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Exploring the Hidden Earth – Groundwaters and Deep Subsurface Life 

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

The Vancouver Institute presents: Dr. Barbara Sherwood Lollar, C.C. Dr. Norman Keevil Chair in Ore Deposits, Geology Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Toronto Dr. Sherwood Lollar has revolutionized the development of innovative mechanisms for groundwater remediation. In 2013 Canadian Geographic magazine listed her among the Ten Canadians “Changing the World” for her discovery of […]

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Residential Schools in Canada: Survivor Truths, Access to Records, and the Post-TRC Era

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

A lecture by Dr. Tricia Logan, Interim Academic Director, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, and Assistant Professor in First Nations and Indigenous Studies, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC. Dr. Logan is a Métis scholar with more than 20 years of experience working with elders and leaders in First Nations, Métis […]

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Is the Missing Middle Missing for Good Reason?

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

A lecture Dr. Thomas Davidoff, Stanley Hamilton Professor in Real Estate Financing, Sauder School of Business; and  Director of the Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate at UBC.

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The UBC Museum of Anthropology: A Collection Fit for the Nation(s)

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

Dr. Anthony Shelton is Professor of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory; and former Director of the Museum of Anthropology. Dr. Shelton’s interests include Latin American, Iberian and African visual cultures, Surrealism, the history of collecting, and critical museology. He has published extensively in the areas of visual culture, museology, the history of collecting, and […]

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Understanding Artificial Intelligence

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

Dr. Kevin Leyton-Brown,Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Computer Science, UBC. Dr. Leyton-Brown’s research addresses issues in computational game theory; also in market design, analysis and clearing, as well as the application of machine learning to the automated design and analysis of algorithms for solving hard computational problems. He is a Fellow of the Royal […]

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Thinking as Politics: The Moral Dimensions of Poetry

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

A Lecture by Dr. Jan Zwicky, Professor Emerita in the Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria Dr. Zwicky is one of Canada’s most respected artists and intellectuals, known equally for her original work in philosophy and her poetry. Her writing has covered issues in music, poetry, philosophy, and the environment. She was among the first […]

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