- Events
- Type – Lecture
- No events scheduled for April 18, 2023.
Healthy Aging Research Seminar: Dr. Jennifer Cobb
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (CBH) 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverHow the Newborn Graphic Novel Found the Librarians It Needed
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, VancouverAdvancing Climate Solutions in a Politically Polarizing World with Andrew Weaver
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) 6331 Crescent Road, VancouverGlobal Health Lunch and Learn: Global Health and Decolonization
School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver2023 International Comic Arts Forum: Artist Talk Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver- No events scheduled for April 22, 2023.
- No events scheduled for April 23, 2023.
Week of Events
Data Science and Health (DASH): AI Meets Ethics Speaker Series “Health Data Foundations and Equitable AI”
Data Science and Health (DASH): AI Meets Ethics Speaker Series “Health Data Foundations and Equitable AI”
The UBC Data Science and Health (DASH) Research Cluster is excited to launch our new AI Meets Ethics Speaker Series! This series will explore the ethical implications of, and considerations for, implementing AI technologies in healthcare. The first session features DASH Cluster’s EDI Co-Lead, Dr. Charlene Ronquillo. This event is free and open to everyone […]
Healthy Aging Research Seminar: Dr. Jennifer Cobb
Healthy Aging Research Seminar: Dr. Jennifer Cobb
Lecture Title: Genome Instability and Aging Speaker Biography: Dr. Jennifer Cobb is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at the University of Victoria. Her research investigates the impact of cellular age on DNA double-strand break repair and nuclear organization. Dr. Cobb moved her research program to the University of Victoria in 2022 and continues […]
Gender/Sex/ual Diversity: Towards More Liberatory Theory & Measurement
Gender/Sex/ual Diversity: Towards More Liberatory Theory & Measurement
About the Talk Many scientific approaches to gender/sex/uality rely on binaries, and are limiting, inaccurate, and a cause of harm, especially to marginalized groups. In this talk, Dr. Sari van Anders discusses new research about gender/sex/uality that is built for and from gender/sex/ual diversity. These approaches include “the gender/sex 3×3” – a new and simple framework for asking […]
How the Newborn Graphic Novel Found the Librarians It Needed
How the Newborn Graphic Novel Found the Librarians It Needed
End the semester with a bang by attending iSchool's final colloquia of the year, a thrilling talk on the history of comic books, graphic novels and teen librarians by Dr. Joe Sutliff Sanders (Cambridge). Special case study: Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Snacks provided! Where: Dodson Room (302), Irving K. Barber Learning Commons When: April 19, […]
Advancing Climate Solutions in a Politically Polarizing World with Andrew Weaver
Advancing Climate Solutions in a Politically Polarizing World with Andrew Weaver
Part of the PWIAS Catalyst Program Advancing Climate Solutions in a Politically Polarizing World with Dr. Andrew Weaver, Professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria Over the last century, scientific understanding of the causes and consequences of global warming has evolved to the point that it is, for all […]
Global Health Lunch and Learn: Global Health and Decolonization
Global Health Lunch and Learn: Global Health and Decolonization
About the presentation: In this presentation, Dr. Sewankambo will speak about his longstanding career in global health and decolonization efforts within the field. About the presenter: Prof. Nelson K. Sewankambo MBChB, MSc, M.MED, FRCP, LLD (HC), a Professor of Medicine is the Principal (Head) of Makerere University College of Health Sciences and previously Dean of […]
2023 International Comic Arts Forum: Artist Talk Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
2023 International Comic Arts Forum: Artist Talk Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
Haida graphic artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas presents a keynote as part of the 2023 International Comic Arts Forum.