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The Critical University: Place as Past, Present and Future

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

Dr. Clare Haru Crowston, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia Prior to joining UBC, Dr. Crowston served as the Associate Dean for the Humanities and Interdisciplinary Programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has demonstrated her commitment to academic and research excellence through […]

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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

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

Elizabeth Kolbert — Award-winning author and journalist Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture Ms. Kolbert is an observer and commentator on the crisis faced by humans in the Anthropocene for The New Yorker magazine. She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (2014) and Under a White Sky(2021) is her latest […]

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Who Owns Outer Space? Sustainable Development on the Final Frontier

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

Dr. Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law, UBC & Dr. Aaron Boley, Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy, UBC Dr. Byers’s work focuses on Outer Space, Arctic sovereignty, climate change, the law of the sea, the laws of war, and Canadian foreign and defence policy. He is the author of […]

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Who Owns Outer Space? Sustainable Development on the Final Frontier

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

Michael Byers (UBC Political Science) and Aaron Boley (UBC Physics and Astronomy) will be speaking about their upcoming book (April 2023) "Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space" at the Vancouver Institute at UBC. 

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Moving and Grooving: Musical Rhythm’s Effects on the Brain

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

Dr. Jessica Grahn, Director, Human Cognitive and Sensorimotor Core of the Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario Dr. Grahn was the first researcher to establish the neural link between hearing musical rhythm and spontaneous activation of the brain’s motor control system by asking the question why do humans move to rhythm? Her contributions […]

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What’s the Harm? Considering the Community Impacts of Hate Crime

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

The Vancouver Institute Public Lecture Series: What's the Harm? Considering the Community Impacts of Hate Crime Dr. Barbara Perry, Director, Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Location: P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre 2194 Health Sciences Mall. Time: 8:15 pm Accessible Parking is available at the Health Sciences Parkade, […]

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Why are Baby Boomers Killing Themselves? From the Summer of Love to the Winter of Our Discontent

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

The Vancouver Institute Public Lecture Series: Why are Baby Boomers Killing Themselves? From the Summer of Love to the Winter of Our Discontent Don Gillmor, Award winning journalist and author Location: P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre 2194 Health Sciences Mall Time: 8:15 pm Accessible Parking is available at the Health Sciences Parkade, 2250 Health Sciences Mall. Health […]

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Canceled 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

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED The Vancouver Institute Public Lecture Series Exploring the Hidden Earth - Groundwaters and Deep Subsurface Life by Dr. Barbara Sherwood Lollar Norman Keevil Chair in Ore Deposits, Geology Professor in Earth Sciences, University of Toronto Location: P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre 2194 Health Sciences Mall. Time: 8:15 pm Accessible […]

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Technology + Art: How the Golden Age of TV Drama Came About

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

The Vancouver Institute Public Lecture Series John Doyle, The Globe and Mail's television critic Location: P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver. Time: 8:15 pm Accessible Parking is available at the Health Sciences Parkade, 2250 Health Sciences Mall. Health Safety: In consideration to others, we recommend that you wear a mask […]

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Cold War with China: What’s a university to do?

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

The Vancouver Institute Public Lecture Series COLD WAR WITH CHINA: WHAT’S A UNIVERSITY TO DO Dr. Paul Evans, Professor and HSBC Chair in Asian Research Location: P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre 2194 Health Sciences Mall Time: 8:15 pm Accessible Parking is available at the Health Sciences Parkade, 2250 Health Sciences Mall. Health Safety: In […]

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Employer On-Campus Info Session: Google – Life of a SWE

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

Life of a SWE What is it like to be a software engineer at Google? Join us as Googlers share day-in-the-life stories about their work and provide an inside look on what makes engineering at Google unique. Attending Representatives Alex Velazquez, Software Engineer Julian Mentasti Meza, Software Engineer, UBC BSc '21