Webinar: All Kids are VIPs: Immigrant Integration at School

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All Kids are VIPs: Immigrant Integration at School

 

Free Webinar Event

Learn about an exciting school-based program from Germany that empowers immigrant youth, educators, and “celebrity” ambassadors to raise awareness about cultural diversity. Replicated in Barcelona as “Eres joven, ¡triunfarás!” the program has now spread to schools across Spain to inspire a new generation to share positive contributions about immigrant integration. Join us for insights and practical lessons on how good ideas travel.
 Date and Time (by timezone):

 

March 7, 2012

10:00 EST in Toronto, New York
15:00 GMT in London
16:00 CET in Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona

 Check your timezone

Good Ideas from Gütersloh and Barcelona!

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REMINDER: Tomorrow is the SAVAC Annual General Meeting

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This is a final reminder that SAVAC’s AGM will take place tomorrow.

 SAVAC Annual General Meeting
23 February 2012
at VMAC Gallery, 4th Floor (outside the SAVAC office, suite 450)
401 Richmond St. W., Toronto ON M5V 3A8

Please RSVP to info@savac.net or 416-542-1661.
Please contact the SAVAC office with any questions.

 In order to participate in the AGM, your SAVAC membership must be in current, good standing. Please call 416-542-1661 if you are unsure about the status of your membership.

Renewals and new memberships can be paid for at www.savac.net/become-a-member.html OR in person (cheque or cash only). If you would like to renew your membership on the day of the AGM please arrive at 6:00pm.
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Creative news and views for February 22, 2012

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Using collaboration and shared learning to help performing arts companies

Build Capacity   Build Audiences   Build Spaces

Just released!  Energy Conservation Audits for Six Performing Arts Facilities

We can talk about greening our theatre spaces – and we do at Creative Trust’s Facilities Roundtable meetings – but it’s not easy to know where to start. That’s why we started by commissioning independent energy auditor Anthony Marshall to do detailed energy conservation audits for six companies in Toronto.

Between May and October 2011, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Factory Theatre, Tafelmusik, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, and Toronto Dance Theatre/STDT provided a year’s worth of utilities bills for analysis and welcomed Anthony into every nook and cranny of their facilities. The Energy Conservation Audits report  is the first step in Toronto’s Green Theatres,  a concerted approach to greening performing facilities in Toronto. Read more

Have you done an Energy Audit for your venue? Have you considered doing one?

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