Larry Goldenberg – Men's Health: Connecting the Dots
On March 2, 2011, Dr. Larry Goldenberg, an award-winning Canadian researcher, pioneer in the treatment of prostate cancer and world-renowned advocate of patient education. Dr. Goldenberg authored one of the first books to explain prostate cancer treatment options in layman’s terms. The Intelligent Guide to Prostate Cancer: All You Need to Know to Take an […]
Joan Chiao – Cultural Neuroscience: Bridging Cultural and Biological Sciences
<a href=”http://webcasts.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/captions(101).sbv”>captions(101).sbv</a> The study of culture and biology has long stood stratified within the social and natural sciences, a gap that physicist C.P. Snow (1959) famously called “the two cultures.” To examine the bidirectional influence of culture and genes on brain and behavior, cultural neuroscience is an emerging, interdisciplinary science examining how cultural values, practices, […]
Brian Day – Sam Sullivan Public Salon Series
Brian Day is the former head of the Canadian Medical Association. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Donald MacPherson – Sam Sullivan Public Salon Series
Donald MacPherson is a drug policy expert. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Select Articles Available at UBC Library MacPherson, D., & Vancouver (B.C.). (2000). Framework for action: A four-pillar approach to drug problems in Vancouver: Draft discussion paper. Vancouver, B.C: City of Vancouver. Boyd, S. C., Osborn, B., & MacPherson, D. […]
Raymond Gibbs – Second of a Double Feature: Metaphor and Embodied Cognition
Raymond Gibbs is currently the Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Gibbs’ research interests are in the fields of experimental psycholinguistics and cognitive science. His work concerns a range of theoretical issues, ranging from questions about the role of embodied experience in thought and language, to looking at […]
Michael Hayes – SPARC Community Developers' Conference – Social Development and Health Policy Development
Social Development and Health Policy Development. Session Facilitator: Dr. Michael Hayes (Simon Fraser University). The use of a population health framework can help participants understand the significant inter-relationship between various public policy and social policy domains with an emphasis on health outcomes. This interactive session will engage participants in learning about some of the methods […]
Stanley Coren – Animal Communication: How to Speak Dog
Since the time of Darwin scientists have been trying to understand how animals communicate. Today, psychologists know enough about this process so that it can be applied to allow you to understand the language of your pet dog, or even your pet cat (who speaks a somewhat different dialect). Stanley Coren is a psychology professor […]
Richard Epp – Physics of Innovation
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Alumni Weekend, this lecture explores basic mysteries such as “What are electricity and magnetism?”, “How can atoms exist?” and “What are space and time?” has led to computers, wireless communication, MP3 players, lasers, medical imaging — indeed, virtually every “high tech” device on […]
Dorjee Rapten Neshar – Essentials of Tibetan Medical System
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program (CTSP), this talk, titled “Essentials of Tibetan Medical System and its role in Community Health Services,” focuses on the role of traditional Tibetan medicine in providing primary health care in Tibetan refugee settlements in India. Dr. Neshar will […]
Jessica Tracy – The Nature of Pride
As part of Green College’s Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture Series,’ one of the major findings in the behavioral and social sciences is the discovery that a small set of basic emotions have distinct, universally recognized, nonverbal expressions. This finding promoted widespread acceptance of Darwins (1872) claim that emotions are an evolved part of human […]