Free School 2006:
Schedule of Events
Updated Tuesday, August 15
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
| 4:00 | Film: The Price of Gold |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:15 | Music by Dave Myles, Catherine Maclellen - Barn Loft |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
| 8:00 | Breakfast Bell |
| 8:15-9:15 | Breakfast |
| 9:30-10:30 | Discussion Groups (topics TBA) |
| 10:45 | Cookie Break |
| 11:15 | Seminars:
The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline: The Berger Inquiry and the last time around A hands-on mathematics investigation into platonic solids |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45 | Keynote:
Working Life in the Belly of the Empire:
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| 3:15 | Afternoon Coffee Short workshop: The Secrets of Good Chai |
| 4:00 | Workshops:
Seed-saving: where biodiversity meets politics Monitoring our forests Good Dog - living with dogs |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:15 | Seminars:
Cud-Chewing 101: An Introductory Look at the Ruminant Digestive System Performance, gender and musicality Free as in Freedom: The open source software movement |
| 8:30 | Film: Amandla - a film about the role of music in the struggle against apartheid |
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
| 8:00 | Breakfast Bell |
| 8:15-9:15 | Breakfast |
| 9:30-10:30 | Discussion Groups |
| 10:45 | Cookie Break |
| 11:15 | Seminars:
Independent Media In Canada - What do we want and how are we going to get it? The Politics of Breastfeeding and Co-sleeping Theatre and Activism - Théâtre d’intervention (Workshop) |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45 | Keynote: Gender, Human Rights and Guatemalan Solidarity |
| 4:00 | Afternoon Coffee |
| 4:15 | Workshops:
Physical Theatre Zine Making Bike Repair 101 |
| 6:00 | Dinner |
| 7:15 | Seminars:
Nanotechnology: The good, the bad and the really really small Introduction to Midwifery |
| 9:00 | Music by Abigail Lappell |
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20
| 8:00 | Breakfast Bell |
| 8:15-9:15 | Breakfast |
| 9:30-10:30 | Discussion Groups |
| 10:45 | Cookie Break |
| 11:15 | Seminars:
Locally owned currencies Reinventing "Anti-Poverty:" Halifax Coalition Against Poverty Wicked Messenger: Tangled Up in Bob Dylan's Bible How Yoga Can Help People with Cancer |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:45 | Presentation of Findings by Discussion Groups |
| 3:00 | Closing and evaluation |
| 6:00 | Dinner |