The Russian-Ukrainian War: Why did it Happen? How did it Start? How is it Going?

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

in the series The Russia-Ukraine War and Memory Politics Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed A reception follows this event mong other explanations, geopolitical justifications predominate the literature on why Russia invaded Ukraine. To unpack the driving force behind the war in Ukraine, this reasoning focuses primarily on relations between the West and Russia, […]

“I Want to Speak About it in My Language.” A Case Study of a Group Intervention Conducted in the Ojibway Language

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In the series: Emeritus College Series at Green College: Psychological Trauma and Resilience Coach House, Green College, UBC A reception follows this event Working from a place of cultural reclamation and trauma informed practice presents psychotherapists with a beautiful challenge and opportunity for knowledge exchange. Anishinaabe (Ojibway) peoples are regarded as grand medicine people due to […]

From ChatGPT to DALL-E: What is Generative AI and How Does it Affect Us?

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

in the series AI in Education: Promises and Pitfalls Vered Schwartz, Computer Science Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed A reception follows this event Generative AI tools such as DALLE-2 and ChatGPT allow us to create realistic images and write human-like text. These tools have become popular, reaching millions of users across the globe. […]

Campus Soundwalk

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in the series Sound Silence Power Duncan McHugh, The Learning Centre, Land and Food Systems Meeting Site: Sopron Gate A reception follows this event What happens when we prioritize listening, our aural perception or our environment? How does the ear capture and conceive of space and our surroundings? In what ways might we interpret the […]

Embodied Teaching and Situated Knowledge: A Pedagogy Roundtable

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in the series Embodiment as Knowledge Translation Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed A reception follows this event In this first event of the Embodiment as Knowledge Translation series, Green College Leading Scholars discuss how embodiment, care, positionality and relationality are valued in their respective disciplines and enacted in their pedagogical approaches. Join Sara Ann Knutson, History; […]

From a Memory War to a War over Memory: The Past and Society in Ukraine and Russia during Soviet Times, and Beyond

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

in the series The Russia-Ukraine War and Memory Politics Coach House, Green College, UBC Serhy Yekelchyk, Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Victoria Ukraine had been part of the Russian-dominated Soviet Union, but after gaining independence in 1991, the Ukrainian state and society developed in a direction markedly different from that of Russia’s. What in […]

Unveiling Cosmic Origins: The Inflationary Universe

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in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Coach House, Green College, UBC Pedro Villalba González, Physics and Astronomy There is much we have learned in the last century about our universe—its age, its composition, its expansive nature—but one of the most important questions in cosmology still remains unsolved: did the universe undergo a period of […]

One Ocean, Many Currents: Three Perspectives on Pacific Research Methodologies

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In “Lo(o)sing the Edge”, the late Teresia Teaiwa (I-Kiribati) quoted Vince Diaz’s description of a “motley group” of Pacific Islanders at UC Santa Cruz as “ caught different waves, all of us, only to find ourselves, beached, temporarily, out here” (Teaiwa et al., 2021, p. 60). In this interdisciplinary panel at Green College, speakers explore the […]

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Accelerating Discovery: Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship Lectures

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Each year, UBC’s Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships (KARF) support six exceptional early career researchers to pursue research projects with the potential for significant impact in their field of study. Join us over two special evenings of lectures to hear how the inaugural cohort of KARF recipients, funded in 2020, have advanced their research and scholarship. […]

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Accelerating Discovery: Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship Lectures

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Each year, UBC’s Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships (KARF) support six exceptional early career researchers to pursue research projects with the potential for significant impact in their field of study. Join us over two special evenings of lectures to hear how the inaugural cohort of KARF recipients, funded in 2020, have advanced their research and scholarship. […]

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2023 McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies: Minelle Mahtani in conversation with Tajja Isen

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Please join us for the second instalment of the 2023 McLean Lectures. McLean Chair Minelle Mahtani will interview Tajja Isen, author of Some of My Best Friends - "a fearless and darkly comic essay collection about race, justice and the limits of good intentions," named one of the best books of the year by the […]

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2023 McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Please join us on March 7th in the Green College Coach House. Professor Minelle Mahtani, McLean Chair in Canadian Studies, and her Canadian Studies students will co-present their work, “Creating a Critical Canadian Studies: Dialogue-based constellations of care.” There will be a reception afterwards.