Bassem Youssef
The Middle Eastern Monologues
Bassem Youssef Student Event
Jump-start your mind and heart Join your peers at UBC Connects for Students, for a unique opportunity to connect with some of the world’s most esteemed thought leaders in an intimate and interactive setting. UBC connects the dots — and people — to shed light on the world’s most pressing issues. Featured Speaker Bassem Youssef […]
Donna Strickland
Laser Focus: Insight from a Nobel Laureate
Donna Strickland Student Event
Jump-start your mind and heart Join your peers at UBC Connects for Students, for a unique opportunity to connect with some of the world’s most esteemed thought leaders in an intimate and interactive setting. UBC connects the dots — and people — to shed light on the world’s most pressing issues. Featured Speaker Donna Strickland […]
Ziya Tong
Blind Spots: Rethinking Your Reality
Ziya Tong Student Event
Jump-start your mind and heart Join your peers at UBC Connects for Students, for a unique opportunity to connect with some of the world’s most esteemed thought leaders in an intimate and interactive setting. UBC connects the dots — and people — to shed light on the world’s most pressing issues. Featured Speaker Ziya Tong […]
Helen Fisher
Swipe, Right?: The Future of Romantic Relationships in the Digital Age
Helen Fisher Student Event
Jump-start your mind and heart Join your peers at UBC Connects for Students, for a unique opportunity to connect with some of the world’s esteemed thought leaders in an intimate and interactive setting. UBC connects the dots — and people — to shed light on the world’s most pressing issues. Featured Speaker Helen Fisher This […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an award-winning Nigerian author whose work has been translated into over thirty languages.
Tarana Burke
A movement that empowers: “Me too” and the role of empathy in healing and change
Chimamanda Student Event
Jump-start your mind and heart Join your peers at UBC Connects for Students, for a unique opportunity to connect with some of the world’s most esteemed thought leaders in an intimate and interactive setting. UBC connects the dots — and people — to shed light on the world’s most pressing issues. Featured Speaker Chimamanda Ngozi […]
John Kasich
Two-term former Ohio Governor John R. Kasich is a politician, a New York Times best-selling author, and a Senior Political Commentator for CNN.
Michael Pollan
Food, plants and psychedelics: Revolutionary approaches to human health and well-being
(Untitled)
Jump-start your mind and heart Join your peers at UBC Connects for Students, for a unique opportunity to connect with some of the world’s most esteemed thought leaders in an intimate and interactive setting. UBC connects the dots — and people — to shed light on the world’s most pressing issues. Featured Speaker Michael Pollan […]
Isabel Allende
The Alchemy of Truth: The power of story to change the world
On becoming a writer
Jump-start your mind and heart Join your peers at UBC Connects for Students, for a unique opportunity to connect with some of the world’s most esteemed thought leaders in an intimate and interactive setting. UBC connects the dots — and people — to shed light on the world’s most pressing issues. Featured Speaker Isabel Allende […]
Michio Kaku
The Universe in a Nutshell: Why physics is the key to pretty much everything
The Popularization of Science
A graduate of Harvard and UC Berkeley, Dr. Michio Kaku is one of the most widely recognized figures in science in the world today. He is an internationally recognized authority in Einstein’s unified field theory and is highly respected for predicting trends affecting business, medicine, finance, and our way of life, based on the latest research in science. He has authored three New York Times bestsellers, appears regularly on national and international TV, and hosts numerous science TV and radio programs. He has more than three million Facebook fans and more than half a million Twitter followers.
Waneek Horn-Miller
The Wisdom of Reconciliation: A roadmap for multiculturalism
Jeremy Rifkin
The Third Industrial Revolution: Can we prevent the next mass extinction of life on Earth?