Past events
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January 25, 2016
To Forgive is Not to Forget
Irwin Chan, Philosophy Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, January 25, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series “Forgive and forget”: It sounds like a cliché, but what does it mean? Is forgiving really just forgetting? When…
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January 23, 2016
Magnitude 9 Earthquakes: Japan (Tohoku) in 2011 and Cascadia (British Columbia To California) in 2xxx?
Simon Peacock, Dean, Faculty of Science and Professor, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, UBC Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, January 23, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Simon Peacock Simon Peacock…
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January 20, 2016
Global China and the Making of Vancouver’s Residential Property Market
David Ley, Geography, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, January 20, 5-6:30 pm in the series The Next Urban Planet: Rethinking the City in Time This talk examines the role of international investment in the construction of a local housing market in…
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January 19, 2016
You Can Take the Boy Out of Brooklyn, But Not Brooklyn Out of the Boy: The Roots of My Urban Economic Interests
Mike Goldberg, Commerce and Business, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, January 19, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life Mike Goldberg has been studying diverse aspects of the economy…
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January 18, 2016
The Russian Perspective on the Crimean Case
Stefano Burzo, Political Science Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, January 18, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series In 2014 Crimea was reunited/annexed to Russia. Some say the annexation was a major violation of international law, while…
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January 16, 2016
Disrupt Me + Engage You: The Health Care Revolution
Brian Goldman, MD, MCFP(EM), FACEP, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, and Host, CBC Radio “White Coat, Black Art” Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, January 16, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Brian…
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January 11, 2016
How to Pretend You Know Caravaggio
Peter Chen, Computer Science Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, January 11, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series The need to create has always been a part of the human condition. It is an unquenchable desire as old as our species and…
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December 8, 2015
The Arctic Carbon Cycle – Does Sea Ice Matter?
Tim Papakyriakou, Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, December 8, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series ARCTIC-WISE: BRIDGING NORTHERN KNOWLEDGES OF CHANGE The emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases…
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December 7, 2015
Evoking the Sublime through Dance
Ian Heckman, Philosophy Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, December 7, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series During a 10 year period, the New York Times used the word 'sublime' in relation to 'dance' in over 300 reviews. Despite this,…
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December 1, 2015
Legacies of "The Sixties"
Dianne Newell, History UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, December 1, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life Dianne Newell belonged to the first cohort of baby boomers in Canada to…