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Health Information Series with Larry Goldenberg on March 2, 2011

On March 2, 2011, Dr. Larry Goldenberg – director of the Vancouver Prostate Centre and head of the Department of Urologic Sciences at UBC and an award-winning Canadian researcher as a pioneer in the treatment of prostate cancer and world-renowned advocate of patient education, gave a talk at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre as part of the IKBLC-Woodward Library sponsored Health Information Series.

Dr. Goldenberg’s book, Prostate Cancer: All You Need to Know to Take an Active Part in Your Treatment, now in its third edition, is widely considered to be one of the best resources available to men diagnosed with the disease.

The Q&A Webcast of this event can be viewed here in its entirety: http://tiny.cc/goldenberg

Seats are limited, so please reserve as soon as possible for this opportunity!
Wednesday March 2, 2011 – 4:30pm -5:30pm

Chilcotin Board Room (Rm 256) at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
To ensure a seat, please RSVP in advance: 604.827.4366 or ikblc-events@interchange.ubc.ca

Presented by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
and UBC Woodward Library

Michael Byers – African Leadership on International Human Rights Webcast Online

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Africa Awareness Initiative. Dr. Byers’ work focuses on the interaction of international law and politics, particularly with respect to human rights, international organizations, the use of military force, the Arctic, and Canada-United States relations. He has published six books, dozens of academic papers and more than 100 op-ed articles in international newspapers, the Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star and Ottawa Citizen.

"Eddigton, Ryle, and Hoyle: How a Major 20th Century Discovery was lost in Confusion and Noise" Webcast Available

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Physics and Astronomy Department. The Steady-State vs Big-Bang controversy of the 1960s, also known as the source-count controversy, was almost unparalleled in bitterness and rancour. The very personal struggle between Ryle and Hoyle changed the course of the lives of both men. It resulted essentially in the loss from the record of a major cosmological discovery which astronomers and cosmologists finally recognized and revisited far too late. Wall was directly involved in the fight and its resolution, and came to know both Ryle and Hoyle as friends. From this perspective he describes what happened, together with the flow of consequences into current astrophysics and cosmology.  Dr. Jasper Wall is professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UBC.