Tue Nov 04 16:00 to 17:00 at Grad Club PAW Council Meeting (Oct 07 meeting minutes; agenda items to Yara.Hosein@schulich.uwo.ca by Oct 28) Mon Oct 27 17:00 to 20:00 at Grad Club Halloween Social: Kids and partners welcome; pumpkin-carving; prizes for best costume; pizza for all; RSVP bwolfe8@uwo.ca by Oct 24 noon Postdoc Appreciation Week Please send your photos to William Lin for the PAW and NPA websites. Fri Sep 19 Register for Mitacs Workshop on Career Professionalism at UCC 147A from 08:30-16:30. 24 spots available and lunch provided. Register for a free Indian Buffet lunch at the Grad Club (Middlesex College) from 12:00-13:00 - look for PAW's reserved tables. Join us for a tour of local downtown pubs starting at Morrissey House at 20:00. Thu Sep 18 Register for a free Pilates class with Dr. Sherrilene Classen (Professor and Director of the School of Occupational Therapy) from 15:00-16:30pm at Western Rec Centre Studio #2 - Relieve stress and work off those nachos at the same time! RSVP by Sep 10 to bwolfe8@uwo.ca for Dinner at Under the Volcano at 18:30 - London's original Mexican restaurant. Wed Sep 17 Join us for Happy Hour nachos at the Grad Club from 16:30-18:00 Tue Sep 16 Register for panel talks on finding employment for postdocs and partners at UCC 147A at 12:30-13:00. Partners/spouses welcome. Lunch provided. Register for a soccer match at Practice Field North (across from Music and Labatt Health Sci) from 19:00-20:30 Mon Sep 15 Register for Postdoc orientation at Health Sci Addition H101 at 12:00-13:00 - Lunch provided. RSVP by Sep 11 to bwolfe8@uwo.ca for Dinner and Bowling at Palasad Adelaide at 18:30 - Half-price pizza and $1 games of bowling. Significant others welcome. Sun Sep 14 RSVP by Sep 05 to bwolfe8@uwo.ca for Family Outing at Storybook Gardens from 10:00-13:00 - Old McDonald's farm, rides, splash area, face painting, games, entertainment and beautiful gardens. $6/person with >20 people; $7.25/person otherwise; free for kids under 2. On LTC 5 Springbank bus route. Run and fundraise for our team for the Terry Fox Run on Sun Sep 14 - start and finish at UCC Concrete Beach; 5/10 km (bike, rollerblade, wheelchair); 09:00 and 13:00 start times. RSVP to bwolfe8@uwo.ca for Port Stanley Beach Day on Sat Aug 23 Register for the Summer BBQ on Thu Aug 14 12:00 to 13:30 at the Grad Club. Monthly social on Thu Aug 7 16:30 at the Grad Club PAINTBALL! July social event For the July postdoc social event, PAW is organizing a paintball night. When: Wednesday July 23rd from 8:00-10:00pm Where: Flagswipe indoor field, 529 Philip St, London, ON Cost: approximately $15-$20 per person depending on the number of people participating More information can be found at the following website: http://www.flagswipepaintball.com/index.html Please R.S.V.P. to Brigitte Cadieux (bcadieux@uwo.ca) by Thursday July 17th if you would like to join us.  Family and friends are welcome. Hope to see you on the field! Postdoc Happy Hour: June 5th, 4:30 pm at the Grad Club Come out and meet your fellow Western postdocs, snacks will be provided! June Social Event: Baseball Game June 15th, London Majors vs. Brantford Red Sox Pack the Park is being held on Sunday June 15th, 2014. Get free tickets to see the game (note, free tickets limited in number). The London Majors are hosting the Brantford Red Sox. As always, family and friends are welcome!  When: Sunday June 15th at 1:05 PM Where: Labatt Memorial Park, 25 Wilson Av. Cost: Might be FREE (8$ if Free tickets no longer available). RSVP: by Wednesday June 11th to bcadieux@uwo.ca so tickets can be reserved. For more information on the London Majors, following this LINK May Social Event: This month's social event will be a pub crawl and it will take place on Friday May 23rd starting at Milo's Craft Beer Emporium at 8:00pm.  Come join us as we tour some of the most popular pubs in London.  A tentative schedule is included below, although it is subject to change.  Depending on the interest, we could finish off the night with some dancing at the Thorny Devil Lounge.  If you want to join the group later in the evening, please RSVP at (bcadieux@uwo.ca) before the pub crawl begins so I can provide you with a phone number to contact throughout the night in order to find the group.  Significant others and friends are welcome, as long as they are 19 years old or older.  Remember to bring valid ID. Tentative schedule and locations: 8 pm: Milo's Craft Beer Emporium (420 Talbot Street) 9:30 pm: Chaucer's Pub (122 Carling Street) 10:30 pm: The Black Shire Pub (511 Talbot Street) 11:30 pm: Thorny Devil Lounge (398 Talbot Street) Postdoc happy hour at the Grad Club! Thursday May 8th at 4:30 pm April Social Event: April 26th, London Orchestra This month's social event will take place at the London Orchestra.  Canadian star pianist Angela Cheng performs Shostakovich’s spirited Piano Concerto No. 2, on an all-Russian program that also includes Tchaikovsky’s lyrical Symphony No. 1.  Significant others, friends and children are all welcome.  Please RSVP to bcadieux@uwo.ca by Sunday April 20th.  When: Saturday April 26th at 8:00pm Where: 609 Wellington Street, London, ON Cost: approximately $38.25 per ticket Details of the concert can be found at the following website: http://orchestralondon.ca/events/cheng-plays-shostakovich March Social Event: A truly Canadian experience!  Come and join us for a late brunch including pancakes, sausages, baked beans, potatoes and fruit salad and plenty of maple syrup to go with it.  You will also get the opportunity to see how maple syrup is made and horse drawn wagon rides through the maple tree forest will be available.  Significant others, friends and children are welcome.  Please reply by March 20th (at bcadieux@uwo.ca) if you are interested in joining us. When: Saturday March 22, 2014 at 1:30pm Where: McLachlan Family Maple Syrup Camp and Pancake House, 10279 Lamont Dr., Komoka, ON (http://mclachlansyrup.ca) Cost: 12$ 2014 Tax Session Presentation for Western Postdocs Famme & Co. Professional Corporation Presenation Monthly social: Thursday March 6th, 4:30 pm at that Grad Club. Snacks will be provided. Off Campus Social: Mykonos Greek Restaurant Come and join your fellow postdocs at our next social event which will be held at Mykonos Greek restaurant on Thursday Feb 27th at 7:00pm.  Significant others, friends and children are welcome.  Please RSVP by Feb 25th so reservations can be made. Location: Mykonos Greek Restaurant (572 Adelaide Street N) Time: February 27th at 7:00pm Cost: approximately 11$-26$/plate depending on what you order Filing Your Taxes - Information Session Famme & Co. Professional Corporation Chartered Accountants will provide an information session on how to file your income taxes for both Canadian and non-Canadian postdocs. Please register. http://grad.uwo.ca/events/?id=113 The tubing event at Boler Mountain is this Saturday.  Come out and join us at Boler Mountain.  We will meet at Boler mountain for 12:40pm.  Bus #5 (Springbank) stops at the mountain.  Rates: $18+HST per adult and $16+HST per child for 2 hours.  Significant others and children are welcome.  Please rsvp at bcadieux@uwo.ca Join us for our monthly PAW social at the Grad Club, Thursday January 9th at 4:30pm. Snacks will be provided.