Japan’s Role in Indo-Pacific Security

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

Facing an ever-intensifying security environment and rapidly shifting diplomatic and economic landscapes in the Indo-Pacific region, Japan aims to minimize the risks of an armed conflict while maximizing opportunities for region-wide economic and social exchange in an era of enduring great power rivalry. What are Japan’s challenges in deterring an armed conflict over Taiwan? What […]

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UBC Life Sciences Joint Seminar Series: Dr. André Le Bivic

Life Sciences Centre 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

UBC faculty and learners are invited to an in-person presentation on “Redefining by super-resolution the organization of the apico-lateral junctions in intestinal epithelial cells” by Dr. André Le Bivic, PhD, Director of the CNRS Institute for Biological Sciences Marseille, France. The Life Sciences joint seminar series will be hosted by Dr. Robert Nabi. Pizza and […]

Earl W. Davie Symposium

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The 17th Annual Earl W. Davie Symposium is taking place on Thursday November 16, 2023, at UBC Robson Square. This annual 1-day symposium honours Dr. Earl W. Davie’s scientific contributions in hemostasis-thrombosis, which have impacted on the care of patients world-wide.

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Diversity in Storytelling and in Newsrooms: Have We Smashed the Glass Ceiling?

Sing Tao Building 6388 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media (JWAM) is pleased to present a talk and Q&A with Jason Pires, Co-Anchor of Global News Morning, on Thursday, November 23, 2023, from 4:30pm to 6pm (Sing Tao 204). Join us for this exciting and informative hybrid event as part of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in […]

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Let’s Talk About Your Data: A Discussion of Public Health Data

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Engage in a discussion of sharing public health data and technological advances that assure security with health professionals, researchers, and patient representatives presenting their community health research endeavours.

Vision Research Seminar

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Join the monthly Vision Research Seminar on January 9, 12:00-1:00pm PST on Zoom. Dr. Kendall Ho will be speaking about virtual care and data science. Dr. Zaid Mammo will be speaking about access to retinal care in British Columbia.

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Innovations in Energy Transition: the Question of Storage

Online/Virtual Event

Alternatives to fossil fuels are needed and innovations in wind, solar and other renewable energies are progressing.  However, the question of storage remains a challenge. Join UBC researchers Robert Godin (Chemistry) and Werner Antweiler (Business) in a discussion around the question of energy storage.

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Fear and food drive blue whale migration, singing, mating, and calving behavior

Online/Virtual Event

Speaker: Dr. Trevor Branch Professor, University of Washington Blue whales are truly enormous yet remain enigmatic and poorly understood, with most populations only studied for a few summer months every year, and mating and calving never observed. As a result, classical theories for their migration and behavior have relied heavily on analogies with better-studied species […]

Finding Meaning in the Margins: Survey Marginalia and Thinking Outside the Box in Health Services Research

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker: Jeffrey Morgan, UBC Register to attend this seminar in-person (SPPH) or virtually (via Zoom). Jeffrey Morgan will present in-person. Survey “marginalia” are the spontaneous notes, doodles, comments, and written addenda offered by participants in the margins of a survey. They exist outside the bounds of what was asked, and transgress the conventions of a […]

Fishing for development: can we get the right ‘hook’ for sustaining fisheries benefits?

Online/Virtual Event

Ahmed Khan, PhD, African Development Bank Group | Abidjan| Cote d’Ivoire| West Africa Abstract Speaker: Ahmed Khan, PhD, African Development Bank Group Fishing and fisheries related topics have been under the radar for many decades, stemming from sustainability related questions and governance reforms. Research and policy questions around fishing for whom (beneficiaries), how (fishing methods […]