Early Music Vancouver at Green College Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, January 15, 5-6:30 pm How did Medieval German aristocrats satisfy their appetites for long stories about beautiful, wealthy and tragic fictional characters of their own time? What were the themes which motivated the best storytellers, and how […]
CS Distinguished Lectures are free and open to everyone. No registration is required. Location: Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Speaker: Dr. Edward A. Lee, University of California at Berkeley Title: Consistency versus Availability in Distributed Systems Abstract: Distributed software systems often require consistent shared information. For example, connected vehicles require agreement on […]
Disciplines Over Time: Making, Keeping and Breaking the Boundaries of Knowledge William H. McCutcheon, Professor Emeritus, Physics and Astronomy; Jess McIver, Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy; and Pedro Villalba González, […]
Join us in conversation as we step into the chilling world of the bomb, an immersive art installation by filmmaker Smriti Keshari and writer Eric Schlosser. Combining archival footage, animation, and a powerful electronic score by The Acid, this multimedia experience examines America’s—and humanity’s—dangerous entanglement with nuclear weapons. Inspired by the claustrophobia of missile silos and command centers, the […]
Green College Special Lecture Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson, Renison University College, University of Waterloo; Julia Bullard, School of Information, UBC; Hannah Kia, School of Social Work, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, January 21, 5-6:30 pm Social justice and related terms are notoriously unstable objects of analysis and intervention. Liberal responses to […]
Stories from the Front Line: Universities and Global Citizenship Richard Lester, Medicine, UBC, and Director, Neglected Global Diseases Initiative; Jason Nickerson, Law, University of Ottawa, and Humanitarian Representative, Doctors without Borders Online Event Tuesday, January 28, 5-6:30 pm Please note that this event is scheduled to be online only. Neglected Global Diseases (NGDs) are infectious […]
Writer in Residence at Green College Jaspreet Singh, 20th Writer in Residence at Green College; with Daphne Marlatt, poet and novelist; and surprise musical guests Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, January 29, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow In Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock, Singh deepens his exploration of climate, […]
Precarity and Uncertainty: A Green College Leading Scholars Series Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer HEBB Building, Room 100, 2045 East Mall, UBC Thursday, January 30, 5-6:30 pm and livestreamed This event requires registration and attendance is limited to the UBC community. Registration: https://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D1810%26reset%3D1 Dr. Bonnie Henry was appointed as Provincial Health Officer for the Province […]