This Week On Campus — Sept. 3, 2024
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BRANDON UNIVERSITY
• Another academic year has begun at Brandon University. Orientation for new students is taking place today, with classes beginning on Wednesday. Orientation will be the start of a two-week series of welcoming events, leading into the BU 125 Homecoming, from Sept. 12-15. Highlights of Homecoming will include the BU 125 birthday celebration, the Blue & Gold Social, a free talk on rural health care by physician and CBC host Brian Goldman, research presentations and the Homecoming Dinner and Awards. Details are available at BrandonU.ca/Homecoming.
• “A Warrior’s Red Road,” a BU photo-voice project focused on Indigenous men connecting to their culture will go on exhibition in Winnipeg this week after a successful launch in Brandon last year. The show will be on exhibition at the Graffiti Gallery in Winnipeg beginning on Thursday and continuing until Oct. 25. An opening reception will take place on Thursday from 7 until 10 p.m. at the Graffiti Gallery.
• The Bobcats soccer teams kick off their Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference this weekend by hosting Providence University College on Saturday. The men’s match begins at 1 p.m., at the Healthy Living Centre, followed by the women’s contest at 3:15 p.m. The Bobcats will visit Saint-Boniface on Sunday.
• “It Happened to Me and it is Not OK,” is new graphic novella created as a resource about sexual violence by BU, the Brandon University Students’ Union and the Sexual Education Resource Centre. The book, based on real accounts of sexual violence in post-secondary education, will be launched on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Evans Theatre in the McKenzie Building. The event will begin with a presentation of the book, narrated by actors, followed by a reception in the Library Gathering Space.
• The Bobcats will host morning basketball skill sessions for youth in Grades 8 to 12 beginning on Sept. 17. Eight sessions will be offered over the course of four weeks to prepare athletes for their school seasons. The cost is $150 and registration is available at GoBobcats.ca.
» Rob Henderson