Past events
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April 14, 2025
Much More Than a Blood Clot: How Blood Coagulation Shapes our Immunity and Metabolic Health
Abbey Sugars-Keen, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine When we think about blood coagulation, we usually think of a scab forming over a cut or of cardiovascular diseases like heart attack and stroke. There’s a general conception of blood clotting as a discrete physiological process that acts…
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April 10, 2025
Anthropology Over Time
Patricia Shaw, Professor Emerita, Anthropology; Aleksa Alaica, Assistant Professor, Anthropology; Kelly Thomas, PhD Student, Anthropology, and a Resident Member of Green CollegeCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedThursday, April 10, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to followin the…
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April 7, 2025
Ambition and its Public Reception: A Social Media Analysis of Chalamet's SAG Speech
Kyla McCallum, Library and Information StudiesCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedMonday, April 7, 8-9 pmin the seriesGreen College Resident Members' Series What exactly is ambition? How much is considered too much, and how do people respond to an unfiltered expression of obsessive…
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April 2, 2025
A Community Reading of Pat Lowther’s "A Stone Diary"
For our final event of the year, The Whole Cloth Reading Series welcomes you to a community reading of Pat Lowther’s A Stone Diary in collaboration with Dead Poets Reading Series.On the 50th Anniversary of Vancouver poet Pat Lowther’s death, we’ll gather in her memory to read her final collection A…
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March 31, 2025
Helping Children Overcome Disordered Anxiety: A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach
Andrés Montiel, Clinical PsychologyCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedMonday, March 31, 8-9 pmin the seriesGreen College Resident Members' Series Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health concerns in childhood. Children who struggle with anxiety disorders face negative…
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March 27, 2025
The Nettle Dress Film Screening
Moderated by Alexandra Peck, Art History, Visual Art, and Theory; and Alex Tavasoli, Mechanical EngineeringCoach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, March 27, 5-6:10 pmin the seriesGreen College Special Event | First Annual Slow Fashion Season at UBC 'Dylan Howitt’s poetic…
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March 25, 2025
Variations on a Garden
Abbas Akhavan, curtain call, variations on a folly, 2021/2023, barley straw, subsoil, lightweight leca, sharp sand, puddle clay, wood, chromakey green paint, pink noise, 390 x 650 x 1230 cm. Photo: David Stjernholm; courtesy of the artist.Join visual artist Abbas Akhavan as he discusses some…
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March 24, 2025
Putting the "U" in JUSTICE
Layla Haddad, Public Policy and Global Affairs; Karyna Howell, Soil Science; and Lindsey Nkem, Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice; chaired by Sofie McComb, Forestry ScienceCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedMonday, March 24, 8-9 pmin the seriesGreen College Resident…
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March 20, 2025
Law Over Time
Susan Boyd, Professor Emerita of Law, University of British Columbia; Fiona Kelly, Dean of Law, University of Alberta; Régine Tremblay, Associate Professor of Law, University of British Columbia; and Reina Magistro Nadler, PhD student, Law, University of British Columbia,…
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March 19, 2025
Reaching Across Borders: Building a More Equitable World Through Higher Education
Pranav Chintalapati, Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC; Nancy Gallini, Academics Without Borders | Economics, UBC; Arash Habibi Lashkari, Information Technology, York University; Peter Keller, Geography, SFU; and Bob Woollard, Family Practice, UBCCoach House, Green College, UBC and…