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November 2015

Sat
7
Nov
The Vancouver Institute Lecture
The Middle East in Flames: The Drive for Purification

Professor Janice Stein, CM, OO, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

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Mon
9
Nov
Green College Resident Members' Series
Decoding Genomics: Separating Rhetoric from Reality

Madeline Couse, Genome Science and Technology program

In this talk, Madeline Couse will discuss her research into the regions of the genome formerly written off as “junk DNA”: the non-coding genome.
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Thu
12
Nov
Green College Special Lecture
Time and Tragic Optimism

Mohamed Fahmy, Former English Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera, Egypt Office; Adjunct Professor, School of Jounalism, UBC; Green College Journalist in Residence

It has been dubbed “media’s trial of the century”—from the televised arrest, incarceration in three of Egypt’s notorious prisons with some of the Middle East’s most hardened extremists, two show trials, and eventual pardon from the Egyptian president. Hear about it all from Mohamed Fahmy himself.
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Sat
14
Nov
The Vancouver Institute Lecture
An Evening with an Irish Country Doctor

Dr. Patrick Taylor, Novelist and Professor Emeritus, UBC Faculty of Medicine

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Mon
16
Nov
Green College Resident Members' Series
The Scales of Existence: A Journey from Population to Molecules

Silu Wang, Zoology; Isobel Mouat, Microbiology and Immunology; Kelsey Huus, Microbiology and Immunology; J. Andrew Alexander, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

In this talk we will visually explore the vast scales of life and a selection of research questions that can be asked at each biological scale. Come prepared to stretch your perceptions of how life works!
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Wed
18
Nov
Richard V. Ericson Lecture
Governing the City in China: From Maoist Aesthetics to Modern Planning

Carolyn Cartier, Human Geography and China Studies, University of Technology, Sydney

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Sat
21
Nov
The Vancouver Institute Lecture
The Astonishing Simplicity of Everything

Neil Turok, Director, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

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Mon
23
Nov
Green College Resident Members' Series
I Hear Voices: Stories and Insights From Within the Mental Health Care System

Larissa Fleurette Ho, Creative Writing

When Larissa Fleurette Ho was an eleven-year-old child, she experienced auditory hallucinations that would mark the beginning of a thirteen-year struggle with mental illness—one that is not yet over. Larissa will share these insights, as well read excerpts from her creative non-fiction stories (published under the name “Larissa Fleurette”) in a collection called “Becoming Silver Girl.”
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Wed
25
Nov
Early Music Vancouver at Green College
Music and Time

Christina Hutten, Harpsichord

A harpsichord recital by UBC doctoral student Christina Hutten celebrating "Music and Time" performed on EMV’s newest addition to our permanent instrument collection: a double manual French harpsichord after Taskin by Edward Turner.
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Thu
26
Nov
Higher Education Policy in Global Perspective
The Power of Academic Mobility: Exploring Immigration, Institution, and Discipline

Bryan Gopaul, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester

The movement of academic labour in a global landscape has received increasing attention by institutions, governments, and scholars. There has been limited focus on exploring academic mobility between the US and Canada. As such, this presentation explores immigration realities, institutional types, and disciplinary conventions that inform “movement”, particularly for early-career scholars.
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