High school will soon be out for kids in the Bay Area and throughout the US. “College” list-making is in full swing for rising Seniors, who will be applying to university this Fall. Even Sophomores and Juniors (and their parents!) are thinking about life after high-school, including Canadian higher education options available to them. It can be difficult to navigate college planning in this country. But what about making plans for university in Canada? How does that actually work?!

All of these 2nd year university students grew up spending some or all of their time in US schools before heading to Canada for university. Please join us for an open discussion and Q&A to find out why they chose a Canadian university, what they’ve enjoyed about their experience studying in Canada, and their tips for applying.

Join our host, David Stewart, DML Past Chair for an informative and engaging discussion with three GenZ panelists. David grew up in Canada and attended McGill for both his degrees. David relocated to the US for work and eventually landed in the Bay Area where he and his wife Margaret raised three wonderful children, He was unable to convince any of them to attend university in Canada. Special guest, Rana Sarkar, Consul General of Canada in San Francisco, and father of two, will share opening remarks. 

The Panel: 

Sophia Renn (2nd year) is studying Natural Resources Conservation at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Her home is a short drive away in Gig Harbor, Washington. Sophia’s mom is originally from Canada. That made Sophia a dual citizen and also made attending university in Canada a reality. 

Lauren McLaughlin (2nd year) is at Carleton University in Ottawa completing a Bachelor of Media Production and Design with a double minor in Film Studies and Women and Gender studies. Lauren’s parents are both Canadian. She grew up in San Diego, California and was interested in studying in her parents’ homeland.

Leah Csermak (2nd year) is at the University of Ottawa. She is currently completing her Bachelor degree in Human Kinetics with a focus on the social sciences. Leah’s childhood home was in Niagara Falls, Ontario before moving to Laguna Niguel, California with her family.

With thanks to our partners at the Canadian Consulate in San Francisco.

Join your hosts from Syndesus and Alcorn Law as they cover:

• What's happening with immigration processing during COVID-19, including the latest on border updates (and the recent Trump proclamation on immigration)
• How to begin employment in Canada for a new US company while awaiting TN Visa processing to reopen
• How to tackle border scrutiny for economists, consultants, software positions, and startups
• What to do if you are in the US and you need to update or renew your TN Visa
• Updates on Canadians in the US who are waiting on an H-1B or green card

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James Villeneuve, Former Canadian Consul General to Los Angeles together with MAPLE Business Council present a  webinar - Doing Business in Canada: Cross-Border M&A and Key Tax Considerations in the Context of Covid-19.

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Canada’s Consul General for Northern California and Hawaii, Rana Sarkar, would like to invite you to join in a Virtual Happy Hour Chat.

Featuring Alexandre Lazarow, Global Venture Investor, Adjunct Professor, and Author of Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to Detroit are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley.

Please join us for an engaging discussion on venture capital and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, Canada, and around the world.

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You will need to register in advance to get the live link. Members can send their questions in advance when registering. Also, as a good will gesture, members can make a monetary donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank, however the DML cannot issue a tax receipt.

Join the DML's hosts, Pavan Dhillon and David Stewart and our three panelists for this important discussion!

Our Panelists:

Ting Ni ting@immipartner.com - https://www.immipartner.com/who-we-are
Helen Beasley hbea@vblaw.com - https://www.vblaw.com/Attorneys/Helen-Beasley.shtml
Joshua Surowitz Josh@surowitz.com - https://www.eastbayvisalaw.com/our-immigration-lawyers/joshua-surowitz

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Eh List is a network of Canadian founders located all over North America.

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If you are a Canadian living and working in the US, join fellow expats to get answers in this "Ask Me Anything" session hosted by C100.

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03/17 COVID-19 UPDATE: We still welcome your registration for this event. However, due to the impact of Covid-19 social distancing requirements, we might need to reschedule to a future date. Watch for future updates here, and by email (if you register).

The Digital Moose Lounge is excited to partner with Project Worth to offer DML members a special 2-hour workshop, designed to educate women on their worth and outline steps to develop an action plan to start managing their financial lives. We will build community and conversation to make this workshop a comfortable place to learn what to do. Attendees will walk away with a better-defined wealth path and more confidence to know where and how to get advice and support.  

Project Worth is co-founded by Heather Pelant, a fellow Canadian and a Partner at Baker Street Advisors. 

This event will be limited to 30 spots. If you are interested, please add your name to the priority list and reserve a spot on Eventbrite. There will be more information in the coming weeks.

Sign up on Eventbrite here>>

While no business will be spared by the economic impact of Covid-19, there is an intense focus on access to healthcare products at all levels as we navigate through and beyond this pandemic. 

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The San Francisco Expat Canadian Meetup Group is hosting a trivia night in honor of Victoria Day. Come out to Bar Basic (located within a short walk of public transit) and meet some of your fellow Canucks for a fun-filled evening and test your knowledge of Canadian trivia.

The Digital Moose Lounge is pleased to present our upcoming Chesterfield Chat event as part of our "Canadians Doing Good" series:

Canadians Take On Social Impact Investing

Our panel will gather Canadian and Canada-friendly experts in the growing ESG investment sector to discuss current trends and challenges, and share tips and insights from the field. Come and learn how we can influence today’s social and environmental challenges by being more informed and thoughtful about our own investments.

Your free registration includes a panel discussion followed by a Q&A with the audience, and networking with other Canadians and attendees. Food and refreshments will be available.

Thank you to our sponsors/partners at BC Trade and Invest, as well as Morrison Foerster.

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Use offer code SFCanada for 20% of tickets to any performance at the festival (only valid for tickets purchased in advance). 

Immerse yourself in the mystery and decadence of The Roaring Twenties and experience the dark world of prohibition era Quebec in the company of Cirquantique, a women led Canadian ensemble making their US debut at the Festival.

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Ebbing Sounds is an inter­disciplinary symposium accompanied by concerts investigating new ways of music production, music listening and music critique. As music access today is dominated by streaming formats mediated by industry distri­butors and algorithm curation, Ebbing Sounds explores how streaming shapes the spheres of music production, music listening and music distribution.

Canadian artist Kara-Lis Coverdale will speak at the symposium and perform a live-set.

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uOttawa’s 2018 Top Start-ups are GameStrat, Transparent Kitchen and ZoomMate.

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DocLands | DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL  |  MAY 3-6, 2018

May 3, 7:00pm | SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER 

Opening night film and party. IN PERSON Director Matthieu Rytz.

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At this event, you will be welcomed by the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco; Honourable Deron Bilous, Minister, Alberta Economic Development and Trade; His Worship, Mayor Don Iveson, City of Edmonton; more than 85 Edmonton Metro Region business and community leaders on the mission; Air Canada, Edmonton Global, and Edmonton International Airport.

Together, we will celebrate the inaugural direct Air Canada flight between San Francisco and Edmonton, Alberta. This event will provide an excellent opportunity for leaders from Edmonton, Alberta to engage with their counterparts in the Bay Area to establish and strengthen valuable connections in the technology, biotechnology, venture capital and tourism sectors.

This is an invitation only event and you will need to pre-register your attendance (no walk-ins!). Please ensure you are signed-up on the DML Member Registration page, and then view the invitation to find out how to register. 

We hope to see you there!

MUTEK's first foray into the United States takes place in San Francisco, Thursday-Saturday May 3-6.

The groundbreaking electronic music festival will present works by musicians from the Bay Area and around the world at 9 venues across the city, including Bimbo’s, California Academy of Sciences, Gray Area Grand Theatre, Envelop SF, Herbst Theatre, Heron Arts, the San Francisco Mint, Mezzanine, and The Midway. MUTEK.SF will present live electronic music performances, art installations, audiovisual works, panel discussions, food vendors, and more, adding up to a mind-bendingly eclectic yet cohesive experience for fans in the U.S. The spirit of the San Francisco underground will permeate the weekend, as the city’s potent mixture of technological innovation, intellectualism, immigration, and futurism provides a backdrop for MUTEK.SF’s programming trajectory. The performances will be separated into four unique tracks: Digi Lab, A/Visions, Nocturne, and Experience.

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Northern California is at the center of the national debate around immigration. Comprehensive Immigration Reform has stalled anew, and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program's termination has created uncertainty for over 700,000 Dreamers. Meanwhile, rising anti-immigrant rhetoric and ICE raids have raised fears in our local immigrant communities. But behind the headlines, nonprofit lawyers continue to provide legal assistance to immigrants facing removal or seeking asylum before administrative tribunals and California courts. Hear our panel of local Canadians involved with immigrant legal services share their insights on how the current climate has affected their practice; what they have learned about our community; and how being Canadian has shaped their outlook. 

Helen Beasley, from Oakville, Ontario, is a Managing Immigration Attorney at the Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) and an expert on Children’s Immigration law; Cristina dos Santos, from Bowen Island, BC, is a Senior Immigration Attorney at CLSEPA and an expert on Humanitarian Relief for immigrants. The panel will be moderated by David Stewart, a McGill Law alum and a Digital Moose Lounge board member and CLSEPA volunteer. After the discussion, there will a Q & A with the audience and networking with other Canadians and attendees.

Thanks to our generous sponsors for this event: British Columbia Trade and Invest and McGill University. Also special thanks to Morrison & Foerster law firm for providing the space. Light food and refreshments will be available.

Register here >>

The DML is pleased to offer this event for free to DML members and the community. If you would like to support the DML and/or CLSEPA financially, there will be folks who will be happy to direct your donation at the event. If you would like to receive notifications about future DML and other Canadian-ish events, please share your contact information with us.

Join CELS members and leadership at an informal meet-up for Canadian life science professionals to network with bay area colleagues.  whether you are a local or visiting the bay area, a great opportunity to get a pulse on the local life science scene with a Canadian flavor. 

CELS is a not for profit association supporting the advancement of innovative Canadian life science businesses in the San Francisco bay area and Silicon Valley through the power of the power of community and connections.

RSVP:  FREE at http://www.cels-sfo.com/event-2892503

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The Canadian Women's Club 2.0 invites you to mix and mingle with old friends and new and celebrate Victoria Day with fellow Canadians. Family and friends are all welcome.

 Menu includes sandwiches, dessert treats and teas and coffees.

$40 per person includes tax, gratuity, and parking.

Thurs. May 18  |  2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. 

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Join us for the first ever Victoria Day Canadian Block Party!

We're celebrating the Victoria Day weekend in traditional style: enjoy some awesome BBQ, drinks, a playlist of all your Canadian favourites and the company of your fellow Moose in the Bay Area. Chill out and watch the entertainment, or try your hand at pick-up street hockey!

Singles, couples, children and families welcome.

Lots of great stuff to enjoy:

- STREET HOCKEY
- CURLING
- CANADIAN COSTUME CONTEST
- RAFFLE
- WACKY STREET PERFORMERS
- DELICIOUS BBQ
- NICE PEOPLE  
- CANADIAN BREWSKIES
- DOUGHNUTS
- O CANADA
- CANADIAN DJ SPINNING YOUR FAVOURITES
- MAPLE GOODIES
- POLITENESS & APOLOGIES

This event is part of our Canada 150 series.

Alumni of partnering schools get a 20% discount on all tickets. Contact your alumni association or DML for more details.

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Image credit: Duncan Rawlinson

Carleton faculty member and resident wine historian Rod Phillips will guide guests through a tutored tasting of six South American wines to accompany the three-course meal prepared by the talented chefs at The Barrel Room. Rod has taught at Carleton since 1989 and gives a popular course on the history of alcohol each year. He has written extensively on the history of wine and other alcoholic beverages and is an international wine judge.

$100 CAD per person includes dinner and wines.

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Join C100 along with Charter Members, Partners, and Canadians in Tech for Happy Hour in Palo Alto. The first drink is on the C100!

Please note that tickets are non-transferable. All attendees must be on the guest list to enter.

RSVP here >>

Ryerson University invites alumni and friends to attend a special reception featuring remarks from Bart Molenda (Commerce, 2001 and Head of Paid Marketing at Square) on the topic of "Life After Ryerson." 

Don't miss this opportunity to reconnect with Ryerson and get to know fellow alumni living in the area.

Free. Light refreshments will be served

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Bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay returns to the Bay Area with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against the tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands – where empires and faiths collide.

Don't miss the chance to meet him at one of three engagements in the Bay Area, including this one at Copperfields in Petaluma.

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ABOUT CHILDREN OF THE EARTH AND SKY

From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request – and possibly to do more – and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman posing as a doctor’s wife but sent by Seressa as a spy.

The trading ship that carries them is commanded by the accomplished younger son of a merchant family, ambivalent about the life he’s been born to live. And farther east a boy trains to become a soldier in the elite infantry of the khalif – to win glory in the war everyone knows is coming.

As these lives entwine, their fates – and those of many others – will hang in the balance when the khalif sends out his massive army to take the great fortress that is the gateway to the western world.

ABOUT GUY GAVRIEL KAY

Guy Gavriel Kay is the international bestselling author of twelve previous novels and a book of poetry. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in literature of the fantastic and won the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel in 2008. In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada.

Canadian Women's Club 2.0 is pleased to invite you to the 5th Annual Victoria Day Tea.

Tickets $40 inclusive of tax, gratuity, and parking. Golf option following the tea.

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Bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay returns to the Bay Area with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against the tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands – where empires and faiths collide.

Don't miss the chance to meet him at one of three engagements in the Bay Area, including this one at the Writers with Drinks series, where he'll be appearing with:

• Yangsze Choo (The Ghost Bride)
• David Lau (Virgil and the Mountain Cat)
• Kwan Booth (Black Futurists Speak: An Anthology of New Black Writing)
• Ariel Waldman (What's It Like in Space?)

Cost: $5 to $20, no-one turned away. All proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.

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ABOUT CHILDREN OF THE EARTH AND SKY

From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request – and possibly to do more – and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman posing as a doctor’s wife but sent by Seressa as a spy.

The trading ship that carries them is commanded by the accomplished younger son of a merchant family, ambivalent about the life he’s been born to live. And farther east a boy trains to become a soldier in the elite infantry of the khalif – to win glory in the war everyone knows is coming.

As these lives entwine, their fates – and those of many others – will hang in the balance when the khalif sends out his massive army to take the great fortress that is the gateway to the western world.

ABOUT GUY GAVRIEL KAY

Guy Gavriel Kay is the international bestselling author of twelve previous novels and a book of poetry. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in literature of the fantastic and won the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel in 2008. In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada.

Bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay returns to the Bay Area with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against the tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands – where empires and faiths collide.

Don't miss the chance to meet him at one of three engagements in the Bay Area, including this one at Borderlands in San Francisco.

More information >>

ABOUT CHILDREN OF THE EARTH AND SKY

From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request – and possibly to do more – and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman posing as a doctor’s wife but sent by Seressa as a spy.

The trading ship that carries them is commanded by the accomplished younger son of a merchant family, ambivalent about the life he’s been born to live. And farther east a boy trains to become a soldier in the elite infantry of the khalif – to win glory in the war everyone knows is coming.

As these lives entwine, their fates – and those of many others – will hang in the balance when the khalif sends out his massive army to take the great fortress that is the gateway to the western world.

ABOUT GUY GAVRIEL KAY

Guy Gavriel Kay is the international bestselling author of twelve previous novels and a book of poetry. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in literature of the fantastic and won the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel in 2008. In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada.

The Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco is organizing a fintech ‘pitch-and-meet’ event where startups from Canada who have developed innovative fintech solutions will pitch and meet with Silicon Valley FIs and tech companies.

The ‘pitch-and-meet’ session will be followed by a panel discussion about fintech opportunities in Canada and a networking reception.

Register using the code "WeLoveCanada" for a complimentary ticket.

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The Association des Québécois Bay Area is hosting their annual sugar shack brunch.

You are invited to enjoy a traditional family-style Canadian Sugar Shack, a traditional meal and a maple

taffy tasting in a festive setting, plus the opportunity to learn more about the whole sugar shack

experience and canadian culture.

Participate in a traditional half and half draw and get the chance to win a basket full of exclusive

Canadian products, including ketchup flavored chips, Smarties & Coffee Crisps, St-Hubert gravy, and

Bleu Lavande beauty products (valued over $100 and only available in Canada). Venez vous sucrer le

bec!

Adults: $45

Children: $20

Tickets available here:

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Enjoy their fiery blend of traditional French songs and original instrumentals that fuse Celtic and Acadian genres with a modern rock sensibility and indie-folk influences. Lauded as “traditional but fiercely up-to-the- moment” (Penguin Eggs), this band from Canada’s east coast has been recognized as an ambassador of Francophone culture around the world.

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You'll be treated to a VIP pre-game happy hour reception followed by the game, from the comfort of the InsideSource Plaza (upper-level seating). In this space, you'll be able to visit with other DML ticket holders in the upper-level seats or in the reserved plaza area (where food and drinks will be served).

Your ticket includes access to the VIP happy hour, seats to the game and dinner/drinks.

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Created and performed by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava.

A two-woman show acclaimed for its raw honesty and insightful portrayal of womanhood, Mouthpiece follows a woman over the course of a day, as she struggles to find her voice and contend with the formidable shadow cast by her mother. The engrossing work is co-created and performed by the Toronto-based Quote Unquote Collective, the performers seamlessly integrating sung a cappella passages with spoken text and moments of extraordinary physicality.

Stanfords shows (Jan 31st to Feb 2nd): More information>>

Berkeley shows (March 22nd to 24th): More information>>

Freedom is the ultimate achievement.

VOLTA is a captivating voyage of discovery. It’s about finding yourself, and unveiling your personal powers. Inspired in part by the adventurous spirit that fuels the culture of street sports, the show weaves acrobatics in a visually striking world driven by a stirring melodic score.

VOLTA is a story of transformation. It is about being true to oneself, fulfilling one’s true potential, and recognizing one’s own power to make it possible. Ultimate freedom comes with self-acceptance, and with the liberation of the judgement of others.

WAZ, is a gameshow contestant that has lost touch with himself. He’s ashamed of who he is because of his difference. He enters the show in search of fame, thinking that this will bring him love and acceptance from others. What he finds is something else. That fame is not the answer. If fame doesn’t provide freedom and acceptance, then what does? Will WAZ reconnect with his true self – and stand up for all that makes him truly unique? Will he realize that his difference is what makes him extraordinary?

Tickets and more information>>

About Cirque du Soleil:
Originally composed of 20 street performers in 1984, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group completely reinvented circus arts and went on to become a world leader in live entertainment. Established in Montreal, the Canadian organization has brought wonder and delight to over 180 million spectators with productions presented in 450 cities in 60 countries. Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group currently employs 4,000 people, including 1,300 artists, who originate from nearly 50 countries.

Check out some Montréal job openings here: jobsmtl.com 

Attendance at GDC is not required, but please register in advance.

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Old Stock was inspired by the real-life story of the great-grandparents of Candian screenplay writer Hannah Moscovitch.

A love story about Romanian Jewish refugees arriving in Canada in 1908, Old Stock might apply to any time, any person who has ever sought refuge from oppression. 

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Please come out and join us for a special reception for alumni, friends and community connections in San Francisco and area. The event will be an opportunity to network and hear from USask President Peter Stoicheff about our leadership's bold new vision for your university through 2025.

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Join Silicon Valley Forum and Consul General, Rana Sarkar at this limited seating event.

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Watch the Montreal Canadiens take on the San Jose Sharks along with other Canadians (and friends).

Included in your ticket for the match: hot buffet, 2 drinks, private mezzanine reserved for our group. The pre-match reception will begin at 18h.

Spots are limited, so make sure to get yours early!

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Join C100 for an evening welcoming the visiting entrepreneurs from the Lazaridis Institute's Scale-Up Program, one of Canada's top accelerator programs. Whether you live in the Bay Area or you're just visiting, we welcome you to join us February 28th, for some drinks and good conversation—you'll be in good company!

This is a ticketed event, so please RSVP. Location will be announced 48 hours before the event.

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The program will start at 6:00 pm with a short Movie (8 min) Je suis une Actrice by Benoit Lach

A young actress is willing to do whatever it takes to get a part in the film of a famous director, whom she admires. Invited to audition for the director, she’s pushed to the breaking point in order to reveal her true talent.

Une jeune actrice, prête à tout pour obtenir un premier rôle dans le film d’une célèbre réalisatrice, dont elle admire les oeuvres, est invitée à passer une audition devant son idole, qui la poussera dans ces derniers retranchements afin de révéler au grand jour, tout son talent.

Then we will continue with Origami (2017, 99 min) by Patrick Demers

David is travelling. He's on a unique trip that doesn't take him from one place to another but from one moment in time to another. Seeking to understand the strange power he has to move around in his own timeline, David will eventually have to confront the disassembled chronology of his own life as well as his repressed past.

David (François Arnaud) voyage. Un voyage singulier qui ne l’amène pas d’un lieu à un autre, mais bien d’un moment à un autre. Cherchant à comprendre cette étrange faculté à se mouvoir sur sa propre ligne du temps, David devra faire face à sa propre chronologie déconstruite ainsi qu’à son passé refoulé.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/tabfR4YwR3M

We will enjoy some light refreshments after the movies.

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Use promo code CANADA to unlock these special ticket offers and join other Bay Area Canadians to watch the Sharks take on Edmonton and/or Calgary! For questions or to purchase more than 9 tickets, please contact Brandon Grengs at (408) 999-5754.

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On March 24th, join us for an afternoon of conferences around the themes of Ecology, French language, LGBTQ and Women rights. 

Program to be announced soon! 

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Special thanks to the Canadian government who made this event possible. Other events dedicated to celebrate the Francophonie : 

- March 6 : Movie Night - BELGIAN MOVIE 2 jours une nuit / Two Days one Night - 

- March 15 : Swiss concert 

- March 13 : Movie Night-  French-Belgian-Chadian Drama A screaming man

- March 20 : Movie Night - MOROCCAN MOVIE Les chevaux de Dieu - Horses of God

- March 27 : soiree du cinema quebecois 

Since 1994 NAFTA, a free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the US, has supported one of the world’s largest free trade areas.

The deal led to extensive economic growth in all three countries with the flow of goods and supplies generating more than $1.1 trillion in trade as of 2016. There has been a net gain of 40 million jobs, and the automobile, textile, and agriculture industries have all benefited from the accord. In particular, Mexico has helped the US auto industry remain competitive in the market, while Canada is the leading importer of US agricultural products. Despite positive impacts, the new US administration under President Trump has been critical of NAFTA, even to the point of threatening a withdrawal from the agreement.

How does NAFTA benefit Canada, Mexico, and the US collectively and why is it important for this partnership to remain in place? Are there elements of NAFTA which can be improved? If the US withdraws from the agreement, how would this move impact trade and the industries involved?

Canadian Consul General Rana Sarkar and Mexican Consul General Gemi Jose Gonzalez Lopez will give their perspectives on the trade deal.

Hosted by World Affairs.

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Never to disappoint us with incredible artistry, Canadian cinema thrives at Cinequest. Here is the exciting Canadian line-up with links to ticketing. 

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To learn more about the full festival lineup, and to purchase festival passes, tickets to screenings and special events, visit www.cinequest.org.

OCM Advanced Planning’s Cross-Border Wealth Management Series

Hosted by Wayne Baxter of OCM Advanced Planning, LLC
Special Guest: Manya Deva Natan, Esq. - SSS Legal and Consultancy Services, APC

Topics to be covered:

The Top Five Wealth Management Mistakes Made by Canadians Living in California

Estate Planning for Canadians Living in the California

How to Plan and Leave a Legacy On Both Sides of the Border

• Your immigration status can cost you in taxes – learn how to avoid common pitfalls and mistakes
• How do you plan effectively when you own assets in more than one country?
• How do you make sure your estate plan works under different legal regimes?
• How do you plan if your spouse is not a U.S. Citizen? Can you leave money to your spouse without it being subject to the federal estate tax?
• What if you become incapacitated while living in California, while all of your friends and family are in Canada?
• Who’s responsible for your minor children if you get sick or die? What if your children live here, but your Guardians live in Canada? How do you plan for the necessary relocation? 
• How do you name Trustees and Agents when you don’t have any family or close friends living in the United States?

Featuring:

Wayne Baxter – Partner, OCM Advanced Planning, LLC
Manya Deva Natan, Esq. - SSS Legal and Consultancy Services, APC 

$15.

More information and registration >>

An evening of drinks & conversation with an opportunity to meet some of Canada's most innovative technology entrepreneurs!

The Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco - Palo Alto is hosting a reception to showcase the latest group of Canadian startups that have been accepted into the Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) Silicon Valley Tech program.  

The CTA is a 5-month soft landing program designed to provide high potential Canadian technology startups with access to Silicon Valley.  Participants in this CTA class include companies with a focus on AI, Cybersecurity, FinTech, SaaS, Software and Mobile.

See a list of participating companies at: www.ctaconnects.com/cta-digital-sv/

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The March 22 talk will feature Professor Stephanie Ben-Ishai discussing "Millennials In Crisis: Myth Busting Millennial Debt Narratives."

Intense pop-cultural commentary on millennial finances and indebtedness perpetuate two common media narratives. One narrative suggests “millennials are doomed” and that millennials face higher debt levels compounded by rising tuition costs, a lack of affordable housing, high costs of living, and an increasingly competitive job market. Counter to this narrative, the “millennial bootstrapping” narrative refutes the assertion that millennials are more financially challenged than previous generations and argues that millennials need to “pull up their bootstraps” and improve their work ethic to secure financial success.

This event is part of the UC Berkeley Canadian Studies monthly lunchtime colloquium series. Lunch will be at 12 and the lecture will begin at 12:20 p.m.

Free.

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OCM Advanced Planning’s Cross-Border Wealth Management Series

Hosted by Wayne Baxter of OCM Advanced Planning, LLC
Special Guest: Manya Deva Natan, Esq. - SSS Legal and Consultancy Services, APC

Topics to be covered:

The Top Five Wealth Management Mistakes Made by Canadians Living in California

Estate Planning for Canadians Living in the California

How to Plan and Leave a Legacy On Both Sides of the Border

• Your immigration status can cost you in taxes – learn how to avoid common pitfalls and mistakes
• How do you plan effectively when you own assets in more than one country?
• How do you make sure your estate plan works under different legal regimes?
• How do you plan if your spouse is not a U.S. Citizen? Can you leave money to your spouse without it being subject to the federal estate tax?
• What if you become incapacitated while living in California, while all of your friends and family are in Canada?
• Who’s responsible for your minor children if you get sick or die? What if your children live here, but your Guardians live in Canada? How do you plan for the necessary relocation? 
• How do you name Trustees and Agents when you don’t have any family or close friends living in the United States?

Featuring:

Wayne Baxter – Partner, OCM Advanced Planning, LLC
Manya Deva Natan, Esq. - SSS Legal and Consultancy Services, APC 

$15.

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An evening of drinks & conversation with an opportunity to meet some of Canada's most innovative technology entrepreneurs!

The Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco - Palo Alto is hosting a reception to showcase the latest group of Canadian startups that have been accepted into the Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) Silicon Valley Tech program.  

The CTA is a 5-month soft landing program designed to provide high potential Canadian technology startups with access to Silicon Valley.  Participants in this CTA class include companies with a focus on AI, Cybersecurity, FinTech, SaaS, Software and Mobile.

See a list of participating companies at: www.ctaconnects.com/cta-digital-sv/

Note: The Consulate General of Canada will host a 2nd CTA Showcase reception in Sunnyvale on Wednesday, March 22nd - please email the Consulate if you wish to receive more info about this event. 

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L'Association des Quebecois dans la Bay Area veux vous inviter à participer à une activité de Cabane à Sucre.

Dans le cadre du mois de la Francophonie et des Fêtes du 150e Anniversaire de la Confédération Canadienne, l’Association des Québécois dans la Bay Area vous convi à un repas traditionnel de Cabane à Sucre.  Au programme, activité culturelle familiale pour découvrir la cabane à sucre, repas de cabane et tire sur la neige.  Avec la participation de leur artiste invitée, Danièle Archambault, Ph. D.

30$ adulte

12$ enfant (12 ans et moins)

Moins de 2 ans, gratuit.

Déroulement de la journée:

11h-12h: Arrivée & jeu familial

12h: Repas traditionnel à volonté

14h-16h: Tire sur la neige, musique & activités!

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Join in a day of celebration for all the francophones of the world. Conferences, debates, cinema, gastronomy ... Come and celebrate Francophonie at the Alliance Française de San Francisco. Discuss topics such as the rise of populism in Europe, environment protection, a black woman experience in France, linguistic geopolitics or the status of French in the world.

10:00 - Conference : How Far Will Populisme lead in Europe? 

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11:00 - Documentary and Discution : Not Without Us 2016 

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12:30 - Francophone buffet

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13:30 - Documentary : Mariannes Noires

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17:30 - Conference : The status of French in the world

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Join C100 along with Charter Members, Partners, and Canadians in Tech for Happy Hour in San Francisco. The first drink is on the C100!

Please note that tickets are non-transferable. All attendees must be on the guest list to enter.

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The Digital Moose Lounge is delighted to present THE LOCKPICKER at CAAMFest35, taking place in San Francisco from March 9-19.

Filmed in partnership with a Toronto high school, THE LOCKPICKER orbits around teenage thief Hashi, pulled along by the ever-present gravity of trauma, reckoning with his hunger for intimacy and memories of loss and violence. Weaving harsh realism and ethereal scene, Randall Okita explores a furious, adolescent desire for escape.

Cinequest Film & VR Festival includes 10 films from Canada this year! Among the Canadian line-up are 9 World and United States premieres, with filmmakers and stars in attendance.

Cinequest runs Feb 28 - Mar 12.

FEATURE FILMS

LOVESICK - United States Premiere

Jessica Paré (Mad Men) and Jay Baruchel (How to Train Your Dragon) star in a romantic comedy wherein falling in love is easy; falling out is the hard part.

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MEMENTO MORI - United States Premiere

One life taken; one life saved… emotional and profound, an arresting and evocative cinematic journey, that immerses itself completely in a world few of us understand: an organ transplant hospital.

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THE DEATH (AND LIFE) OF CARL NAARDLINGER - United States Premiere

When a mild mannered IT guy finds himself confronted in what can only be called a “double-doppelganger situation,” the result is a humorous, uplifting comedy about the meaning of life, coincidence, and fate.

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CELTIC SOUL - United States Premiere

When comedian Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder, This is the End) explores Scotland and finds his roots, we are treated to a comical journey about football, friendship, and nourishing your soul.

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CADENCE - United States Premiere

A taut thriller that finds a young woman is terrorized by three men, but can she control her unreal visions and escape the real nightmare?

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AN AMERICAN DREAM: THE EDUCATION OF WILLIAM BOWMAN - United States Premiere

A hilarious satire that offers Idiocracy levels of commentary on the power of media and the American Dream… even if that dream is a bit of a rabbit hole.

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MENORCA

A stolen minivan, pack of cigarettes, her son’s rock, and the need to get away. Claire couldn’t handle the suburban soccer mom life any longer. She needed to escape. 

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SHORT FILMS

RED RUBY - World Premiere

Ruby Grimm awakes to the dark reality that nightmares walk among us. Armed with her brother's research and weaponry, she sets out to systematically destroy them before her mind spirals into madness.

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MONSTER - United States Premiere

Convicted of murdering her husband, a death row inmate must fight the monster she is accused of being.

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THE NIGHT CLEANER - United States Premiere

As the night cleaner in Canada's busiest gay bathhouse, Travis has his work cut out for him. With good humour he takes us on an amusing and sometimes harrowing tour through his nightly duties.

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CAAMFest is presented by the Center for Asian American Media.

The Centerpiece Narrative and US premiere of Ann Marie Fleming’s WINDOW HORSES is an exquisitely animated film about the physical and inner journey of Rosie Ming, a young Chinese-Iranian girl (voiced by Sandra Oh) whose poetry carries her on a trip from her Canadian home to a festival in Iran. When she leaves her loving and worrisome grandparents behind and meets an eclectic and seasoned group of confident poets, Rosie finds her true voice as an artist, and unveils a deep family secret. Ellen Page and Shohreh Aghdashloo provide additional voices.

General Public: $20  |  CAAM Members: $17

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The International Ocean Film Festival is featuring several Canadian films this year.

This is the festival's 14th year, and its mission is to inspire people to appreciate and care for the ocean by revealing its wonders through independent films. Every year the IOFF features a four-day ocean engagement event for audiences from around the world. Though the power of storytelling, filmmakers and the IOFF empower audiences of all ages to become better ocean stewards.

See the full Canadian Program at 7pm.

See all the Canadian films here >>

The Consulate General of Canada are sponsoring a number of Canadian Films at CAAM Fest 2017, including the five films listed here. 

CAAMFest is presented by the Center for Asian American Media and runs March 9-19.

The Lockpicker 

Director: Randall Okita

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David Palmer, Vice-President, Advancement & Barbara Dick, Assistant Vice-President, Alumni Relations invite alumni and friends to join Professor Edward (Ted) Sargent, Vice-President, International for a lecture that explores industry-building in Toronto and beyond.

Shock and Awe: Innovation and Impact in 2017 

Today, more people want the opportunity to translate their discoveries into new products, services, apps, and platforms - ultimately building entirely new industrial sectors. Prof. Sargent will tell the story of his own start-up company, Invisage, and talk about how and why he built the company in Toronto, Silicon Valley, and Taiwan. He will also discuss how U of T, a top-ranked institution, is becoming a leading innovation hub, strategically located in a vibrant, world-class city. Prof. Sargent will explore how Toronto is taking sectors like cleantech, machine learning, and regenerative medicine to the next level. 

Free.

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March's lecture will be Intergenerational Income Mobility in Canada and the United States, with speaker Marie Connolly, from the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Intergenerational mobility is about twice as great in Canada than in the United States, but varies significantly within each country. Our sub-national analysis of six different indicators finds that the national border only partially distinguishes the close to one thousand regions we analyze within these two countries. The Canada-US border clearly divides Central and Eastern Canada from the Great Lakes regions and the Northeast of the United States. But these differences drive only part of the national differences in mobility. While some Canadian regions have more in common with the low mobility southern parts of the United States than with the rest of Canada, the fact that they represent a much smaller fraction of population is the other reason why overall mobility is lower in the United States.

This event is part of the UC Berkeley Canadian Studies monthly lunchtime colloquium series. Lunch will be at 12 and the lecture will begin at 12:20 p.m.

Free.

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It's hockey season again! The Digital Moose Lounge has secured a block of tickets to the Leafs game. Join us and cheer on a classic hockey match-up with fellow Canadians!

Seats are located in Sections 218, rows 8-9. They will be available for pick-up the day of the game at the Will Call Window.

Our block is sold out but you can get seats with our group through the Go North Canada event >>

Go North Canada invites you to join them as the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center. Leaders from GM Canada, Thalmic Labs and other Canadian tech companies will be on hand to talk about the job opportunities available in Canada and to make connections to other awesome Canadians!

FREE for the pre-game networking reception only

$48 for the reception + game

RSVP by February 24.

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Beloved maestro and former Berkeley Symphony music director Kent Nagano leads the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in a dynamic program of early 20th-century works, including Debussy's sprightly Jeux and Stravinsky's towering The Rite of Spring, composed within a year of each other for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Pianist Daniil Trifonov joins the full-bodied orchestra for Prokofiev's emotionally expansive third piano concerto, a work he has performed to acclaim: "he offered far more than mere virtuosity ... Trifonov demonstrated an elegant touch and witty grace in more lighthearted moments and poetic insight in more introspective passages" (The New York Times).

Tickets $42-135.

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Join the UC Berkeley Canadian Studies visiting scholars and students and members of the East Bay community for a drink and some happy hour appetizers.

Look out for Canadian flags and gear!

Fresh off of celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of “Back to the Future,” and just past the future date to which Marty traveled, join us as we celebrate the legacy of this great film franchise along with stars Michael J. Fox (Marty McFly), Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown) and Lea Thompson (Lorraine Baines).

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Dr. Linda Morra will lecture on "Writing/Righting the Record: Researching the Archives of Canadian Women Writers."

Buffet lunch will commence at 12 noon, followed by the lecture at 12:20PM.

Free to the public.

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Every year, SFIOFF produces an acclaimed festival of ocean-themed films from all over the world that are largely unavailable to the general public. Themes range from marine science and industry to sports and adventure. We look for films that entertain, educate, and encourage active participation in ocean conservation.

The Canada Program includes four short films including several premieres.

Presented by the Consulate General of Canada of San Francisco and Silicon Valley and Destination British Columbia.

Dr. Carol Beran from St. Mary’s College in Moraga is this month's featured speaker. She is a specialist in Canadian literature and will be speaking about Canadian authors and the 2013 Nobel Prize winner for literature, Alice Munro.

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A brother and sister learn that their recently deceased mother left a will asking them to return to her war-torn homeland to perform an unusual task. Directed by Denis Villeneuve and nominated for an Academy Award, Incendies stars Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Lubna Azabal (Canada; 2010, R, 130 minutes).

In French and Arabic with English subtitles.

Free admission ($5 suggested donation).

With support from the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco.

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The Courage to Do What Is Right: From the Hell of Rwanda to the Plight of Syrian Refugees

Hear the remarkable story of hope and courage at this keynote address by Lieutenant General Dallaire, retired United Nations peacekeeper, Canadian humanitarian, and bestselling author.

Free and open to the public.

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Cheer on the Canucks with us! We sit as a group at the 200-level.

Puck drops at 7:00 p.m.

A few tickets still available. Buy them here on PayPal.

Pour la mois de la francophonie, des étudiants du Québec présenteront des écrivains et des peintres qui ont fait entrer le Québec dans la modernité à travers le roman: La Femme qui fuit d’Anais Barbeau-Lavalette.

L’auteure présente sa grande-mère, l’artiste Suzanne Meloche, féministe avant l’heure, qui a rejeté les valeurs traditionnelles québécoises de l’époque pour vivre librement. Cette liberté n’a pas été sans conséquence pour son mari et ses enfants. Nous vous proposons de partir à la découverte de cette période du Québec, la Grande Noirceur, à travers un roman touchant. Explications et lecture d’extraits.

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Let's spend Monday Happy Hour with some Canadians!

San Pedro Square Market has 20+ different food and drink vendors, so there should be something for everyone. Look for the Canadian flags and Canadiens gear!

It is a short walk to the arena and we’ll head over around 6:45 for the 7:30 game..

You do not need to have tickets with the Moose group (or any tickets to this game) to attend the event! 

Join us for a Canadian traditional winter activity of ice skating at the Sharks Practice Rink in San Jose!

General Admission prices are:
13 & Over: $9.75
Children: (12 & under): $8.75
Senior (55 & Over): $6.25

It is an additional $4.25 to rent skates. You are welcome to bring your own. Public skate starts at 1:15pm. If you plan on skating the entire time, you might to get there a bit early to purchase your tickets and put on your skates.

There is an opportunity to get a discounted group rate if we have 10 people or more paying together. Adults: $12 and Children: $10, including the skate rental fee. If you are interested in this option please specify in the ticket type below (RSVP: Group Tickets). We will meet at 12:45pm near the ticketing booth. Please bring exact cash, as there can only be one transaction.

Remember to dress warmly!

After skating, we will head over to Stanley's (sports bar at the rink) to warm up with a Tim Hortons coffee, hot chocolate or adult beverage!

For more information please visit the Sharks Ice website:
http://www.sharksiceatsanjose.com/public_skating/costs/index.asp

The Digital Moose Lounge in partnership with the Province of British Columbia and the City of San Jose cordially invites you to a pre-game reception before the Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks hockey game on March 7th. Will Fox, Managing Director of BC's International Trade and Investment office, and Ash Kalra, San Jose Councilmember, will be special guests in attendance.

We will have a spot on the back patio of Britannia Arms reserved for us. Ask for the Digital Moose Lounge or look for the group in Canadian/Canucks gear! Light appetizers will be served.

For those with tickets to the game, we will head over to the arena around 6:30pm to watch the puck drop at 7:00pm.

Please RSVP so we can reserve enough space by March 4th.

We'll see you there!

~ The Digital Moose Lounge Events Team
programs@digitalmooselounge.com

Let's meet up for some drinks and a bite to eat prior to the Montreal Canadiens vs San Jose Sharks game!

We will have a spot on the back patio of Britannia Arms reserved for us. Ask for the Digital Moose Lounge or look for the group in Canadian/Canadiens gear!

We will head over to the arena around 6:30pm to watch the puck drop at 7:00pm.

Please let us know if you can make it so we can reserve enough space.

We'll see you there!

~ The Digital Moose Lounge Events Team
programs@digitalmooselounge.com

Through this event, we hope to generate insights into how both social practices and government policies can be employed to combat racism, foster equitable innovation, and ultimately produce outputs that are representative of society.

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In the wake of COVID-19, Canada’s Digital Inclusion Lab has conducted an extensive data analysis of online activity that revealed a significant spike in online hatred and discrimination towards Jewish people.

The results of this research were proved shockingly accurate during the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.  In an effort to start a conversation on the results of this analysis and build strong pathways for action, the Consulates General of Canada in San Francisco and Los Angeles are pleased to partner with the American Jewish Committee to host a virtual panel discussion with the Digital Inclusion Lab’s key researcher and leaders from the international Jewish community.

This event coincides with the release of AJC’s latest version of the Antisemitism Compendium, putting Canada’s reporting in context. We hope that you will join us as we work to secure a more equitable future devoid of this kind of unspeakable hatred and discrimination. 

RSVP here

Get details and RSVP here.

Opportunities for economic development with California’s second leading trading partner will be the focus when Rana Sarkar, consul general of Canada, is hosted at the annual international trade luncheon by the Hayward Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 27.

The event is co-sponsored by the California State University, East Bay, College of Business and Economics.

Reservations must be made in advance at the chamber website www.hayward.org. Tickets are $25 apiece and will not be sold at the door.

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The Panel:

Your Host: Wayne Baxter, One Capital Management, LLC
James Stephens, Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law
Marc Gedeon, Esq., CPA (CA), CPA, CA (ON)
Randol Curtis, CFA, One Capital Management, LLC

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Thank you to our event sponsor, Wayne Baxter and One Capital Management.

Happy 2019! It’s about time we did another happy hour!! Let’s meet at the Gashead Tavern in the Mission (near BART) for drinks, food, and Canadian cheer with your fellow Canadians and friends of Canada 🇨🇦

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Sponsor:  Canadian Studies Program (CAN)

The 2015 Canadian federal election was a dynamic affair. Each of the three major parties held the lead in polls at some point in the campaign. However, by the end of the campaign the Tories finished where they started, the Liberals pulled far ahead, and the NDP saw all their previous gains fall away. Why did this happen?

Visit Berkeley's Canadian Studies events listings for all the details. More information>> 

Sponsors:  Canadian Studies Program (CAN), Department of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Native American Studies, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society

Dr. Couture's talk will discuss the increasingly frequent practice of Indigenous land acknowledgments in Canadian society and what implications this might have for local practices in the Bay Area. 

Visit Berkeley's Canadian Studies events listings for all the details. More information>>

Free event.

DML ticket holders will be able to hang out in the "Veranda" area before and during the game to mix and mingle with the group. Your ticket includes access to a balcony that has a meal included and 2 drink tickets and a private bar.

Spots are limited, so make sure to get yours early!

We'll see you there!

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Trivia night brought to you by Brainstormers trivia. Bar Basic has a great happy hour running from 4-9 PM with $5 drafts and $6 martinis.

Join us for a fun night of pub trivia and get to know fellow Canadians in the Bay area.

The Plan:
7:00 PM - Meet to socialize over happy hour drinks
8:00 PM - Trivia starts

Look for the table with the small Canadian 🇨🇦 flag on it.

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DATE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019
TIME: TBA
LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, SPECIFIC DETAILS TBA

This is an intern only event, for current interns in the Bay Area. 

GUEST SPEAKERS TBA

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Join us for fun, drinks and food as you mingle with fellow graduates and friends of Memorial.

Tickets: $16 USD (includes service fees). Light appetizers will be provided and a cash bar will be available.

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The New York Times calls him “A fearless comic with a talent for provoking both laughter and outrage”.

Sugar Sammy is a charismatic provocateur who seamlessly hits on cultural, social and political themes with great charm and finesse.

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You can also learn more about Sugar Sammy by watching his latest interview in Canada with W5: SUGAR SAMMY TAKES THE WORLD OF COMEDY BY STORM.

THE TRUE STORY OF THE SMALL TOWN THAT WELCOMED THE WORLD. Written by Canadian writers and Tony® nominees Irene Sankoff and David Hein, this heartwarming story is not to be missed!

Digital Moose Lounge members, please use discount code "DML" when buying your tickets for a 10% to 25% discount. You're welcome!

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To connect with other DML members the night you are going, please comment on Facebook.

Use promo code CANADA to unlock these special ticket offers and join other Bay Area Canadians to watch the Sharks take on Edmonton and/or Calgary (coming up on March 24)! For questions or to purchase more than 9 tickets, please contact Brandon Grengs at (408) 999-5754.

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BAICFF is working closely with the NFB , the National Film Board of Canada, recognized the world over as one of the great cultural laboratories for innovation.  For 10 years we have shown at least one NFB short in its programing without any demands or fees from the NFB. They have always been a pleasure to collaborate with and we are honored to continue the partnership in years to come. 

This year we expanded our Canadian slate of films, and it seems the Festival will be very Canada-centric for our 10th anniversary! 

Just nominated for a 2018 Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Stuart Shankly will also be joining us from Toronto, the renowned Canadian animated filmmaker and Assistant Director of the highly acclaimed animated film, The Breadwinner. Stuart will be joining us for the weekend and to take part in a Q&A following the film.

The line-up of Canadian films, and a block of shorts including two BAY AREA PREMIERES includes:

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C100 hosts monthly meetups in San Francisco/Palo Alto for all Canadians visiting or living in the Bay Area to network with one another alongside C100's staff, Charter Members and Partners. These frequent gatherings are the only consistent Bay Area networking events open to the public.

Location: San Francisco (exact venue to be announced 48Hrs prior to the event)

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Please join the Faculty of Applied Science at the Alumni & Friends Reception. Come hear about our new School of Biomedical Engineering!

Short presentations by:
James Olson, Dean pro tem, Faculty of Applied Science, Peter Zandstra, Director of the School of Biomedical Engineering and Gregory Kovacs, President, SRI International Biosciences.

Please feel free to share this event with a friend or colleague, as guests are welcome!

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North American Futures: NAFTA in the Balance
4 PM, Tuesday February 13, IGS Library -- 109 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley
Please RSVP below!

Moderator:

Consul General Rana Sarkar
Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco

Speakers:

Prof. Maria Echaveste
Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy | UC Berkeley School of Law

Prof. Christopher Sands
Center for Canadian Studies | Johns Hopkins University

Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman (ret.)
Global Affairs Canada

The panel will explore this topic:

What is the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement? With changes to NAFTA on the horizon and negotiators gathering for a new round of NAFTA talks, this panel of experts examines the economic, political, and diplomatic aspects of NAFTA's past, present, and future.

This event is free, but an RSVP is required. Please RSVP via Eventbrite

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Venez vous amuser en famille pour un après-midi de patinage et rencontrer vos amis québécois! On participe à la séance de patinage public de 13h15 @ 15h15, et on peut se rencontrer au Stanley Sports Bar (1500 S 10th St., San Jose, 95112) après (ou pour ceux qui ne patinent pas, pendant) pour un chocolat chaud, une bière et une poutine!

Admission Générale 13 et +: $11.50
Enfants (12 & -): $10.50
Senior (55+): $7.00
Location de Patins: $5.00

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A sensation at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Counting Sheep, a Ukrainian folk opera created by Mark and Marichka Marczyk (featuring Toronto’s Lemon Bucket Orkestra, a guerrilla-folk party-punk band), recounts the 2013 outbursts, violence, and sniper fire of Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution witnessed by the Marczyks themselves, who emigrated to Canada soon after. Through traditional choral songs, it explores the human condition in times of violent upheaval, evoking the yearning for a better tomorrow.

In residence February 7-10.

Tickets $15-$50.

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CWC 2.0 (the Canadian Women's Club) invites you to join them for the glamour of viewing the Oscars. Hollywood attire is encouraged!

Enjoy a FREE glass of champagne on arrival – then a wonderful array of foods, including:

• Smoked Salmon w/ Condiments 

• Tempura Artichoke Hearts 

• Baby New Potatoes stuffed with Asiago Souffle 

• Tuna Poke on Crisp Won Ton with Avocado 

• Lamb Skewers with Yogurt Curry Sauce 

• Popcorn  

Door prizes! Most correct award winners predictions! Best dressed!            

No host bar. Parking included. $48 per person (including tax and tip).

Please register with your payment by February 21.

Reserve and pay via the Canadian Women's Club website >>

Juno Award-nominated duo Kacy and Clayton are coming to San Francisco and will be playing selections from their latest album, Strange Country.

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The music of Kacy and Clayton exists outside of time, and burgeons with beautiful contradictions. It’s psychedelic and traditional, contemporary and vintage, melancholic and joyous. All at once, it showcases a slightly psych-folk sound of Linda Perhacs, Fleet Foxes, and First Aid Kit; rare country blues records and English folk tunes; and 1920s disaster songs and murder ballads. Their songs often are sugar-coated pills, tales of murderous jealousy, dilapidated graveyards, and infanticide, all delivered with Kacy Anderson’s sweet, lithe voice, and Clayton Linthicum’s hypnotic fingerpicking.

$10 in Advance // $12 at the Door.

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Join C100 along with Charter Members, Partners, and Canadians in Tech for Happy Hour on Thursday, February 16th in Russian Hill, San Francisco. The first drink is on the C100!

Please note that tickets are non-transferable. All attendees must be on the guest list to enter.

RSVP here >>

Dr. Steven L. Waslander, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and emcee of the reception, invites you and a guest to an exclusive alumni reception at NVIDIA for an evening of networking with fellow Waterloo Engineering alumni and engineering undergraduate co-op students currently on work term in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

In addition to providing a brief update about the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Waslander will deliver a lecture titled From Zero to Hands-Free in Three Months: Recent efforts at UW to make a self-driving vehicle for winter autonomy.

Hear from Thiru Sinnathamby (BASc 2001, Electrical Engineering), VP Software Engineering at NVIDIA, about the company's latest graphic chips for the gaming industry as well as for mobile computing and the automotive market.

This event is hosted in partnership with NVIDIA.

Please note that you may be asked to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) when you arrive at the event.

$15.00

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Celebrate the 52nd Anniversary of the Canadian Women's Club!

Consul General of Canada Brandon Lee will be the special guest speaker and will discuss current important Canadian issues. Come and find out the latest on Canadian happenings and those affecting us here in the US.

Cost: $38.00.  Free parking. Reservations required.

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Dr. Vincent Gaudet, Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and emcee of the reception, invites you and a guest to an exclusive alumni reception at Razer USA for an evening of networking with fellow Waterloo Engineering alumni and engineering undergraduate co-op students currently on work term in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Hear from John Wilson (BASc 2000, Electrical Engineering), VP Engineering - Systems Product Group at Razer USA, about his technical leadership at Razer USA's R&D headquarters.

This event is hosted in partnership with Razer USA.

Please note that you may be asked to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) when you arrive at the event.

$15.00.

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Join Canadian Studies for the annual Thomas Garden Barnes Lecture in honour of the founder of the Canadian Studies Program, delivered this year by internationally renowned linguist and Order of Canada Recipient Dr. Keren Rice of the University of Toronto. 

Topic: Gots’udi ní̜dé Dene xedə́ t’áodéʔa: Indigenous Language Resilience in Canada

Overview: In December 2015, the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was released, containing 94 Calls to Action, some of which involve language. In this talk, Dr Rice will start with the Calls for Action, and then review what has happened decades leading to these calls, focusing on government, Indigenous institutions, and local community initiatives.  She will discuss what it takes to effect change, and speculate on what the future looks like.

Reception to follow. 

Free and open to the public. 

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Join fellow Moose at the Canadiens game. Seats are at the 200-level and we sit as a group.

Puck drops at 7:30 pm.

Sorry, tickets for this game are now sold out!

New to the Bay Area? Long-time resident? This session has updates for everyone in the immigration process, from TN to green card and everything in between, including:

• What’s going on with TN and H or L processing? Should I consider filing against the H-1 cap?

• Will President Obama’s Executive Actions hurt or help me?

• Should my spouse file for an H-4 EAD? How else do I get my spouse work authorized?

• How long does it really take for me to get a green card? And how difficult is the PERM process?

• Must I really switch from a TN to file for a green card?

Special thanks to OpenDNS for hosting and opening their beautiful offices to us!

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What awesome people are presenting this event, and why?

The Digital Moose Lounge is a non-profit, longstanding community of Canadians in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our mission is to be the first point of contact for Canadians in this area, and we host a number of social and informational events throughout the year for the benefit of the Canadian population locally. Learn more about the DML here.

Our featured speaker is David Brown, Managing Partner of Brown Immigration Law and longtime friend of the Moose. As a transplant from Toronto to the U.S. David is happy to have completed his immigration journey in 2008 when he became a US Citizen, and now he enjoys holding our immigration bureaucracy accountable and ensuring people are properly adjudicated for the benefits they deserve! Learn more about David here.

What's the schedule for the evening?

6:30pm – Registration and mingling

7:00pm – Presentation from David

8:00pm – Generous Q&A

What are my transport/parking options?

OpenDNS is conveniently located in SOMA, minutes from the Caltrain Station at 4th and King and with ample parking around the surrounding streets and lots.

What if I have questions you didn't mention above?

Great! Email David your specific questions before the talk and he'll do his best to address them in his presentation.

Dr. Omond Solandt became a venerated voice on military and science affairs just when fears of atomic and then thermonuclear war rose in global consciousness. His experience gave way to a view on war, weapons, and the reality of the atomic age that was rational, clear, and rooted in his belief in the power of rational actors to make good on the world. As the destructive yield of thermonuclear weapons grew, however, his attitude changed while American counterparts like Herman Khan would later contemplate the realities of full-bore nuclear warfare as a policy option. So, was Solandt more Mr. Spock than Dr, Strangelove? Dr. Jason S. Ridler, author of Maestro of Science, will explore Solandt's unique personality and role as an early expert on atomic weapons.


Buffet lunch at 12 noon followed by lecture at approximately 12:20.

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Featuring Marc Gedeon of Gedeon Law & CPA

Join us for an in-depth look at the tax filing process for Canadians living in the US, and learn cross-border wealth planning strategies. Get your questions answered!

Topics to be covered include:

• Understanding US and Canadian residency rules
• US-Canada tax treaty issues
• US Tax on a Canadian Corporation
• U.S Tax Treatment of Canadian Mutual Funds
• Gifts & Inheritances
• California Community Property laws

Admission price includes the session and/or a complimentary 30-minute consultation with Mr. Gedeon at his San Jose office on February 22, a $250 value. 

Information required to schedule a consultation is provided in the confirmation email for this event. Sessions will be booked on a first-come, first-served basis.

FAQs

What awesome people are presenting this event, and why?

The Digital Moose Lounge is a non-profit, longstanding community of Canadians in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our mission is to be the first point of contact for Canadians in this area, and we host a number of social and informational events throughout the year for the benefit of the Canadian population locally. Learn more about the DML here.

Our featured speaker is Marc Gedeon, licenced California CPA and Attorney and a licensed CPA, CA in Ontario. Based in Los Angeles and Toronto, Mr Gedeon's firm, Gedeon Law & CPA specializes in providing Canada-US cross-border tax services. Learn more about Marc Gedeon here.

What's the schedule for the event?

11:00 am - Registration
11:30 am - Cross-Border Tax and Wealth Planning Information Session
12:30 pm - Open Q&A

What if I have questions you didn't mention above?

Great! Email us your specific questions before the talk and Mr. Gedeon will do his best to address them in his presentation.

Meet 11 emerging Canadian startups, pitching to investors on a Silicon Valley stage! The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service hosts the Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) program in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The CTA is an acceleration program designed to assist high-potential Canadian startups and entrepreneurs in the technology sector access the unique ecosystem that is the Silicon Valley.

The Vancouver Canucks will visit San Jose for the final time this regular season for our first of two DML hockey events. This DML package offers a private VIP pre-game happy hour, veranda tickets for the game with dinner and two drinks included.

Spots are limited, so make sure to get yours early!

We'll see you there!

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Now in its 6th year, the BIOTECanada networking breakfast annually brings together industry leaders, investors, pharma business development representatives and policymakers to connect prior to JP Morgan, Biotech Showcase, and other meetings and conferences in San Francisco. Join us to kick off another promising week of partnerships and growth.

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Students, alumni, and friends invited.

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We would like to thank the Alumni Association and DocuSign, whose generous support made this event possible.

Are you wondering what fun NYE party to add to your list? Look no longer - We are hosting an event to kick off 2019 in style.

Bring your +1 and come celebrate the New Year with fellow McGill Alumni!

Appetizers & Cocktails will be served.

Dress up with your comfy McGill gear if you brought any with you to the Gold Coast / Old McGill sweaters make for great holiday sweater party!

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Next Canadians in Tech

When: Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Time: 5:30pm- 7:30pm
Where: Downtown San Francisco *

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*Exact location will be disclosed to registered attendees 48 hours before the event

Buffet lunch served at 12 noon, followed by talk beginning at 12:10. NOTE: Spring 2018 Colloquium events will start promptly at 12:10 and conclude at 1:30. 

Professor Suzack's talk is co-sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Department. Lunch sponsored by our friends at the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco.

Colloquium events are free, and open to everyone. No ticket or RSVP is required.

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Following a successful 2017 release of their album Perfect Strangers, Canadian acoustic jazz, rock & pop duo 23rd Hour returns for another show at Angelicas in Redwood City.

With a sound likened to Norah Jones, The Civil Wars and James Taylor, the duo's melodic originals meld seamlessly with their renditions of the standards, old and new.

Part of the proceeds will be donated to the Redwood City Education Foundation to support music education in schools. 

Tickets online starting at $19, at the door (day of the show) starting at $25.

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Use the code PERFECTSTRANGERS at checkout to receive 20% off tickets for Canadian friends!

Canadians in Tech events are monthly meetups for all Canadians visiting or living in the Bay Area to network with one another alongside C100 staff, Charter Members and Partners. All are welcome to this frequent gathering.

Space is limited and RSVP is required. Free.

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Iconic Newfoundland singer-songwriter Alan Doyle will be touring North America in 2018 to support his third solo album, A Week At The Warehouse.

Doyle was the lead singer of iconic Canadian band Great Big Sea, known for fusing traditional Newfoundland music with their own pop sensibilities. Their nine albums, double-disc hits retrospective, and two DVD releases have all been declared Gold or Platinum and have sold a combined 1.2 million copies in Canada. His third solo album continues to cement Doyle’s reputation as one of our country’s most treasured musicians and storytellers. In Doyle’s words, “I always want people to have the greatest night of their life when the house lights go down.”

Tickets $26-$50.

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Join local McGill Alumni for a fascinating presentation with Associate Professor Audrey Moores, one of McGill University's leading researchers in the emerging field of green chemistry, as she showcases some of the innovative ways in which scientists are using biomass-based materials and cleaner synthetic methods to reduce pollution and contribute to a more sustainable planet.

Also in attendance will be Stuart 'Kip' Cobbett, McGill's Chair of the Board of Governors, Marc Weinstein, Vice Principal, Advancement and fellow graduates.

All alumni and friends welcome!

Free. Please RSVP by January 23 >>

This event is now sold out. Additional partners are planning to host another financial / tax event in March. Stay tuned!

Hosted by John H Bishop, a Certified Public Accountant (USA), Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada), and leader of Wellington Capital Advisors, LLC.

The presentation is designed to be of practical use to recent arrivals, those enjoying mid-career success, and folks contemplating retirement in the US or Canada.

Subjects to be covered include taxes, mortgages, currency exchange, retirement accounts, and more.

Space is limited. A light lunch will be served.

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Join C100 to reconnect with friends and kick off the year with other Canadians in the Valley. 

Please note that tickets are non-transferable. All attendees must be on the guest list to enter.

RSVP here by January 10th >>

January's speaker will be Jaida Im, the founder and executive director of Freedom House.  Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Freedom House is a non-profit organization with a mission to bring hope, restoration, and a new life to survivors of human trafficking by providing a safe home and long-term aftercare.  Freedom House works closely with law enforcement and community partners to identify survivors of human trafficking, and to provide them with the care and services they need to rebuild their lives.  Through their innovative aftercare model, Freedom House is breaking the cycle of exploitation and creating new futures for survivors.

Social hour 11 a.m. Lunch 12 noon.

$38.00 per person includes lunch. Guests & gentlemen are welcome and encouraged.

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The Digital Moose Lounge in partnership with the Province of Ontario cordially invites you to a pre-game reception before the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. San Jose Sharks hockey game on January 15.  Ontario's Minister of Economic Development, Employment, and Infrastructure, the Honourable Minister Brad Duguid, will be a special guest in attendance.

Light appetizers and Ontario beverages will be served.

Game tickets are required for entrance to the pre-game reception.  Tickets purchased through the Digital Moose Lounge will be available for pick-up at the SAP Center Will Call window at the South Entrance (@ West Santa Clara St and North Autumn St) and under the ticket purchaser's name. Corresponding identification is required to pick up the tickets. If you purchased the tickets for someone else, please let us know ASAP who will be collecting them.

The reception is located in the Frank Jirik Room, adjacent to the South Entrance of the SAP Center. The reception will run from 5:30pm - 7pm. The game starts at 7:30pm.

Please RSVP by Tuesday January 12 through this Eventbrite invitation.

For more information please contact Kathryn Exon Smith at the Digital Moose Lounge at programs@digitalmooselounge.com or 408-816-9618.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The Digital Moose Lounge in partnership with the Province of Ontario cordially invites you to a pre-game reception before the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. San Jose Sharks hockey game on January 15. Ontario's Minister of Economic Development, Employment, and Infrastructure, the Honourable Minister Brad Duguid, will be a special guest in attendance.

Light appetizers and Ontario beverages will be served. 

To be admitted into the facility for the reception only, you must check in with the Will Call window at the South Entrance (@ West Santa Clara St and North Autumn St) and receive a wristband before 6pm. Corresponding identification is required to pick up the wristband.  Anyone arriving after 6pm will not be admitted into the facility as stipulated by the SAP Center. 

The reception is located in the Frank Jirik Room, adjacent to the South Entrance of the SAP Center. The reception will run from 5:30pm - 7pm. 

Please RSVP by Tuesday January 12 through this Eventbite invitation.

For more information please contact Kathryn Exon Smith at the Digital Moose Lounge at programs@digitalmooselounge.com or 408-816-9618.

We look forward to seeing you there!

There are three million Canadians living abroad - enough to constitute an 11th province! Yet few know of their far-reaching impact: that Canadians have been at the forefront of almost every major global movement in modern history!

John Stackhouse’s new book, Planet Canada: How Our Expats Are Shaping the Future, presents fresh new data on our global Canadian community and asserts that this powerful diaspora could be the country’s greatest untapped resource.

RSVP here.

#StrongerTogether 

Our speaker panel includes:

Rana Sarkar, Consul General of Canada for Northern California & Hawaii

Marni Kellison, Senior Consular Officer

Pavan Dhillon, Founder & Principal Attorney, Dhillon Immigration Law

Shauna Chevalier, Liaison Officer, Canada Border Services Agency

Serge Corbeil, Director, Government Relations Western Region, Air Canada

RSVP wade.wallerstein@international.gc.ca 

Join the MAA of Northern California for Part II of Traveling Back to Canada. This time, we will be discussing more specifically how to immigrate to Canada with your family, spouse, children or parents and what you need to know from a tax and financial planning perspective.

The San Francisco Canadian Expat Meetup Group is hosting a festive holiday season drinks gathering at Kell's Irish Pub on Tuesday, December 17th.

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Sheila will be speaking her latest book "Hammer & Silicon: The Soviet Diaspora in the US Innovation Economy — Immigration, Innovation, Institutions, Imprinting, and Identity."

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Join this fun Meetup group of fellow Canadians at Kells Irish Pub (same place as the annual Canada Day Meetup event) whenever you can this evening. 

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On December 4th, C100 will host a Canadian Intern Event for all Canadian interns in the Bay Area. 

This free event is for co-op/intern students from all universities in Canada who are finishing up their fall internships. 

Guest speaker: Ashish Fernandez, Program Manager, Google

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Featuring the all-star voice talent of Josh Hutcherson, Samantha Bee🇨🇦, Martin Short🇨🇦, Morena Baccarin, Jeff Dunham and John Cleese.

Two shows on Saturday, December 1st only (10:50 a.m. and 4:20 pm.)

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The Lark Theatre's mission is to maintain and advance the 1936 Art Deco Lark Theater as a single-screen/single-stage, state-of the-art community film and cultural center with exceptional programming to enhance the artistic, cultural, educational and social life of Marin County and the Bay Area.

Larkspur is 15-20 minutes north of the Golden Gate bridge.

The top women's hockey players in the world compete at  SAP Center as part of the official U.S. Olympic Exhibition before the teams meet in PyeongChang in February 2018 for the Winter Games! 

Tickets $18 and up.

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Canadian violinist Lara St. John, with the help of a live orchestra, performs the score at a screening of The Red Violin, an engaging film about an antique instrument made in Cremona, Italy. The story follows this violin’s odyssey from Europe to modern Montreal, tracing its path through four centuries and five countries and bringing ill fortune to all who play it. Can the curse be broken?

Tickets $15-$80.

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The third Canadian Studies Colloquium of the year will feature Prof. Patricia Bromley of Stanford University discussing National Identity Narratives in Canadian & American Textbooks, 1850-2010: Fact or Fiction?

Buffet Lunch at 12 noon, followed by talks beginning at approximately 12:20.

Colloquium events are free, and open to everyone. No ticket or RSVP is required.

Rising Canadian stars the Rolston Quartet (Luri Lee, violin; Jeffrey Dyrda, violin; Hezekiah Leung, viola; and Jonathan Lo, cello) came together in Banff in 2013, eventually winning first prize at the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2016. That same year, the ensemble won the John Lad Prize, which brings it to the Stanford Live stage. On the program: works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Canadian composer and educator R. Murray Schafer.

Tickets $15-$40.

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Join fellow U of T Alumni to celebrate the season.  

Appetizers and one drink per guest included; attendees are responsible for food and beverages ordered separately. 

An area of the restaurant will be reserved for the U of T group. 

Free!

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Professor Rymhs will talk about the art of Kent Monkman, part of her new book-in-progress entitled "Directing Traffic: Roads, Mobility, and Violence in Indigenous Literature and Art."

Deena Rymhs is associate professor of English at the University of British Columbia where she teaches courses in Indigenous literatures and the environmental humanities. She is author of From the Iron House: Imprisonment in First Nations Literature (2008), and she is completing a second book, Directing Traffic: Roads, Mobility, and Violence in Indigenous Literature and Art.

This event is part of the UC Berkeley Canadian Studies monthly lunchtime colloquium series. Lunch will be at 12 and the lecture will begin at 12:20 p.m.

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It's hockey season again! The Digital Moose Lounge in partnership with McGill Alumni and the Association des Québécois à San Francisco have secured a block of tickets for this popular game. Join us and cheer on an excellent hockey match-up with fellow Canadians!

Seats are located in Section 226. Tickets will be available for pick-up the day of the game at the Will Call window.

Tickets for this game are now sold out!

Since the Canada-US border closed to non-essential travel several months ago, the DML has held a number of community Q&A's for our members, helping to answer your questions and addressing your concerns about traveling back to Canada.

Join our Zoom webinar with leading US immigration legal experts for answers to your questions.

Please RSVP here.

Join Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 San Francisco along with their comrades from other branches in the International Western USA Zone as they present a socially distanced, virtual Remembrance Day Service from Liberty Cemetery in Petaluma, Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma, and Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood Park.

Please register to participate.

You can also find poppies here.

You are a U.S.-based investor seeking exceptional life science therapeutics and technologies.  Canada's life science community features world-class technologies and technical professionals, that are important contributors to the U.S. and global markets. However, you may be reluctant to invest directly outside the U.S. because of various uncertainties. To address these concerns, this session brings together a panel of experts from key disciplines to highlight paths/options to tap into attractive investments across the US/Canada border.  

Join us to gain factual insights on stress-free strategies to invest in Canadian companies.  

Who should attend: U.S. investors and those interested in learning about investor challenges and solutions when making cross-border deals.

PANELISTS

Hatim Chraibi (MODERATOR) | Co-founder | The SPIRE Advisory Group

Hatim Chraibi has more than 18 years experience in the medical device industry in both upstream and downstream capacities globally. Mr. Chraibi received a bachelor degree in Finance from the University of San Francisco, and an MBA from McGill University (Exchange program at the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan, Italy).

Before co-founding the SPIRE Advisory Group where he acts as Managing Director, Hatim has had tenures at Philips Medical Systems, Covidien and other smaller medical device companies. He has built various global organizations and contributed significantly to their international sales. SPIRE Advisory Group works with international start-ups and government organizations to provide guidance, mentoring and funding in the Bay Area ecosystem.

Mr. Chraibi has an intimate expertise of the Medical device industry worldwide, has worked in various countries and is fluent in 5 languages.

His areas of interest and expertise include start-up mentoring in product definition/positioning, market research, key opinion leaders’ engagement, product positioning and global distribution. Hatim is also a strategic advisor for various medical device and diagnostic companies.

Marwan Berrada-Sounni | Executive-in-Residence | ShifaMed

Marwan is currently an Executive-in-Residence at ShifaMed incubating and building the next portfolio company. Previously, he was at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation as Sr. Director, Product Development with responsibilities to resolve clinical unmet needs within the Heart and Vascular Institute and spinning out either projects or companies. Marwan was also part of the commercialization funding committee within the Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center at the Cleveland Clinic, which an economic development and investment fund for the state of Ohio. Product expertise has been in percutaneous therapies such as electrophysiology, structural heart, cardiovascular and endovascular devices, in addition to product commercialization of orthopedic implants. Through his engineering and business backgrounds, Marwan is experienced in leading both traditional and virtual R&D teams throughout the entire development life-cycle including 510k and PMA regulatory tracks. He has held various engineering, managerial, and executive management positions in companies such as Microvena, ev3, CryoCath Technologies, Bavaria Medical Technologies, Vascular NanoTransfer, OligoMedic, NexStep Medical, and MitraCore. Currently Marwan holds nine (9) patents in medical devices, and more then thirteen (13) patent applications. Marwan is a serial entrepreneur involved in multiple start-up either as co-founder or advisor. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and an MBA in Finance from McGill University.

Pavan Dhillon | Canadian Immigration Attorney | Dhillon Immigration Law

Pavan Dhillon is the Founder and Principal Attorney at Dhillon Immigration Law, a boutique law firm specializing in Canadian business immigration. Based in San Francisco, Pavan has cultivated a unique expertise in cross border business immigration and provides compliance-driven, in-bound Canadian immigration solutions to companies and individuals.

For over ten years, Pavan has served as trusted advisor to global corporations, regional companies and start-ups with a cross-border presence. Oftentimes, she devises strategies for these companies to attract or retain global talent within North America by leveraging Canada’s generous immigration programs for high-skilled workers. With respect to short-term work authorization, she guides employees and executives in avoiding the potential pitfalls of cross-border business travel.

Prior to launching her boutique practice, Pavan led the Canadian immigration practice at a global law firm. She is originally from Vancouver, British Columbia. She is admitted to practice law in British Columbia and New York.

Joseph Garcia | Partner | Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

 Joseph's practice focuses on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He advises public and private companies, investment dealers, venture capital and private equity funds and acts as independent counsel to boards of directors. Joseph has extensive experience advising on all types of merger and acquisition and corporate finance transactions including public and private equity and debt financings, take-over and issuer bids, share and asset acquisitions and divestitures, and regulatory and stock exchange compliance work.

 Prior to his career in law, Joseph worked in corporate finance with a national investment bank and in clinical research with a multinational pharmaceutical company.

Joseph has lectured extensively on corporate governance and advanced securities law topics. He has chaired The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia Corporate Governance courses in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, and participated in the advanced securities law courses from 2007-2009, 2011 and from 2013-2015.

Joseph is a director of Genome BC and chair of its Audit Committee. He is a director emeritus of LifeSciences BC and a member of its Finance Committee. He is also a director of the Canadian Glycomics Network and a member of the BIOTECanada Legal Affairs Advisory Board, the Canadian Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Sam Ifergan | Founder & Manager Partner | iGan Partners

Sam is the Founder and Managing Partner of iGan Partners and has over 20 years of entrepreneurial, technology and venture capital experience. Sam founded iGan Partners in 2013 and is now the largest healthcare venture capital investor in Canada. Sam is actively involved in evaluating, structuring and executing iGan's investments.  Collectively iGan has supported the creation of over 20 successful medical device and tech companies in Canada. 

Sam works very closely with portfolio companies and is actively involved in their commercialization.  He serves as the Chairman of eSight and MolecuLight and sits on the board of seven other MedTech companies. Prior to founding IGan Partners, Sam co-founded and exited several tech companies including Visual Sonics, Tri-Link Technologies and Brighter Minds.

Sam holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from McGill University and an MBA from the John Molson School of Business.

Paul Russo | Founder and CEO | Kyto Technologies

Dr. Paul Russo is the Founder and CEO of Kyto Technology and Life Science, Inc., a public entity actively investing in start-ups (www.kytotech.com ).  He is also the Founder and Chairman of GEO Semiconductor, a world-leading supplier of automotive camera processors with over 200 design wins. He sits on several start-up boards in the US and Canada.  He is a former board member of ATI technologies through its acquisition by AMD and is active in both the Band of Angels and the Keiretsu Forum, and has recently joined the Silicon Catalyst Angels. Before GEO, Dr. Russo started Silicon Optix and Genesis Microchip. The latter dominated the chip market for flat computer displays and had a hugely successful NASDAQ IPO in 1998.  Prior to the above, he served as GM of GE’s Microelectronics Center, Manager of the GE Industrial Electronics Laboratory. 

Prior to GE, he was at RCA Laboratories, where he helped develop the world’s first CMOS microprocessor, and the first uses of these devices in video games, auto engine control, and global communications. 

He received his B. Eng. in from McGill and his MSc and PhD in EECS from UC Berkeley.  He holds 8 patents, has published extensively, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the IEEE Centennial Medal and the Tech Pioneer Award from the World Economic Forum.

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Whether you have recently arrived in the Bay Area or you have lived here a long time, managing your cross-border finances can be complicated.

The Digital Moose Lounge is partnering with the team at One Capital Management to host a panel discussion with experts in taxes, insurance, investments and retirement to answer all your questions--from the simplest to the most complicated.

Here are some of the topics our panel will address: 

Wealth Management Mistakes made by Ex-Pat Canadians who live in California.

Retiring in Canada? Is it a good idea to go home?

Are my Canadian investments causing a Cross-Border Tax Problem?

What you should know about filing Cross-Border Tax returns for the first time.

Addressing many Ex-Pat Canadian’s Biggest Financial Risks:

• Living Too Long, Dying Too Soon

• Inflation

• Getting sick – and NOT dying – along the way

Will my insurance policies remain in force if I move back to Canada?

If Global Equities are in record territory in 2019, what should I do? 

How much of an impact could 25% Tariffs on all Chinese Imports have on the economy?

What is Low Correlation? How does it apply to my Canadian and U.S. Investment Strategy?

Most Importantly…

Our Panel are on hand to address YOUR questions…we will leave plenty of time for Q&A!

Join us!

Your Host: Wayne Baxter, One Capital Management, LLC

Wayne works with families, residing in the U.S. and Canadian residents with U.S. investment assets.   He advises wealthy families on growing, protecting and ultimately distributing their wealth in an effective and efficient manner according to their personal goals. 

While practicing in Canada with Investment Planning Counsel, The Baxter Team grew from one location in 2002 to four Southern Ontario locations in Etobicoke, North York, Georgetown and Newmarket.

The Panel: 

Marc Gedeon, Esq., CPA(CA), CPA,CA(ON)

Marc is a licensed as an Attorney and CPA in California and licensed as a CPA, CA in Ontario. His firm, Gedeon Law & CPA is a unique team that represents select clients in the USA, Canada and Australia in cross-border tax matters. 

Started in 2006, Gedeon Law & CPA is California’s only specialized U.S.-Canada cross border tax firm and is the only cross border tax firm officially licensed to practice in both California and Ontario, Canada.

Marc P. Schwartz J.D., CLU, Risk Management Specialist

Marc P. Schwartz, J.D., CLU has over 25 years of experience in the life insurance industry. Having grown up in the life insurance business Marc has served in various roles with Windsor Insurance Associates, Inc. and Elar Partners since 1987.   

Marc received his J.D. from The American University Washington College of Law (summa cum laude) and his undergraduate degree in business administration from University of Southern California. Marc is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU) (www.aalu.org) and past Chair of the LIFE Foundation (www.lifehappens.org). Marc is also past president of the Forum400 (formerly the International Forum) (www.forum400.org) and a former board member of his local chapter of the Society of Financial Services Professionals. 

Randol Curtis, CFA, One Capital Management, LLC

Randol is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer for One Capital Management, LLC. Randol is a member of the firm’s Investment Advisory Committee, specializing in Fixed Income investing.

Prior to joining One Capital Management LLC, Randol was a founding partner of C-QUADRAT Asset Management (UK) LLP, and past Executive Director at Morgan Stanley in London, UK, where he served as Lead Portfolio Manager of the Global Convertible Funds for both the Morgan Stanley Institutional Management (MSIM) and the Private Wealth Management Divisions in Europe. Previously, he was a member of the Morgan Stanley international convertible bond research team which earned the #1 ranking by Institutional Investor Magazine.

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We will be hosting our first group of Alberta companies in the Valley and would love for you to join us for a cocktail reception November 19th. You will meet fellow ex-pat Canadians as well as the Alberta-based startups. If you are not connected into the Alberta startup ecosystem, this is a great opportunity to learn about the businesses they are building and provide your experience and advice for their journey ahead. 

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PLUS
On Tuesday, November 20th, we have secured a special discount on the Oilers vs Sharks hockey game in San Jose. We will be joined by local Canadian hockey fans and organize a meetup at a pub before the game. If you would like to join us please purchase discounted tickets via this link. CODE: CSV

This is a chance to have fun watching a game together with other Leafs fans, and to see Toronto's newest star player John Tavares as well as Auston Matthews: https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/excitement-as-new-maple-leaf-john-tavares-takes-to-the-ice

NEW THIS YEAR! Join us in the "Veranda" area (near your seats) before and during the game to mix and mingle with the group. Your ticket includes access to a balcony that has a buffet style meal included and 2 drink tickets and a private bar.

Spots are limited, so make sure to get yours early!

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In this forum, you will hear from a successful Canadian startup (Swift Medical) using a smartphone app to improve wound care followed by a panel of regulatory and investment professionals.

Presentation, followed by a Health Tech Regulatory and Investment Panel Q&A.

Panel:
Ali Farahanchi | Vice President | DHVC (Danhua Capital
Carlo Perez | Founder & CEO | Swift Medical
Geetha Rao  | CEO | Springborne Life Sciences
Scott Barclay | Partner | DCVC

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From award-winning author Michael Adams, Could It Happen Here? draws on groundbreaking new social research to show whether Canadian society is at risk of the populist forces afflicting other parts of the world.

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Please join fellow Canadians starting at 10:30 a.m. at Liberty Cemetary.

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Featuring

Lisa Dusseault, CTO & Co-Founder, Compaas (SYDE 1996)
Richard Winograd, Principal Engineer, Amazon (ECE 2008)
Jeson Patel (BASc '04), Director of Engineering, Credit Karma
Moderator: Brian Attwell, Staff Engineer, Uber (SE 2013)

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Whether your visiting or from the Bay Area, this is a great opportunity to get a pulse on the local Life Science scene with a Canadian flavor. 

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It's a Non-spiel! There may not be ice yet, but SFBACC has a club and it's time to celebrate! This party will have the spirit of a bonspiel and help raise some funds. There will be some of our favorite off-ice games, a dodgeball tournament, info about our dedicated ice progress, raffles, prizes, curling on the big screen, and so much more! 

Don’t bring the kiddies to puppeteer Ronnie Burkett’s rather ribald, thoroughly entertaining Daisy Theatre. Burkett, who hails from Alberta, Canada, became interested in puppets as a child, when he picked up Volume P of the World Book and it fell open at “puppets.” Burkett is a one-man show, improvising on the spot. His marionettes—a rotating cast of 40 characters—include ventriloquist Meyer Lemon, actress Lillian Lunkhead, and Edna Rural. Advisory: chance of puppet nudity.

In residence November 15-18.

Tickets $15-$50.

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Join a cherished annual ceremony commemorating all who have lost their lives in armed conflict and the day known as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day. The service includes the deeply moving cascade of thousands of poppy petals onto the altar as Amazing Grace is played on the bagpipes.

Members of the Royal Canadian Legion participate in the ceremonies.

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The Royal Canadian Legion US Zone, Branch #25, representing the San Francisco Bay Area, generally organizes formal Remembrance ceremonies each year:

Each Remembrance Day is observed at Liberty Cemetery in Petaluma, CA.

10:30am - Ceremonies begin

11:30am -- Break for lunch (which is on one’s own

1:00pm -- Small parade from the park in downtown Petaluma, organized by the municipality, the Legionnaires and U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC) Arkansas Division partners

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Meet America’s Canadian sweetheart, the only female comic to host her own network late-night show. Bee, a Canadian who learned her craft as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, has become a sharp political commentator with a ribald voice that never loses its charm or its humour.

This event was rescheduled from October 6 and is currently at capacity but a waiting list is available at the link below.

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The third Canadian Studies Colloquium of the year will feature the Canadian Studies Hildebrand Fellows (Graduate Students) discussing their work.

Speakers include:

Ramya Janandharan, Ethnic Studies

Julia Lewandoski, History

Daniel Suarez, Environmental Science, Policy, & Management

Caitlin Tom, Political Science

Buffet Lunch at 12 noon, followed by talks beginning at approximately 12:20.

Colloquium events are free, and open to everyone. No ticket or RSVP is required.

The Silicon Valley Sevens will be a Rugby Sevens competition between 12 of the top teams in the world (including Canada, USA, England, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, China, Japan, Australia, Ireland, Argentina, and New Zealand).

The event is a two-day festival at Avaya Stadium. Festivities will include a Polynesian Reggae Festival located on-site, which features live music from Tarrus Riley and Fiji.

Come out and show your support for Team Canada!

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Branch 25 meets at noon on the first Thursday each month, and welcomes new members and guest interested in veterans issues and supporting veterans.

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Go North Canada invites you to join them at the Tied House to meet leaders from Netsuite, Thalmic Labs, and other scaling companies in Canada. Hear about the job opportunities available in Canada and make connections to other awesome Canadians!

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Get ready to experience LUZIA, Cirque du Soleil's latest Big Top creation!

Under the White and Gold Big Top in San Francisco AT&T Park from Nov 16 2016 through Jan 29 2017 and in San Jose from Feb 9 to March 5 2017.

Learn more about the show

Watch a trailer

 
Digital Moose Lounge members get preferred rates!

For group sales, VIP Experience and unique meetings and gatherings under the Big Top please contact Emilie Laberge.

Please join Lisa Helps, Mayor of Victoria in a fireside chat with Scott Lake. Hear the history of Shopify, Scott's views on entrepreneurship and investing...and why he now lives in Victoria, BC!

Scott Lake, is a startup entrepreneur and tech investor. He is best known as the co-founder and past CEO of Shopify, then later as founder of Source Metrics. Both companies followed very different trajectories which gives Scott a unique perspective on the entire spectrum of entrepreneurial success.

Currently, Scott leverages the learning from his entrepreneurial journeys to invest in and advise early stage tech companies through Hello Ventures. He has seen first-hand how a small company can grow to have enormous social and cultural impact and believes that entrepreneurs learn more from their failures than they do from success. 

Free!

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Join Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps in conversation with local leaders as part of our Chesterfield Chat series, a speakers forum focused on topics, people and stories of interest to Canadians.

The topic is New Solutions for Universal Challenges:

Canadian cities often share the Bay Area's progressive image as leaders in forward-thinking social policy. But what kind of urban challenges really exist just across our northern border, and how are they addressed? Hear how one Canadian city is innovating public sector leadership, and how it compares with current local initiatives encouraging civic engagement and reform. 

Panel discussion at 6:00 p.m.

Reception begins at 7:00 p.m.

Free for DML members who are registered on this site. Pre-registration requested.

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About Lisa Helps:

Mayor Helps believes that it is her job as Mayor of Victoria to employ business sensibilities and community values to lead an organization that serves all of its citizens.  With a transparent and common sense approach to decision-making, Mayor Helps has championed both citizen-led and local-business-led initiatives in a variety of areas. She's leading a transformation at City Hall in order to foster a more innovative, proactive and responsive culture to meet and exceed the needs of residents and the business community. 

there is still lots to be grateful for so let's celebrate together-apart as we kick-off Thanksgiving weekend with these festivities!

Thursday, October 8

Virtual Wine Tasting - ticket sales are closed for this event. If you did purchase a ticket, please check your email for log-in details.

Friday, October 9

Need a turkey? Check out our roundup of 9 local spots where you can snag your bird.

Saturday, October 10 at 10am PST

Let’s make pumpkin pie! Join our Board Member, Dorin Greenwood for a baking lesson on Zoom. RSVP here and see our recipe and ingredients list.

Sunday, October 11

Show off your favourite Canadian sweaters all weekend (and week) long. Tell us what you are most thankful for! Tag us #CdnThanksgivingInTheBay and you can win a Canadian swag pack. Contest ends midnight on October 16, 2020.

This exclusive - and hard to get! - $70 wine tasting package includes shipping (not taxes). Sign-up now until October 1st for your duo-pack for this tasting with Winemakers CUT of Oliver, BC.

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Voting expert Dr. Eric Gunterman will help us dissect the 2019 Canadian Federal election results. Lunch provided. Free.

Watch returns from the 43rd General Election in Canada. Refreshments provided. Free, open to all. 

Join C100 for a members' dinner, networking, and discussion on the topic of how the tech community can use its connections, economic power, and influence to be a force for positive change.

We will discuss how that influence can be leveraged to overcome the challenges faced by many social impact technology companies. Joining as our guests of honour are Anar Simpson and our host, Sara Spangelo. Sara is CEO & Co-Founder of Swarm Technologies, a satellite company committed to providing accessible, low-cost global connectivity. Anar is the Global Ambassador for Technovation which equips young girls with technology and entrepreneurship skills which readies them for tech careers and is now in over 100 countries.

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Juno award-winning singer-songwriter, Dallas Green, who records under the alias City and Colour (get it? Dallas/City Green/Colour), will be performing for two nights in San Francisco.

He and his band have partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold will go to support Crisis Text Line, and their work providing free, confidential and 24/7 support for those in crisis. Crisistextline.org

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Bring your family to join ours at the Canadian Thanksgiving Celebration!

Nothing says Fall like a good Thanksgiving dinner. This year, give thanks for a wonderful community of Canadians by celebrating with us at Alumni House on the UC Berkeley campus. 

Enjoy a traditional turkey dinner with all your favourite side dishes, a complimentary host bar of beverages (alcoholic and non) and desserts to satisfy your sweet tooth. There will be family-friendly entertainment throughout the night. 

In the spirit of DML Canadians Doing Good, we have selected the Alameda County Community Food Bank as the beneficiary of our event. Support our joint effort in ending hunger and poverty in the community by bringing a non-perishable food item for donation or by making a small financial donation when you arrive. 

All ticket buyers will be entered into a draw to win a pair of round-trip tickets from Air Canada for travel within North America. All ticket buyers will also be entered into a draw for two tickets to one of the following special DML-hosted games at SAP Centre at San Jose: the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. San Jose Sharks hockey game or a Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks hockey game. 

FAQs

What awesome people are presenting this event, and why?

The Digital Moose Lounge is a non-profit, longstanding community of Canadians in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our mission is to facilitate meaningful connections for Canadian culture here, and we host a number of social and informational events throughout the year for the benefit of the Canadian population locally. Learn more about the DML here. 

For the 3rd year in a row now, we are partnering closely with UC Berkeley Canadian Studies to host this event. We are also very grateful for their sponsorship as well as sponsorships from Trade & Invest BC and several other universities and organizations. 

How much are tickets?

Adult tickets are $64 and Child tickets are $34. Ticket prices include a buffet dinner, drinks, dessert and an automatic entry into our raffles, including our grand prize raffle for two roundtrip airfares to anywhere in North America, courtesy of our Air Canada sponsor.

What is included in the ticket price? Are you serving food and drink at this event?

The ticket price includes a traditional Thanksgiving dinner buffetand Canadian favourites for dessert. It also includes a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic Canadian drinks. Vegetarian options will be available.

University of Alberta and McGill University Alumni get a 10% discount on all tickets. Contact us or your alumni association for details.

We're proud to partner with the Alameda County Community Food bank to be the beneficiary of our event. Together we want to make a difference in ending hunger and poverty in the community. 

Are you looking for volunteers?

Yes! We have a few volunteer spots available and you can purchase a volunteer ticket for 50% off the regular ticket price on the ticket page. Volunteers will work 1-2 hours during the event -- plenty of time to enjoy yourself while helping our amazing team! 

How will I get to this event? Where will I park?

Alumni House is a 10-minute walk from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station, and ~30 minutes by transit from downtown San Francisco.

Parking is available in the lots surrounding Alumni House. Information about getting there by car, and where to park, can be found on the Alumni House webpage.

What is your refund policy?

We will happily issue refunds up to 7 days before the event starts.

Unfortunately, after that date we will have already committed full payment to our vendors based on sales so cannot compensate ticket buyers for cancellations after Saturday, October 5th at midnight, or no-shows.

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Come listen to a lecture by renowned University of British Columbia political scientist, Richard Johnston, who will lay out the stakes and issues in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election campaign. Lunch provided. Free, open to all.

Join the UC Berkeley Canadian Studies Program and fans of Canadian politics to watch the English Language Canadian Federal Leaders' Debate at Melodee Cocktails in El Cerrito, California. 

There is plenty of free parking, and numerous transit options. BART: El Cerrito Plaza station. AC Transit: lines 72, 72M, 72R, 79 and 80.

This event is free, but limited to those age 21+ only. Snacks will be provided; purchase your own beverages at the bar.

Questions? Call Elliott at 510-642-0531 or email elliott.smith@berkeley.edu

RSVP: https://canadiandebate.eventbrite.com

She’ll be joined by Dr. Ian Lewis, PhD, UCalgary assistant professor and Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions Translational Health Chair in Metabolomics. Dr. Lewis will lead the evening’s discussion about how improved technology will reshape disease management and potentially save countless lives worldwide. UCalgary alumnus Todd Simpson, BSc’87, PhD’90, partner, iNovia Capital, will moderate the discussion.

Sign-up in advance.

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Liberty Cemetery in Petaluma is one of two final resting places of Canadian servicemen and servicewomen in the Bay Area that the Royal Canadian Legion US Branch 25 maintains.

On Saturday, 20 October at 9am members of the Legion and the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Arkansas Division will undertake a clean up and some minor repairs in advance of this year's Remembrance Day service.  

Activities will include weeding the space, installing a new weed blanket, adding adding stone, re-painting the Union Jack, and replacing the flags. 

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Paul Myers will be in conversation with Dave Foley of Kids In The Hall, plus there will be a screening of the 1996 KITH film, Brain Candy. This is all part of Litquake, San Francisco's Literary Festival.

Paul Myers is a Canadian writer and musician living in Berkeley.

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As one of the oldest solely documentary film festivals in the US, UNAFF has grown and earned the respect of audiences and filmmakers alike for its fearless independence and integrity.

Please check the schedule for film by Canadians, as well as from nations all around the world.

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A nasty storm, combined with an officer’s reluctance to trust his experienced navigator and newfangled radar, ran two of the ships aground on the rocks of adjacent coves. More than 200 sailors on the Pollux and the Truxton lost their lives, but nearly as many were rescued by local miners and townspeople. Director Terry Strauss, whose father was one of the survivors, plumbs a trove of photographs, documents, drawings, and interviews to recount a moving story of sacrifice, endurance, and heroism. The film hits an emotional peak with footage of the 1988 reunion between the American survivors and the Canadian townspeople who saved and cared for them. Peter Coyote narrates this remarkable saga with a blend of tender empathy and palpable amazement.

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Expected Guests: Director Terry Strauss; Cinematographer Barry Schienberg; Editor Lou Wirth; Talent Peter Coyote; Crew Phoebe Wall Howard, Sasha White (All Screenings).

In association with the Consulate General of Canada, San Francisco.

In contrast, Canada’s government has increased its immigration targets; the ruling party won in part due to a campaign promise to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees; and citizens largely support these policies. Why do Canadians seem to love immigration while Americans aren’t so sure? 

Speaker: Irene Bloemraad
Professor, Sociology; Thomas Garden Barnes Chair of Canadian Studies; Faculty Director, Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative.

Irene Bloemraad’s research examines how immigrants become incorporated into the political and civic life of their adopted countries and the consequences of immigration for politics and understandings of citizenship. 

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For a second year, the Digital Moose Lounge & Canadian Studies Program (UC Berkeley) are proud to bring Thanksgiving dinner to Canadian families, and friends!

Details and tickets are now available on Eventbrite. Early bird deadline is Sept. 29, 2018.

Highlights:
* Smoked turkey dinner and some of the fixings
* Community beneficiary: Alameda County Community Food Bank 
* Prizes!

All ticket buyers will be entered into a draw for:

* two return tickets in North America (Air Canada)

* two tickets to one of the DML-hosted hockey games coming up (winners choice... Leafs or Canucks vs. Sharks!)

* two Warriors tickets (date tbd)

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With thanks to our sponsors: BC Trade & Invest, McGill University, and One Capital Management, LLC.

Whether your visiting or from the Bay Area, this is a great opportunity to get a pulse on the local Life Science scene with a Canadian flavor. 

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Hockey season returns to San Jose! Cheer on the Leafs as they take on the Sharks with a group of Canadians and the Digital Moose Lounge. Hailed as "the return of Patrick Marleau" and the only time we'll see the Leafs in regular season play this year, this game is one not to be missed!

Tickets $52 each. They are located in the Upper Bowl and will be available for pick-up the day of the game at Will Call.

The pre-game meet-up will be at San Pedro Square Market from 5:30pm.

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Jack Cowin, BA'64, Chancellor;  Amit Chakma, President & Vice-Chancellor; and David Simmonds, BA'07, Western Alumni Association President, invite alumni and friends of Western for Brunch by the Bay overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.

Connect with fellow alumni and friends in the San Francisco area and hear from our leaders at Western as they share their stories, news and developments. It's a also a chance to welcome the President of our Alumni Association, David, to the community as he has recently moved to the city.

Program

11:00 am - 11:30 am: Registration and mingling
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Brunch buffet
12:30 pm - 12:50 pm: Remarks from our hosts
12:50 pm - 1:30 pm: Mix and mingle

Registration is $30 CAD per person and includes a brunch buffet and beverages.

Please register by Wednesday, October 25.

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Join the McGill Alumni Association of Northern California for a fireside chat with Aaref Hilaly, MA'94, partner at Sequoia Capital; Côme Laguë, BEng'89, CEO of Zetta Research and former founder of Nueva Ventures; and Matt Wyndowe, BA'01, Head of Product Partnerships at Uber and Founding Partner of Graph Ventures.

Facilitated by Professor Karl Moore, of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, the conversation will explore venture capital and innovation, among other topics.

Generously hosted by Dan Saks, BA'07, and AppDirect, this promises to be a thought-provoking and engaging event that you don't want to miss!

RSVP is mandatory.

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Culture clash, Canadian-style, comes to life in A Brimful of Asha, a two-person play written by and starring mother and son Asha and Ravi Jain. The story is about a first-generation twentysomething who wants to connect with his Indian heritage—but not necessarily all of it. How will his family handle the conflict? A Brimful of Asha’s warm and complex story has captivated audiences throughout North America. 

In residence October 18-22.

Tickets $15-$50.

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What does it mean to be mindful? Professor Vervaeke's talk explores mindfulness in today's society and proposes reformulating the mindfulness construct. Audience members will learn how related attentional processes can contribute to an invididual's ability to increase insight and self-regulation, and get onself "in the zone."

Join fellow U of T alumni to investigate how mindfulness can contribute significantly to one's overall sense of well-being and quality of life. 

Note: This presentation will be preceded by an information session for prospective students interested in learning more about the University of Toronto. 10th, 11th and 12th-grade high school students are encouraged to attend with their families. For more information on the session, please email student.recruitment@utoronto.ca. Feel free to share this invitation with anyone who may be interested in this opportunity! 

Free. Registration kindly requested.

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Digital Moose Lounge has teamed up with McGill Alumni and Québécois en Californie to bring you a VIP event to celebrate the Montreal Canadians vs. San Jose Sharks game.

Join us in the private plaza area before and during the game to mix and mingle with the group.

Tickets are $99 each and include the game and plaza experience, a hot buffet dinner and two drink tickets.

Spots are limited, so make sure to get yours early!

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As part of its World Cinema programming, the Mill Valley Film Festival presents the US PREMIERE of Canadian film Worst Case, We Get Married (Et au pire, on se mariera).

Montreal’s gritty Central-South neighborhood doesn’t offer much for teenage Aïcha until she meets dreamy Baz, a handsome neighbor twice her age. Worst Case, We Get Married (Et au pire, on se mariera), Léa Pool’s latest film featuring powerful performances from Karine Vanasse and Sophie Nélisse, explores obsession, truth, and fantasy, as it unpacks an all-consuming case of love at first sight. In French and English subtitles.

Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 3:30 PM at Smith Rafael Film Center

Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 6:30 PM at Smith Rafael Film Center

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Canadian Women's Club 2.0 invite you to join us to mix and mingle with old friends and new and celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with fellow Canadians. 

Family and friends are all welcome.

Dinner served at 1 PM.

Tickets $48 and include dinner tax, gratuity, and parking. Cash bar.

Please register by October 1.

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Join the Digital Moose Lounge and UC Berkeley Canadian Studies in a celebration of Canadian Thanksgiving.

Nothing says fall like a good Thanksgiving dinner. This year, give thanks for a wonderful community of Canadians by celebrating with us at Alumni House on the UC Berkeley campus.

Enjoy turkey, potatoes, cranberry sauce and all your favourite side dishes, a host bar of Canadian beverages (alcoholic and non) and desserts to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Fun for the whole family!

SFU, UW, McGill, McMaster, Calgary, and Carleton Alumni get a 10% discount on all tickets. Contact us or your alumni association for more details.

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As part of its World Cinema programming, the Mill Valley Film Festival presents the US PREMIERE of Canadian film Porcupine Lake. 

The latest feature film by the DIY Queen of Canadian filmmaking, Porcupine Lake brings wide-eyed, 13-year-old city dweller Bea to a small rural town where she meets brash, long-haired tomboy Kate. As Bea becomes enamored with all things Kate, the world opens up before her. But all summers must end.

Director Ingrid Veninger and to be announced talent in attendance at both screenings.

Friday, Oct. 6 at 8:45 PM at Lark Theater

Saturday, Oct. 7 at 12:45 PM at Smith Rafael Film Center

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Branch 25 meets at noon on the first Thursday each month, and welcomes new members and guest interested in veterans issues and supporting veterans.

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Newly-appointed Consul General of Canada in San Francisco Rana Sarkar will speak on NAFTA and trade issues.

Consul General Sarkar will be joined by Canadian Studies Director Irene Bloemraad, who will speak on immigration issues.

Buffet Lunch at 12 noon, followed by talks beginning at approximately 12:20. Sponsored by our friends at the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco.

Colloquium events are free, and open to everyone. No ticket or RSVP is required.

Celebrate the 30th year of the Superfest: International Disability Film Festival, the world’s longest-running disability film festival, which celebrates disability as a creative force in cinema and culture. 

Superfest features films with fresh ideas and images that inspire thought and meaningful conversation. This year's films feature Terminal Device, a Canadian film by Ross Turnbull.

“The cinema loves the one-armed bad guy, but just who is Captain Hook? Terminal Device  is an autobiographical essay and an inquiry into cinematic representation. Refracted through pop cultural images, the director’s story as one of the men with hooks acquires unexpected resonance.”

View the trailer >>

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Has this year’s U.S. Presidential Election made you inexplicably (understandably?) homesick? Do you find yourself searching for other options available to you? Look no further!

Learn about amazing opportunities in Vancouver’s technology sector through an evening with Vancouver’s most prominent tech employers. Enjoy some tasty appetizers and learn how the tech sector has changed since you flew south, before settling in to view the U.S. Presidential Candidates’ final debate. 

This event is FREE to attend for all tech professionals open to exciting opportunities.

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Please note: The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) disclaims all liability for any existential dread that may arise as a result of this viewing.

His Excellency David MacNaughton, Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America will speak at the University of California, Berkeley about Prime Minister Trudeau’s New Agenda for Canada, with a particular focus on LGBTQ2S issues, Climate Change, and Trade.

Free and open to the public.

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October's program features journalist Therese Poletti presentating about "Grand Emporiums of Old San Francisco.”  Ms. Poletti’s presentation will take us back in time to the old and wonderful department stores we can all reminisce about – The White House and I Magnin, for example.  Come and be entertained!  And see great photos of San Francisco and the older department stores many years ago.

Therese Poletti has been a journalist for over twenty years, mostly writing about business, finance and technology.  In her off hours, Poletti can also be found giving architectural walking tours as a volunteer for San Francisco City Guides, which is how she became inspired by the work of Timothy Pflueger, one of the city's forgotten architectural geniuses, and subject of her first book, “Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger” 1st Edition, which will be available for sale at the meeting.

Social hour 11 a.m. Lunch 12 noon.

$38.00 per person includes lunch. Guests & gentlemen are welcome and encouraged.

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Canadian Women's Club 2.0 invites you to join us to mix and mingle with old friends and new and celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with fellow Canadians. Family and friends are all welcome.  

Meet and Greet @ 12:00 ~ No Host Bar

Thanksgiving Dinner Served at 1:00

Optional Golf at the Presidio Golf Club before or after Dinner. (Please indicate in comments section at registration if you would like to play.)

$47.50 per person (tax, gratuity and parking included).

Children 12 and under $25.

Kindly RSVP and register by Oct 1, 2016.

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Canadian Women's Club of San Francisco

Join the SF Expat Canadian Meetup Group for a Canadian Thanksgiving, potluck style!  The Beacon is in Soma, between Caltrain and AT&T Park. 

• Food: Safeway is on the ground floor (4th & King), Whole Foods is 4 blocks (4th & Harrison). Both validate parking. Trader Joe's is 5 min drive (9th & Brannan) 
• Potluck: Please bring a favourite dish (entree/side dish/app) or beverages for at least 6 people.
• Turkey: Ordering herb-roasted turkey from Whole Foods but please feel free to contribute seafood or other protein as well.
• Food Prep: Fridge/freezer, full kitchen and convection microwave!
• Chip-in: TBD (max $15) to cover the turkey, plates, cutlery, delivery, room rental, etc.
• Volunteers appreciated! 

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Not travelling home this year for the holiday? Join 70+ others to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving in San Francisco!

All Canadians and allies welcome! Light beverages and snacks provided by the University of Toronto Alumni Association. Ginto has a great happy hour menu, a large bar and some outdoor seating as well. 

Join the UC Berkeley Canadian Studies community for their regular lunchtime colloquium series. This lecture's topic is Using Captain Vancouver’s Voyage To Examine What Is Accomplished By Reconsidering And Rewriting The Past, by Prof. Lee Gulyas of Western Washington University.

This talk regards the earliest mapmakers, “Whose imaginations were usually more reliable than their sources,” and how they portrayed what would become Canada as an amorphous blob of unknown dangers. Everything west of the Atlantic was imagined and scrawled in, worthy of exploration only for either gold or the legendary Strait of Anian/Northwest Passage. In 1791, Captain George Vancouver’s four-and-a-half year expedition to map the Pacific coast of the North American continent changed the course of history for Europe, the Americas, and the indigenous nations. Yet Canada is still very much a blend of fact and fiction. As we consider the narrativization of history in Canadian literature, we will be doing our own mapping by examining history alongside two literary works that are fascinating by their merit and strategies in their own right, but also raise important questions about history, gender, ethnicity, place, work, justice, politics, and regionalism. These works explore landscape, imagination, and identity to point to larger questions of history, story, and what is accomplished by reconsidering and rewriting the past.  

Speaker Lee Gulyas is a Senior Lecturer in the English Department and affiliated faculty in Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University. 

Free and open to the public!

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In this groundbreaking documentary, director Laurie Lynd (Schitt’s Creek; Breakfast with Scot, Frameline34) explodes the myth of “The Monster Who Brought AIDS to North America.”

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The film will be more than a virtual concert, though. Through interviews with members of the quartet, behind the scenes footage, and a peek into the personal lives of the quartet, the film tells the story of how the quartet has had to adapt its creative process amid months of COVID-19 restrictions that has resulted in their longest hiatus in the quartet’s 30-year history.

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The Consulate General of Canada in Northern California & The Digital Moose Lounge invite you to a Community Q&A.

Our specialists panel includes:

Rana Sarkar, Consul General of Canada for Northern California & Hawaii

Marni Kellison, Senior Consular Officer

Pavan Dhillon, Founder & Principal Attorney, Dhillon Immigration Law

Shauna Chevalier, Liaison Officer, Canada Border Services Agency

This will be a live webinar on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86103230775

Meeting ID: 861 0323 0775

RSVP wade.wallerstein@international.gc.ca 

In this panel, we will gather experts from our Canadian tech community to discuss tips and strategies on how to make the most of tech tools and grow sales online.

Please join our webinar, and share the details with any small business or entrepreneur who you think might find this information helpful. We will make time for Q&A at the end. 

Meet our panelists, below, and don't forget to pre-register for this Zoom webinar scheduled for Wednesday, September 16th!

Brian Hale (panelist) is originally from Calgary, and is currently serving as the VP of Product Growth at Facebook, helping oversee Facebook's small business platform.

Brian began his career in growth and performance marketing in 1999 at the start-up ACDSee, where he first started “figuring out that search engine thing”, growing e-commerce, and providing analytics. He has since gone on to lead demand generation and e-commerce for DivX, the digital video technology company, and then led SEO and Growth functions for the travel start-up “Uptake”, which later sold to Groupon. Since 2010 he has been at Facebook, where he is Vice President of the Product Growth team, which partners with engineering teams across Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and Messenger using data and experimentation to drive growth of app adoption and engagement.

Amy Thibodeau (panelist) is from Saskatchewan, and moved from Silicon Valley back to Canada a few years ago to lead UX for Store Management at Shopify. In her role as Director, Amy leads design, research, content strategy, and UX development for the Store Management team.

In earlier iterations of her life she was one of the first members of Facebook’s now gigantic content strategy team, she renovated an old house in the south of France, worked in art museums, and traveled around the world for a year. Amy lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband Dan and two small dogs, Augustus and Eleanor. 

Jason Sanio (panelist) is the Head of Marketing for Google Domains in Seattle, WA. He also spent the previous 7 years in product marketing roles at Google in the Bay Area. Jason is from a family of small business owners in Ontario, Canada, growing up in Aurora and Bracebridge. Jason graduated from the Schulich School of Business at York University in 2010 with honors.

David Stewart (co-moderator) is the Digital Moose Lounge's Past Chair, or "Pastured Moose", and the Advisory Board Chair at UC Berkeley’s Canadian Studies Program. Since 2013, he has consulted on a range of Canada-US education and innovation projects for clients such as the University of Saskatchewan, Expansion Quebec, the Association of University Research Parks Canada, and UBC. From 2007 - 2012, he was the Academic Relations Officer at the Consulate General of Canada in Palo Alto. Previously, he served as the Executive Director of International House, a nonprofit in Charlotte, North Carolina. David began his career as a commercial and immigration lawyer in Toronto, Boston, and Charlotte, and is a member of the Bar in Ontario and Massachusetts.

Wendy Kam Marcy (co-moderator) is Digital Moose Lounge's inhouse Marketer. She graduated from the University of Toronto with honors and worked with various tech, e-commerce and lifestyle product brands before co-founding Adfluent, a Google Partners Agency specializing in growth marketing for startups. In 2018, she moved to the SF Bay Area from Toronto. #DoneWithWinter

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A cultural cornerstone of Stanford, the world-acclaimed St. Lawrence String Quartet continues its fabled partnership with the University, directing the music department’s Chamber Music Program, concertizing at Stanford Live, hosting a popular summer seminar, and running the Emerging String Quartet Program. For tickets and more info, check out the Stanford website.

At the intersection of art and science, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch witnesses in an experiential and non-didactic sense a critical moment in geological history — bringing a provocative and unforgettable experience of our species’ breadth and impact. The film is available on iTunes and there will also be a couple of screenings in the Bay Area starting September 25th. The San Francisco Green Film Festival will release their program on August 29th!

San Francisco- San Francisco Green Film Festival

San Rafael- Smith Rafael Film Center

Are you interested in having a massive and sustainable impact?

Silicon Valley is one of the smartest regions on the planet. Our tech ecosystem is solving some of the world’s complex problems: from communications to transportation, search and entertainment. However, when it comes to volunteering abroad opportunities, there is not much out there beyond building a house, painting a wall or digging a well. That is until now!

Join us on September 25th from 5:30pm-7:30pm @ Docusign to learn about Venture2Impact and the growing movement of skilled based volunteering abroad.

Event Agenda:

- Introduction to skilled based volunteering abroad and how you can participate

- Panel discussion featuring volunteers from Salesforce, Netflix and Google

- Audience Q&A

- Mix and Mingle

Snacks are provided. Free event. Mandatory RSVP @ http://bit.ly/V2IEVENT

This event is ideal for:

- Skilled individuals with expertise in tech, business and education

- Individuals seeking global impact and adventure in other parts of the world beyond tourism

- Individuals looking to create meaningful relationships with tech professionals through the common interest of volunteering abroad

Sponsored by: Docusign, Canadian Consulate in San Francisco, La Pitchoune Winery

Come hear this Kingston-Ottawa native rock out to his hits--old and new. It's sure to be an entertaining show!

Join Connection Silicon Valley and Women Initiative Foundation for this event which is part of the Canadian Landing Pad Tech Talk Series. 

Diversity in the workforce is more than “feel good” - ample studies show it’s a competitive advantage - and yet, US workplaces remain stubbornly homogeneous, especially at the top.

In a lively discussion, our panelists will discuss what they have learned about creating more diverse workplaces, as advocates, consultants, and within their own companies.

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On Tuesday, September 10th, the wait will be over….The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is revealed. The momentous literary event will be celebrated with an exclusive live cinema broadcast, as Fane Productions present an evening with the Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor.

The publication of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985 and the current, Emmy Award-winning television series have created a cultural phenomenon, as handmaids have become a symbol of women’s rights and a protest against misogyny and oppression. Live from the London stage, Atwood will be interviewed by broadcaster and author Samira Ahmed in a conversation spanning the length of Atwood’s remarkable career, her diverse range of works, and why she has returned to her seminal handmaid story, 34 years later.

With exclusive readings from the new book by special guests, this will be an unmissable and intimate event with Atwood, spotlighting her signature insight, humour and intellect.

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Are you running a promising Canadian life science start-up and seeking funding? Do you have access to incentives in Canada but need to consider additional options? The market and resources outside of Canada—specifically in the USA--are a natural target. While you proudly aspire to "Made in Canada" solutions, there are funding realities that might need to be addressed on the path to global commercialization of exceptional Canadian technologies. On September 10th, Canadian Entrepreneurs in Life Science will be hosting a seminar in Toronto that is also available via webinar. For more information and registration visit their site.

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C100 invites you to attend their event on September 4th in San Francisco for some drinks and interesting conversation- you'll be in good company! This is a ticketed event, so RSVP is required. For more information and to get your tickets, check out the C100 site.

*Specific location details will be shared with all registered attendees 48 hours before the event.  Registration is required and is nontransferable.

The Mountain Winery Announces 2018 Concert Series Tickets On Sale Now! 60th Concert Season includes performances by Tony Bennett, Pretenders, Daughtry, Steve Martin & Martin Short, Alanis Morissette, The Original Wailers, Melissa Etheridge, Boy George and Culture Club, Lyle Lovett And His Large Band, Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss, Norah Jones, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, O.A.R and more!

Purchase your tickets for the Alanis Morissette concert tickets at the Mountain Winery 2018 Concert Season website. 

Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Arcade Fire are a six piece band that have won two BRITs, two Grammys, and have released three records over the last ten years.

Their first show (Sept 21st) sold out, but they have added a second show on Saturday, Sept 22nd!) with very special guest, Grizzly Bear.

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Organizateur: Association des Québecois - Bay Area

Prix: Merci de RSVP et pour votre donation de 5$ par famille pour faciliter l'organisation de cet évènement!

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The film fest, has aligned with partner organizations across the city to celebrate the Global Climate Action Summit, (Sept 12-14), bringing leaders from around the world to San Francisco to support the Paris Climate Agreement.

The Canadian Consulate has sponsored three Canadian films that are part of the 2018 SF Green Film Festival: Anote’s Ark, Silas, and Youth Unstoppable: The Rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement.

In addition, the closing night feature film, The Condor & the Eagle, is a Canadian co-production and First Nations leader & activist Melina Laboucan-Massimo will be on stage at the Castro Theater for Q&A at the event. Closing night is Thursday, September 13 at 7:30 pm.

Water. Fire. Air. This year the conversation is elemental. #ItsElemental

RSVP for the next Canadians in Tech on Thursday, September 13th, 2018

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*Exact location will be revealed to registered guests 48hrs before event

The first 15 minutes will include an excerpt from the film with the remaining 45-minute period incorporating a panel discussion. The discussion will feature the Canadian filmmaker John Hopkins and high-profile ocean experts discussing ocean policy for climate action.

There will be a private reception to follow.

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The film fest, has aligned with partner organizations across the city to celebrate the Global Climate Action Summit, (Sept 12-14), bringing leaders from around the world to San Francisco to support the Paris Climate Agreement.

The Canadian Consulate has sponsored three Canadian films that are part of the 2018 SF Green Film Festival: Anote’s Ark, Silas, and Youth Unstoppable: The Rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement. 

In addition, the closing night feature film, The Condor & the Eagle, is a Canadian co-production and First Nations leader & activist Melina Laboucan-Massimo will be on stage at the Castro Theater for Q&A at the event. Closing night is Thursday, September 13 at 7:30 pm.

Water. Fire. Air. This year the conversation is elemental. #ItsElemental

The film fest, has aligned with partner organizations across the city to celebrate the Global Climate Action Summit, (Sept 12-14), bringing leaders from around the world to San Francisco to support the Paris Climate Agreement.

The Canadian Consulate has sponsored three Canadian films that are part of the 2018 SF Green Film Festival: Anote’s Ark, Silas, and Youth Unstoppable: The Rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement.

In addition, the closing night feature film, The Condor & the Eagle, is a Canadian co-production and First Nations leader & activist Melina Laboucan-Massimo will be on stage at the Castro Theater for Q&A at the event. Closing night is Thursday, September 13 at 7:30 pm.

Water. Fire. Air. This year the conversation is elemental. #ItsElemental

The New York Times Book Review called his second novel, The O'Briens, "a major achievement." Carry Me, his third novel, was published in February 2016. He is the author of two collections of short stories, Night Driving and Travelling Light. His stories and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and many anthologies. A native of Montreal, he held a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford University and is currently a fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Colloquium: Lunch Talk | September 11 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
Speaker/Performer:  Peter Behrens
Sponsor:  Canadian Studies Program (CAN)

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The film fest, has aligned with partner organizations across the city to celebrate the Global Climate Action Summit, (Sept 12-14), bringing leaders from around the world to San Francisco to support the Paris Climate Agreement.

The Canadian Consulate has sponsored three Canadian films that are part of the 2018 SF Green Film Festival: Anote’s Ark, Silas, and Youth Unstoppable: The Rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement.

In addition, the closing night feature film, The Condor & the Eagle, is a Canadian co-production and First Nations leader & activist Melina Laboucan-Massimo will be on stage at the Castro Theater for Q&A at the event. Closing night is Thursday, September 13 at 7:30 pm.

Water. Fire. Air. This year the conversation is elemental. #ItsElemental

Dr. Andrew Preston will speak in the IIS US Foreign Policy Series in a talk co-sponsored by UC Berkeley Canadian Studies.

Andrew Preston teaches American history at Cambridge University, where he is a fellow of Clare College and the editor of The Historical Journal. He is the author of The War Council: McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam (2006) and Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (2012), which won the Charles Taylor Prize. Preston is currently editing the second volume of the forthcoming Cambridge History of the Vietnam War and writing a history of the idea of national security in the United States. 

The IIS Foreign Policy Series is free and open to everyone, no ticket or RSVP required.

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Since her folksinging debut in 1964, singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Cree Indian born in Canada, has been an avatar of the international protest movement and a performer of the first order. She wrote “Til It’s Time for You to Go” and “The Universal Soldier” in 1973, sang with Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, and the Muppets, and aided Native Americans through her foundation. Fifty years on, her voice has lost none of its presence and power.

Tickets $15-$65.

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Canadian ensemble 23rd Hour presents a Wine & Music Pairing Experience with Sherry & George!  

The ensemble will be performing live, and as part of the show will pair a selection of Byington wines with different songs. This limited-seating event will provide audience members the opportunity to interactively participate.

Each ticket includes;

- Wine Tasting (flight of 5)  

- An additional glass of wine of your choosing

- A free copy of the album "Perfect Strangers" 

About Los Altos Tasting Room: 

The first wine tasting room in Los Altos is owned and run by Byington Vineyard & Winery, which produces award-winning Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Chardonnay wines and other exciting varietals that highlight the diversity of Northern California. The high-tech, contemporary space includes wine tastings, a wine bar, wine retail, and private and corporate event space.  

Tickets $40 each.

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Canadian Stand-up Comedian Logan T. Smith brings laughter to the unpleasantries of life as he tells stories from his experience. Growing up in a big family, seeking work after school, and working in Pest Control are the main inspirations for Stories Hardly Worth Telling. Logan T. Smith brings comedy to life in a clean way that wont make you blush, even when watching with your mom.

Tickets $11 each.

Runs September 9-19.

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Branch 25 meets at noon on the first Thursday each month, and welcomes new members and guest interested in veterans issues and supporting veterans.

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The first Canadian Studies Colloquium of the year will feature Canadian Studies Hildebrand Fellows (graduate students) presenting their research in a roundtable discussion. 

Free to attend.

Participants include:

Gabrielle Goldstein, Health Policy

Jonathan Holmes, Economics

Kimberly Richards, Theater, Dance and Performance Studies

Buffet Lunch at 12 noon, followed by talks beginning at approximately 12:20. Sponsored by the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco.

George Stanley will give a reading of his work at 6:30 in Room D37 in the Hearst Field Annex. The HFA is located right next to the old Pacific Film Archive theatre, off Bancroft Way in Berkeley.

George Stanley’s visit to Berkeley is sponsored by the Holloway Poetry Series.  He will be joined by graduate student poet Mary Mussman, who will also read from her work. 

Born in San Francisco, George Stanley has been living in British Columbia since the early 1970s, first in Vancouver, then in Terrace (in the far north), now back in Vancouver.  His books include Vancouver: a Poem, Gentle Northern Summer, Opening Day, The Stick, and You. He is the recipient of the 2006 Shelley Memorial Award for Poetry. 

Free and open to the public!

Come enjoy a beer and chat with fellow soccer fans. Kids welcome -- wear your blue!

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Venez regarder le match de Soccer entre les San Jose Earthquakes et l'Impact de Montréal mercredi soir prochain à Mountain View, Californie. Le match est en direct du Stade Saputo de Montréal à 4h30 PST (7h30 heure de MTL). Portez du bleu:).

Venez rencontrer d'autres québécois(es) et amateurs de soccer. Au plaisir de vous voir!  Les enfants sont bienvenus.

Join members of Connection Silicon Valley as they launch a a regular meetup to connect Canadians in tech --- those living here as well as founders visiting from the homeland. 

The goal is simple … bridge Canadians in tech between Canada and San Francisco.

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Join the C100 at Valley 101, an event for Canadian founders or employees of a seed-stage company headquartered either in Canada or U.S. 

The covered topics are related to doing business in the U.S. such as immigration, raising U.S. capital and structuring a U.S./Canadian entity. We also share our experiences and insights into living and doing business in the Silicon Valley and the tech community as a whole.

Attendees are required to complete the registration form in full and meet all the following criteria*:

1. Canadian founder or employee of a seed-stage company.

2. A company headquartered either in Canada or U.S.

3. Can clearly benefit from attending Valley 101.

Tickets $20.

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With the border closure extended to August 21st, and talk of yet another extension to the border closure coming, Canadian expats continue to have questions about their ability to travel. Join the Canadian Consulate and the Digital Moose Lounge for a virtual Community Q&A: Facing Border Closure Together.
To join in, please RSVP to Wade.Wallerstein@international.gc.ca for the Zoom link.

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Canadian soccer hits San Jose this month as the Vancouver Whitecaps and San Jose Earthquakes set to have a match on August 24th at 6:45PM. You can get your tickets through Ticketmaster.

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Don't miss the chance to see Toronto FC take on the Earthquakes at Avaya Stadium! Gates open at 5  p.m. Game on at 6:45 p.m.

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The Mountain Winery Announces 2018 Concert Series Tickets On Sale Now! 60th Concert Season includes performances by Tony Bennett, Pretenders, Daughtry, Steve Martin & Martin Short, Alanis Morissette, The Original Wailers, Melissa Etheridge, Boy George and Culture Club, Lyle Lovett And His Large Band, Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss, Norah Jones, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, O.A.R and more!

Purchase your tickets for the Rick Springfield with Loverboy, Greg Kihn, and Tommy Tutone performance at the Mountain Winery 2018 Concert Season website. 

For All Ages. 

The Canadian Consulate (in San Francisco) is excited to be co-presenting On Her Shoulders, screening on Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 28.

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Get a special discount when you use code CANADA38

Originally from Vancouver, Rahim is a founder of several B2B software companies, including Involver, an enterprise social media platform, which was acquired by Oracle. Post sale, he spent nearly three years helping to build the Oracle Marketing Cloud, and supporting the global field, inside sales and product development organizations. Rahim is now the CEO of SVAcademy, a future of work platform, which is funded by Bloomberg, and provides pre-trained entry-level sales talent to Silicon Valley's fastest growing SaaS companies.

5:30pm - 6:00pm: Networking
6:00pm - 6:45pm: Fireside Chat & QnA
6:45pm - 7:30pm: Networking

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Hosted by John H Bishop, CPA, of Wellington Capital Management.

This workshop is for those asking these questions:

• Will I have enough capital to retire?
• How can I increase my investment income, and minimize volatility?
• What happens to my portfolio in the next market downturn?
• How can my portfolio be designed to not consume capital?

Free. Advance registration required on Eventbrite.

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Canadian Diana Krall visits the Mountain Winery to perform. Enjoy the concert atop the hills of Saratoga in a historic winery.

Tickets $63-$133 and include a copy of her forthcoming album. 

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Canadian Studies at UC Berkeley is hosting a Welcome (Back) to California BBQ! We'll welcome our new Canadian students to Berkeley, and welcome back Canadians and Friends of Canada for a fun kickoff to the new school year.

Poutine & Canada Dry Ginger Ale to be served.Canadian Beer & Wine for those age 21+.

Please RSVP by August 19. 

Questions? Call Elliott Smith, 510-642-0531 or email Canada@Berkeley.edu

Let's celebrate summer! Join SFU alumni, family and friends for an outdoor BBQ at Golden Gate Park. Meet us at the Stow Lake Boathouse Picnic Area for food, drinks and fun. 

$10.00 / Adult (+Eventbrite fee)  

$5.00 / Child 12 & under (+Eventbrite fee)  

Includes: A burger / hot dog (meat or veggie option), snacks & beverages 

For any event inquiries, please contact SFU Alumni Ambassador in San Francisco, Nicole Bansal at nbansal[at]alumni.sfu.ca

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Gord and the boys are playing their final show in their hometown of Kingston Ont. on Aug. 20th and will be broadcasted live on CBC. Join other Hip fans to The Valley Tavern in SF to celebrate one of the greatest Canadian poets of our time. We'll sing loud enough that they can hear us all the way up in Kingston!

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Join the Expat Canadian Meetup group for a trip on the Niles Canyon heritage railway!

Departs Niles at 11:20AM 

Departs Sunol at 12:30PM

All trains have enclosed coaches, open cars, & covered open cars for your selection. 

Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

$7 for children age 3 through 12 | $10 for seniors | $13 adults

Reservations are not required for regular Sunday trains.  Just go to your preferred boarding location 15-20 minutes before departure, purchase your tickets, and board the train! 

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The Expat Canadian Meetup group is hosting a mini golf event in Milpitas for Canadians. All welcome!

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Join the San Rafael Pacifics, an independent baseball team based in Marin County, for Canadian Heritage Night!

There will be Canadian music, on-field games, a performance of O Canada, and poutine. 

DML members get discounted tickets: $10 each for general admission using the discount code "canada".

First pitch is at 7:05 p.m.

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The mission of the International Ocean Film Festival (IOFF) is to save our oceans one film at a time.

This year, two Canadian films will be featured virtually.

The Mill 

52 minutes

IOFF Environmental Award Winner - West Coast Premiere

Near a First Nations community in Nova Scotia, a paper mill had to stop in January the discharging of waste into noxious ponds that polluted both air and water for decades. The company proposed piping its effluent into the ocean, but met strong opposition from both the native community and fisherfolk. If the mill closes, others will also, putting over 10,000 jobs at risk. Resolving such conflicts is becoming a challenging worldwide problem.

Under Thin Ice

98 minutes

Extreme divers, Jill Heinerth and Mario Cyr, explore above and below northern Canada’s ice sheet. It is a hunting ground for beluga whales and narwhals, for walruses and seals that depend on the ice to nurture their young, and for polar bears who live on the ice most of their lives. They all feed on a plethora of sea life, but as the ice melts more each year, their entire ecosystem has come under threat.

More information and tickets are available: http://intloceanfilmfest.org/ioff2020

CANADA DAY IN SOCAL

Wednesday July 1, 2020

Brought to you by Canadians Abroad, Canadians in OC and Canadians in San Diego. With support from the Canadian Consulate of Canada in Los Angeles, join us virtually and celebrate Canada Day in the comfort and safety of your own home. Giveaways, tons of Canadian food and drink delivery specials to order and so many more surprises! 

CANADA DAY AROUND THE WORLD

This July 1, in honour of our country's birthday, join in on the many activities organized by our embassies, consulates, high commissions across the world.

CANADA DAY DAYTIME SHOW

Wednesday July 1, 2020

The daytime show, Canada Day Across the Country, offers you a virtual tour of the celebrations. With hosts Serena Ryder and Pierre-Yves Lord, discover talented artists from Sudbury, Montréal, Québec, Moncton, Winnipeg, Yellowknife and Calgary.

Celebrate our country's cultural diversity, sporting excellence, Indigenous culture and languages, and the resilience of front-line workers.

A nod to the 40th anniversary of the national anthem "O Canada" and many surprises await you.

CANADA DAY EVENING SHOW

Wednesday July 1, 2020

The evening show, Canada Day Together, is a unique edition of Canada’s annual iconic celebration. 

Hosted by Serena Ryder and Pierre-Yves Lord, the show features original artistic collaborations between performers from coast to coast to coast, including stops in Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver. They have quite the show in store for you!

Let yourself be entertained in the comfort of your home. The night winds up with a montage of the best Canada Day fireworks from past years.

CAPITAL CITY CANADA DAY

Wednesday July 1, 2020

The City of Charlottetown is celebrating Canada Day in a whole new way this year. Join in a virtual celebration full of music, celebrity chefs, arts and crafts, comedy, and much more! 

HALIFAX CANADA DAY

Wednesday July 1, 2020

Canada Day comes to you live in the comfort of your own home this year! People from all over the world can get dressed in red and white and tune in to see how Halifax hosts one of the biggest annual events in the entire country.

MONTRÉAL CANADA DAY

Wednesday July 1, 2020

A one-hour event teeming with artistic performances filmed in the Olympic Stadium itself in compliance with sanitary rules. Whether as a family or among friends, let’s all virtually connect on July 1st to celebrate Canada, so we can all come together during a moment of exceptional emotions.

FÊTE DU CANADA À QUÉBEC

Wednesday July 1, 2020

Celebrate Canada’s 153rd anniversary! Three special programs will be webcast throughout the day, featuring a variety of performers and artists. 

TORONTO CANADA DAY

Wednesday July 1, 2020

Toronto unites online this year for Canada Day. On July 1, join morning, afternoon and evening livestream programs showcasing Toronto’s brightest talent. Enjoy music, dance, comedy, virtual fireworks and much more on Canada’s 153rd birthday. 

NIAGARA FALLS CANADA DAY

Wednesday July 1, 2020

This new online virtual celebration production includes buskers, guest host Matt Anthony, a magician, community leaders, plus musical performances by Honeymoon Suite, LMT Connection, and a surprise musical guest for everyone to enjoy. 

SASKATOON CANADA DAY

Wednesday July 1, 2020

Saskatoon Optimist Canada Day 2020 is virtual! Celebrate Canada's birthday with an opening ceremony featuring greetings from the Premier, Mayor, MP's and more, as well as performances from Saskatchewan artists.

CANADA DAY VIRTUAL PRESENTED BY CANADA LIFE

Wednesday July 1, 2020

The one-hour variety show, to be streamed on multiple platforms, features messages of hope and some of Manitoba’s best and most diverse talents in the areas of music, comedy, dance, art, skateboarding, spoken word, DJs and much more. 

CALGARY CANADA DAY

Wednesday July 1, 2020

Let’s get ready to celebrate at home and online. We might have to be apart physically, but we can still celebrate together as a city and country. Tune in to the premiere of a Virtual Canada Day Celebration presented by CBC Calgary and featuring performances by Calgary artists.

CANADA DAY HOUSE PARTY

Wednesday July 1, 2020 

The Canada Day House Party, presented by AIR MILES, is an on-line festival experience that brings together a diverse lineup of artists from across the country, benefitting the Canadian Mental Health Association. 

While the first day of July is a celebration in most of Canada, for Newfoundland and Labrador it is also a day for sombre remembrance as it is also Commemoration Day (also known as Memorial Day), when we remember the tragically destructive events of July 1st, 1916.

It is the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, when 806 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment climbed out of their trenches and went "over the top" at 8:45am as part of the battle of Beaumont-Hamel. In less than an hour, the regiment was devastated, most killed or wounded within the first 20 minutes of the battle. The next morning, only 68 soldiers answered roll call. Commemoration Day was established in 1917, just one year later.

After Confederation with Canada, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador continued the tradition of Commemoration Day during the morning of July 1st, and reserved the remainder of the day to celebrate Canada Day. 

The 45 minutes service will be broadcast on Zoom. 

RSVP here for live sunrise ceremony at 6am PST. 

RSVP here for replay at 10am PST.

Follow along with #CanadaDayInTheBay on social media and share how you are celebrating Canada Day.

If you’re up for a Canada Day social bubble in the park, please sign-up! Spots are limited to 12 per meetup on these dates:

Thursday, 6/25

Tuesday, 6/30

Wednesday, 7/1

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There's lots of ways to celebrate Canadian heritage, and we are thrilled to partner with Stanford Live to bring you this special spotlight on indigenous Canadian talent. 

Follow along with #CanadaDayInTheBay on social media and share how you are celebrating Canada Day.

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About iskwē

A Juno Award-nominated artist for Best Adult Alternative Album and Music Video of the year, iskwē’s songs spotlight the importance and plight of Indigenous peoples and territories in Canada. Her style tips a cap to modern innovators like Florence + The Machine and FKA twigs while honoring sounds accumulated over centuries by her cree and Métis ancestors.

About William Prince

A singer-songwriter on the rise, William Prince’s trajectory from Peguis First Nation in Manitoba, Canada to opening for Neil Young has turned heads around the world. Prince’s songs explore ideas of connection, healing, peace, and dedication in his signature and unforgettable baritone.

Both iskwē and William Prince are performing in the Bay Area as part of Stanford Live’s 2020–21 season. Visit their calendar details.

The British American Business Council is co-hosting their 2nd installment of the Commonwealth Networking Series with ⁦‪@sfaussies‬⁩ ⁦‪@BCTradeInvest‬⁩ ⁦‪@CanCGSF‬⁩ and  ⁦‪@SFKiwis‬⁩! Come along and meet fellow Commonwealth hailing professionals working in the Bay Area! Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite.

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• Meetup festivities start at 5:30pm but join us anytime!

• Complimentary poutine and hot dogs provided by Kells

• Enjoy Canadian beer and spirits! Official selection TBA but usually includes Molson Canadian, Labatt Blue and Kokanee; Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, Crown Royal, Canadian Club, etc.

• CanCon Music, lively atmosphere, singing the national anthem and lots of Canadians!

Bring your friends, family and coworkers - honourary Canadians are welcome! 

Getting there: Kells is an Irish pub in FiDi near the Transamerica Pyramid, a 10-minute walk from the Montgomery BART station.

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Arguably the world’s most famous violinist, Joshua Bell returns to Festival Napa Valley to perform the beautiful music he recorded for the Academy Award-winning 1998 film, The Red Violin. Audiences will enjoy a truly immersive experience: watching the gripping film on screen while, for the first time, Bell performs composer John Corigliano’s lush, Oscar-winning score in its entirety with orchestra.

The Red Violin follows a mysterious antique violin as it travels through four centuries, impacting all who come in contact with it — from its creation by a legendary violinmaker in 1681 Cremona, Italy — to a present-day auction house, where it draws the eye of an expert appraiser (played by Samuel L. Jackson). Festival Orchestra NAPA performs with Bell under the baton of esteemed conductor Michael Stern. Making tonight’s concert particularly special is the appearance of the film’s director, Canadian filmmaker François Girard, and Corigliano, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year.

Tickets required.

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Napa audiences will have their first chance to hear the sterling young Korean-Canadian clarinetist Yoonah Kim, who made her debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall this year after becoming the first solo clarinetist in 30 years to win the prestigious Concert Artists Guild International Competition. A Juilliard graduate, she’s making a name for herself with orchestras and festivals around the U.S. and Canada.

This is a free concert, but you must reserve a pass.

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This meditation on cinema’s past from Decasia director Bill Morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a long-lost collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s. Located just south of the Arctic Circle, Dawson City was settled in 1896 and became the center of the Canadian Gold Rush that brought 100,000 prospectors to the area. It was also the final stop for a distribution chain that sent prints and newsreels to the Yukon. The films were seldom, if ever, returned. The now-famous Dawson City Collection was uncovered in 1978 when a bulldozer working its way through a parking lot dug up a horde of film cans. Morrison draws on these permafrost-protected, rare silent films and newsreels, pairing them with archival footage, interviews, historical photographs, and an enigmatic score by Sigur Rós collaborator and composer Alex Somers. Dawson City: Frozen Time depicts the unique history of this Canadian Gold Rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile, burial, rediscovery, and salvation.

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Showing July 14-20 in conjunction with the SF Silent Film Festival.

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Join fellow Queen's alumni for a night of hanging out, seeing old friends, making new ones, and sharing your favorite Queen's stories.

$10 includes entry, food and drink. Tickets must be purchased in advance from Eventbrite.

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After a standing room only album release show, 23rd Hour is coming back to Angelicas on July 1st to kick off the holiday weekend. Leave your worries at the door and step into another time for one evening as the acoustic jazz-pop duo serenades you through supper. With a sound likened to Norah Jones, The Civil Wars and James Taylor, the duo's melodic originals meld seamlessly with their renditions of the standards, old and new. 

If you'd love to see great live music that comes with gourmet food, a good wine selection, table seating, a relaxing ambiance, and a volume that won't blast your ears, you need to get your tickets now! 

23rd Hour will be joined on stage by Marc Levine (bass), Brian Kunz (drums), Simmy Willemann (violin), and Anthony Paolini (saxophone).

From the band:

Our album "Perfect Strangers" peaked at #10 on the iTunes new jazz releases best-seller list and has received favourable reviews around the Bay Area and on blogs. The album was recorded primarily at Phase One Studios in Toronto (6 of 11 songs), with Toronto musicians and producers. One of the tracks is a French-English song co-written with another Canadian songwriter. Our first music video was shot entirely in Toronto. Although I am now based in the Bay Area, we love going to Toronto to make music and do so every year. We will be playing songs from the album, some new material and some covers. You can watch our videos and stream the full album for free on our website www.23rdhr.com

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Spend Canada Day enjoying great music with other Canadians!

Stanford Live marks Canada’s sesquicentennial with a daylong celebration—in and around Bing Concert Hall—featuring Jenn Grant, David Myles, Wendy MacIssac and Troy MacGillivray, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, and others.

Tickets $15-$30 each.

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ZK Gallery, in partnership with the Canadian Consulate in San Francisco, is hosting a reception to celebrate the opening of My Wild Nature: Aurora Borealis, an exhibition of new paintings by Marie Catherine Péloquin.

Péloquin's paintings are based on her curiosity about quantum physics as well as her pantheistic beliefs about the universe. One can find at the basis of Péloquin's paintings a multitude of particles that appear to burst and harmonize the space. Her spontaneous "explosions" give birth to energetic pathways that exceed the frames of her paintings in order to signify a world that is in perpetual change.

Exhibition runs June 30-July 9th.

Barenaked Ladies come to the Mountain Winery for their Last Summer On Earth Tour.

With OMD and Howard Jones.

Tickets $50-$130.

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U of T alumni and friends are invited to an Oakland A’s vs. Toronto Blue Jays game this July. 

Pick a team to cheer for, and enjoy the excitement of the game with fellow graduates! Before the game, the group will meet at The Steel Rail Public House for some food and drinks (appetizers will be provided).

Cost: 

$30 (includes: ticket in the 100L on the first base side, and $10 food voucher for the Coliseum)

Schedule:

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Pre-game meet up at The Steel Rail Public House (Jack London Square) 

1:05 p.m. - Game starts (Oakland Coliseum)

Registration deadline is Friday, June 24, 2016. Ticket distribution/pick up information will be shared with registrants.

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Bryan Adams is playing hits off his recently released 13th studio album, Get Up!

Adams has entertained crowds worldwide for more than three decades, selling more than 65 million records. Hear some of his classics, like "Run to You," "Heaven," "Summer of '69" and "It's Only Love" -- and tracks off the new release. Get ready for Adams' husky-voiced performance at the Concord Pavilion, because although it "Cuts Like a Knife," it feels so right!

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Spots are limited to 25 pre-schoolers so hurry and sign up!

Follow along with #CanadaDayInTheBay + #ShopSmallBayArea on social media and share how you are celebrating Canada Day.

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Which of the three layers do you like the best... the wafer, nut, and coconut crumb base; custard icing in the middle or the delectable layer of chocolate ganache on top?

This bake show will be hosted on our Facebook page. 

RSVP required and an ingredients list will be sent out a few days before the event.

Follow along with #CanadaDayInTheBay + #ShopSmallBayArea on social media and share your sweet creations!

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All ages welcome. No experience required. Invite your family and friends!

Prizes

The $2 fee will be towards your raffle entry to win one of two Air Canada Economy tickets from SFO to one of Air Canada's major hubs.

We will also give away bottles of Canadian wine from Canadian wine importer Kascadia Wine Merchants and Handmade Canadian face masks by local Canadian entrepreneur, GroovyGurls.

To participate: you will need access to the internet on a computer or mobile device. A URL link will be shared with you 24 hours prior to the game start time. This link will direct you to the trivia game.

Follow along with #CanadaDayInTheBay + #ShopSmallBayArea on social media and share how you are celebrating Canada Day.

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Thank you to our wonderful DML Canada Week 2020 Sponsors

RBC USA

The Consulate of Canada

Prize sponsors

Air Canada 

Kascadia Wine Merchants - Canadian-owned, Bay Area based, Canadian Wine Importer 

Groovy Gurls - Canadian-owned, Bay Area based, Handmade Masks, Zipper pouches & reusable lunch bags 

Butter tarts are savory cups filled with butter, sugar, syrup and egg. The earliest published Canadian recipe is from Barrie, Ontario, dating back to 1900 in The Women's Auziliary of the Royal Victoria Hospital Cookbook.

This bake show will be hosted on our Facebook page. 

RSVP required and an ingredients list will be sent out a few days before the event.

Follow along with #CanadaDayInTheBay + #ShopSmallBayArea on social media and share your sweet creations!

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Joining the conversation will be two of the Club's Board Directors, Ken Wallis and Mike Greenburg plus moderators from our own DML Board, David Stewart and Sarah Price. 

Reserve your spot on the chesterfield!

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About the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club:

Established in 1958, it is the oldest arena curling club in the United States and has counted many Canadians and expats as members over the years. SFBACC is a nationally-recognized leader in curling development, providing learning opportunities, youth scholarships, competitive development, recreational leagues, corporate and private events, and more. They are currently fundraising and constructing a dedicated curling center in Oakland so that we can take these programs to the next level!

And, find new ways to celebrate with your friends and family, near and far.

#CanadaDayintheBay          #ShopSmallBayArea

#CanadaDay2020               #CanadaDayUSA

#LoveFromCanada              #VirtualCanadaDay

The DML is proud to work with Canadian-owned/affiliated Bay Area small businesses. We would also like to thank our sponsors for Canada Week 2020:

Join winemaker Chris Carson for this exclusive DML event on small case lots of varietals best suited and expressive of their unique place of origin in BC with an emphasis on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. 

Pre-order here before Thursday, June 18. This will be a popular event with limited availability so don't miss out!

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This is a Zoom event and details will be emailed to those who purchase a tasting package a few days beforehand.

The Consulate General of Canada in Northern California and the DML invite you a Community Q&A.

Please join us for an important conversation about new border closure regulations. This is an open format community discussion and opportunity to have your questions answered by the experts.

#StrongerTogether
#TousEnsemble

Zoom meeting ID: 974 178 4267

RSVP by emailing wade.wallerstein@international.gc.ca