Upcoming Events and Activities

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		1 Baby Chat: Language Development in Babies 10:00 AM Baby Chat: Language Development in Babies Mar 1 @ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Tickets Language development in babies Join us virtually on Tuesday, March 1, for an informal, online session with speech-language pathologist, Geneviève Fily-Paré. Come and learn about language development in babies and how you can best stimulate your little ones’ learning. Bring Workplace Issues and COVID-19 10:00 AM Workplace Issues and COVID-19 Mar 1 @ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Tickets Join Éducaloi for an online workshop looking at workplace issues in Quebec surrounding COVID-19 including: Working from home Vaccinations Enforcing office safety protocols And more… Click here to register. This event was made possible with the financial support of the	2 Cancelled: Top tips from a doula for a positive childbirth 6:30 PM Cancelled: Top tips from a doula for a positive childbirth Mar 2 @ 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Tickets We are sorry but we have had to cancel this event due to low registrations. We hope to be able to offer it again in the future. In this short but information packed virtual workshop, certified doula Camille Nadeau will	3	4 NEW! ELLEvating Women Entrepreneurs (Workshop) 1:00 PM NEW! ELLEvating Women Entrepreneurs (Workshop) Mar 4 @ 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Tickets Are you a woman entrepreneur looking for support to start or expand your business? Do you want to be part of a supportive community, be inspired, and elevated throughout your entrepreneurial journey? If you answered yes to these questions, you’re Winter walk for parents and tots at Bois-de-Coulonge 1:30 PM Winter walk for parents and tots at Bois-de-Coulonge Mar 4 @ 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets Embrace winter and join us for a great walk in the park! Please join us in the great outdoors for a refreshing walk with your little one(s). This will be a great opportunity to connect with other English-speaking parents outdoors Replay – Virtual Game Night 8:00 PM Replay – Virtual Game Night Mar 4 @ 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM Tickets Here we go again! The Morrin Centre, The South Shore English Network and VEQ are proud to invite you once again to a Virtual Game Night, hosted by Jeanne Lebossé-Gautron from the Morrin Centre! Join us on Zoom, and get	5
6	7 Local Vocals Meeting 3:00 PM Local Vocals Meeting Mar 7 @ 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tickets Warm up your vocal chords! Join the Local Vocals choir every Monday starting February 14th through September 26th!	8	9	10 Leveraging Your LinkedIn Part 2 Networking & Feedback Session 6:30 PM Leveraging Your LinkedIn Part 2 Networking & Feedback Session Mar 10 @ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Tickets Increase your LinkedIn connections! VEQ is pleased to host YES Employment + Entrepreneurship again for the second part of our FREE online workshop series about LinkedIn. In this interactive session, you will: Exchange feedback with fellow returning (or new!) participants In These Spaces – Book Conservation 7:30 PM In These Spaces – Book Conservation Mar 10 @ 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Tickets What is the difference between preservation and conservation? If mold or signs of an insect infestation are found in a book, what can be done to prevent it from spreading through a collection? What material is typically found when examining EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together 8:00 PM EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together Mar 10 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets Join our EPIQ hosts for an Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together. Getting Through It Together wishes to create a familiar place to allow parents to be heard, feel connected and maybe have a laugh. If you choose, come	11 Online Kahoot: French expressions 8:00 PM Online Kahoot: French expressions Mar 11 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets When learning a new language, it is inevitable to sometimes get lost in translation. My beginnings in French were quite hilarious and often embarrassing, but at least it made me giggle. I remember that at first, I used to	12 A Curling Morning (Newcomers Event) *POSTPONED* 10:00 AM A Curling Morning (Newcomers Event) *POSTPONED* Mar 12 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Tickets An activity for those who would like to learn a new winter sport or those who would like to show off their skills. Voice of English-speaking Québec is renting two areas for four teams of four people each to Library Workshop: Exploring Libby and OverDrive in Depth 4:00 PM Library Workshop: Exploring Libby and OverDrive in Depth Mar 12 @ 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Tickets Did you know that you can highlight your favourite passages while reading an e-book, change the speed at which you listen to an audiobook, or even alter the font size to suit your preferences on Libby, the OverDrive ebook reader Shannon Irish Show – Online 7:30 PM Shannon Irish Show – Online Mar 12 @ 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Tickets Happy St. Patrick’s Day! VEQ invites you to view the commemorative Shannon Irish Show celebrating the 70th anniversary of Shannon — on the town’s 75th anniversary! Join us online on March 12th at 7:30 p.m. for a Shannon Irish Show
13	14 Local Vocals Meeting 3:00 PM Local Vocals Meeting Mar 14 @ 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tickets Warm up your vocal chords! Join the Local Vocals choir every Monday starting February 14th through September 26th!	15 Landlords and Tenants: Rights and Responsibilities 2:00 PM Landlords and Tenants: Rights and Responsibilities Mar 15 @ 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets Join Éducaloi for an online workshop to learn about Landlord and Tenant Rights and Responsibilities including: Leases Pets Deposits Discrimination in housing Landlord rights and responsibilities Tenant rights and responsibilities and more… ** This workshop is now full and registration In These Spaces – Acoustics 7:30 PM In These Spaces – Acoustics Mar 15 @ 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Tickets Come enjoy a string quartet concert and learn more about the ins and outs of acoustics in this presentation with professional musicians Ryan Molzan, Isaac Chalk, Brett Molzan, and Alexandre Sauvaire. This virtual conference will be broadcasted from our College	16 CHEP Diabetes Type 1 and 2 (hosted by ECO-02) 10:00 AM CHEP Diabetes Type 1 and 2 (hosted by ECO-02) Mar 16 @ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Tickets Diabetes 101-Everything You Need You Know Our presenter: Jennifer Hobbs-Robert Senior Advisor for Community Health Promotion Programs Sponsored and Hosted By: ECO-02 This presentation will focus on the basics of diabetes, a common health challenge. More specifically, participants will learn: Self-Compassion as key to personal and interpersonal change 1:30 PM Self-Compassion as key to personal and interpersonal change Mar 16 @ 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets Everyone has strengths – and vulnerabilities. And we all struggle and make mistakes. Typically we react by blaming and criticizing ourselves. Join us to discuss how self-compassion gives us the safety to flourish in the midst of difficulty. Through discussion of QCWC-Factors that affect our hunger, our food choices, and our weight 7:00 PM QCWC-Factors that affect our hunger, our food choices, and our weight Mar 16 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Tickets Please join us for an online presentation on Factors that affect our Hunger, our Food Choices, and our Weight – QCWC 2021 bursary recipient: Inès Auclair Mangliar Have you ever considered the internal and external factors that surround nutrition? In	17 The Morrin Centre – Pixel & Pages Book Club Meeting 7:30 PM The Morrin Centre – Pixel & Pages Book Club Meeting Mar 17 @ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Tickets Interested in discussing literature with other book lovers? Missing connecting over books in the Library? Come join Pixels & Pages, the Morrin Centre’s new online book club! Next Meeting: Thursday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. Book Selection for March: Please EPIQ Get your green on! Green thumb planting event 8:00 PM EPIQ Get your green on! Green thumb planting event Mar 17 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets This St. Patrick’s Day, get your green on with us and start thinking about your summer garden! Yes, there is still snow on the ground, but it’s never too early to start thinking about planting. Sign up before March 4th	18	19
20	21 Local Vocals Meeting 3:00 PM Local Vocals Meeting Mar 21 @ 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tickets Warm up your vocal chords! Join the Local Vocals choir every Monday starting February 14th through September 26th!	22 Family Separation and the Mediation Process 7:00 PM Family Separation and the Mediation Process Mar 22 @ 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Tickets Do you have questions about separation or divorce? Family separation can be a complicated and emotional process that differs widely between countries and other Canadian provinces. Join family mediator Carmen Cameron, M.S.W., t.s. in this online workshop to learn more	23 Prep for a Job Interview hosted by the FORT program 5:00 PM Prep for a Job Interview hosted by the FORT program Mar 23 @ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Tickets The moment of truth has come. You sent your CV and cover letters and now you are being called for an interview… In other circumstances, you would be relatively nervous, but you are now living in Québec City and chances	24 In These Spaces – History of Surgery 7:30 PM In These Spaces – History of Surgery Mar 24 @ 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Tickets Where does modern surgery as we know it come from? The answer lies in history. The history of modern surgery revolves around three themes: first, the changes in the understanding of the body and its diseases; second, the development of EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together 8:00 PM EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together Mar 24 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets Join our EPIQ hosts for an Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together. Getting Through It Together wishes to create a familiar place to allow parents to be heard, feel connected and maybe have a laugh. If you choose, come	25 Spring walk for parents and tots on the Plains of Abraham 10:00 AM Spring walk for parents and tots on the Plains of Abraham Mar 25 @ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Tickets Embrace the start of spring and join us for a walk in the park! Please join us in the great outdoors for a refreshing walk with your little one(s). This will be a great opportunity to connect with other English-speaking	26 It’s Sugar Shack Season (for NEWCOMERS) 10:00 AM It’s Sugar Shack Season (for NEWCOMERS) Mar 26 @ 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM Tickets Don’t ruin your appetite! We are going to Sucrerie Blouin to savour a scrumptious québecois brunch! VEQ will provide transportation from its offices to the sugar shack (in Île d’Orléans) and back to the office. We are scheduled to
27	28 Local Vocals Meeting 3:00 PM Local Vocals Meeting Mar 28 @ 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tickets Warm up your vocal chords! Join the Local Vocals choir every Monday starting February 14th through September 26th!	29 Café au Lait Crew Online 1:30 PM Café au Lait Crew Online Mar 29 @ 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets Important update: With your health and safety at heart, Café au lait will be held virtually until further notice. Join the Café au lait Crew from the comfort of your home via videoconference. This is a relaxing, embracing space where you can benefit from parent-to-parent In These Spaces – History of Capital Punishment in Quebec 7:30 PM In These Spaces – History of Capital Punishment in Quebec Mar 29 @ 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Tickets In May 2019, the Morrin Centre launched a new permanent exhibit on capital punishment in Quebec from the Conquest to 1960. Less than a year later, the pandemic restricted public access to the exhibit and the accompanying multimedia tour, a	30 Managing emotions to be responsive vs. reactionary 1:30 PM Managing emotions to be responsive vs. reactionary Mar 30 @ 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets Join our guest speaker Jeanni Potter as she helps us navigate the world of our emotions. Jeanni is an experienced therapist, counsellor, workshop leader, regional newspaper writer/photographer, and mom. Feeling our emotions is key to understanding ourselves and others. They’re	31

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