University of the Streets today with Amber Goodwyn

by Risa Dickens

Another good event we’ll be trying to get to today (Friday Sept 14)! This one out in NDG hosted by La Maison Vert and featuring the always galvanizing and grand Amber Goodwyn… don’t forget to sponsor her here! And secondary sidenote - I got a very cool internal email from her Lickety-Split team the other day and I won’t blow the surprise but I’m super excited to take to the streets with these passionate love warriors soon in all the gorgeous graphic ways they’re planning.

indie series takes the streets

We will discuss several ways in which education can be re-defined ‘outside the system’, and address issues that arise from independent approaches to education. We hope to consider some issues which are common in standard school systems – such as assessment, consumerism and political participation – and explore alternative educational formats (such as that used by the University of the Streets Café!)

Moderator: Jim Morris is a humanities instructor at Champlain College with a background in philosophy and literature. His interests include crafting, electronics, media activism and travel. Born and raised in Alberta , Jim currently lives in Montreal.

Guests: Heather McShane is a course leader at the Thomas More Institute. Heather did her early schooling in England, completed her university degrees in Scotland and has taught in Spain, England and Fiji.

Amber Goodwyn is a multidisciplinary artist working at Head & Hands. Amber holds a BFA in Film Production from Concordia University and is an alumni of MIND School, where in collaboration with the NFB, she directed a segment on independent education as part of the documentary SALT.

Check out info on this session and upcoming ones on the University of the Streets website.

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Published on: September 14th, 2007

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3 Responses to “University of the Streets today with Amber Goodwyn”

Tessa Smith proclaims with a mighty roar:

Damn! I forgot I work today from 4-8. I totally was planning on going to this. This is soooo my topic of choice. Ugh. Can I steal your notes Risa?

Posted on September 14th, 2007 at 10:32 am [permalink]
Risa Dickens proclaims with a mighty roar:

yeah- i’m officially getting that flu thing with the coughing all the time so by this aft ndg was tooo far, so no notes for you. i did walk over to the darling demaes show though and they stopped the crowd dead again and it was an odd but intense set and very lovely and even a little hodownny at times. good.

sad to have missed Amber but I’m certain she rocked it. come find me tomorrow hacking my lungs off at the indie con at juste pour rires, yeah!

Posted on September 15th, 2007 at 2:07 am [permalink]
Lickety-Split proclaims with a mighty roar:

Hi ladies,

Thanks for your kind big up-ing of this talk- the turn out and conversation was great! Check in with me and I’ll lend you my index cards with their crazy notes.

Best,
Amber

Posted on September 17th, 2007 at 10:11 pm [permalink]