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DESCRIPTION:Are you a BA student who is wondering what kind of job you can
 \nget when you graduate?  Are you sick of people asking you\nwhat you're g
 oing to do with your BA and even more frustrated by\nnot knowing how to an
 swer?\nThe AUS in collaboration with CaPs and the Dean of Arts\nDevelopmen
 t Fund brings you a series of workshops and panels titled\n'Work Your BA' 
 to show you and everyone else what you can do with\nyour degree. We'll be 
 bringing in CEO's\, entrepreneurs\,\npoliticians\, authors\, photographers
 \, and many more\nvarieties of professionals\, all with BAs to talk about 
 how they\nused their Bachelor of Arts to get where they are today.\nFor co
 mplete biographies of the panelists listed below\,\nplease click here.\n\n
 MONDAY\, JANUARY 25\, 2010\nWorkshop: Job Search Strategies for BA\nStuden
 ts\n11:30 am - 1:00 pm\, Brown 5001\nIdentify the transferable skills that
  your BA taught you\, along\nwith their implications for career choice and
  job search. You’ll\nlearn to recognize patterns of interests and work rel
 ated values\nthat will help you target appropriate jobs and employers.\nPa
 nel:  Working in Finance\, Banking & Business\nwith a BA\n5:30 pm - 7:30 p
 m\, Brown 5001\nAlthough you might not think of your BA as a ticket into t
 he\ncorporate world\, you might be surprised to realize that a good\nperce
 ntage of CEOs and Sr. Vice-Presidents of important companies\nhold a BA. C
 ome to this panel to find out how you can Work Your BA\ninto the world of 
 transactions.\nPANELISTS:\n\nMichael Penner\, CEO\, Richelieu Legwear (BA 
 History)\nJohn Paul Macdonald\, SR VP HR + P A\, Bombardier\nGenevieve Bic
 h\, Chief Talent Officer\, Dynamite\nBrigitte Simard\, Partner\, Korn Ferr
 y International (BA\nPsychology)\n\n\nTUESDAY\, JANUARY 26\, 2010\nPanel: 
 Working in the Public Sector\n11:30 am - 1:30 pm\, Brown 5001\nPublic serv
 ants\, MPs\, even the delegation to Copenhagen (ahem) –\nthese are the job
 s you could have. Come to our discussion on the\npublic sector to see wher
 e you can take your BA!\nPANELISTS:\n\nEleni Bakopanos\, Senior Director o
 f Government\nRelations\, 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ (BA Polical Science &\nHistory
 )\nEva Ludvig\, Commissioner's Representative\, Quebec\nRegion\nMonika Ada
 mowicz\, HR Directorate\, Justice Canada\n\n\nWEDNESDAY\, JANUARY 27\, 201
 0\n\nPanel: Public Relations\, Marketing & Communications\nwith a BA\n4:00
  pm - 6:00 pm\, Brown 3001\nYou know how to read\, write\, analyze\, and s
 ee the big picture.\nThese are the skills you need to work in the fast-pac
 ed world of\nPR\, Marketing and Communications. Come talk with 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ grad
 s\nworking in this sector to discover how you can tailor your degree\nand 
 your CV to break into this exciting career.\nPANELISTS:\n\nMiriam Martz\, 
 Marketing Specialist\, Evolving Web\nDaniel Goodfellow\, Youth Employment 
 Services Montreal\n(YES)\nMarie-Claude Savard\, Development and Alumni Rel
 ations\nAssociate\, Old Chancellor Day\n\n\nTHURSDAY\, JANUARY 28\, 2010\n
 Panel: Entrepreneurship as an Arts\nStudent\n4:30 pm - 6:30 pm\, Brown 500
 1\nThink about your limits. Now use your BA like a jackhammer and\nbreak t
 hose limits. That’s right\, Arts students are creative and\nmake some of t
 he best entrepreneurs in the world. Come to this\npanel to see what unique
  companies your fellow 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ BA grads have\nstarted and what you need to 
 get started.\nPANELISTS:\n\nCharles V. Bierbrier\, Brewmaster\, Bierbrier
 \nBrewery\nAlexander Hamilton Eberts\, Akoha\nMelanie Notkin\, Savvy Aunti
 e\nRaymond Luk\, Managing Director\, Flow Ventures\nRobert Kerr\, Owner an
 d Founder of Kerr Financial\n\n\nFRIDAY\, JANUARY 29\, 2010\nPanel: Creati
 vity\, Design &\nTechnology\n11:30 am - 1:30 pm\, Brown 5001\nWhoever said
  that technology and design was for engineers or\ncomputer scientists clea
 rly did not know 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ BA grads too well.\nWebsite\, graphic design\, and
  technological solutions can also be\nthe creative domain of BA students. 
 Come to this panel to discover\nhow to break into the ever growing field o
 f creativity\, design and\ntechnology.\nPANELISTS:\n\nWendy Kathryn Gold\,
  Design Consultant\nDavid Ticoll\, Chief Executive Director\, Canadian Coa
 lition for\nTomorrow’s ICT Skills\nDaniel Mercier\, Sales Director\, SAS\n
 \n\nMONDAY\, FEBRUARY 1\, 2010\nPanel: Writing\, Journalism & Editing\n4:0
 0 pm - 6:00 pm\, Brown 5001\nHave a knack for words? Does grammar get you 
 all excited? If\nwriting and editing is what tickles your fancy than you h
 ave no\nchoice but to come to this panel to engage with writers\,\njournal
 ists and editors to find out what it takes to become the\nnext Shakespeare
 .\nPANELISTS:\n\nGerald Wexler\, Script Writer\nAlexander Herman\, Writer/
 Author (BA Trinity College\nDublin\, LLB/BCL 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ)\nElie Moser\, Author 
 & Editor (BA Honours)\nPeggy Curran\, Reporter & Columnist\, The Gazette\n
 Stephanie Whitaker\, freelance journalist\nMike Boone\, Reporter & Columni
 st\, The Gazette\n\n\nTUESDAY\, FEBRUARY 2\, 2010\nPanel: Community & Acti
 vist Work at Home and\nAbroad\n4:00 pm - 6:00 pm\, Brown 5001\nThere’s a r
 eason why Bono is molto buono. In fact\, I’m pretty\nsure that the work he
  does is pro bono. Unfortunately\, he won’t be\nspeaking tonight. But if t
 his is the kind of work that you’re\ninterested in\, you should come to th
 is work shop! Community and\nactivist work at home and abroad!\nPANELISTS:
 \n\nShannon Ripley\, Communications Assistant\, Coop Coffees (BA\nLatin Am
 erican Studies\, 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ 2008)\nBree Akesson\, LMSW\, MPH\, former Public H
 ealth Volunteer\, PhD\ncandidate in Social Work (BA Sociology\, Columbia)
 \nNikki Bozinoff\, Health and Social Policy advocate\nSacha Jarvis\, MA Nu
 rsing candidate\, former CIDA intern in\nTanzania (joint BA-BSc\, Western)
 \n\n\nTHURSDAY\, FEBRUARY4\, 2010\nWorkshop: Next Steps:  Action Plan & To
 ols to\nWork Your BA\n11:30 am - 1:00 pm\, Brown 5001\nLearn how to compos
 e a more effective and tailored resume and\ndefine the essential component
 s of a cover letter. Interview\npreparation will also be covered and we’ll
  even start you off on an\naction plan!\nOn the Road - Alumni Art Event\n5
 :00 pm - 9:00 pm\, Arts Lobby\nOn The Road - A student produced and curate
 d art show that gives\nstudents a chance to meet 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Alumni working in 
 the realm of\nFine Arts.  The Fine Arts is a field that many know nothing
 \nabout. Come meet artists\, curators and other artsy professionals to\nfi
 nd out the different things that you can do with your passion for\nart.\n
 \nRegistration is required for all events by loging\ninto myFuture. \nFrom
  your homepage\, click on the 'Events' tab followed by the\n'Workshops' ta
 b and keyword search 'Arts/BA'.\n
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SUMMARY:Work Your BA Career Week
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