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News From CALL Mid‑February 2022
"Tulips" by Kay Watson-Jarvis, a member of the Sketch Club Interest Group
COVID UPDATE February 11, 2022
By Leslie Dort, President, on behalf of CALL’s executive
Alberta announced plans to phase out public health measures on February 8, 2022.
What does this mean for CALL?
Keep meeting on ZOOM – no changes necessary.
In person indoor meetings will be put on hold for now. The CALL board of directors will review this decision at the regular monthly meetings.
Why did we make this decision?
The CALL executive doesn’t currently have enough information to support a return to in-person meetings. We considered many questions in reaching this decision, some of which are:
- Can groups continue to ask for proof of vaccination? (While many of you might want to do this to feel safe in CALL venues we don’t know if it will be allowed or challenged legally. Some organizations are stating they will continue, others not.)
- What will be the result of removing restrictions in terms of case numbers and hospitalizations?
- What will the individual CALL venues decide as to restrictions? Masks? Distancing?
It may only take a few weeks for the situation to resolve in a way that will allow us to provide safe, straight forward guidance to our members. Let’s hope so.
In the meantime, thank you for your continued patience with this situation.
If you have any comments or questions, please contact executive@calgarylifelonglearners.ca
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.
February Events
Treks and Travels
Ethiopia North
Wednesday, February 16, 7:30pm on Zoom
Presenter: Richard King
In 2019, Richard and Mavis King and their daughter Lara spent five weeks touring northern Ethiopia. Richard will use pictures and stories to share their experiences in this fascinating country.
For more details and to register go to the Treks and Travels page.
CALL Café Online
Emily Carr: 150 Years
Wednesday, February 23, 7:00pm on Zoom
Speaker: Ryan Green
Do you miss visiting art galleries and museums? On February 23 at 7pm, CALL Café Online will bring the art to you. To mark 150 years since the birth of Emily Carr, Ryan Green, President of Masters Gallery, will discuss the life, art, and lasting legacy of this extraordinary Canadian artist.
You must be a CALL member to register for Emily Carr: 150 Years, but the registration process allows you to bring 1 to 4 guests. To register and for more information, go to CALL Café Online.
Coming in March
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.
CALL Café Online
A Guide to COVID-19 Modelling
Monday, March 21, 7:00pm 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. Registration opens soon.
For more information, go to CALL Café Online.
Volunteeer Opportunities
Things are changing and CALL is looking for volunteers for the Venues Committee and AudioVisual Committee.
Are you
- excited about the possibility of returning to in-person meetings? (It will happen – but slowly, cautiously, and safely!).
- eager to be involved?
- looking forward to working with people again?
- interested in helping to find new Venues to accommodate new CALL groups.
CALL’s Venues Committee is the place for you!
If you are Excited, Eager, Looking forward to working with people again, and also
- enthusiastic about techie things
- willing to operate AudioVisual equipment at CALL meetings, large and small.
CALL’s AudioVisual Committee is the place for you!
Questions? Interested? Please email operations@calgarylifelonglearners.ca
Looking for a New Interest Group for 2022?
While many of CALL's Interest Groups are full or have started, there are groups in every category that are accepting new members. Check out the Interest Groups and Study Programs listings.
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:
- February 25
- March 11, 25
- April 14, 24 – NOTE: April 14 is a Thursday
- May 13, 27
- June 10, 24
Meanwhile, be well, stay well in every sense of the word.