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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