Past events
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March 4, 2017
Measuring the World: Should We Trust Statistics?
CECIL AND IDA GREEN LECTURE Professor Denise Lievesley, CBE, Professor of Statistics and Principal, Green Templeton College, Oxford; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, March 4, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver…
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March 1, 2017
The Challenges of the New Data Environment
SIXTH ANNUAL RICHARD V. ERICSON LECTURE Denise Lievesley, CBE, Professor of Statistics and Principal, Green Templeton College, Oxford; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, March 1, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the…
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February 28, 2017
Edward Hopper’s Hotel Paintings and Modern “Occupancy”
This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies Robert Davidson, Spanish, University of Toronto; Director, Northrop Frye Centre, Victoria College Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, February 28, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow Green College…
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February 27, 2017
The Human Dimension of Marine Conservation
David Gill, The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC); Gerald Singh, Nereus Program, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, February 27, 5-6:30 pm in the series Adapting to Global Changes in Oceans and Fisheries The Sustainable Development…
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February 25, 2017
Antibiotic Resistance, Why Antibiotics Fail and New Ways of Overcoming Difficult Infections
UBC EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH LECTURE Robert Hancock, OC, OBC, Canada Research Chair, Microbiology and Immunology, UBC Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, February 25, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Robert…
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February 15, 2017
International Dimensions of Access to Justice: Human Rights and Extractive Industries
Joe Fiorante, QC, Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP; Kirsten Dales, Associate Director, Programs, Canadian International Resources & Development Institute Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, February 15, 5-6:30 pm in the series Access to Justice Watch the…
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February 14, 2017
Reading and Discussion with Gary Geddes and Joan Morris
Reading and Discussion with Gary Geddes and Joan Morris Piano Lounge, Green College, UBC Tuesday, February 14, 8-9 pm Possible Worlds: Fireside Conversations on Literature, Science and the Arts Gary Geddes, returning Writer in Residence at Green College, has…
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February 14, 2017
Cyclic Behaviour: From Cell to Society, Success and Failure, Life and Death
Dave Hardwick, Faculty of Medicine Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, February 14, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life Cyclic function is determinative of virtually all biological…
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February 13, 2017
Vancouver Housing Market: Where Are We Heading?
Ida Grigoryeva, Geography Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, February 13, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series If you’ve ever lived in Vancouver, you are familiar with the ridiculously high housing prices in the city. Just how the…
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February 11, 2017
Hot, Uneven, and Connected: Urban Planning in Metro Vancouver’s Latest Global Age
BING THOM MEMORIAL LECTURE Andy Yan, Director, The City Program, Simon Fraser University Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, February 11, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Andy Yan Mr. Yan has worked…