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Tea Ceremonies at Nitobe Memorial Garden

Tea Ceremonies at Nitobe Memorial Garden

The Urasenke Foundation of Vancouver hosts tea ceremonies at Nitobe Memorial Garden throughout the summer. Visitors attending the ceremony can witness the formal preparation of tea and participate as guests.


Tea Ceremonies at Nitobe Memorial Garden

Tea Ceremonies at Nitobe Memorial Garden

The Urasenke Foundation of Vancouver hosts tea ceremonies at Nitobe Memorial Garden throughout the summer. Visitors attending the ceremony can witness the formal preparation of tea and participate as guests.


EU Book Club – Portugal

EU Book Club – Portugal

Hosted by the Consulate General of Portugal in Vancouver and EUNIC Canada-Vancouver, with the support of the Camões Institute for Cooperation and Language. Engage in a presentation and discussion (conducted in English) about the selected novel, “The Piano Cemetery” by José Luis Peixoto. Light refreshments to follow.


Heaven, Hell & Somewhere In Between: Portuguese Popular Art

Heaven, Hell & Somewhere In Between: Portuguese Popular Art

MOA delves deep into popular art of Portugal in the upcoming exhibition entitled Heaven, Hell & Somewhere In Between: Portuguese Popular Art, on view May 12 through October 12, 2015.


Authors for Indies – UBC Bookstore

Authors for Indies – UBC Bookstore

Across the country, authors will visit bookstore’s for readings and engaging with readers and booksellers. The UBC Bookstore is a proud partner.


Reflections on blue sky research

Reflections on blue sky research

Serge Haroche will show that the knowledge accumulated by the fundamental approach to science has led, often in unpredictable ways, to practical applications which have revolutionized our daily lives.


Equity, Opportunity and Good Health: How Transportation Affects the Essential Qualities of Life In Metro Vancouver

Equity, Opportunity and Good Health: How Transportation Affects the Essential Qualities of Life In Metro Vancouver

The lecture will review some of the evidence from other jurisdictions, but focus primarily on the findings from the My Health My Community (www.myhealthmycommunity.org) project that surveyed 28,000 Metro Vancouver residents in 2013/14.


Opening Reception: object approaching short blue waves: UBC MFA Graduate exhibition

Opening Reception for: object approaching short blue waves. UBC Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition 2015


UTown@UBC Community Bike Clinic

UTown@UBC Community Bike Clinic

Get your bike tuned up for the spring and learn how you can take a stand by getting informed, making a choice, and planning to vote in the upcoming transit referendum.


Free Film Screening: Ginger Snaps

Free Film Screening: Ginger Snaps

Celebrate National Canadian Film Day with this cult favourite from John Fawcett. UBC’s resident cult film expert, Professor Ernest Mathijs, gives an insider’s introduction and free film prizes!