From Cowboys and Indians to New Relationships

Conversation Café on Leadership
Monday, June 16, 7 p.m.
RBC West Lobby, Eric Harvie Theatre, Free

Brian Calliou, director of Aboriginal Leadership, and Colin Funk, Leadership Development creative programming director, will explore the current and future state of relationships between Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginals in Canada.

National
Aboriginal Day Celebrations

Friday, June 20, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Outdoor area between Vinci and Smith Halls, Free

A presentation by Red Sky Performance Theatre, with special guests including Mongolian throat singers, in celebration of the rich contribution Aboriginal people have made to Canada. Meet with elders, faculty, and staff members from Aboriginal Leadership and Aboriginal Arts at The Banff Centre. Bring a blanket or chair and sample delicious bannock around the fire.

11 – 11:30 a.m.: Opening prayer with elder Tom Crane Bear. Storytelling : The Tipi Story with elder Tom Crane Bear and Brian Calliou. Traditional bannock sampling.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: The Mongolian Project with Mongolian throat singers.

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Book reading by Cora Voyageur: Firekeepers of the Twenty-First Century: First Nations Women Chiefs.

1:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.: Artist talk: Ame Papatsie and Clarence Kapay.

Aboriginal music featured all day at the Kiln.

Leadership… No Place for a Woman?

Conversation Café on Leadership
Monday, June 23, 7 p.m.
Donald Cameron Hall, Dining Room 6, Free

Join Leadership Development faculty member Karen Ryan and creative programming director Colin Funk as they investigate the many contemporary challenges and opportunities that face women leaders in today’s workplace.

Banff International Literary Translation Centre Panel: Beyond Words / Au-delà des Paroles

Wednesday, June 25, 8:00 p.m.
Rolston Recital Hall, Free

A lively panel discussion featuring Elizabeth Hay, author of Late Nights on Air, the winner of the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize, award-winning author Shauna Singh Baldwin, and playwright Evelyne de la Chenelière discussing translations that have influenced their work and writing as well as their experiences translating life into fiction.

Meaningful Media
with Dr. Gino Yu

Communicating Inner Experience with New Media
Saturday, July 26, 7:00 pm
Donald Cameron Hall Dining Room
$9 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Meaningful media communicates inner experience and a personal understanding of “inner peace,” which contributes to the harmony of the culture and environment. Dr. Gino Yu’s research spans design automation, computer animation, video games, creativity, and consciousness in more than 60 publications.

Leading When
the Heat is On
Two Degrees
of Fear and Desire

Saturday, August 2 at 2 p.m.
Trans Canada Pipeline Pavilion Foyer, Free

An intimate and humourous theatrical event about the serious issue of global warming, facilitated by David Diamond of Headlines Theatre Vancouver. This interactive session explores how to break through and change leadership behaviour when dealing with climate change issues.

Imagining a Future That Works:
Environmentalism for a New Century

Saturday, August 2, 7:30 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium
$9 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Bill McKibben is a leading American environmentalist who writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering. McKibben is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Mother Jones, The New York Review of Books, Granta, Rolling Stone, and Outside. The best of McKibben’s essays are collected in The Bill McKibben Reader.

Leading Ideas with Paul Kennedy

Institutions of Ingenuity, Innovation, and Inspiration
Sunday, August 3, 7:00 p.m.
Donald Cameron Hall Dining Room
$9 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

What kind of leadership does the world really need right now? How can cultural institutions such as The Banff Centre play both a supporting and leading role in shaping a promising future for society? Join CBC Radio “Ideas” host Paul Kennedy and special guests in this spirited discussion on what types of public or cultural institutions are necessary to help leaders navigate challenges and opportunities.

Watson and Crick, Lennon and McCartney

Saturday, August 16, 7:30 p.m.
Donald Cameron Hall Dining Room
$9 · ♥ Arts Lover Passholders Free

Jay Ingram, chair of the Science Communications program, presents “Watson and Crick; Lennon and McCartney,” a look at two of the great creative partnerships of the 20th century. Watson and Crick’s famous 1953 paper announced the double helix structure of DNA. The Science Communications program is supported by the Canadian Science Writers Association, CTVglobemedia Inc., Rx&D Health Research Fundation, and the Perimeter Institute.

Forty years of Leonardo

Wednesday, August 20, 7:00 p.m.
Rice Studio, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building
Free

Roger Malina, astrophysicist and editor, presents 40 years of Leonardo – the journal, publishing house, and trademark of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology.

Leadership Jazz

Wednesday, August 20, 7:30 p.m.
Rolston Recital Hall, Free

An evening of world-class jazz and discussion about the interactive dynamics of this modern art and what business and organizations can learn from it. Featuring Michael Gold (bass) from Jazz Impact and musicians Larry Ham (piano) and Jerome Jennings (drums).