Past events
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February 9, 2017
Stories We Didn’t Hear: Controlling Traditional Oral Stories
Margery Fee, English; Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, February 9, 7-8 pm 2017 McLean Lecture Series in Canadian Studies: Decolonizing Conversations - Indigenous Texts in the Pacific Northwest before 1992 …
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February 8, 2017
The Uberization of the City and What it Means for Local Communities
Betsy Donald, Geography and Planning, Queen's University Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, February 8, 5-6:30 pm in the series The Next Urban Planet: Rethinking the City in Time Media-stories about the “sharing economy” are hard to avoid these…
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February 6, 2017
“It’s Those Voices Again!” Understanding and Managing Music Performance Anxiety
Emily Logan, Music; Serene Qiu, Psychology Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, February 6, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series This panel will begin with psychological theories on anxiety and discuss how Music Performance Anxiety can be…
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February 4, 2017
Vladimir Putin’s Russia
J.V CLYNE LECTURE, HOSTED BY GREEN COLLEGE Masha Gessen, journalist and author Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, February 4, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Masha Gessen (photo: Tanya Sazansky) …
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January 31, 2017
Anatomy of an Investigative Project: How Collaboration, Science and Ingenuity Exposed the Flaws in the 'Less Lethal' Weapon Used by Police Forces Round the World
Sandra Bartlett, investigative journalist, Visiting Professor at the School of Journalism, Journalist in Residence at Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, January 31, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow Green College Special Lecture In more than 20…
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January 30, 2017
Medical Innovation and the Future of Surgery: A Biomedical and Society Perspective
Philip Edgcumbe and Noor Shaikh, Biomedical Engineering; Kejia Wang, Science and Technology Studies Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, January 30, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Join us for a whirlwind tour of surgical innovation…
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January 28, 2017
War Stories We Tell Ourselves: Infotainment and Conflict In the Post-Fact Era
CECIL AND IDA GREEN LECTURE Kevin Patterson, writer Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, January 28, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Kevin Patterson Kevin Patterson grew up in Manitoba, and put himself…
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January 26, 2017
How Did We Get Into This Mess? The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Kevin Patterson, writer Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, January 26, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor We have come to understand the world through the lens of reality television, so perhaps it is less…
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January 25, 2017
Access to Justice for Animals
Katie Sykes, Law, Thompson Rivers University; Gary Charbonneau, Vancouver filmmaker Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, January 25, 5-6:30 pm in the series Access to Justice Watch the podcast here. Animals have virtually no access to justice. But…
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January 24, 2017
Bach’s Musical Offering
Alexander Weimann, harpsichord; Chloe Meyers, violin; Soile Stratkauskas, flute; Beiliang Zhu, cello Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, January 24, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Early Music Vancouver at Green College The Musical Offering was…