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January 2016
Wed
20
Jan
The Next Urban Planet: Rethinking the City in Time
David Ley, Geography, UBC
This talk examines the role of international investment in the construction of a local, and largely unaffordable, housing market in Vancouver.
Sat
23
Jan
The Vancouver Institute Lecture
Simon Peacock, Dean, Faculty of Science, UBC
Mon
25
Jan
Green College Resident Members' Series
Irwin Chan, Philosophy
“Forgive and forget”: It sounds like a cliché, but what does it mean? In this talk, Irwin Chan will explore the nature of forgiveness and the reasons for forgiveness, as well as discuss whether forgiveness should be conditional or unconditional.
Tue
26
Jan
Green College Special Lecture
Steve Woodward, School of Journalism, UBC
This talk will tackle the challenges that journalism faces at a time when alternatives to traditional journalism are being created almost daily and indeed the very definition of journalism is in question.
Thu
28
Jan
ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change
Janicke S. Kaasa, Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo, Norway
In this talk, Janice S. Kaasa will present some examples of how this changing North is represented in 1950s English-Canadian travel writing, and how the genre has been instrumental in the shaping of the discourse on the region.
Sat
30
Jan
The Vancouver Institute Lecture
Andrew Revkin, New York Times Journalist and Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University, New York
February 2016
Mon
1
Feb
Green College Resident Members' Series
Will Preston, Creative Writing
What happens when a friendship is put to the test in the midst of a flash flood? Find out in this talk by Will Preston, MFA student in Creative Writing.
Tue
2
Feb
Early Music Vancouver at Green College
Dorothee Mields, soprano; Sumner Thompson, American baritone; Marc Destrubé, violin
German early music star soprano Dorothee Mields and American baritone Sumner Thompson offer a selection of 17th and 18th century North German music. Marc Destrubé leads an ensemble of solo strings, gambas and a full continuo section.
Wed
3
Feb
Green College Special Lecture
Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell, Justice in Residence at Green College
Thu
4
Feb
Higher Education Policy in Global Perspective
Timothy J. Stanley, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
Leading universities around the world today see the internationalization of the graduate studies as key to educating the best knowledge makers of the future—but what are the consequences?