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Courtesy of the ACT Office of Multicultural Affairs

 

ACT Multicultural Community News – Edition 33/2008

 

 

·         Invitation to the 2008 Multicultural Summit - Registration Form and PROGRAM

·         Contact details

·         African Drumming Workshops

·         Course in Advanced Workplace English

·         Pakistan Independence Day celebrations

·         Friday prayers in Spence

·         Ramadan Radio Broadcast 2008

·         Professional year in Computer Sciences Program

·         Upcoming events at the National Gallery of Australia

         

           Click here for program

           Click here for registration form

 

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Message from the ACT Office of Multicultural Affairs

 Invitation to the 2008 Multicultural Summit 

 

Help us shape a multicultural Canberra 2009-2012

 

Saturday 30 August 2008

Rydges Lakeside Hotel

 

Registration form is attached. Please complete one per person and return to the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

 

The Summit will be followed by a special performance by the Korean Performing Arts Company at the Playhouse. There are 200 free tickets available for Summit delegates. These tickets will be provided at registration through a ballot.

 

Contact: Alicia Aguilera, Phone: (02) 6207 6275, Email: alicia.aguilera@act.gov.au

 

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Message from ACT Office of Multicultural Affairs

 

Contact details

 

ACT Multicultural Community News bulletins are published each Wednesday.

Contributions are welcome and should be forwarded to Alicia Aguilera at Alicia.Aguilera@act.gov.au no later than 4pm on Tuesdays.

 

Enquiries on 6207 6275

 

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Message from Drum Effect

 

AFRICAN DRUMMING WORKSHOPS with THE WORLD'S PREMIER DJEMBE PLAYER - MAMADY KEITA FROM GUINEA, WEST AFRICA

 

A truly unique opportunity to attend workshops with the living legend - Mamady Keita - here in Canberra this October!  Enrolments are now open and places are limited so please enrol by completing the attached registration form.   

When:        6-9pm Wednesday 1st October (Beginner-Intermediate Workshop)

                 6-9pm Wednesday 1st October (Intermediate-Advanced Workshop)

Where:      Canberra Baptist Church, Currie Cres, Kingston , Canberra

Cost:         $90 per workshop or $170 for both (Drum hire is available for $5.00)

Enquiries:  Please call Kate on 0414 236 323 or email kate@drumeffect.com.au

 

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Message from CIT Vocational College

 

Course in Advanced Workplace English (Written)

Would you like to improve your written skills?

Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) is offering a short 6-week advanced English course designed to help you improve your written English in the workplace. This course is for people whose first language is not English. Whether you’re looking for a promotion, need a new career or simply wanting to improve your confidence, we can help you improve your writing. The course will cover grammar and language for advanced writing tasks such as: reports, formal and informal emails, formal letters, applications for employment and promotion.

Six Thursdays, 2-5pm, 18 September to 23 October 2008, at Reid Campus, Constitution Avenue, Cost $450.00 (GST exempt)

For further information please call our office on 6207 4800
To enrol go to www.citace.com.au  or call 6207 4441.

CIT also has tailored workshops available for delivery at your workplace. Please contact us to find out more

 

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Message from Pakistan Australia Friendship Association

 

Pakistan Independence Day Celebrations

will be organised on

Saturday 30th August 2008.

 

5.00 PM Sharp

 

(Strictly On time start)

 

Dickson college Hall (corner Majura  & Phillip Ave, Dickson)

 

A colourful night of of fun and entertainment

Drama skits,

Children Tablo's

Comedy

Pakhtun Attan dance (Frontier Sword dance)

Poetry

Music

Gala dinner

and much more...

on a night full of fun and joy....

 

Prizes to be Won

 

Click here for more details

http://www.pafa.org.au/PID61.html 

 

Hurry Limited tickets left

Advance Booking: $15 per person ($45 for family of Four)

Tickets can be bought either online or

from the

PAFA executive committee

 

 

Tickets are also be available at 

 

Bharat International Belconnen

 

Exotic Spice centre Belconnen

 

 

Contact PAFA executive committee for tickets:

 

Khawar Saleem Khan - President
Adnan Bukhari - Vice President
Sohail Khalid Cheema - Secretary
Mohammad Usman Khawaja - Treasurer

Sohail Lon - Executive Member
Rizwan Pasha - Executive Member
Ameer Ahmed Awan - Executive Member
Shahzad Mazhar - Executive Member

 

Tickets can also be bought through Online Bank Transfers or through PayPal

 

You can use Online Banking and transfer the Admission fee of $15 for per person or $45.00 for a family of four persons.

Please book in advance and save, as the gate admission fee on the day will be $20.00 per person, no family discount available) 

 

Send us your Online receipt and application form via email or via normal post. Please give 48 hours for bank transfer transactions to go through.

All receipts and enquiries must be sent to PID@pafa.org.au

 

PAFA BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS:

Account Name: Pakistan Australia Friendship Association

Bank: Commonwealth Bank

BSB: 062900 .. Account Number: 28031448

 

 

http://www.pafa.org.au/EC.htm

 

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Message from the Islamic Society of Belconnen

 

Friday Prayers – Spence

 

The Islamic Society of Belconnen and the Muslim community in Canberra are happy to announce the commencement of Friday prayers in Spence on 29 August 2008. The details are:

Venue: Spence Musallah

Address: 55 Crofts Crescent, Spence ACT 2615

Prayer begins at: 1:00pm EST

Contact:  Osman  0400 767 705

 

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Message from Australian Muslim Voice Inc (AMV)

 

Australian Muslim Voice Inc. (AMV)
Bringing you the world of Islam


Ramadan Radio Broadcast 2008
FM 103.1

24 hours a day 7 days a week!

Broadcasting from 31 August to 5 October 2008




Programs include:

bullet

Athan (call to prayer) five times a day

bullet

Children's interactive live program in the afternoons

bullet

Youth interactive live program in the evening

bullet

Morning show with Irfan Yusuf - news, politics and comedy

bullet

The Life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

bullet

Famous women in Islam

bullet

Rights of men and women in marriage - an Islamic perspective

bullet

Music from the Muslim world

And so much more………….


The Executive of AMV would like to wish you and your family a Happy Ramadan.

 

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Message from CIT

 

CIT will offer a Professional Year in Computer Sciences program commencing September 2008 and concluding in August 2009. 

 

The program aims to give recent graduates holding a Skilled Graduate 485 visa or Bridging visa a competitive edge in gaining employment in the Australian ICT industry. The program offers practical training in Australian workplace culture and communication, and a professional internship with an Australian business or government organisation in the field of ICT.

The program components are:

·                                 Commencing Boot camp with the ACS and CIT
          (2 days - scheduled for 15 September 2008)

·                                 Australian Workplace Culture (130 hours)

·                                 Business and Professional Communications (130 hours)

·                                 Professional Work Experience Internship (220 hours over 12 weeks)

·                                 IT Governance, Ethics and Strategic Business Frameworks (ACS online program)

·                                 Concluding boot camp and graduation (2 days)

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The program also includes membership of the Australian Computer Society.

The cost of the Program is $12,000, payable in advance.

 

Additional information can be obtained from our website at http://www.cit.act.edu.au/news/professional_year_programs/ .  “

 

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Message from National Gallery of Australia

 

Upcoming Asia- Pacific Films at the National Gallery of Australia

In association with the exhibition Picture Paradise

FREE

James O Fairfax Theatre

National Gallery of Australia

Parkes Place, Parkes

 


 Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)

Saturday 30 August 1.30 pm

35 mm, 18 +, 65 mins.

A tragic tale of love denied, filmed in Bali. Special screening, print from UCLA Film and Television Archive, USA

 

 

Shadow Magic (2001)

Saturday 30 August 3 pm

DVD, PG, 115 mins. Ann Hu’s debut film tells the story of the culture clash in China when a foreigner introduced the first silent movies to Imperial Peking.

Print courtesy of the NFSA

 

In the Land of the War Canoes  (1914)

Sunday 31 August 1.30 pm

16 mm, 18 +, 47 mins, b. & w.

  A tribal story of love and revenge among the Kwakiutls of the Pacific NW coast, filmed by pioneer photographer Edward S Curtis

 

Pather Panchali (Song of the little road) (1956)

Sunday 31 August 3 pm

16 mm, G, 111 mins, b. & w., Bengali with English subtitles. Satyajit Ray’s film about a young boy growing up in rural Bengal.

Print courtesy of the NFSA

 

 

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