How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Climate Change

Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Reception to follow xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of Many Trees Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2   The future of the ocean is essential to the planet’s future and human life. Climate change intersects profoundly with biodiversity, food security for billions of humans, culture, and economy and peace. […]

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UBC Opera: The Florentine Straw Hat

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

FARSA MUSICALE IN FOUR ACTS SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES Nino Rota composer Nino Rota, Ernesta Rota Rinaldi librettists UBC Opera Ensemble UBC Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Girard conductor Nancy Hermiston director The Florentine Straw Hat (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze) is an exhilarating comedy based on the famous nineteenth-century French farce which inspired René Clair’s classic silent film An Italian […]

$20 – $45

UBC Opera: The Florentine Straw Hat

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

FARSA MUSICALE IN FOUR ACTS SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES Nino Rota composer Nino Rota, Ernesta Rota Rinaldi librettists UBC Opera Ensemble UBC Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Girard conductor Nancy Hermiston director The Florentine Straw Hat (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze) is an exhilarating comedy based on the famous nineteenth-century French farce which inspired René Clair’s classic silent film An Italian […]

$20 – $45

Who Owns Outer Space? Sustainable Development on the Final Frontier

P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre (Woodward IRC) 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michael Byers (UBC Political Science) and Aaron Boley (UBC Physics and Astronomy) will be speaking about their upcoming book (April 2023) "Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space" at the Vancouver Institute at UBC. 

Free

UBC Opera: The Florentine Straw Hat

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

FARSA MUSICALE IN FOUR ACTS SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES Nino Rota composer Nino Rota, Ernesta Rota Rinaldi librettists UBC Opera Ensemble UBC Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Girard conductor Nancy Hermiston director The Florentine Straw Hat (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze) is an exhilarating comedy based on the famous nineteenth-century French farce which inspired René Clair’s classic silent film An Italian […]

$20 – $45

Climate Just Futurities

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) 2260 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

As we reflect on cascading climate disasters and imagine alternative climate futures, how might we shift our efforts towards necessary changes and effective transformation? Join for an interactive workshop and creatively engage with peers to envision a more climate just future. With contributions from Dr. Bernard Perley, Dr. Dallas Hunt, and Dr. Sharon Stein. Light lunch and refreshments included. […]

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