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EVENTS CALENDAR
MONTHLY EVENTS Make sure to stay up to date by visiting FernieFix.com/events. Send your events to krista@clarismedia.com for inclusion!
Wednesday 1.12.2021
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Bistro @ Parkplace Lodge now open for breakfast, 7-11am Youth Film Making Workshop: Level 1 @ The Arts Station
Thursday 2.12.2021
Fernie Ambassador Program @ College of the Rockies Booked! Steven Heighton @ Fernie Heritage Library, 7pm Print Making Holiday Cards @ The Arts Station Acid League Wine Tasting @ H Squared Gallery, two seetings
Friday 3.12.2021
Life Drawing @ The Arts Station Maddisun: Canadian Folk Music @ Kodiak Lounge
Fernie Pride - Rainbow Connecetions Holiday
Bath Bomb Making @ Soco Soaps Live Music: Sami Valavaara @ Loaf, 6pm
Saturday 4.12.2021
Opening Day @ Fernie Alpine Resort
Long Live Chainsaw: The Life and Legacy of
Stevie Smith @ The Vogue Theatre, 5:30pm Exhibit Opening: The Dragon Tamers @ The Fernie Museum Fernie Ghostriders Hockey Game @ Fernie Memorial Arena, 7:30pm Global Fat Bike Day @ Fernie Mountain Bike Club, fmbc.ca
Sunday 5.12.2021 International Volunteer Day – Thank a Local NP or Volunteer! Wednesday 8.12.2021
Rotary Seniors Lunch @ Fernie Seniors Centre
Thursday 9.12.2021
Fernie Ambassador Program @ College of the Rockies Holiday Workshop: Grapevine Wreath Class @ Stemhouse Floral Studio Lifelong Learners: Uke Can Play @ Fernie Heritage Library, 7pm
Friday 10.12.2021
Holiday Paint Night @ The Arts Station Live Music: Redgirl @ Loaf, 6pm
Saturday 11.12.2021
Cozy Craft @ Fernie Heritage Library, 2pm Fernie Ghostriders Hockey Game @ Fernie Memorial Arena, 7:30pm
Monday 13.12.2021
Regular Council Meeting @ City of Fernie, 7pm
Tuesday 14.12.2021 Makey Makey: interactive mix of craft,
engineering and Science @ Fernie Heritage Library, ages 7-10. 3:45pm
Wednesday 15.12.2021
Intro to Podcasting @ The Arts Station
Thursday 16.12.2021
Holiday Workshop: Centerpiece Class @ Stemhouse Floral Studio Fernie Ghostriders Hockey Game @ Fernie Memorial Arena, 7:30pm
Friday 17.12.2021
Stuffy Sleepover and Plaid Party @ Fernie Heritage Library, 11:15am
Mistletoe Mania: Games, Trivia, Snacks and
Drinks @ The Arts Station Live Music: Tony Bell @ Loaf, 6pm
Saturday 18.12.2021
Santa Claus Pancake Breakfast @ Parkplace Lodge Community Celebration @ Fernie Heritage Library, 1-4pm Full Moon Ski @ Nordic Trails Annual Christmas Dinner @ Fernie Seniors Centre
Sunday 19.12.2021
Santa Claus Pancake Breakfast @ Parkplace Lodge
Monday 20.12.2021
Xmas Ornament Contest Submission Deadline @ Edge of the World, drop off to be entered. Open to all ages. Holiday Club Cre8 @ The Arts Station, 10am Committee of the Whole Meeting @ City of Fernie, 4pm
Friday 24.12.2021
Live Music @ Loaf, 6pm
Monday 27.12.2021
Fernie Nordic Society Board Meeting @ Zoom, 7pm
Tuesday 28.12.2021
Holiday Club Cre8 @ The Arts Station, 10am
Friday 31.12.2021
Live Music @ Loaf, 6pm
WEEKLY EVENTS
Mondays
Parent-tot Funtimes @ Facebook Page Les Tiguidous @ AFRosFernie, outdoor activities with songs, stories in French ages 0-5. 10:15am Club All Play – Fernie Pickeleball @ Max Turyk Courts, 8:30-10:30am Le Club Baguette Junior @ Rotary Park, outdoor activities and games in French ages 7-12, 3:30pm After School Adventures @ Branch Out Learning, 3-6pm Jam Night @ Kodiak Lounge, 9pm
Tuesdays
Storytime (ages 3-5) @ Fernie Heritage Library Live Instagram and Facebook Seniors Walking Program @ Fernie Community Centre, 11:15am After School Adventures @ Branch Out Learning, 3-6pm Open League @ Fernie Curling Club, 6:30pm Seniors Only League @ Fernie Curling Club, afternoons
Fernie Options for Sexual Health Clinic
Open @ Elk Valley Hospital, 6:30-8:30pm by appointment Parent-tot Funtimes @ Facebook Page Burger and Beer Night @ The Northern Wing Night @ The Pub
Wednesdays
Club All Play – Fernie Pickeleball @ Max Turyk Courts, 8:30-10:30am Seniors Walking Program @ Fernie Community Centre, 11:15am Curbside Craft @ Fernie Heritage Library, Pickup is from 10am each Wednesday Toddlertime (Ages 0-2 years) @ Fernie Heritage Library Live Instagram and Facebook After School Adventures @ Branch Out Learning, 3-6pm Open League @ Fernie Curling Club, 6:30pm
Inclusive Kids and Teen Mindfulness Yoga
Classes @ Branch Out Learning Team Trivia @ The Fernie
Thursdays
Seniors Walking Program @ Fernie Community Centre, 11:15am Bellies to Babies @ Zoom, 2pm
Club Baguette Adultes - Practice Speaking
French @ AFRos Fernie via Zoom, 7pm Pub Team Trivia @ The Pub After School Adventures @ Branch Out Learning, 3-6pm Open Mic Night @ Fernie Distillers, 7pm
Fridays
Club All Play – Fernie Pickeleball @ Max Turyk Courts, 8:30-10:30am Storytime (ages 0-5) @ Fernie Heritage Library Live Instagram and Facebook Story Strolls @ Fernie Heritage Library, 11am4pm (December only) Fish and Chips @ The Pub Fish and Chips Take Away @ Fernie Hotel, 4pm Meat Draw @ The Fernie Club Cre8 @ The Arts Station After School Adventures @ Branch Out Learning, 3-6pm Open Mic Night @ Fernie Distillers, 7pm Equine Assisted Learning Life @ Fernie Therapeutic Horse and Pony Club through Branch Out Learning
Saturdays
Meat Draw @ The Legion Pint and Ghostrider Hockey Game Deal @ Kodiak Lounge and Parkplace Pub
Social Media, Risk or Reward
by ANGE QUALIZZA
I’ve had a lot of opportunity to learn about the risk and reward of being on social media from our municipal legal advisors at conferences, and I can assure you the theme is almost always risk. The high risk of joining closed Facebook groups, the risk of a complacent ‘like’ on a post where you didn’t read the article, and ultimately the risk of your future employment.
Workplace law says that employees limit their privacy rights by posting information to public social media accounts, including closed social media accounts that have a large following. It is well established that employers can use your social media postings against you resulting in either discipline or in some cases dismissal.1
People often confuse Facebook conversations as being private and amongst friends, and because they are outside of work hours exempt from the scrutiny of your employer. This is not the case; the courts have drawn a clear link between you talking about work online.
In Credit Valley Hospital v Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3252 an employee took photos of the scene of a horrible accident and posted them online. When the employer became aware of the photos, the employee became terminated for just reason. The arbitrator in the case ruled that ‘his actions of posting pictures to his Facebook page were premeditated and selfish, as well as a serious breach of the Employer’s code of conduct.’2
Many organizations are conducting social media background checks before offering employment or volunteer opportunities, some agencies go as far as hiring someone to do an in-depth analysis of your entire online footprint. This has become so common that the Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia has actually developed a guide to navigate social media checks and privacy laws.
When I sat at our provincial conference, hearing about the risk of social media, the risk that forever changed my online activity was the closed group test. Do you support the ideas and conversations of the posts in the closed group you are a member of? Meaning, if your future employer is conducting a social media check on you within the acceptable process, would you be proud to be in that group? Are there ideas floating around in that space you might consider a future employer to see as a red flag against you?
Athletes are losing scholarships due to their social media posts, and universities are making it very clear they review social media footprints. Vassar’s head baseball coach in response to what he is looking for online, ‘I … would prefer to not see anything racist, sexist, homophobic or that would generally indicate this person would not uphold the standards of our program.’ 3
Facebook is no longer the wild west, and it’s about time. I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice, but these are the rules I follow. Warren Buffet once said, ‘It takes 20 years to build a reputation, and five minutes to ruin it.’
Canadians are spending roughly one hour and 46 minutes a day using social media and more than six hours per day using the internet in general, excluding TV consumption at over 3 hours.4 I could write another four pages about my opinion of allowing Facebook to inform you for nearly two hours a day, but I’ll save that for another day.
I’m 46 years old, and I have a lot of employment years ahead of me. I don’t plan on risking any of that to belong to a closed Facebook group that might bring me risk.
What does your online footprint say about you?
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1www.go2hr.ca/legal/social-media-in-the-world-of-employmentlaw, 2www.go2hr.ca/legal/social-media-in-the-world-ofemployment-law, 3www.lrt-sports.com/blog/social-media-dontsexamples-from-athletes-who-risked-their-scholarships/, 4www. statista.com/statistics/237478/daily-time-spent-with-mediaamong-adults-in-canada/
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The Scientific Method
by FRED GIETZ
It seems that we’ve been hearing a lot about science, fake science, and people doing their own research lately. On top of that, we are constantly inundated with science news (good and bad) on social media. Even our mainstream media and politicians are overwhelming us with “scientific evidence!”
OK, with all this science around us, what exactly is it? The word “science” comes from the Latin word for knowledge, so we can think of science as a way to gain knowledge of the world around us! The word “method” comes from the Greek word for road, so if we put the two words together you get something like the road or path to gaining knowledge. This is what we call the scientific method - a way to figure out things or a process to gain knowledge!
So, let’s take a trip down memory lane to your old high school science class - where a curmudgeon like me (maybe it was me) would drill you on the scientific method of research. No, research is not that conversation with your neighbour Bob who has a new way of increasing your gas milage by 50%. Nor is research spending hours on the internet (Facebook included) looking up how you can use a banana peel to clear warts (which may or may not actually work).
Real research involves defining a problem and gathering information about the problem. We then form a ‘hypothesis’ or educated guess from that information and then test that hypothesis with an experiment (a good experimental design is a whole other topic to explore!). Remember, the whole point of this is to solve the problem! Well, the scientific method should simply be used as a guide to help solve questions and problems. You don’t need to try and solve the world’s biggest science questions! The scientific method is all about studying and learning things right around you.
Let’s take an auto mechanic as an example. They use the scientific method every day! When you bring your misbehaving car to a mechanic, I would hope that the first thing they does is to have you describe the problem as clearly and fully as possible. From your information the mechanic will form a hypothesis as to what he thinks is wrong with your car and will then design an experiment that will collect data to help determine why the car is not performing as it should. The right experiment, or procedures will hopefully solve the problem. At this point, if the mechanic starts checking tire pressure for a car that is misfiring, it’s time to find a new mechanic!
Let’s use the Scientific Method to test one of the internet theories that has made the rounds (and goodness knows there’s lots of them – but let’s start with something less controversial). A few years ago, my wife, a foods and nutrition teacher, was given information claiming that boiling water in a microwave changes the water’s molecular composition so that plants could not use it and would die. How did she and her class test this claim (the problem)? Here’s something you can do with your kids or significant other at home. Find yourself some bean seeds and plant a few in three different pots. In one pot use only normal tap water (the control); in a second pot, water with normally boiled water (cooled off to room temperature of course. This would be a secondary control to see if it might be boiling in general that has an influence on the seeds); in the third pot, use water that was boiled in a microwave (again, make sure it’s at room temperature). Have everyone make their own hypothesis and carry out your experiment. What are your conclusions? A note here – if all your plants die you might want to consider a new hobby!
As you and your family develop practices that involve creating, gathering data, evaluating, analyzing and communicating you will be on the path to real research and the ability to question others’ “scientific evidence!”
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