Cold War nuclear testing, production, and disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima have exposed millions to dangerous radioactive particles; these millions are the global hibakusha. This talk will discuss the plight […]
The Vancouver School of Economics is hosting economist Dr. Emmanuel Saez for a free lecture entitled “New Findings from the World Inequality Report 2022,” as part of the 2022 Woodward […]
Dr. Sofia Bartlett will explore the evidence for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection (STBBI) testing and linkage to care interventions in correctional centres, and discuss the need to provide person-centred, […]
Thinking about adding a global learning program to your UBC experience? Check out this introduction to Go Global designed to help you decide if a Go Global program is right […]
The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and the Latin American Studies program at UBC are co- hosting the presentation of Dr. Julia Zulver´s new book: High-Risk Feminism […]
Join a virtual book launch and discussion on Canada and China: A Fifty-Year Journey, written by B. Michael Frolic. This event features a panel discussion and a moderated Q&A session.
Join UBC Psychology for an online colloquium with Dr. Mariam Aly, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Columbia University. Dr. Aly will present on: How hippocampal memory shapes, and is shaped […]
Thinking about adding a global learning program to your UBC experience? Check out this introduction to Go Global designed to help you decide if a Go Global program is right […]
The unprecedented number of global crises is casting a shadow on the future of humanity, all of which seem to augur that the dharma-ending age (mofa 末法) described in Buddhist […]
In 1976, Dan Overmyer published Folk Buddhist Religion, a volume that drew attention to apocalyptic visions of some popular groups influenced by Buddhist conceptions, amongst others, of global disaster. This […]
In recent years, a number of climate activities have self-inflicted auto-cremation in a drastic response to climate change. Though Inspired by Buddhist auto-cremators of the late twentieth and early twenty-first […]
The unprecedented number of global crises is casting a shadow on the future of humanity, all of which seem to augur that the dharma-ending age (mofa 末法) described in Buddhist […]
