News From CALL March 2022

By Frankie Thornhill, a member of the Digital Photography Interest Group
"These are male mallards at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. I exposed for the sparkles in the water so you can’t see their green heads."

Coming Events

Check the CALL website for details of the following events. Registration is required for all these events. You must be a member to register. Join or renew your membership now and watch for email announcements for programs and events.

For Zoom events, please register at least a couple of hours before an event to ensure the registration confirmation email with the event link arrives in your inbox in time.

Not So Common Law
Canadian Copyright Law

Monday, February 28, 1:00–3:00pm on Zoom

One day, when Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh and Eeyore were all talking together, Christopher Robin said carelessly: “Winnie-the-Pooh is now in the public domain”

“Copyright.” said Eeyore, “it’s the copyright. I don’t want to mention it, but I just mention it. I don’t want to complain but there it is.”

“Bother!” said Winnie-the-Pooh, and “Oh, help!”

“What is the Copyright?” Bear asked Christopher Robin. “I did know once only I’ve sort of forgotten”.

Then he asked, “Will there be any honey in the public domain?”

Only those not previously registered in this Interest Group need to register. Current members of this Interest Group do not have to re-register.

March Events

Science and Environment
Capturing Carbon Dioxide in Molecular Sponges

Tuesday, March 1, 7:30pm on Zoom
Speaker: Dr. George Shimizu, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary

There is much discussion today about Carbon Capture and Storage. Conventional carbon capture relies on chemically bonding CO₂ to a reactive molecule in the liquid state, a process called amine scrubbing. An alternate approach is one to use a solid like a sponge to trap CO₂. After a decade, we have developed a solid that has actually been moved up the technology ladder, with different academic and industrial partners, to actually be capturing CO₂ from a cement plant in Vancouver. This talk will discuss some of the basic science and also the hurdles to translate from milligrams to industrial demonstration.

For more details and to register go to the Science and Environment page.

The Sacred Teachings of the Medicine Wheel

Thursday March 10, 7:00pm on Zoom
Speaker: Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes

The Medicine Wheel metaphor contains traditional teachings in many Indigenous cultures. While there is some variation in its teachings and representations, the underlying web meaning addresses the importance of appreciating and respecting the ongoing interconnectedness and interrelatedness of all things.

Join us when Knowledge Keeper Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes will present her teachings as a way of understanding Indigenous ways of thinking and knowing and as a teaching tool to keep life in balance, moderation, and acceptance. She makes a connection between her learning and the Siksikaitsitapi Medicine Wheel on Nose Hill and offers a guide to how one might live life.

Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes is a proud Nehiyaw Iskwao (Cree Woman), a member of Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, Treaty Six. She has resided in Calgary, Treaty 7, Alberta, since 1993 and retired as Administrative Coordinator of the Native Centre at the University of Calgary.

For more information and to register for this event go to the Speaker Events page. Regisration for The Sacred Teachings of the Medicine Wheel is now open.

Treks and Travels
Copper Canyon Mexico

Wednesday, March 16, 7:30pm on Zoom
Speaker: Roger Pilkington

For more details and to register go to the Treks and Travels page.

CALL Café Online
A Guide to COVID-19 Modelling

Monday, March 21, 7:00–8:30pm on Zoom
Speaker: Eric Cytrynbaum

Have you ever wondered how mathematical models are constructed and how they allow us to forecast the rise of COVID-19 variants and other epidemiological phenomena? At the March CALL Café, Eric Cytrynbaum, a UBC Math professor and member of the BC COVID-19 Modelling Group, will demonstrate how to formulate epidemic models, explain how they help us understand the progression of a disease, and answer your questions.

You must be a CALL member to register for A Guide to COVID-19 Modelling, but the registration process allows you to bring 1 to 4 guests. To register and for more information, go to CALL Café Online.

Vikings Victorious

April 5–26, 1:30–2:30pm

In April Dr. Alana Gowdy will be taking us back to 11 century Britain with a four-session study program entitled Vikings Victorious. This program will consider England under four Viking kings. In the end, the Vikings won, though not for long. Mark your calendar for April 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 1:30 to 2:30. Registration for 30 participants will open in mid-March.

Have you had difficulty when registering for an Interest Group?

By Shauna Romanzin, CALL IT Team

When you click on the Registration button for an Interest Group, an email window should pop-up with the email address of the Interest Group Facilitator already filled in, however for some of our members nothing happens. As more CALL members move towards different online options for accessing email, the technology behind the Register Button is not able to work. The good news is that there is a way around this technical issue. Simply right click on the Register button and you can select “Copy Email Address” from the pop-up menu that appears. You now have the email address of the Facilitator and can send them your registration email.

If you are using a device without a mouse, you may need to Google how to right click. An example is with an Android phone you must use a Chrome browser to access the CALL website and then you hold your finger on the register button for a few seconds for the pop-up menu.

Being a CALL Facilitator

By Barbara Decker Pierce, Chair, Program Committee

Ideas for new Interest Groups and Study Programs come from our membership. These groups are the foundation of CALL Programming and facilitators are key to moving from idea to reality.  You don’t need to be an expert in an area to facilitate a group – just be interested in the topic and willing to carry out the group’s administrative tasks. Don’t feel you need to know everything or even a lot about a topic to volunteer to facilitate. Everyone is a learner in a group. The facilitator’s contribution is to help set the stage for lifelong learning. Write to us if you have an idea for a learning group and would like to know more about the role of facilitator. Email programs@calgarylifelonglearners.ca

CALL for Submissions to CALL Newsletter

The CALL Newsletter group invites members to submit photos, sketches, stories, poems, descriptions of projects etc. for use in CALL newsletters. We know that CALL members are creative. Do you have a photo taken on your daily walk or from your window; a poem written as you reflect on life; a sketch of a scene that catches your eye? Have you turned a memory into a short story or a response to something you have heard or read?

We will keep all submissions on file to use in future newsletters. Send submissions to newsletter@calgarylifelonglearners.ca, include your name and a sentence giving CALL permission to publish in the newsletter.

Your CALL Newsletter

The CALL Newsletter is our way to communicate what is going on in our community. It's a way to highlight events of interest, ‘peek behind the curtain of CALL’ and to give some general information about CALL groups and members.

You are invited to send your ideas and suggestions for future issues to newsletter@calgarylifelonglearners.ca. We reserve the right to edit submissions and to determine when submissions will be published.

CALL Newsletter dates for posting:

• March 11, 25
• April 14, 29 – NOTE: April 14 is a Thursday
• May 13, 27
• June 10, 24

Meanwhile, be well, stay well in every sense of the word.