UBC Persian Club

UBCPC Endorsements for AMS Elections

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:46:22 +0000

As the voting ballots continue to cast UBC students’ votes for the AMS elections, UBC Persian Club announces its endorsements for the following candidates:

Vote Bahador Moosavi for AMS VP Academic and University Affairs

UBC Persian Club is proud to be supporting Bahador Moosavi to be elected as our AMS VP Academic and University Affairs in the upcoming year. Being a UBC Persian Club member himself, he has long been involved with activities concerning the Iranian students on campus and has contributed significantly to our community. One of his most major contributions to the Iranian community has been starting a successful campaign which eventually led to foundation of “Iranian Studies and Persian Language Initiative” at UBC. Bahador has also been heavily involved with student teams and both AMS and GSS in the past. As Bahador is in one of most contested races this year and really needs our support, we would like to strongly encourage our members and the Iranian student body to support Bahador in this campaign, both as a passionate Iranian and a great leader (not mentioning his extraordinary acting and singing talents)!

Check out Bahador’s website, and show your support on his campaign facebook event!

Vote Malileh Noghrekar for UBC Senate

Having served as president of our club for almost a year, Malileh has now taken a bigger step towards contributing to the Iranian community, as well as the UBC student body, in a larger scale. Malileh’s leadership skills and vision for positive change does not need much elaboration on, as it is quite evident in the performance of the club in the past year. We believe that her exposure to issues concerning Iranian students can make her a great representative of the Iranian community in Senate; and her passion, original ideas and effective leadership abilities will much be appreciated on our student Senate. We passionately ask our members and the Iranian community to support Malileh and vote for her as our representative on Senate.

Check our Malileh’s website, and join her campaign on facebook!

UBC Persian Club Endorsements for AMS President/Board of Governors Candidates

UBC Persian Club would also like to announce its full endorsement of the AMS President Candidate, Matt Parson and Board of Governors candidates, Sumedha Sharma and Tagg Jefferson in the Elections. Matt, Sumedha and Tagg have proven to be passionate and caring about student and club issues and are willing to work with us in issues concerning the Iranian community on campus. We encourage our members to vote for Matt, Sumedha and Tagg as their AMS President and representatives on Board of Governors. We would also like to mention and thank another BoG candidate, Mike Silley, who has contributed significantly to the student body in the past year in his role as AMS VP Administration.

Voting Period: January 23rd at 12:01am until Friday, January 27th at 5:00pm
Location: Online!
If you are a UBC Student and haven’t voted yet, please VOTE TODAY!

A Night with Hossein Amanat

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:48:19 +0000

Hossein Amanat established his reputation as a young graduate in 1966 by winning a nationwide competition to design the Shahyad Freedom Monument (Azaadi Square) in Tehran, which has since become the symbol of modern Iran. This first architectural project led to the opportunity to create some of Iran’s most prestigious modern buildings including handicraft centres, universities, libraries and a town on the Caspian Sea. He also designed the embassy of Iran in Beijing, one of the distinguished buildings in the diplomatic quarter of that city.

Since moving to Canada in 1980, Hossein’s practice has expanded and diversified. He has designed the World Administrative Center of the Baha’i Faith in Haifa, Israel, university libraries and factories in China, mixed-use high-rise buildings in San Diego, residential condominiums in Santa Monica, a temple in Samoa, religious and cultural centers near Dallas, Seattle and Washington, D.C. and residential dwellings in Canada and California. He recently completed a transit-oriented mixed commercial and residential high-rise project along the Vancouver mass-transit line.

In all his projects, Amanat demonstrates his particular skill for the application and combination of diverse cultural themes in the creation of distinctive designs. He has received numerous design awards and has lectured extensively on art and architecture at cultural and educational institutions and conferences.

Join us for a night of interactive lecture and talk with Hossein Amanat and find out more about his works, experiences and vision and perspectives on architecture.

Lecture is free and open to the public. This lecture is presented in English.
Please note that this event is on the basis of first-come, first-served and is going to start right at 6:30pm.

Date: Jan 30th, 2012
Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: UBC Robson Square – Downtown Vancouver
Event’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/164659110304023/

Proudly hosted and co-sponsored by “UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture” and “UBC Persian Club”.

Yalda Night Celebration

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:40:25 +0000

The University of British Columbia Persian Club invites students and Iranians to get together and celebrate the longest night of the year.
UBC Persian club is proud to present Yalda night accompanied by eminent figures in the field of Iranian culture and arts. Your presence is crucial since it would be a support to help us keep our ancient culture alive.
The Ceremony is as follows:

A brief talk about Yalda night and its significance in Iranian Culture
Declaiming Hafez Poems
Shahnameh Story-telling
Persian Traditional/Folklore music performed by UBC Persian ensemble
Serving of traditional dried fruit and pastry specific to Yalda night

The programs will be both in Farsi and English.

Date: Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011
Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm
Location: UBC Graduate Student Society Building
Tickets: $30 (Public), $25 (Students), $20 (UBCPC Members)

To RSVP your ticket please fill out this form and we will contact you shortly.

Event’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/220558311351493/

Special Thanks to Department of Asian Studies (Iranian Language and Persian Studies Initiative) and UBC Persian Music Ensemble

Parvaz Homay & Mastan Ensemble in Vancouver

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:04:57 +0000

Parvaz Homay and Mastan Ensemble are coming back to Vancouver for another excellent performance; bringing us pure soul of traditional Iranian music.

UBC Persian Club is proud to be part of this great event and would like to invite all of you to join us and enjoy a night of exquisite traditional Iranian music. The event also showcases an exhibition of Persian Calligraphy by Master Esrafil Shirchi.

Date: Saturday, Nov 26, 2011
Time: 7:30pm-10:00pm
Location: UBC Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Tickets: Starting from $40

Note: UBC Persian Club members are entitled to a discount on their tickets. For more info please email us at: info@ubcpc.com or call 778-822-6254.

Event’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/260927610608836/

Fall 2011 AGM + Persian Pit Night!

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:29:48 +0000

Join us at UBC Persian Club’s Fall 2011 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and After-Party (Persian Pit Night) for a fun night with your fellow UBCPCers.

If you want to know more about the club, get more heavily involved, speak out about your innovative ideas, meet and challenge your executive team or simply have a fun night with your fellow students, this is the right place for you!

Fall 2011 AGM is club-wide meeting where executives give their reports about recent developments and achievements of the club and plans for the months to come; and members get an opportunity to raise their concerns, questions and suggestions about the club.

Later at night we will head to the the PitPub to celebrate a half-term of hard work and fun!

Date: Thursday, Nov 10, 2011
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm (AGM) + 9:00pm-1:00am (After-Party)
Location: AMS Council Chamber (AGM) + Pit Pub (After-Party)
Tickets: Free Admission!

Event’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117216195056051

AGM Agenda:
Please download the agenda from here.

Constitution:
You can access the current and proposed versions of our constitution from the links below:
Constitution-current
Constitution-proposed

Elections (VP Internal):
As we currently have an unfilled position of “Vice-President Internal” for the club, the election for intermediary VP Internal will take place in our AGM on Thursday. Please send us an email at info@ubcpc.com with your name if you would like to run for this position. You can also include a brief description about yourself to be put here on our website.
The people who are currently running for VP Internal position are:
1. Amir Asghari

Poetry Night with Houshang Ebtehaj (Saayeh) – 2nd event

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:35:02 +0000

As you may know, the event “Poetry Night with Houshang Ebtehaj (Saayeh)” was sold out on September 18th. Due to the large demand from the community and increasing interest in this event, UBC Asian Studies Department (Persian Language and Iranian Studies Initiative) in collaboration with UBC Persian Club planned to host a second poetry night with Mr. Ebtehaj, and Saayeh kindly agreed to it.

This effort has been made in hopes of giving another opportunity to those who were unable to obtain their tickets for the first event; to come and spend a night with Saayeh and celebrate Iranian poetry with the rest of us.

This event is to be held on Thursday, September 29th, 2011 at UBC Point Grey Campus. As tickets are going away very quickly, please make sure to act fast and get your tickets as soon as possible to avoid later disappointments.

You can reserve your tickets online by filling up this form.

Also, you can come to UBC Persian Club’s new office at the SUB (Student Union Building) to pick up your tickets. We will be in our office on Monday and Tuesday from 2pm-4pm to serve you with the tickets.

Come join us for a night of literature, art and love:

Date: Thursday Sep 29th, 2011
Time: 7pm – 10pm
Venue: Room 100 – Wesbrook Building, University of British Columbia (Point Grey Campus) (Click on the link for directions)
Admission: $10

Co-organized by: UBC Asian Studies Department (Persian Language and Iranian Studies Initiative) and UBC Persian Club

Poetry Night with Houshang Ebtehaj (Saayeh)

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:47:34 +0000

Having dedicated himself to his art for six decades, Sayeh (Amir Houshang Ebthaj) has shown great perseverance in writing unfettered poems. A renowned poet of conscience, he has been an inspirational and unstoppable force for his country and its people in the age of totalitarian governments exercising brutal and vicious political, social and religious control over Iranian citizens. His deceptively simple poems – loaded with sublime allegories, penetrating ironies, visual images, sober elegies, literary allusions and masterly juxtapositions – evoke powerful mental pictures. The wide spectrum of his poetic work ranges from classic rhymed lyrics (ghazals) to modern blank verse delving into the Iranian psyche.
For an unforgettable meditative experience of joy and beauty, come to Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave. West Vancouver, on September 25 for an evening of music and poetry with this iconic Persian poet.
Date: Sep 25
Time: 8:00pm – 10:30pm
Location: Kay Meek Centre
Event’s Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=245065835531060
(Note: Act fast if you want to be there; as tickets’ availability is VERY LIMITED).

PS: This event is now sold out. Please see “Poetry Night with Houshang Ebtehaj (Saayeh) – 2nd Event @ UBC“

Piano Pinnacle in Concert

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:06:22 +0000

Pianists Deborah Grimmett, and Iman Habibi perform works for piano duo (two pianos, four hands), by Mozart, Brahms, Arensky, and Rachmaninoff, as well as ten brand new Canadian compositions written specifically for this event.

Repertoire:

Mozart – Sonata for two pianos in D major, K.448
Arensky – Suite No. 1, op. 15
Brahms – Variations on St. Anthony Chorale (commonly known as Variations on a Theme by Haydn)
Rachmaninoff – Russian Rhapsody

The following ten Canadian works were selected to be performed as a result of Piano Pinnacle’s 2011 nationwide call for scores:

John Baker – Four Beads
John Alexander Blyth – Duo Urge
Diane Chouinard – Duo Scherzino
Craig Day – Off to the Races
Frank Levin – Taraval Street Rag
James O’Callaghan – Aquifer
John Oliver – Birds at Play on a Sunny Windy Day
Martin Ritter – Overdrive
Drew Redman – Clothed to Naked Eye
Saman Shahi – Nasim

There will be some exciting door prizes, and a reception following the concert.

For tickets, and more information, please visit:
http://www.pianopinnacle.com/

This event is proudly sponsored by UBC Persian Club.

UBCPC Grouse Grind

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:15:53 +0000

Feel like you’re not fully enjoying Vancouver’s lovely summer weather?

Join in our weekly Grouse Grind hiking program and enjoy the nice weather, incredible scenery and the group-hiking with fellow UBCPCers!

Every Sunday morning, we will gather in the warm-up space at the base of the mountain and will warm ourselves up for 30 minutes and then hit the Grouse at 9. Please Note that we start hiking right at 9:00am; so, please be on time, or else you would have to climb it all by yourself!

Also, you can join our Facebook Grouse Grind Group to cheer up and upload your pictures!

Beautiful Vancouver from up there!

Location: Grouse Grind Warm-up Space
Date: Every Sunday Morning until it gets to cold to climb!
Time: 9:00am ~ 11:00am (it may take more or less time depending on our hiking speed!)

UBCPC 2011 Election Results

Author — Thu, 26 May 2011 06:10:29 +0000

Hi All!

First of all, we would like to thank all of you who came out and voted for your next year executive officers. Your concern and commitment is greatly appreciated and we hope that our work in UBCPC can be a good measure of our appreciation to your trust.

The results of the election are as followed. Congratulations to all the successful candidates and thanks to all of those who ran for the executive positions:

President:
Malileh Noghrehkar

VP Finance:
Navid Fattahi

VP External:
Niv Nikaein

Sports Rep:
Yazdan Tavakkoli

Cultural Rep:
Yasamin Keshmiri

Social Rep:
Delaram Behnami

Secretary:
Sadaf Fazel

Also, we are pleased to announce that one of the members of UBCPC, Alireza Ahmadian, was nominated and elected to join the executive committee as a Member At Large.

Once again, congratulations to our new executive officers and a big thank-you to all of our dedicated members who showed their support by coming out and voting in our election.