The International Student Centre invites students to watch the Winter Olympics on the television in its lounge.
Dogs will offer UWindsor students “Paws from Stress,” today in the International Student Centre.
UWindsor staff member Nancy Steeves (right) demonstrates pumpkin carving to an attentive group of international students.
How and why did the problem of obesity explode in places that, not so long ago, counted malnutrition and even famine as major health concerns? Increasing wealth, changing diets, genetic programming and aggressive marketing by international food companies, argue the makers of the film Globesity: Fat’s New Frontier.
The International Wednesdays documentary series presents Children Full of Life at noon April 3 in the International Student Centre on the second floor of Laurier Hall.
This 2003 film shows fourth-grade teacher Toshiro Kanamori in his classroom in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo. After an incident of bullying, he instructs his pupils to write their feelings in a letter, and read it aloud in front of the class. By sharing their lives, the children begin to realize the importance of caring for their classmates.
The International Wednesdays documentary series presents the 1996 film Inside Burma: Land of Fear at noon March 27 in the International Student Centre on the second floor of Laurier Hall.
Inside Burma exposes the history and brutality of one of the world’s most repressive regimes. Isolated for the past 40 years, since a brutal military dictatorship seized power in Rangoon, this rich country has been relegated to one of the world’s poorest.
The International Wednesdays documentary series presents the 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth, today at noon in the International Student Centre on the second floor of Laurier Hall.
Former US vice-president Al Gore has travelled the world delivering a presentation on the global climate change, proving that humankind must confront global warming now or face devastating consequences. This film—winner of the 2007 Academy Award for best feature documentary—captures his journey as a worldwide environmental champion.
The International Wednesdays documentary series presents A Walk to Beautiful today—Wednesday, March 6—at noon in the International Student Centre on the second floor of Laurier Hall.
A Walk to Beautiful tells the stories of five women in Ethiopia ostracized by their family and villages due to their suffering from obstetric fistula, a serious medical condition caused by failed childbirth under poor conditions.
Fearless, feisty and resolute, the “Rough Aunties” are a group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban, South Africa.
The International Wednesdays documentary series presents a screening of the film Rough Aunties, February 20 at noon in the International Student Centre on the second floor of Laurier Hall.
The International Wednesdays documentary series presents a screening of the animated film If the World Were a Village, February 13 at noon in the International Student Centre on the second floor of Laurier Hall.
There are more than six billion people, but if we imagine the entire human population of the world as a village of just 100 people:
