WELCOME 2010/11

Sorry for our absence during the summer but there have been activities running in the background - get on our emailing list.

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Saturday September 11 10:45 am – BBQ on Toronto Island

To launch the new school year we’re having a BBQ on Toronto Island (more info here). Cost is $6.50 for Ferry. We’ll be having some good food, group games, contests, sports like volleyball and soccer. It’s a great place to put your feet in the water. If you have a bike bring it along – you can also rent a bike there on the Island or free from Bike chain at the UofT. (Details here)

Directions-take 509/510 streetcar from Union Station or the Spadina streetcar 510 Union. (or ride your bike down Bay street.) Get off at the corner of Bay St. and Queen’s Quay. Entrance to Ferry Dock is on the south side of Queen’s Quay, just west of the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. Meet at 10:45am outside the ferry entrance.

There will be some BBQ food will be provided but additional food contributions are welcome, for example corn, bread, snacks and thin sliced BBQ meats. Please bring your own drinks.

If you’re late, take the next ferry at 12:15 to Hanlan's Point do not take the other ferries!.

Please let us know if you’re coming so we can plan the food.

Tuesdays with Mark - Bible Study and Dinner – Every Tuesday from 6 to 8 pm starting Sept. 14

We’ll be meeting for food and discussion each Tuesday from 6 to 8 pm. We’ll start with a light dinner and then investigate the life of Jesus through the Gospel of Mark. The Multi-Faith Center (MFC/Koffler House), in the Multi-Purpose room on the 2nd floor is at 569 Spadina Ave.(east side), north of College Street, close to the Earth Sciences Library. It is at the intersection of Spadina and Bancroft Ave. Bancroft runs off Huron Street.

September 18 from 3 to 6 pm - Badminton and Table Tennis.

Meet at the Chinese Presbyterian Church (CPC), 177 Beverley Street, 2 blocks south of College Street and enter through the gym entrance on Baldwin Street. (See map above) Beverley Street is the continuation of St. George St. when it goes south of College. Bring your own racquet or use one of ours. Important – you must wear non-marking athletic shoes. We don’t want to leave black marks on the gym floor.

Friday September 24, 6pm - Potluck Dinner at Max and Mei Rideout’s

There’s a potluck party for international students at the home of Max and Mei Rideout. This is a good opportunity to meet some other international students and some native Canadians too. We will celebrate Chinese Midautumn Festival. (email or phone for directions)

A potluck is a party to which each guest brings some food to be shared. It is called “pot” because food is often brought in pots. It is called “luck” because if you are unlucky, everyone will bring the same thing and the meal will be very boring. But if you are very lucky everyone will bring something delicious and you will have a great meal! You could bring chips, drinks, desert, some fruit, appetizer or a main course.
Saturday September 25 11 am – Bike or Blade up the Don River

You need a bike or inline skates/roller blades .Contact Tony for details

Saturday October 2, 11 am – Tennis at Ramsden Park

Racquets provided. No charge for court use. Ramsden Park is across the street from Rosedale Subway station It is about 6 blocks north of Bloor Street on the west side of Yonge Street.

Saturday October 9 to Monday October 11 – International Thanksgiving

This will be a great chance to get out of the city and see the Fall Leaves of Muskoka and Algonquin Park.

We’ll leave Toronto at 9 am on Saturday morning. Our first stop will be the Norman Bethune House in Gravenhurst. We’ll have lunch there and tour the home of this famous Canadian. Then we’ll go on to Ontario Pioneer Camp for 2 pm. We’ll spend 2 nights there experiencing a traditional Canadian thanksgiving: · Enjoying the fall colours doing the Canadian thing of canoeing, hiking, mountain biking, campfire, and a traditional Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner with turkey.

On Monday we’ll leave for Algonquin to see more of the Fall Colours, hike to a scenic lookout and return to Toronto by 7 pm.

The cost is $165, which includes transportation, entrance to Algonquin Park and Norman Bethune house, 2 nights accommodation and all meals except Sat. lunch.

Please register with Tony or Max. The registration form is available here.