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 Some Recent (and not-so-recent)
Announcements
· July 15, 2007: New PM Eva
comes into office. Congrats, Eva!
· July 1, 2007: Canada
Day!! “Unofficial BBQ”,
hosted by Eva. Complete with a
rendition of “O Canada”.
· May 20, 2007: Victoria Day
BBQ. The canoe was there, along with
the (cardboard) Mountie. Nahid did an
AWESOME job with the poutine. Hmmm…been so long since I’ve
had that! Thanks to the Consulate,
Bechtel, and the GSC for their support.
· April 6, 2007: Broomball at
the Ice Center
in Cupertino. Good fun had by all! Canadian team beat the
“non-Canadian” team by a score of 4-3. No broken bones, but lots of bruises indicating
great effort on the ice! Looking
forward until we can do this again!
· April 5, 2007: Flames in town
to meet the Sharks. Flames faired
better than the Oilers, but still lost 4-3. Awesome game, though! Thanks to Adam for organizing all the
tickets.
· March 11, 2007: Oilers in town to meet the Sharks. Teamed up with Rains Houses to cheer our
team on. Unfortunately, the Oilers went down 3-0, but pre-game gathering was good
fun.
· March 3, 2007: Digital Moose
Lounge is hosted “Expat Survival
Day”. Tax and immigration
questions answered! Thanks to DSM for
including us on the invite!
· November 11, 2006: Remembrance
Day Commemoration Ceremony, 11am at the Clock Tower on Stanford Campus. Two minutes of silence were held to
remember the sacrifice of many Canadians, past and present.
· Monday, October 9, 2006: Stanford
Canadian club hosted our very own Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner, complete with
pumpkin pie. We had approximately 180 attendees, our biggest turnout
yet! Thanks very much for the Bechtel
International Center
and the Graduate Student Council for their generous support. Looking forward to next year!
· May 21,
2006: Gloria Wong was elected to the post of Prime Minister. She
replaces Mike Dolphin. Jeff Shragge
remains on as Finance Minister.
· May 20, 2006:
Second Annual Victoria Day Canoe Party. Over 130 people joined us at the Bechtel
International Center
for a BBQ and a canoe full over icy cold beverages. With Street hockey, BBQ'd corn, sausages and burgers, not to mention a canoe!
What's not to like! Another great event. Special thanks to Nahid Harjee and Gloria
Wong for making this event a success.
· February 6, 2006:
Sharks Hockey in San Jose, versus
the Calgary Flames! Thanks to Adam
Grossman and Nahid Harjee for organising this!
· January 25, 2006:
Annual Alberta Ex-patriot event at the Faculty Club.
· November 11, 2005:
A Rememberance day ceremony at the clocktower. US and Canadian
National Anthems were sung, along with poetry readings, and two minutes of
silence. Thanks to Gloria Wong for making this happen.
· October 10, 2005:
Canadian Thanksgiving is back! Over 140 people joined us for a fully catered
turkey dinner to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. Kudos to Mike Dolphin
for bringing this tradition back to the Stanford Canadian Club!
· May 15, 2006:
Victoria Day Canoe Party! About 85 mostly Canadian students gathered at Lyman
for the first ever Canoe Party BBQ! The food was amazing, and the drinks plentlyful. Canadian music blasting all afternoon also.
Thanks to Mike Dolphin for coordinating this event.
· January 15, 2005: Mike
Dolphin & Jeff Shragge were elected to
the posts of Prime Minister and Finance Minister, respectively. They replace Ryan
Orr & Steve McBride.
· November 11, 2004:
A Rememberance/Veteran's day service at the clock
tower was attended by ~30 students, with poetry readings, personal reflections
and two minutes of silence. Poppies were donated by the Canadian Legion.
Thanks to Steve McBride for organizing!
· November 4, 2004:
The Stanford Daily publishes an article titled "Canadian Premier Urges
Canadian Students to Head North" in response to the Premier Doer event.
Thanks to our very own Kristen Bell for this excellent coverage.
· October 18, 2004:
Premier Doer of Manitoba and
senior officals of the Canadian Consular General in
LA hosted a small reception for Canadian students. Following the reception
was a seminar for international students to learn about work and study
opportunities in Canada.
More than 80 students attended. Thanks to Steve McBride for
organizing!
· May 15, 2004:
The Stanford Canadians go to see Great
Big Sea
at the Fillmore! Thanks to Anne Robinson & Sandy Ward for planning
this event!
· May, 2004: Canadian
students convene at the Old Pro in Palo Alto
to cheer on the Calgary Flames run at the Stanley Cup. Thanks Ryan Orr
& Steve McBride for making reservations.
· January
29, 2004: 15-Stanford Canadians attend a Government
of Alberta Reception at the Sheraton Palo Alto with the Minister of
Innovation and Science, featuring performances by comedian, Jebb Fink and recording artist, Maren
Ord. Also, a UofA alumni
dinner hosted earlier in the evening. Sponsored by SAP, SUN Microsystems,
Cisco Systems, IBM, EDS, Bell, TR
Labs, and others. Ryan Orr & Steve McBride take
kudos for this event.
· December 2, 2003:
Ontario Tech Corridor Reception at the San Jose Hilton coordinated by the
Canadian Trade Office.
· November 25, 2003:
Recruitment Iniative by the Government of Canada to
bring qualified Canadians into the Canadian Public Service.
· October 13, 2003:
25-Stanford students attend a reception with Gordon Campbell & Ralph
Kline in Palo Alto. Speech's on
Alberta Beef, BC Oil, and a united west coast alliance. Thanks to Ryan Orr
& Steve McBride for organizing.
· October 12, 2003: Annual
Thanksgiving Dinner complete with cocktail hour, encore performance by
the St. Lawerence String Quartet, speech by
Canadian Nobel Laureate Richard Taylor, and a full catered turkey
dinner. Sponsored by the Province
of Alberta. RSVPs only please.
Thanks to Jason Blackstock, Jennifer Louie,
Sophie Walewijk, Russel
Pratt, Tania Ahmad, Andrew Nigrinis, Eddy Hartanto, Christian Perizzolo
for coordinating and a special thanks to Ryan Orr & Steve McBride
for the behind the scenes orchestration.
· July 1, 2003:
Canada Day
BBQ with the Digital Moose Lounge! Frisbee, soccer, food, and fun in the sun.
Props to Ryan Orr for linking up with the Digital Moose Lounge to
coordinate.
· April 21, 2003:
Club interview with CBC for a Radio Series covering War in Iraq.
· April 6, 2003:
Canadian Club goes surfing at Santa Cruz!
One more good reason to study in California!
Thanks Kyla Wazana
Tompkins for coordinating.
· March 22, 2003:
Annual Club trip to watch Newfoundland
band Great Big
Sea perform at Slims in SF.
Thanks Anne Robinson for coordinating.
· March 6, 2003:
Immigration Event at Bechtel International
Center to address student
questions regarding immigration to Canada.
Followed by Sharks vs. Habs Hockey game at the HP Pavillion! Thanks to Mohammed Badi
for coordinating.
· Febuary
3, 2003: Jack Mitchell performed his Canadian Epic poem titled
"The Plains of Abraham" in the Classics lounge.
· January 30, 2003:
The Minister of Alberta Science and Innovation and the Canadian Consul
General in California co-hosted
an event at the Stanford Faculty Club. One key goal of the event, which
attracted over 125-professionals, was to identify Canadian graduate students
interested in opportunities in Alberta.
· January 26, 2003: Ryan
Orr and Steve McBride are elected as Prime Minister and Finance
Minister, respectively, of the Stanford Canadian Club. They are taking over
from Mohammed Badi and Eric Straver.
· December 11, 2002:
A Holiday Party at the Stanford Coffee House was planned (with full
decorations...wow!) by Kelley Porter, Anne Robinson and Ryan
Orr. Staff at the CoHo were
happy to host thanks to good relations established with the club during the olympics!
· November 20, 2002:
The club attended a concert featuring the St. Lawrence
String Quartet and Anton Kuerti. This was a special
treat for us, especially in light of the quartet's recent Thanksgiving
performance. Thank you to Anne Robinson for organizing the event for
us and to Beth Youndoff at the Braun Music
Centre for accomodating our group.
· November 15, 2002:
The Premier of BC lead a delagation to Silicon
Valley in November and one of his stops was at Stanford. The delegation, comprised of high tech company executives, had
lunch on campus with over thirty Canadian students. This was a great
networking opportunity with the corporate leaders in BC and some of us even
received job offers as a result of the luncheon! Thank you to Ryan Orr
for organizing the event.
· November 11, 2002:
The Privy Council's Office came to Stanford as part of their recruiting tour.
They met with students at Tressider and took a
number of them out to dinner afterwards. Thank you to Mohammed Badi for organizing the event on behalf of the Club.
· November 11, 2002:
As has become custom at Stanford, the Club observed Remembrance Day at the
Claw. Ryan Orr and Earl Gordon put the event together.
· October 21, 2002:
The Club went to the Shark Tank to watch the Vancouver Canucks beat the San
Jose Sharks 5-1. We also met up with former players and current Sharks
broadcasters (all Canadian) before the game. Thank you to the Digital Moose
Lounge for doing the leg work for us.
· October
18, 2002:In recognition for his dedication to the Club and all of his
extra work in the past month, the Prime Minister appoints Eric Straver (the current Finance Minister and former PM)
to the honourary position of Minister of the
Month of October.
· October 17, 2002:The
University of Alberta and Edmonton's
National Institute For Nanotechnology (NINT)
were at Stanford's CIS building on Thursday,
October 17, 2002 to meet with students. We had about fifty
people attend. Props for this event go to Eric Straver
and Mohammed Badi.
· October 6, 2002:The
Stanford Canadian Club donates US$200 to The St. Lawrence Fund at The
Music Dept of Stanford University.
· October 6, 2002:The
Club's annual Thanksgiving dinner was a rousing success. Over 140 people
where there to celebrate Canada,
make new friends, meet up with old ones, and enjoy the evening. Canada's
own St. Lawrence String Quartet played a
beautiful recital to begin the evening, the catered dinner was fantastic, and
Howard Spunt from the Consulate in LA and Michael Ede from Alberta
were there to show their support. Check out the Stanford
Daily article about us. Thank you to Mohammed Badi,
Eric Straver, Kelley Porter, Anne Robinson, Myles
Steiner, and Brian Gardner for heading up the effort. We would also like
to thank everyone else (the list is very long) who helped to make the
event run so smoothly. The dinner was sponsored by the Graduate Student
Council, the Bechtel Internation Centre, Alberta
Innovation and Science, and The Immigration Section of the Canadian Consulate
in Los Angeles.
· June 20, 2002:
The Club co-hosted a luncheon at the Stanford Faculty Club where Martha
Piper, the President of the University
of British Columbia, was the
guest of honour. Thank you to Bernie Etzinger and Mohammed Badi
for helping to set everything up.
· May 1, 2002:
The Club had drinks at the Stanford Coffee House with Colin Robertson, our
Consul General in Los Angeles.
· April 26, 2002:
The Club headed up to Slim's in the city to watch Great
Big Sea.
Credit goes to our resident Newfoundlander Anne Robinson for
organizing the trip.
· April 6, 2002:
The Club went surfing at 38th Ave.
in SF with surfmaster Kyla
Tompkins.
· February 18-24, 2002:
It was a sight to see. As they raised the Canadian flag over the ice at the
E-Centre and played our anthem, we joined in. Over 150 of us were at the SportsPage in Mountain View
and we got on our feet, took off our hats, and sang along with the TV.
In honour of Canada's
victory, "Mitch and the Dude" wrote a song
to commemorate the event. Furthermore, Brad Buchanan created a Top-10 list for the game. We also have pictures
from the game thanks to Nicole Goranko.
The Stanford Canadian Club teamed up with the Digital Moose Lounge to watch
Team Canada
skate to gold in men's and women's hockey. We had huge numbers show up to
each game. Click here to see our viewing
schedule. We would like to thank the following people for helping us out: Paula
Fairweather, Myles Steiner, Brian Gardner, Anne
Robinson, Marvin at the Stanford Coffee House, Jackie at the SportsPage, Eric Straver, and
Mohammed Badi.
· February 24, 2002.
CANADA WINS OLYMPIC GOLD IN MEN'S HOCKEY!!! We had over
150 people gather at the SportsPage Sportsbar to watch Team Canada
beat Team USA
5-2.
· February 21, 2002.
CANADA WINS OLYMPIC GOLD IN WOMEN'S HOCKEY!!! Canada's
women won the gold that eluded them in Nagano,
beating the US
women. A bunch of us met up at the CoHo to watch
the game.
· February 20, 2002.
Over 70 people got together at the Stanford Coffee House to watch Canada
beat Finland
in the Olympics semi-finals.
· February 18, 2002.
Canada played
the Czech Republic
in Olympic Hockey and tied 3-3. A group of us got together at the Stanford
Coffee House to watch the game.
· January 31, 2002.
Alberta's office of
Innovation and Science held a reception at the Palo Alto Sheraton Hotel to to promote Alberta
as a great place to work in, invest in, and trade with. Attendees included Alberta's
Minister of Innovation and Science, the Canadian Consul General for California,
a number of high-level representatives from Alberta
universities, and more. The Club was represented by Philip Beaty, Bill Curry, Kyle Doerksen,
Erin Duerichen, Sonar Shah, Eric Straver, and Mohammed Badi.
Thank you to Eric Straver for coordinating
the event for the Club.
· November 13, 2001.
Eric Straver and Mohammed Badi
switched jobs. Mohammed is now the PM and Eric is the Finance Minister.
· November 12, 2001.
Rememberance Day Ceremony at the Claw.
Different club members helped to read In Flanders Field, two minutes
of silence were observed, and the national anthem was sung in both English
and in French. A big thank you to Anne Robinson for coordinating the
event.
· October 23, 201.
Team USA v.
Team Canada
in Women's Hockey. The final score was 4-1 and 86 of us were there. After the
game we had a meet & greet with the players of Team Canada
and got a chance to take pictures and get autographs. Special thanks to Anne
Robinson and Mohammed Badi for their help in
organizing the event.
· October 7, 2001.
Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner. Over 85 people showed up to celebrate
Thanksgiving at the Bechtel International Centre. Turkey,
Stuffing, Yams, Pasta, Salads, a whole lot of pies... Thank you to Kelley
Porter, Jean-Luc Callahan, Mitch Poplack, Eric Straver, and Mohammed Badi
for their help. A special thanks to the GSC, Bechtel, and Big Rock Beer for
their financial support in sponsoring the dinner.
· May 9, 2001.
Expos v. Giants. The 'spos blanked the Giants 8-0.
Guess what? Yeah, we were there.
· May 2, 2001.
In March CBC aired Rick Mercer's special "Talking to Americans."
Today witnessed the Stanford permiere of the show
at the CoHo in front of almost 100 people! Also on
hand was one of those interviewed on the show, Stanford's own Jason Rife.
· March 22, 2001.
The Ottawa Senators beat the Sharks 2-1 in San Jose
... and we were there.
· March 15, 2001.
The Club meets up at The Blue Chalk cafe to hang out, eat dinner, and shoot
some pool.
· January 18, 2001.
The Club converges at the CoHo for an evening of
mingling and music.
· October 6, 2000.
Canadian Thanksgiving celebation at The Cottage in
EV. Over 50 people show up to feast on two turkeys and a plethora of other
dishes. Thanks go to Sarah Mearon, Angele Maki, Mitch Poplack, Kat
Barr, Kelley Porter, Jean-Luc Callahan, Eric Straver,
and Mohammed Badi for organising
the event and preparing the food. Special thanks to the GSC for
helping us pay for the event.
· October 5, 2000.
Eric Straver and Mohammed Badi are re-elected to the positions of Prime
Minister and Finance Minister, respectively.
· April 1, 2000.
Mitch Poplack graduates and becomes a
part-time student, and thus steps down from the post of Finance Minister. Mohammed
Badi agrees to fill in as the interim Finance
Minister. Mitch takes over the role of Governor-General, vacated by Adrian
Butscher when he moved to Germany
(to assume the role of Canadian Ambassador to Germany?)
· May 19-21, 2000.
The Club goes backpacking in Yosemite. Twenty-five of
us camped out in Hogden Meadows for two nights and
climbed up to the top of Half Dome. Thanks to Eric and Mohammed for organising the trip and special thanks to the GSC
for funding the event. [Editor's Note: Eric Straver and Trista Slobodzian met during this trip and they are getting
MARRIED in June 2003!!]
· October 10, 1999
Thanksgiving Dinner at The Buttery. More than 60 people show up to
celebrate!
· Sept 28, 1999.
Outing to Palo Alto to meet new
students and re-meet old ones. This was a great success!
· May, 1999 - Eric Straver elected as new Canadian Club Prime Minister. Mitch
Poplack continues as Finance Minister.
· October, 1998 - Stephanie Bertels elected as new Canadian Club Prime Minister. Mitch
Poplack is new Finance Minister.
· January 20, 1998 - Some
Stanford Canadians plan to attend the US-Canada women's hockey game in San
Jose. Stanford's own Sami
Jo Small has been named as a goalie to the Canadian Olympic Team and we
will be watching for her in Nagano!
· October 13, 1997 - Stephanie
Bertels hosted a successful Canadian
Thanksgiving potluck; thanks Stephanie! Although there was not a turkey to be
found, Mark Pichora's
lentil stew was
a big hit, along with Andrea Davies' pumpkin cheesecake.
· September 1997 - Adrian Butscher re-elected as Canadian Club Prime Minister
(third term). Mike Parsons replaces Krista Donaldson as Finance
Minister.
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