Friends of Medicare and the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute.
    Under McGowan’s leadership, the AFL has been successful in moving a number of work-related issues to the centre of public debate in Alberta, including: workplace health and safety; the use (and abuse) of temporary foreign workers; and the increasing loss of oil sands jobs as the result of raw bitumen exports. As well, McGowan played an important role in campaigns to increase the provincial minimum wage and to stop the introduction of former Premier Ralph Klein’s controversial Third Way plan for health care.
    26 min
  • Back to the Future: Why Alberta needs more pioneer-style collective action and less American-style conservative ideology. (Part 1)
    Back to the Future: Why Alberta needs more pioneer-style collective action and less American-style conservative ideology.
    Job loss; declining quality and accessibility of public services; environmental impact of development; and cut throat competition from abroad are the kinds of challenges Alberta faces as it moves into the second decade of the 21st century.
    Will we be able to maintain our prosperity and quality of life in the face of these challenges? Will we adapt, innovate and develop better ways to support each other and our communities? Or will we see more and more of our neighbours tossed to the curb as the newly “globalized” economy picks winners and losers?
    Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan will argue Alberta has the tools it needs to deal successfully with the challenges facing the province; all that’s missing is political vision and political will.
    McGowan believes that it’s time to reject American-inspired free-market conservatism that has dominated Alberta’s political and policy landscape since the beginning of the so-called Klein Revolution. Instead, Albertans should embrace an updated version of progressive and community based populism that helped our province’s earliest settlers build thriving communities in an often inhospitable landscape.
    Speaker: Gil McGowan
    Gil McGowan is serving his third term as the elected president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Alberta’s largest union advocacy organization representing more than 140,000 workers from 27 unions in both the public and private sectors. He also serves as a board member for Friends of Medicare and the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute.
    Under McGowan’s leadership, the AFL has been successful in moving a number of work-related issues to the centre of public debate in Alberta, including: workplace health and safety; the use (and abuse) of temporary foreign workers; and the increasing loss of oil sands jobs as the result of raw bitumen exports. As well, McGowan played an important role in campaigns to increase the provincial minimum wage and to stop the introduction of former Premier Ralph Klein’s controversial Third Way plan for health care.
    38 min
  • Election Forums (Part 1)
    2010 Lethbridge Municipal Election Forum for Aldermen
    The 2010 Lethbridge Municipal Election promises to be hotly contested with a large number of aldermanic candidates running for City Council. As in the past, SACPA is hosting election forums for Aldermen and Mayor on different nights.
    The SACPA Candidate’s Forum for Aldermen will be held on Thursday, October 7 at the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery 7 – 9 pm
    Please plan to attend this forum, which will be conducted using both formulated and audience questions. Voice your concerns and help frame the issues for the candidates at this important event. And…Don’t forget to vote on Monday, October 18, 2010 or at the advance voting at City Hall 910 - 4 Ave South (Culver Room) on October 2, 8, 9 or 14 between 10 am and 8 pm.
    Moderator:Trevor Page
    Dates:Thursday, October 7, 2010
    Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
    Location: Lethbridge Public Library (Theatre Gallery) 810 – 5 Avenue South
    Cost:Free, donations gratefully accepted
    Visit the SACPA website: http://www.sacpa.ca
    Candidate list for Aldermen in
    the 2011 Lethbridge Municipal Election
    BABKI, Bob
    www.babki4council.ca
    BOORA, Bal
    www.balboora.ca/elect
    BOUCHARD, Kris
    CARLSON, Jeff
    www.voteforcarlson.com
    COFFMAN, Jeffrey
    www.jeffreycoffman.ca
    COONEY, Bob
    www.bobcooney.ca
    CUTFORTH, Lee
    www.cutforthforalderman.ca
    DOHERTY, Fiona
    ELLIS, Faron
    www.faronellis.com
    FLETCHER, Melvin James
    www.electmelfletcher.com
    HART, Hazel
    HECKER, Geri
    www.gerihecker.ca
    HOEG, Rod
    HYGGEN, Blaine
    www.electhyggen.com
    IWASKIW, Liz
    www.iwaskiw.ca
    JANZEN, Bob
    JONES, Kris
    LANZ, Bev
    LAYTON, Kevin
    MAURO, Joe
    MEARNS, Bridget
    www.bridgetmearns.com
    PARKER, Ryan
    SIMMONS, Margaret
    www.margaretsimmons.webs.com
    SWITZER, Lea
    www.leaswitzer.ca
    TARANT, Rory
    www.electrory.com
    TRATCH, Ken
    www.kentratch.ca
    VAN DER LEE, Joyce
    WARD, Shaun
    www.shaunward.ca
    WEIKUM, Gary
    www.garyweikum.com
    WICKERSHAM, Tom
    1 hr 23 min
  • Election Forums (Part 2 Q&A)
    2010 Lethbridge Municipal Election Forum for Aldermen
    The 2010 Lethbridge Municipal Election promises to be hotly contested with a large number of aldermanic candidates running for City Council. As in the past, SACPA is hosting election forums for Aldermen and Mayor on different nights.
    The SACPA Candidate’s Forum for Aldermen will be held on Thursday, October 7 at the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery 7 – 9 pm
    Please plan to attend this forum, which will be conducted using both formulated and audience questions. Voice your concerns and help frame the issues for the candidates at this important event. And…Don’t forget to vote on Monday, October 18, 2010 or at the advance voting at City Hall 910 - 4 Ave South (Culver Room) on October 2, 8, 9 or 14 between 10 am and 8 pm.
    Moderator:Trevor Page
    Dates:Thursday, October 7, 2010
    Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
    Location: Lethbridge Public Library (Theatre Gallery) 810 – 5 Avenue South
    Cost:Free, donations gratefully accepted
    Visit the SACPA website: http://www.sacpa.ca
    Candidate list for Aldermen in
    the 2011 Lethbridge Municipal Election
    BABKI, Bob
    www.babki4council.ca
    BOORA, Bal
    www.balboora.ca/elect
    BOUCHARD, Kris
    CARLSON, Jeff
    www.voteforcarlson.com
    COFFMAN, Jeffrey
    www.jeffreycoffman.ca
    COONEY, Bob
    www.bobcooney.ca
    CUTFORTH, Lee
    www.cutforthforalderman.ca
    DOHERTY, Fiona
    ELLIS, Faron
    www.faronellis.com
    FLETCHER, Melvin James
    www.electmelfletcher.com
    HART, Hazel
    HECKER, Geri
    www.gerihecker.ca
    HOEG, Rod
    HYGGEN, Blaine
    www.electhyggen.com
    IWASKIW, Liz
    www.iwaskiw.ca
    JANZEN, Bob
    JONES, Kris
    LANZ, Bev
    LAYTON, Kevin
    MAURO, Joe
    MEARNS, Bridget
    www.bridgetmearns.com
    PARKER, Ryan
    SIMMONS, Margaret
    www.margaretsimmons.webs.com
    SWITZER, Lea
    www.leaswitzer.ca
    TARANT, Rory
    www.electrory.com
    TRATCH, Ken
    www.kentratch.ca
    VAN DER LEE, Joyce
    WARD, Shaun
    www.shaunward.ca
    WEIKUM, Gary
    www.garyweikum.com
    WICKERSHAM, Tom
    51 min
  • Did Beethoven's Revolutionary Eroica Symphony change the world? (Part 2 Q&A)
    Beethoven’s Third Symphony in Eb Major, the “Eroica” is one of the most influential works of the 19th century. It marked the beginning of the symphony as a new monumental art form, capable of a seriousness and depth of expression that was previously associated only with epic poetry. As far as Beethoven’s personal style is concerned, it also ushered in his “heroic” period of composition, the features of which have come to be accepted as the essence of the composer’s unique musical personality. Moreover, these features, which created the music’s great power, were in turn taken up as the guiding principles of symphonic writing by many later composers, continuing well into the twentieth century. The Symphony’s dynamism owes much to French revolutionary music and above all reflects the inspiration Beethoven drew from the figure of Napoleon Bonaparte, to whom the Symphony was to be dedicated. However, when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor, Beethoven tore out the dedication page in disgust and instead dedicated the Symphony to “the memory of a great man.”
    This talk will look at the circumstances surrounding the composition of the Symphony and will show how its new musical style expresses many of the ideas and intellectual currents of the revolutionary era in European history. It will then explore the continuing relevance of Beethoven’s great achievement in today’s world.
    Speaker: Brian Black Ph.D.
    Brian Black is currently Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Lethbridge. He studied piano first at McGill University under Charles Reiner, earning a Bachelor of Music in performance. He then studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Brigitte Wild, one of Claudio Arrau’s first student and his assistant at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. Brian earned a Licentiate from the Guildhall School and an Associate Diploma from the Royal College of Music in London, before returning to Montreal, where he completed his Ph.D. in Musicology at McGill University.
    Brian has performed in London and Montreal and has been heard on Radio Canada, the French arm of the CBC. His main research interest is the instrumental music of Schubert, on which he has given papers at meetings of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory. Brian has published articles in Durch die Brille, a publication of the Internationales Franz Schubert Institut in Vienna and Intersections, the Journal of the Canadian University Music Society.
    Moderator:Tad Mitsui
    Date:Thursday September 30, 2010
    Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
    Location: Lethbridge Public Library, Theatre Gallery, 810 – 5 Ave S
    Cost:Free, donations gratefully accepted
    25 min
  • Is Now the Right Time for Lethbridge to Build a New Skateboard Park? (Part 1)
    As the municipal election in Lethbridge was beginning to gain steam this summer and candidates were coming forward, there was already a local group pressing one topic as an election issue: the building of a new skateboard park in Lethbridge.
    The Lethbridge Skateboard Association has managed to make their concern about the current crumbling and unsafe skateboard park one of the most talked about topics in this election. Most candidates are expressing support for a major investment of funds into a new skateboard park in a central location and the Lethbridge Skateboard Association has made itself a major player in the election through its involvement with online media.
    While skateboarding is one of the most popular sports for young people, it does not appear to be particularly well understood by either city council or administration. Average voters also struggle to understand why they should invest $500,000 to build a bunch of “graffiti-covered concrete hills” for skateboarders. The speaker will explain why skateboarding has become such an important election issue and cite adequate grounds for why Lethbridge should make a major investment in this particular sport.
    Speaker: Wade Galloway
    Wade Galloway is an entrepreneur and business owner who up until a few months ago reveled in his privacy. Over the last two months he has gone from anonymity to a vocal proponent of new skateboard facilities for Lethbridge. He spearheaded the Lethbridge Skateboard Association presentation to City Council and has written extensively on the issue through letters to the editor and on their association website blog.
    Wade is a father to two children, one of whom is learning to skateboard. More than 15 years have passed since Wade could have been charitably described as proficient at skateboarding, but an opportunity to share his former passion with his son has been a significant motivator for the current crusade.
    31 min
  • Did Beethoven's Revolutionary Eroica Symphony change the world? (Part 1)
    Beethoven’s Third Symphony in Eb Major, the “Eroica” is one of the most influential works of the 19th century. It marked the beginning of the symphony as a new monumental art form, capable of a seriousness and depth of expression that was previously associated only with epic poetry. As far as Beethoven’s personal style is concerned, it also ushered in his “heroic” period of composition, the features of which have come to be accepted as the essence of the composer’s unique musical personality. Moreover, these features, which created the music’s great power, were in turn taken up as the guiding principles of symphonic writing by many later composers, continuing well into the twentieth century. The Symphony’s dynamism owes much to French revolutionary music and above all reflects the inspiration Beethoven drew from the figure of Napoleon Bonaparte, to whom the Symphony was to be dedicated. However, when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor, Beethoven tore out the dedication page in disgust and instead dedicated the Symphony to “the memory of a great man.”
    This talk will look at the circumstances surrounding the composition of the Symphony and will show how its new musical style expresses many of the ideas and intellectual currents of the revolutionary era in European history. It will then explore the continuing relevance of Beethoven’s great achievement in today’s world.
    Speaker: Brian Black Ph.D.
    Brian Black is currently Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Lethbridge. He studied piano first at McGill University under Charles Reiner, earning a Bachelor of Music in performance. He then studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Brigitte Wild, one of Claudio Arrau’s first student and his assistant at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. Brian earned a Licentiate from the Guildhall School and an Associate Diploma from the Royal College of Music in London, before returning to Montreal, where he completed his Ph.D. in Musicology at McGill University.
    Brian has performed in London and Montreal and has been heard on Radio Canada, the French arm of the CBC. His main research interest is the instrumental music of Schubert, on which he has given papers at meetings of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory. Brian has published articles in Durch die Brille, a publication of the Internationales Franz Schubert Institut in Vienna and Intersections, the Journal of the Canadian University Music Society.
    Moderator:Tad Mitsui
    Date:Thursday September 30, 2010
    Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
    Location: Lethbridge Public Library, Theatre Gallery, 810 – 5 Ave S
    Cost:Free, donations gratefully accepted
    1 hr 14 min
  • Is Now the Right Time for Lethbridge to Build a New Skateboard Park? (Part 2 Q&A)
    As the municipal election in Lethbridge was beginning to gain steam this summer and candidates were coming forward, there was already a local group pressing one topic as an election issue: the building of a new skateboard park in Lethbridge.
    The Lethbridge Skateboard Association has managed to make their concern about the current crumbling and unsafe skateboard park one of the most talked about topics in this election. Most candidates are expressing support for a major investment of funds into a new skateboard park in a central location and the Lethbridge Skateboard Association has made itself a major player in the election through its involvement with online media.
    While skateboarding is one of the most popular sports for young people, it does not appear to be particularly well understood by either city council or administration. Average voters also struggle to understand why they should invest $500,000 to build a bunch of “graffiti-covered concrete hills” for skateboarders. The speaker will explain why skateboarding has become such an important election issue and cite adequate grounds for why Lethbridge should make a major investment in this particular sport.
    Speaker: Wade Galloway
    Wade Galloway is an entrepreneur and business owner who up until a few months ago reveled in his privacy. Over the last two months he has gone from anonymity to a vocal proponent of new skateboard facilities for Lethbridge. He spearheaded the Lethbridge Skateboard Association presentation to City Council and has written extensively on the issue through letters to the editor and on their association website blog.
    Wade is a father to two children, one of whom is learning to skateboard. More than 15 years have passed since Wade could have been charitably described as proficient at skateboarding, but an opportunity to share his former passion with his son has been a significant motivator for the current crusade.
    25 min

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