It is that time of year- school is almost done for the semester and with your feedback we have picked a date for the holiday party.

We are having an Ugly Sweater Holiday Party in Support of the Ottawa Food Bank.

Find your *ugliest* sweater and raid your cupboards of *non-perishable food items* (or make a trip to your local grocery store) and get ready to have some fun. We are asking students to bring 3 cans of food as admission to help us beat our goal of 150 pounds raised last year, the donations will be matched by the CGSA Executive.

Light snacks and refreshments will be served and prizes will be presented for most donations, ugliest sweater, most creative and MORE!

*The Nitty-Gritty Details: *

When: December 11th @ 8 pm

Where: 169 Lees Ave Apt# 414 (Home of the CGSA President)

Admission: 3 Cans of Non- perishable food items (To be matched by the CGSA Executive)

Light Snacks & Refreshments will be served!

There will be PRIZES!!!!!! (Who doesn’t like prizes)

Join us for the inaugural Intercom – a lunchtime speaker series at uOttawa:

Journalism and freedom of the media in Afghanistan

Maisam Najafizada is an M.A. candidate at the University of Ottawa. He will be speaking on his experiences as a journalist in Afghanistan, journalism before and after 9/11, as well as negotiating freedom of the media.

Maisam worked as a media monitor the BBC in Afghanistan for six years. He was also a freelance journalist for various international organizations including, Der Spiegel Magazine and the Christian Science Monitor. He has an MD from the medical school of Balkh University in northern Mazar-e Sharif city.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Brooks Residence, Room 202
100 Thomas-More
12:00 – 1:30pm

Intercom is an opportunity for anyone (students, faculty, professionals) from the communication community to gather over lunch, present papers, get feedback, network, and exchange ideas. Organized by a group of graduate students from the Department of Communication, Intercom is an excellent opportunity for students and professionals doing interdisciplinary communication research to discuss new ideas while giving feedback on others’ work.

Hidden Resources on Campus Highlights:

On October 27th, the CGSA hosted its first academic seminar of the school year! We had three wonderful guest speakers. Olivia from the writing help centre and Louise & Consuela from the Grad Mentoring Centre. Here are just a few quick highlights if you missed the session. http://cgsa-aedc.ca/blog/

Reminder: Food donations needed!

Please help us out. The CGSA is organizing a food drive to support the Ottawa Food Bank. Last year was a success as we raised over 150 lbs of food, 50 lbs over our goal. This year will be bigger and better than ever! We have raised our goal for this year to 150 pounds of food. Again this year, the CGSA executive will match contributions made to the drive.

Please drop off any food at either location: 200 Wilbrod Street or 554 King Edward. There are boxes set-up for your donations.