{"id":81,"date":"2022-10-09T20:13:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T20:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2024-01-27T22:53:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T22:53:13","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Events<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Upcoming events<\/h3>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">February 9th, 2024:<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> First-Generation\/working-class students in higher education conference<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>First-Generation\/Working-Class Students in Higher Education: Understanding their Experiences, their Struggles, and their Strategies to Mitigate Potential Disadvantages in Order to Foster Success<\/li>\n<li>REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventcreate.com\/e\/first-gen-conference-uvic\">RSVP Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Student Union Building (SUB), Mich\u00e8le Pujol room, 8:30 am to 7:00 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Past events<\/h3>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">January 23rd, 2024:<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0First in Class BOOK CLUB<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Together we will read the book &#8220;Limbo&#8221; by Al Lubrano. He is one of our plenary speakers at the conference and has written an amazing book filled with the stories of first-gen people across the lifespan and their diverse journeys from &#8220;blue collar roots&#8221; to &#8220;white collar dreams&#8221;, in his words.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Bob Wright Centre,\u00a0 5:00 pm -7:00 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">December 15th, 2023 : <\/span><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Advisory panel<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>First meeting of the advisory panel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: University Club 12:00pm &#8211; 2:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">December 1st, 2023 :<\/span> CRAFTERNOON<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Craft activities to unwind<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: COR A316, 5:00pm &#8211; 7:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">November 30th, 2023 : <\/span>Faculty gathering<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Grad House Restaurant, 5-7pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">October 30th, 2023 :<\/span> 5 days of action<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>First in Class cosponsored a poetry event during the week of 5 Days of Action<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Outside Harry Hickman Building, 3:00pm &#8211; 4:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">October 12th, 2023 : <\/span><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Music bingo<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>We will be holding a session of Music Bingo for first generation students and faculty members<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Bob Wright Centre, Room B150,\u00a0 5:00 pm -7:00 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">September 8th, 2023 : <\/span>UVIC thunderfest<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>First in Class was present at UVIC Thunderfest to promote the mentorship program<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: UVIC Quad, 1:30pm &#8211; 3:30pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">March 23rd, 2023:<\/span> Get-together for mentors<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Grad lounge, 5-7pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">December 9th, 2022<\/span>: get together for mentors<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Grad lounge, 5-7pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">October 20th, 2022<\/span>: First-Generation Mentoring Program Meet and Greet<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: MacLaurin (MAC), Room A144 (David Lam Auditorium), 5:00pm -7:00 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events Upcoming events February 9th, 2024: First-Generation\/working-class students in higher education conference First-Generation\/Working-Class Students in Higher Education: Understanding their Experiences, their Struggles, and their Strategies to Mitigate Potential Disadvantages in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15946,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15946"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/firstgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}