Past events
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February 11, 2021
Childbirth for Grandparents: Childbirth as a Metaphor
Michael C. Klein, Family Practice and Pediatrics, in conversation with Jerry Wasserman Online presentation via Zoom (click here to join) Thursday, February 11, 5-6:30 pm in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life Michael C. Klein,…
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February 4, 2021
Astronomy, Indigenous Peoples, and the Challenge of Light Pollution
Jennifer Howse, Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, University of Calgary; Maureen Luchsinger and Laura Griffen, Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area, Foothills, Alberta; Moderated by Aaron Boley, Physics and Astronomy, UBC, and Co-Director, Outer Space Institute Online recording via…
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January 26, 2021
The Plague’s the Thing: Theatre Before, During and After the Pandemic
Colleen Murphy, playwright, filmmaker; Gary Geddes, author, Distinguished BC Fellow of Green College; in conversation with Jerry Wasserman, actor and theatre critic Online presentation via Zoom (click here to join) Tuesday, January 26, 5-6:30 pm in the series Medium to Extreme:…
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January 21, 2021
People and Places Seen Through an Artist's Eye
Jane Coop, Music, in conversation with Jerry Wasserman Online presentation via Zoom (click here to join) Thursday, January 21, 5-6:30 pm in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life Pianist Jane Coop (www.janecoop.com), one of Canada…
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January 19, 2021
The Critical Role of Residential Schools in the Colonial Toolkit
Michelle Good, writer, with Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, writer Online presentation via Zoom (click here to join) Tuesday, January 19, 5-6:30 pm in the series J. V. Clyne Lectures at Green College, UBC: Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Fingerprints in the 21st Century …
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January 15, 2021
Where Did Our Belongings Come From? Identifying Long-Distance Transport of Obsidian in the Ancient Pacific Northwest
Rhy McMillan and Dominique Weis, Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, UBC; Aviva Rathbone, Jason Woolman, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band) Online presentation via Zoom (Click here to join) Friday, January 15, 3-4:30 pm in the series…
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January 14, 2021
Waste Not: Rethinking Poop through Bugs, Books and Power
Yankai Cao, Chemical and Biological Engineering; Katie Marshall, Zoology; Tamara Mitchell, French, Hispanic and Italian Online presentation via Zoom (click here to join) Thursday, January 14, 5-6:30 pm in the series Green College Leading Scholars' Series: Building Worlds in Uncertain…
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December 11, 2020
Curating Continuity in Sq'ewlets: A Stó:lō-Coast Salish Community in the Fraser River Valley
Dave Schaepe, Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre; Kate Hennessy, Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University; Michael Blake, Anthropology, UBC; Clarence Pennier, Sq'ewlets First Nation Online presentation via Zoom (joining details, below) Friday,…
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December 8, 2020
Reading "Tiff," Reading Findley: What Timothy Findley’s Life and Work Have to Tell Us Now
Sherrill Grace, author of Tiff: A Life of Timothy Findley (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2020), in conversation with Hal Wake Online presentation via Zoom (click here to join) Tuesday, December 8, 5-6:30 pm in the series Medium to Extreme: Unlocking the Power of the Arts …
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December 4, 2020
Enacting Indigenous Data Governance in Archaeology
Neha Gupta, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, UBC-O; Nichole Vessie and Nancy Bonneau, Archaeology Office, Westbank First Nation Online presentation via Zoom (joining details, below) Friday, December 4, 3-4:30 pm in the series Working Tools Seminar Series: Community-Facing…