Past events
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November 20, 2017
Why Climate Change is like a Christmas Tree: A critical look at public policy to curb global warming
Henrik Jacobsen, Political Science Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, November 20, 8-9 pm Climate change has now been a major public policy issue for more than three decades. International efforts to curb global warming, however, have failed to produce any meaningful results. This…
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November 18, 2017
30,000 Years of Magic: Why Magic is Still Relevant Today
CECIL H. AND IDA GREEN VISITING PROFESSOR’S LECTURE Chris Gosden, Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, November 18, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver…
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November 18, 2017
First Aid Level 1 Training
Green College is hosting a First Aid Level 1 course by St. John's Ambulance. The course includes the following broad topics and ends with a final written exam. Emergency scene management Minor would care Airway obstruction CPR with AED Shock and severe bleeding Medical emergencies …
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November 16, 2017
Can the Arts Help Us Die Well?
Gretchen Ladd, art therapist, counsellor and educator; Pippa Hawley, Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, UBC; Eve Joseph, writer. Hosted by Anne Simpson, Writer in Residence at Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, November 16, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow …
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November 16, 2017
The Indigenous English: Modernity, Ancestry and Museums
Chris Gosden, Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor at UBC The Great Hall, Museum of Anthropology, UBC Thursday, November 16, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow at Green College in the series Living with the Dead: Cultural…
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November 16, 2017
Sustainable Communities of Change: An Indigenous Perspective on Hope
Jeannette Armstrong, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Okanagan Philosophy, UBC Okanagan IRES Seminar Series, AERL Theatre (Room 120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC Thursday, November 16, 12:30-1:30 pm in the series Hope in the Anthropocene: Sustainability Solutions and…
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November 15, 2017
Re-Indigenizing the Planet in the Anthropocene
Jeannette Armstrong, Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Okanagan Philosophy, UBC Okanagan Coach House, Green College Wednesday, November 15, 5 pm Much of my life’s work focuses on resistance to hopelessness as a way to find strategies that provide hopeful agency to Indigenous Peoples’…
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November 14, 2017
Images of Movement: Migrants and Tourists
Anna Casas and Gaoheng Zhang, French, Hispanic and Italian Studies Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, November 14, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Green College Leading Scholars: A Study of Movement - In Three Movements This panel will explore how…
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November 13, 2017
Glue—The New Metal: How Composites are Changing the Way We Make Things
Caitlin Duffner, Material Engineering Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, November 13, 8-9 pm New materials have the power to revolutionize the way an industry functions. Historically, aerospace and automotive manufacturing has been heavily reliant on metals, but as new composite materials…
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November 8, 2017
Dwelling in the Wilderness: Landscape, Place and the Sacred Among Catholic Monks of the American West
Jason Brown, Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, November 8, 5-6:30 pm in the series Worlds of Wonder: People Making Places Sacred A monk’s purpose is to seek God, and monks in the Roman…