Past events
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November 11, 2019
Dialogue Across Disciplines: Perspectives on Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability
Steve Chignell, Resources, Environment and Sustainability; Max Cohen, Political and Economic Geography; Alice Fortes, Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program; Bronwyn McIlroy-Young, Resources, Environment and Sustainability; Gabriel Rincon, Law; Luis Alejandro Rojas-Bernal, Economics …
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November 7, 2019
The Problem with Categories
Muhammad Abdul-Mageed, iSchool; Julia Bullard, iSchool; Leah Macfadyen, Educational Technology Program; Patrick Moran, French, Hispanic and Italian Studies; Kerry Wilbur, Pharmaceutical Sciences Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, November 7, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in…
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November 5, 2019
Living by the Toss of a Coin: Rhea Tregebov presents her new novel, "Rue des Rosiers"
Rhea Tregebov, Creative Writing, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, November 5, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Canadian, Indigenous and World Writers Rue des Rosiers can be read as a novel about contingency, about being in the wrong…
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November 4, 2019
From Academia to the Corporate Boardroom: A Greenie’s Story
Arnie Guha, Resident Member, 1996-1998, GC Society Member Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, November 4, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Special Event This talk is a pilot for what we hope will become an occasional series of…
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October 29, 2019
The Written Life: Literature and Friendship
Daniel Canty, Green College Writer in Residence, with Michaël Trahan, poet Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, October 29, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Writer in Residence at Green College: La Mise en Livre (The Book as Living Form) …
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October 28, 2019
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Junbum Im, Interdisciplinary Oncology Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, October 28, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Within the bone marrow, hematopoietic stem cells rapidly and continuously differentiate into all of the cells…
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October 26, 2019
Bodhicitta, the Heart of the Path: Cultivating loving kindness and compassion in our daily lives
Dza Kilung Rinpoche, hosted by Yuel Yawney, BC Distinguished Fellow of Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC Saturday, October 26, 10:00am-4:00pm in the series Green College Special Event, organized by Yuel Yawney, BC Distinguished Fellow of Green College …
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October 24, 2019
Dhrupad as a Progression in Multiple Dimensions
Arijit Mahalanabis (Vocal), accompanied by Kishan Patel (Pakhawaj) Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, October 24, 5-6:30 pm in the series Mehfil: Music, Text and Performance of South Asia Most scholars of Indian music consider dhrupad, and its cognate dham&…
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October 22, 2019
Lecture 1 (of 3): The Golden Age: Book Publishing after World War II
Scott McIntyre CM, OBC, co-founder, publisher and CEO of Douglas & McIntyre, 1972–2013 Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, October 22, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series John V. Clyne Lectures at Green College: Building Canadian Literary Culture: A…
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October 21, 2019
Motion as Music: Metre in Eighteenth-Century Contredanses
Alison Stevens, Music Theory Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, October 21, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series In recent years music theorists have shown renewed interest in rhythm and metre, or how music is structured in time…