Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
TED event comes to Earl Haig
Wed. March 2nd, 2011Check out the agenda and lineup of speakers: click here.
◙Click here to sign up.
Simulcast of the following event:
“TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design” (TED.com). Click here to find out more
Check out some of our favourite TED Talks by clicking on the links below…
- Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce
- Madeleine Albright: On being a woman and a diplomat
- Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
- Arthur Potts Dawson: A vision for sustainable restaurants (uses PREZI!)
- Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders
- Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food
- Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
Awesome Technology course to take next year (2011-02-24)
Awesome Technology course to take next year (2011-02-24)
Looking for a cool course on technology to take next year?
Check out this one. (IDC4UP)
Reel Canada Film Festival returns to Earl Haig (2011-02-20)
Reel Canada Film Festival returns to Earl Haig (2011-02-20)
The Reel Canada Film Fest is coming back to Haig! Get your permission forms in to Mr. Go ASAP so you can partake in this Tinseltown-North affair!
TRUE LOVE (2007) 6 min.
DIRECTOR: Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany
Click the images to find out more about Reel Canada of each of the features.
Check out Ms. Marshall's latest installation by English:
Rise of the ebook (2011-02-20)
Ideas Air Date: Monday - January 31, 2011
The world of letters is being rocked by new technology. The rapid rise of the e-reader could be the biggest change in books since Gutenberg invented movable type. Readers, writers, booksellers, and publishers are all grappling with its implications and asking a fundamental question: is a book really a book when it exists only as a digital file? CBC producer Sean Prpick goes between the covers of the question.
Enrichment opportunity: join The Toronto One Book program (2011-02-18)
Enrichment opportunity: join The Toronto One Book program (2011-02-18)
Enjoy reading? See Mr. Go for a bonus opportunity to read Midnight at the Dragon Café, this year's selection for the Toronto One Book program.
Announcing the 2011 One Book: Midnight at the Dragon Café by Judy Fong Bates
Toronto Public Library is pleased to announce our selection for the 2011 Keep Toronto Reading One Book program: Midnight at the Dragon Café by Judy Fong Bates.
Set in a small Ontario town in the 1960s, Fong Bates’ debut novel tells the story of a young Chinese girl and her family – the owners of the only Chinese restaurant in town. Written in spare, intimate prose, Midnight at the Dragon Café is a vivid portrait of a childhood divided by two cultures and touched by unfulfilled longings and unspoken secrets.
We encourage everyone to read this book. Then please join us during our Keep Toronto Reading Festival this April for readings, discussion and other events that bring this book’s themes to life.
Fong Bates: "I have always felt that were I not an immigrant, I would probably not write."
Judy Fong Bates came to Canada from China as a young child and grew up in several small Ontario towns.
She is a writer, storyteller and teacher, whose stories have been broadcast on CBC radio and published in literary journals and anthologies. In addition to Midnight at the Dragon Café, she is the author of the critically acclaimed short-story collection,China Dog and Other Tales from A Chinese Laundry, and a family memoir, The Year of Finding Memory.
Judy has two adult daughters and two grandchildren. She lives with her husband on a farm outside of Toronto. They are both devoted gardeners and hikers.
Volunteer Opp--Be an Equity Ambassador! (2011-02-17)
Volunteer Opp--Be an Equity Ambassador! (2011-02-17)
Are you a born leader? Interested helping to break down the barriers at Earl Haig? Become an EQUITY AMBASSADOR! If you are in Gr. 11 or Gr. 12, have a penchant for presentation and are free on the following dates: morning (during Gr. 10 Lit test) of Thurs.
Mar. 31st, Mon. Apr. 4th and Apr. 5th). Click here for more information.
Rainbow Club hosts Valentine's Party (2011-02-12)
Rainbow Club hosts Valentine's Party (2011-02-12)
Monday Feb 14th after school in room 232
Have some Free Food and hang out with the Rainbow Club for their Valentine's Day "All we need is love" party. Wear some pink and red and eat some red/pink food!
African Heritage Month and Year of the Bunny (2011-02-10)
African Heritage Month and Year of the Bunny (2011-02-10)
February is a bustling month..
African Heritage Month - click here for more info.
Year of the Rabbit! - click here for more info.
CBC's Canada Reads list released (2011-01-29)
CBC's Canada Reads list released (2011-01-29)
What is Canada Reads?
Started in 2001, Canada Reads is CBC's annual battle of the books,
where five Canadian personalities select the book they think Canadians
should read. Each personality selects a book to defend and the books
are eliminated one by one until a winner is declared. The debates air
on CBC Radio One. Jian Ghomeshi has hosted Canada Reads
since 2008. (from CBC Canada Reads site).
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