Past events
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September 20, 2016
“Into the Cosmic Auditorium”: Readings, Reflections, Mixed Media
Henry Beissel, poet; Arlette Francière, artist and translator; Gary Geddes, poet and essayist, returning Green College Writer in ResidencePiano Lounge, Green College, UBC Tuesday, September 20, 8-9:30 pmPossible Worlds: Fireside Symposium on Literature, Science and the Arts Make no…
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September 20, 2016
Follow your Passion
Les Lavkulich, Faculty of Land and Food Systems Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, September 20, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life We are simply a keystone species in a complex adaptive…
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September 17, 2016
The Future of National Security in the Age of ISIS
IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE LECTURE Lara Logan, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News, and correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, September 17, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures …
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September 13, 2016
Handel Trio Sonatas G.F. Handel
Alexander Weimann, harpsichord; Chloe Meyers, violin; Matthew Jennejohn, oboe; Beiliang Zhu, cello Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, September 13, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Early Music Vancouver at Green College Four members of the…
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June 9, 2016
Book Launch: Bill Graham's The Call of the World
5:30-7:00 pm, Piano Lounge, Graham HouseBook Launch: Bill Graham's The Call of the WorldHon. Bill Graham, Green College Foundation Fellow
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May 2, 2016
From Menace to Treasure: Engineering Sustainability through Biotechnology Mediated Valorization of Waste
Anupama Sharan, Chemical and Biological Engineering Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, May 2, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series One of the biggest challenges being faced by the industrial sector today is not only limited to dealing…
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April 26, 2016
How the Fox Got its Name: Representation and the Power of Ya
Fox Benwell, author and creative writing tutor Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, April 26, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow Green College Special Lecture Stories shape us. They tell us how to survive; they teach us of right and wrong. Through stories, we…
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April 19, 2016
The Future of Humanity and the Future of Humanities: Planetary Transformation Agendas and the University in the Anthropocene
Peter Wall Institute of Advance Studies Lecture Sverker Sörlin, Environmental History at KTH (the Royal Swedish Institute of Technology), Peter Wall Institute Visiting Research Scholar at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, April 19, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow …
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April 18, 2016
The Pain of Meaninglessness: Why it Hurts to be Uncertain
Rachele Benjamin, Psychology Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, April 18, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series How would you feel if you woke up tomorrow, and all of your furniture was on the ceiling? As human beings, we are highly…
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April 13, 2016
How "Climate" Became the "Environment"
Sverker Sörlin, Environmental History at KTH (the Royal Swedish Institute of Technology), Peter Wall Institute Visiting Research Scholar at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, April 13, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow Green College Special Lecture …