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Round Table on Rethinking Europe’s Impact on the Pacific Panellists:• Prof. Steven Ratuva (Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies)• Dr Lindsey Te Ata o Tū MacDonald (Political Science and International Relations)• Dr Serena Kelly (National Centre for Research on Europe)• Dr Christina La’ala’ai-Tausa (Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies) Chaired by Assoc. Prof. Chris Jones (History)   Wednesday 30 November, 13:00–15:00, Matariki 624 Join Zoom Meeting https://canterbury.zoom.us/j/93400038606

Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School invites you and your colleagues to our free UC Commerce Teachers’ Day on Thursday 1 December 2022. This is your opportunity to meet and connect with leading academics and industry partners who will provide insights into how sustainability is impacting businesses and industry. The day’s professional development programme will also offer you discussion and teaching ideas to take back to your classrooms. The day's programme will include: An overview of the UC Business School and Q+A session with Russell Wordsworth: Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning the first opportunity to hear about the development of an online Economics Game aimed at secondary students and 1st Year Economics students 4 sessions from leading academics from the Business School on a range of topics Prof. Diane Mollenkopf Steve Agnew Matthew Scobie Stephen Hickson Opportunities to visit the UC Trading Room and UC's Centre for Entrepreneurship. A visit to Kathmandu offices to hear from their business leaders on a range of topics including, product and brand development, promotional model, supply and demand case studies and the ESG (environmental sustainability and governance).

Maramataka Symposium: Embedding Indigenous Knowledge(s) in Education Tickets are now live! You can now purchase your tickets for the 2022 Maramataka Symposuim.  In person tickets include two days in person conference attendance, kai and drinks. Also included in this ticket is a formal dinner on the final night. Online tickets - you will be sent a link to the online sessions, before the event.  If you or your organisation would like to sponsor a ticket for someone in the community, please purchase ticket like usual, add the words "sponsored ticket" and answer the sponsored ticket question at the end and we will allocate tickets for you. If you know who you would like to sponsor you can add their details in when you purchase the ticket like a normal ticket, please ensure you use their email address for their ticket, so they receive event updates from us. This hybrid symposium will promote and celebrate indigenous knowledge(s), with a specific focus on maramataka (the Māori lunar calendar), kaulana mahina (the Hawaiian lunar calendar) and tātai arorangi (Māori celestial knowledge). Experts in these fields will share their knowledge with participants, including international presenters from Hawai’i and Nukutere (Cook Islands). This will provide a unique opportunity for collaboration between indigenous knowledge holders from across Te Moana nui ā Kiwa, which will add to the richness of the knowledge that is shared. The focus of the symposium will be on embedding indigenous knowledge in education. The symposium will include presentations from indigenous practitioners and knowledge holders, as well as educators who have successfully embedded indigenous knowledge(s) into their kura/kula curriculums and/or educational settings. This symposium will be held over 2 days. Day 1 will follow a traditional symposium format, with presentations from our keynote speakers. However, Day 2 will consist of interactive workshops which will give participants the opportunity for active participation, contribution and hands on learning. Numbers for in-person attendance are limited, therefore, preference will be given to practitioners and educators who are actively working in this space. However, this is a hybrid event and will be streamed online for those who are not able to attend in person. Any queries can be directed to kari.terongopatahi@canterbury.ac.nz  

The School of Product Design proudly invites you to our 2022 Product Design Exhibition.   Showcasing our 2022 Capstone student projects in Applied Immersive Game Design, Chemical Formulation Design and Industrial Product Design. Dates: Thursday 15th – Sunday 18th December Times: 10am – 5pm