Association of Latin-American Students (A.L.A.S) - UBC
Vancouver-Canada
Contents
1. ALAS Cultural Coordinator’s Welcome Message
2. Faces of Latin-America:
* Music:
* Literature:
* Science:
* UBC:
3. Highlight: Latin Cultural event in Vancouver
3. Highlight: Latin Cultural event in Vancouver
1. Welcome Message
As a cultural coordinator of the ALAS-UBC Club, I am pleased to introduce you to the first Cultural newsletter.
As a cultural coordinator of the ALAS-UBC Club, I am pleased to introduce you to the first Cultural newsletter.
Through a wide variety of videos and articles, the main objective of this newsletter is to increase awareness among the UBC community about Latin-American people, who are (or were) revolutionizing the world with their great achievements in arts, culture and science locally and internationally.
In an easy and interactive manner you will also discover the different aspects of our beautiful Latin-American culture you might not have known before; at the end, I can assure you will feel really inspired and proud of it!
You are welcome to share this with your friends and family. Additionally, if you know of an outstanding Latin American person you would like to be showcased in future newsletters, don't hesitate to send me their name and all other relevant information to: olguis60@hotmail.com.
Lastly, I sincerely hope you like this newsletter, it was made for you… Enjoy it!
OLGA M. PENA (ALAS-Cultural Coordinator)
2. Faces of Latin-America
* MUSIC:
Maestro Jose Antonio Abreu and his pupil Gustavo Dudamel: Let's bring music to kids worldwide (TED Prize winner!)
Jose Antonio Abreu is the charismatic founder of a youth orchestra system that has transformed the lives of thousands of kids in Venezuela. Here he shares his amazing story and unveils a TED Prize wish that could have a big impact in the US and beyond.
The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema. Led here by Gustavo Dudamel, they play Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, 2nd movement, and Arturo Márquez' Danzón No. 2. You can be a witness of this amazing work...
News source: TED.Com
* LITERATURE:
Mario Vargas LLosa - Literature Nobel Prize Winner in Literature 2010
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer is the sixth Latin-American winner of this prize after:
- Octavio Paz (Mexican, 1990)
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombian, 1982)
- Pablo Neruda (Chilean, 1971)
- Miguel Angel Asturias (Guatemalean, 1967)
- Gabriela Mistral (Chilean, 1945)
Vargas Llosa has written more than 30 novels, plays and essays. He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".
Some of his famous works include novels such as The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros, literally The City and the Dogs, 1963/1966, The Green House (La casa verde, 1965/1968), and the monumental Conversation in the Cathedral (Conversación en la catedral, 1969/1975). He writes prolifically across an array of literary genres, including literary criticism and journalism. His novels include comedies, murder mysteries, historical novels, and political thrillers. Several, such as Captain Pantoja and the Special Service (1973/1978) and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1977/1982), have been adapted as feature films.
Here you can listen to his speech named "Elogio a la literature y la ficcion" given in Stockholm the day he received the Nobel Prize. In this you can know first hand about his life and the different facts that inspire him through his career.
News Source: BBC News, Wikipedia and Youtube websites.
* SCIENCE:
Dr. Maria Alejandra Bravo - L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science 2010
Dr. Bravo is a Mexican Biochemist awarded for her work on bacterial toxins that act as a powerful insecticides. She works at the Institute of Molecular Microbiology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). She is a clear example of perseverance and an inspiration for scientists in Latin-American countries to pursuit science research in problems that affect their own regions.
Dr. Bravo is a Mexican Biochemist awarded for her work on bacterial toxins that act as a powerful insecticides. She works at the Institute of Molecular Microbiology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). She is a clear example of perseverance and an inspiration for scientists in Latin-American countries to pursuit science research in problems that affect their own regions.
News Source: Loreal-UNESCO Awards and Youtube websites.
* UBC:
Dr. Julio Montaner - Clinical Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Argentine-Canadian Dr. Julio Montaner, received his MD with Honors in 1979 at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1981, he joined the University of British Columbia. Dr. Montaner has published extensively with regard to respiratory complications of AIDS and antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection. Of note, he pioneered the use of adjunctive corticosteroids for AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Later on, his work has played a significant role in establishing the relationship between the development of HIV resistance to nucleoside analogues and clinical progression of the disease. He has also received numerous awards for his research work, including the $1,000,000 (CDN) Distinguished Researcher Award in HIV in 2002. Dr. Montaner is currently an elected member of the Council of the International AIDS Society.
News Source: BC Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Youtube websites .
3. Highlight: Latin Cultural Event
The National Folkloric Ballet of Chile comes to Vancouver
Since 1965 BAFONA (National Folkloric Ballet of Chile) has delivered world-class performances to more than 13 million spectators in over 600 cities in Chile, Latin America, United States, Europe, Russia, China, Malaysia and Japan.
The Canadian Tour will be composed of 19 Dancers, 15 Musicians and 4 Tech Staff Members with a repertoire of 45 choreographic pieces. Given that is BAFONA’s debut performance in Canada, you will experience the extraordinary!
They will be in Vancouver October 6th – 7pm at the Queen Elizabeth Theater
To buy tickets click here
Watch a sample of this spectacular show...
