On October 20th, from 7-9pm at the Isabel Bader Theatre, VUSAC’s Education and Equity Commission and Invisible Children are screening ‘Tony’, a 50-minute documentary that will open your eyes to a world of terror in Northern Uganda.

Northern Uganda has been a war zone due to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) for the past 25 years. The LRA is largely comprised of child soldiers who were violently abducted from their homes.

Watch the movie, discuss the content, meet the Invisible Children staff, and buy some Invisible Children gear to support their work.

Click here to RSVP on Facebook.

Too many people don’t know about UTM/TV. Get ready to laugh!

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The sisters of the Xi Chapter of Alpha Phi invite you to join them in supporting the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

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The Editors of blogUT are looking for a Junior Editor to help us make sure that blogUT continues to run smoothly and showcase amazing content.

During your time as Junior Editor, we will train you on everything blogUT. You’ll learn how to write and edit posts, communicate with other campus clubs, manage basic finances, and lead an amazing team of people. This is a great opportunity for those of you who’d like to get more involved in student life. And an added bonus? It’ll be a great addition to your resume.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Is in first, second, or third year
• Can write/respond to emails quickly and professionally
• Has an understanding of how a good blog should look in terms of format
• Pays attention to detail
• Has a basic knowledge of how to use WordPress or other web publishing platforms
• Has excellent spelling and grammar
• Can devote 2-3 hours per week to blogUT activities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Editing blogs and comments on a regular basis
• Updating our Twitter feed and Facebook profile
• Responding to emails from various organizations about events that are going on
• Finding out about events that would be of interest to blogUT readers
• Contacting event organizers for press passes
• Helping to make decisions about finances
• Helping to organize meetings
• Doing paperwork for the UTSU (ex. applying for funding)
• Miscellaneous administrative tasks, such as creating new user accounts and helping contributors with problems using WordPress
• Coming up with ideas on how to help the blog run better

To apply, shoot us an email with the subject ‘Junior Editor’ answering the following questions by OCTOBER 28, 2011:

• Who are you? What are you studying? Tell us about yourself.
• Why are you interested in this position?
• Why do you think that you are qualified for this position?
• What is something new, fresh, and innovative that you will bring to blogUT?
• Do you have any constructive criticism on how we are currently operating?

If you have any writing samples, please send them along with your application.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Post written by Shakeera Baker, President.

One Love is a Ulife-recognized student group that seeks to raise awareness of, and help, the impoverished families of Riverton Meadows – a shantytown in Kingston, Jamaica – through cultural fundraising events on campus. As stated on the group’s website, ‘Riverton is situated next to a landfill from which scraps are scavenged and used as building materials for many of the dwellings in this community. Although hundreds of families in Riverton live without running water and sewage disposal, the people of Riverton have great pride in their strength and resilience to adversity. ONE LOVE seeks to not only promote these strengths, but to additionally help provide the funds necessary for the development and advancement of the community.’

In fostering a general atmosphere of helping others, we hold regular volunteer outreach sessions in the community, in which all group members are encouraged to participate. Also, every year, members of ONE LOVE have the opportunity to volunteer in Jamaica and work with people living in Riverton with the support of our parent organization, Students Crossing Borders.

For more information, check out the group’s Facebook page or official website, or email the group at onelove.uoft@gmail.com.

This is a great opportunity for all of you interested in architecture and/or photography. Here’s lookin’ at you, Erik and Jimmy! Note: This text has not been edited in any way by blogUT.

Award winning architecture studio RAW invites all architecture buffs, shutterbugs and those interested in city design to contribute photos to a new Harbourfront Centre exhibit ‘TOO TALL?’ launching Sept 30.  In conjunction with the Toronto Society of Architects, Harbourfront has invited top architecture firms including RAW, Architects Alliance, KPMB and visual artist Douglas Walker to engage the public in a debate on the role, benefit and beauty of tall buildings.

Through a social media campaign, RAW is offering the general public a rare opportunity submit photos to the exhibit and put the debate over tall buildings into perspective.  Hundreds of images are needed!  Examining scale as a relative term, people are encouraged to send in a quick pic using any device of ANY building they consider to be tall, framed between their thumb and index finger. Could be a building people like or hate, just put it in perspective with a caption up to 140 characters.  Pictures will be incorporated into RAW’s ‘TALL IS MORE’ digital installation. Deadline for image submissions is Monday, September 26^th.

Images can be submitted via Facebook, Twitter or Email and should include a brief description up to 140 characters. Max file size is 600×800 pixels.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/RAW-architects-and-designers/133960586658656
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rawdesignTO
Email: tall@rawdesign.ca

‘TOO TALL?’ will launch with a VIP event Friday, September 30^th, and will be open to the public from October 1^st, 2011 through December 31^st, 2011. Harbourfront Centre is located at 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON M5J 2G8. For more information, please visit www.harbourfrontcentre.com