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March 2017

Sat
4
Mar
The Vancouver Institute Lecture

Professor Denise Lievesley, CBE, Professor of Statistics and Principal, Green Templeton College, Oxford; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor

Mon
6
Mar
Green College Resident Members' Series

Irwin Chan, Philosophy

Irwin Chan will discuss in this talk what blame in personal relationships is like. Chan will also suggest in this lecture that philosophers should recognize the relationship-dependency of blame and the importance of blame in personal relationships.
Tue
7
Mar
Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life

Patricia Merivale, English

This lecture discusses the literary persona of the Flâneuse, or female wanderer.
Thu
9
Mar
ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change

Dr. Ian Stirling, OC, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta

The ice-breeding seals of the Arctic and Antarctic occupy similar habitats, but must live with very different predators. This difference of predatory threat has resulted in the evolution of differences in the ecology and behavior of seals in these two polar regions.
Thu
9
Mar
2017 McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies: Decolonizing Conversations—Indigenous Texts in the Pacific Northwest before 1992

Margery Fee, English; Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies at UBC

Sat
11
Mar
The Vancouver Institute Lecture

Dr. Ian Stirling, OC, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta

Mon
13
Mar
Green College Resident Members' Series

David Laing, Science

In this talk, David Laing will describe what might be done to mitigate global threats to humankind.
Tue
14
Mar
Green College Special Lecture

Carrie Jenkins, Philosophy, UBC

In this talk Carrie Jenkins will discuss some of the multiple interlocking relationships between privilege, power, and love, drawing on British Philosopher Russell's life and Jenkins’ own as case studies.
Thu
16
Mar
Adapting to Global Changes in Oceans and Fisheries

Doug McCauley, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Thu
16
Mar
2017 McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies: Decolonizing Conversations—Indigenous Texts in the Pacific Northwest before 1992

Margery Fee, English; Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies at UBC

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