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PRESENTATION: Dalek Construction 101
This is an introduction to the future slaves of the Daleks, it will provide you with the blueprints and step by step methods of building you're Masters travel machine from any time period. Using simple hand tools and local supplies we will discuss how you can source and build everything necessary to become the rulers of the Universe.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Sunday, 4PM
DISCUSSION: Self-Promotion on Social Media: Tips, Tricks and Cautionary Tales
Learn about how to promote yourself on Social Media effectively, and what to avoid.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Sunday, 11AM
Tentative Pocket Program Available
Check out http://www.tcon.ca/polaris/index.php/info-and-policies-2/schedule/ to see the Tentative Pocket Program.
GAMING: Small World
Join us for a game of Small World and see if the dwarves, wizards, orcs, humans, amazons or giants dominate the earth.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Sunday, 3PM
SOCIAL GATHERING: Meet the Pros' Brunch
A casual brunch with many of our professional participants. Come, meet and greet, and get to know them.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Saturday, 11AM-2PM
ACTIVITY: Fan Campaign Focus Group
Have you ever taken part in a fan campaign to save a series?
We want to hear from you!
We’re doing research on fan campaigns, and we want to hear all about your experiences.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Saturday, 1PM
DISCUSSION: TCON Town Hall On The Future of Polaris
An open town hall chat on the future of Polaris and the TCON Promotional Society.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Sunday, 4pm
SOCIAL GATHERING: Ball Joint Doll Trek Klingon Fashion Show and Meet-Up
Introduce yourself to the world of Ball Jointed dolls. Come out, meet the dolls and see different types, sizes and makes of the dolls. Learn all about where they come from, as well as proper care and management of the dolls .
Ball Joint Doll Trek: Klingon Fashion show
A competition for Ball Jointed Doll Artists to make their dolls up to look like Klingons. Come out and see what the Empire is wearing this year. Prizes to be awarded for Fan Favourite. Come out and judge your favourite.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Friday, 8PM
Ball Joint Doll Trek : 2nd Annual Meet Up
For Doll lovers to get together with old friend or make new friends you have met at Polaris. This is an opportunity for people to come by and meet with other doll owners and see their dolls.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Saturday, 5-6 PM
PRESENTATION: The Transit of Venus
This June, the planet Venus passed in front of the Sun and was visible from the earth. No viewer today will likely be alive to see this event again in 2117. Venus has fascinated us since civilization began. The meaning of the transits have varied throughout history, and the evolution of scientific knowledge. Using images from the recent transit around the world, come learn about how the phenomenon can be used to measure the distance from the earth to the Sun, and more about this once in a lifetime event.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Sunday, 4PM
POLARIS PROGRAMMING PRESENTS A SPECIAL NEW STREAM: TIMEWARP 87!
This year, we invite you to join us in a blast to the past. From 3pm-4pm on Saturday, many of our discussions will operate as time machines, engaging you in a series of discussions that give you a chance to improvise, get creative and go back in time to 1987!
Be sure to check out the following programming items:
DISCUSSION: Beauty & The Beast - The TV Series
It's July of 1987. Coming this fall, CBS is bringing us a new fantasy series based on a classic fairy tale. Are you looking forward to this series?
DISCUSSION: The Birth Of The Fox Network
It's July of 1987, and last October the television landscape changed forever with the debut of The Fox Network. What might this mean for the future of broadcast television? How will it impact The Big Three? Will this mean more diversity, or just more of the same?
Moderator: Sam Daigneault
DISCUSSION: The Coming Of Star Trek: The Next Generation
It's July 1987, and in just a few months, Star Trek returns to our television screens! What are you expecting? What rumours have you heard?
Moderator: Timothy Carter
DISCUSSION: Doctor Who In 1987
It's July, 1987, and Doctor Who fandom is abuzz about the firing of Colin Baker and the coming of the new Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. Along with that is the sad news of Patrick Troughton's passing.
DISCUSSION: Watchmen - How Will It End?
It's July of 1987, and issue #10 of Alan Moore's Watchmen has just been released. This powerful comic book series has left us guessing for months. What will happen next? Who do you think killed The Comedian? And how will Watchmen be remembered in future years?
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Saturday, 3pm
PRESENTATION: That Image Wasn't What I Wrote
The writer wrote one thing, but the artist rendered it differently. Or was it? What goes into interpreting a script into stunning visuals to help elevate a story from just written words into a graphic medium?
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Sunday, 3pm
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PRESENTATION: The Dark Universe
Most of the matter and energy in the universe shaping its evolution is not directly visible. These components of matter and energy have been dubbed dark matter and dark energy. Dark matter plays an essential role in the stability of galaxies and the large scale structure formation, while dark energy is responsible for cosmological acceleration. This is an overview of the evidence for dark matter and dark energy and a review a few possible theoretical explanations for them.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Sunday, 1pm
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PRESENTATION: Canada's Next Steps In Space Exploration
Dr. Eliott Coleshill, award-winning engineer from Canada's space program, brings us the latest info on Canada's next steps in space, including info on the Canadarm 2 and its installation on the International Space Station.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Sunday, 11am
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DISCUSSION: Slide Rules And Other Lost Technologies
Slide rules. Rotary phones. Manual typewriters. Technologies come and go, but some remain fondly remembered – and collected - many years after they disappear.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Saturday, 5pm
PRESENTATION: Thought Experiments In Philosophy
Prepare for a guided tour of the crazy thought experiments philosophers have conducted to discover the truth about things like the relation between the mind and the brain; what makes you you; consciousness and understanding; human happiness; and what is the right thing to do in unusual situations. You will be asked to imagine brains in vats, people locked in a Chinese room, failing teleportation devices, philosophical zombies, and a colour-blind neuroscientist named Mary.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Saturday, 12pm
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PRESENTATION: Should Robots Run The World?
In many ways you may not realize, robots are quickly and quietly taking over. For Humanity, does it mean destruction, enslavement or unimagined liberation? Xander Miller gives us an overview of what's happening, what's likely to happen and tells us if it is time to start unplugging and smashing before it is too late.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Saturday, 1pm
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PRESENTATION: The Skeptic Quiz Show
Part Price Is Right, part Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and all skeptics. The Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism present a quiz show that will challenge and entertain you.
TENTATIVE DAY AND TIME: Saturday, 3pm
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