Keyano College Lecture Series: How to Write Poems About Fires

Keyano College is once again hosting a free lecture series for the community to enjoy.

The lecture series is hosted by various instructors from the College, and the lectures range in theme and topic. Attending a lecture is a wonderful opportunity to engage in meaningful conversation and to learn something new about a topic that has piqued your interest! 

The next lecture will be held on Friday, October 28, 2016 and will explore "How to Write Poems About Fires". The lecture will be hosted by Dr. Ryan Cox, an English instructor at Keyano.  

Dr. Cox seeks to demystify the process of creating a poem and will answer questions such as, "How do you write a poem?" and "What does a poem even look like?"

There will also be a special presentation of new poetry that was written with the support of an Alberta Foundation for the Arts grant.

Be sure to make Oct. 28th in your calendars and join Dr. Cox in the Keyano Recital Theatre at 7 pm.

For more information, please visit www.keyano.ca. 

FREE Lecture about the Cold War at Keyano College

What are you supposed to do when you see the flash? Duck and Cover! For forty-five years, humanity lived in fear of the atomic bomb. Civilians were bombarded by propaganda telling them to be afraid and protect themselves from the Red Menace that could happen any moment. How did people become so afraid and how did the messages of fear change over time? 

Come back in time to when children cowered under their desks, when families built bomb shelters in their years and the missiles could fly at any time. 

Bear Awareness: A Free Lecture for the Entire Community!

Keyano Lecture Series Presents "Drawing: And How it Made the World" on Feb. 21, 2014

Artists continue to consider drawing an essential vehicle for addressing and interacting with the world today. Whether representational or abstract, small or large in scale, using only one line or rich in colors and pattern, drawings have a highly descriptive and meticulously detailed quality that continues to be explored by artists, engineers, scientists and mathematicians as a way of understanding the complex nature of our world.

This FREE lecture series will be taking place in the Keyano Recital Theatre at 7 pm on Friday, February 21, 2014.  

FREE Keyano Lecture Series- Jan. 24, 2014

How we get from Dracula to Twilight or Why Slow Zombies are Scarier

The way a culture construct its monsters reveals its deepest fears and anxieties. Concerns about political turmoil, economic conditions, scientific advancement and even gender and sexuality all manifest in the scary stories that we produce. As a result, our monsters are constantly changing. So what does the movement from Bela Lugosi’s Dracula to Twilight’s Edward Cullen tell us about shifting attitudes towards sex? What are the cultural reasons for the current zombie craze? These secrets and more will be revealed as we look at the evolution and meaning of some of our favourite monsters.

Keyano Recital Theatre, 7 PM, FREE Admission

Keyano College Lecture Series- Grimm and Grimmer: The Dark Side of Fairy Tales Nov 15 2013

Manslaughter, mayhem, cannibalism, incest, betrayal, infanticide, and sexual assault: no, these aren’t episodes from the latest HBO series, but rather typical plot elements from the tales of the Brothers Grimm. The stories come from a worldwide tradition that stretches back to earliest times, and these traditional tales reveal some of the deepest anxieties and preoccupations of human life. Are these stories for children? Step over to the dark side of the nursery and explore why Grimm is grimmer than you thought.

Keyano Recital Theatre, 7 PM, FREE Admission

Keyano Lecture Series: Comet ISON - Oct. 11, 2013

The discovery of Comet 2012 S1 (ISON) created a sensation with predictions that this comet could be visible during daylight. Whether this comet lives up to its potential is a matter of speculation that will be settled in the Fall of 2013 when ISON approaches the sun. In this lecture, Dr. Jean-Pierre De Villiers will discuss the process of discovering comets,
predicting their trajectories, and explaining the transformations that comets undergo on their journey into the inner part of the Solar System.

Join us afterward for a viewing of ISON. 

For more information please visit www.keyano.ca

Keyano College Lecture Series- Sept 20th 2013

Keyano College Lecture Series: Did Facebook Start the Revolution?

From the streets of Cairo to Occupy Wall Street, and all the way down to the Quebec Student Strike here in Canada, popular social media has revolutionized the activities of social movements around the world. Social media is now being used to communicate across borders, disseminate information, and organize and plan activities.  This lecture will explore how social media has influenced the changing landscape of recent social movements in contemporary global society.

Keyano Recital Theatre, 7 PM, FREE Admission

Keyano College Lecture Series presents: The Chemistry of Wine and Beer

(presented by Sorin Nita, Chemistry Instructor) 

Friday, October 26, 2012

8:00 pm 

Recital Theatre – Keyano Theatre & Arts Centre 

A free lecture series open to the entire community. 

Some people prefer to drink wine. Some people prefer beer. But few realize that the preparation process of these beverages involves simple chemical reactions tweaked to perfection by experienced scientists. Join our speaker to uncork the little known secrets of wine making and beer brewing, and to understand the chemistry that underpins the quality of beer and the “science” of wine appreciation. 

Contact:
Alanna Bottrell
Marketing Coordinator
Continuing Education & Corporate Training
Keyano College
8115 Franklin Avenue
Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 2H7
Ph. (780) 792-5744
Fax. (780) 791-4914
www.keyano.ca

Keyano College Lecture Series 2012/2013 - Conformal Gravity: Has Einstein's Dream Been Realized?

September 21, 2012 at 8 pm in the Recital Theatre (Keyano Theatre & Arts Centre) 

Conformal Gravity: Has Einstein’s Dream Been Realized?

Lecture by Jean-Pierre De Villiers 

You may have heard of superstrings, a model that promises to unify all the fundamental forces of nature, but have you heard of conformal gravity? This new approach to gravity holds out great promise as a framework for reconciling the quantum and classical world view of physics. This talk summarizes recent developments in the field and explores whether or not the quest begun by Einstein has been realized. 

Weather permitting, there will be an astronomical viewing following the event. We serve refreshments after the presentation, which offers guests a chance to meet and chat with our professors. 

Contact Alanna.Bottrell@keyano.ca for more information about this lecture and future lecture topics.

Keyano College Lecture Series 2012/2013

The Keyano College Lecture Series is open to the public. It’s a free event, featuring fascinating presentations from our University Studies instructors.

All presentations take place at 8 pm, at the Recital Theatre (Keyano Theatre & Arts Centre). We serve refreshments after the presentation, which offers guests a chance to meet and chat with our professors.

Alanna Bottrell  
Marketing Coordinator

Continuing Education & Corporate Training
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Keyano College
8115 Franklin Avenue
Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 2H7
Ph. (780) 792-5744
Fax. (780) 791-4914

www.keyano.ca