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- Attention Drivers! Want to learn how to save money and save gas? Don’t miss the EcoDriver Event coming up Saturday, November 29 at the Lakehead Labour Centre. EcoSuperior and DriveWise Driver Education invite you to learn all about eco-driving. Take part in a free presentation, try the driving simulator, and pick up your money-saving Block Heater Timer for just five dollars! It’s all happening Saturday, November 29 from noon till four pm at the Lakehead Labour Centre on Fort William Road. Presented by EcoSuperior and supported by the Ontario Ministry of Energy. For more details, call EcoSuperior at 624-2140 or visit www.ecosuperior.org

- Sleeping Children Awake is an award-winning docudrama outlining the history of the residential school system, and how it personally affected generations of First Nations.  Recollections and experiences from Residential School survivors and their families are bridged with dramatic excerpts from Shirley Cheechoo's autobiographical play, Path With No Mocassins.  Originally premiered at Lakehead University in 1992, it has recently been featured on CTV. Producer Rhonda Kara Hanah, and Residential School survivors Clara Quisess and Marena Loon will take questions after the conclusion of the film.

Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Where: Lakehead University Campus, University Centre (UC1017) (across from Security).

There is no cost to attend.  For more information, please contact Ashley Dokuchie at 766-7219.

The Global Conscience Circle (GCC)/Cercle de la Conscience Globale (CCG) is a charitable worldwide aid group that grew out of Thunder Bay's Lakehead University LU Team Africa(2000), LU Team China (2005), and LU Team India (2006).

The GCC/CCG will host an information table in the upcoming Vanderwees Greenhouse's First Christmas Craft Fair on Dec.6th & 7th