UBC Players Club: Centennial Exhibit
“[…] I was essentially just a little simple players’ clubber who used their experience in the players club…
To go on and ‘play around’ for the rest of my life in theatre.”
Norman Young
1948-1952 Players Club Alumni
Centennial Documentary Transcript
On November 2nd 1915, a group of students formed the Players Club, an avenue for theatre on the new University campus. Under the guidance of Prof. F. G. Wood, the club rose to prominence as a leading theatre company on campus and in the city.
This exhibit is a celebration of the various aspects of the club. It provides a look at the various events we have hosted over our 100 years. Most importantly, it provides a glimpse into the community that is the Players Club.
LSI Public Talk: Your Microbiome – How the Bugs Living in You and on You Affect Your Health
What is my microbiome? How can microbes change the future of human health? What role does technology play? How do microbes affect women’s health? Can they lower my child’s risk of asthma? Join the discussion and learn the answers from our expert panel of UBC researchers.
Event Details
When: April 6, Wednesday | 6-8pm
Where: Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch)
Event is free, but please register here.
Moderator
Linda Aylesworth – Reporter, Global BC News
Discussion Topics and Panelists
What Everyone Should Know About Their Microbiome
Bill Mohn – Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, UBC
How Can Microbes Change the Future of Human Health?
Women’s Health: How is the Vaginal Microbiome Important?
UBC Librarians Without Borders: Speaker Series featuring Dr. Ingrid Parent
UBC Librarians Without Borders presents a Speaker Series panel featuring notable UBC staff working in international librarianship. The panel will be an hour of inspiration to hear about staff projects and to get students thinking about the possibilities of partnerships and improving access to information resources ‘beyond’ borders, as per the ethos of Librarians Without Borders.
Speakers include:
- Ingrid Parent, current UBC University Librarian and past President of the International Federation of Librarians Abroad (IFLA).
- Elizabeth Jordan, Senior Tenured Instructor, the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS) within the UBC Faculty of Education. She has worked with a literacy project in the Daadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya educating teachers.
alumni UBC – Your Next Step: Workplace Trends
Vancouver is a beautiful place to live and the ability to enjoy the west coast lifestyle is an important factor in many people’s job satisfaction. Recognizing this, the city’s best employers often shape their workplace culture accordingly, offering flexibility and unique benefits to attract the city’s top talent. However, given the hot local housing market and challenging economy, both employers and employees will undoubtedly need to make trade-offs in the years ahead. What are the key workplace trends that individuals should be aware of? How is the culture of the modern workplace changing? Where do opportunities exist and what challenges lie ahead?
This event took place on March 21, 2016
Moderator
Gloria Macarenko – CBC News Host (B.C. Almanac; Our Vancouver; CBC Radio One’s The Story from Here)
Panelists
Shelina Esmail, BA’93 – Partner at PFM Executive Search
Prem Gill – CEO, Creative BC
Chris Hatton – Chief Operating Officer, HSBC Bank Canada
Matt O’Grady – Editor in Chief, BC Business
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Panelist Biographies
Gloria Macarenko
Long time CBC News host Gloria Macarenko takes the host seat on B.C. Almanac connecting British Columbians through conversation. She also hosts The Story from Here, a national Radio One show that brings Canadians the most lively and intriguing interviews from across the country. Gloria is also on CBC Television, hosting Our Vancouver, a current affairs television show.
Previously, Macarenko hosted the award-winning newscast CBC News Vancouver at 5 & 6. She has twice been nominated for the Gemini Awards in the category of “Best News Anchor” in Canada.
Gloria Macarenko herself is an award-winning journalist and senior leader on the news team. In her many years with CBC, she has been awarded a Jack Webster Award for “Best News Reporting”, multiple RTNDA Awards and a Leo award for “Best Anchor in a News Program” with former co-host Ian Hanomansing. Gloria has guest hosted on The National and CBC News Now. From her extensive coverage of the Sochi Olympics, as much a news story as a sports story considering the numerous human rights issues that dominated the Games, to profound interviews with local families affected by the Right-to-Die legal challenge, and families who looked to the courts for justice after losing loved ones to a drunk-driving accident, Macarenko has the ability to touch the heart of audiences no matter how challenging the story.
Macarenko’s relationship with British Columbia goes far beyond the newsroom. You can see her volunteering and hosting for organizations such as Arts Umbrella, Dr. Peter Centre, RCH Hospital Foundation, BC Cancer Foundation, the Gordon Smith Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Canada, the Prince Rupert Foundation and the International Women’s Forum.
Born and raised in Prince Rupert, her travels take her around B.C. When not in the host chair, or on the road, she can be found enjoying a good book or sampling the spectacular culinary adventures Vancouver is known for.
Shelina Esmail, BA’93
Shelina is a partner at PFM Executive Search. She joined the firm in 1998 as research director and became an associate partner in 2008. Before joining PFM, Shelina was a senior research and marketing analyst for Colliers International in Vancouver and California. Her professional experience and depth of business knowledge provides a rich foundation for leading senior executives to some of Canada’s most successful organizations.
Shelina is a dedicated community volunteer who lends her time to Junior Achievement of BC, the Tri-Mentoring Program at UBC, and the judging panel for the BC Health Care Awards run by the Health Employers Association of BC. She has also helped Canuck Place, the Aga Khan Foundation and the Ismaili Community. She currently sits on the alumni UBC Board of Directors.
Prem Gill
Prem Gill is a longtime broadcaster and content strategist, born and raised in North Burnaby by her immigrant parents, she took the reins of Creative BC in late September at a critical time in the creative sector’s history. For B.C.’s film and TV industry, the recent decline of the Canadian dollar has resulted in one of the busiest filming years on record and Creative BC is the provincial agency that oversees film and television production in B.C. from development funding to shoot locations.
Prem brings over 20 years of experience in the industry with a diverse background in film and television broadcasting, communications and media, and digital technology. Prem will use her varied experience to lead the Creative BC team in positioning BC as a global leader in the creative industries.
Prem’s commitment to the creative economy in BC can be seen through her work as Director of Production & Original Programming with TELUS and previous experience in the broadcast industry with CityTV and CHUM. Prem is also Vice-Chair of the board of directors for the National Screen Institute and an advisory position with Women in View.
Chris Hatton
Chris Hatton was appointed Chief Operating Officer for HSBC Bank Canada in July 2015.
Mr. Hatton joined HSBC in 1996, and has held senior management roles across the bank in both the UK and the US. Previous roles include: Regional Chief Operating Officer, North American Commercial Banking, HSBC Bank USA, NA; Chief of Staff, Global Commercial Banking, HSBC Holdings plc; Senior Manager, Commercial Banking Europe, HSBC Bank plc; and Manager Development, Commercial Banking, HSBC Bank plc.
Matt O’Grady
Matt is an award-winning communications professional who has held senior leadership positions at both regional and national media companies. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of BCBusiness twice, between 2008 and 2011 and since January of 2014. He has also worked for The Globe and Mail in both Toronto and Vancouver, mostly recently running their west coast operations as British Columbia Bureau Chief. Matt has deep ties within the Vancouver media community, having served as an editor at Vancouver magazine and Western Living, worked as an online editor for CBC British Columbia, and taught non-fiction writing and editing courses at Langara College and Capilano University. Clients inside and outside publishing regularly call upon Matt’s communications expertise as a speechwriter, media advisor, consultant and competition judge. Matt is a graduate of the Queen’s School of Business Bachelor of Commerce program and SFU’s Master of Publishing program.
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Canadian Language Museum presents an exhibit about Cree
The Canadian Language Museum, the First Nations and Endangered Languages Program, First Nations and Indigenous Studies, and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre presents an exhibit about Cree, the most widely spoken Canadian Aboriginal language. Colourful panels present maps, photos and information on topics including the syllabic writing system, word formation, animacy, and the future of Cree.
The Canadian Language Museum was established in 2011 to promote an appreciation of all of the languages spoken in Canada and of their role in the development of this nation. Few countries can match Canada’s rich and varied language heritage, which includes Aboriginal languages from coast to coast, the official languages of French and English and their regional dialects, and the many languages brought to this country by more recent immigrants.The Canadian Language Museum encourages dialogue on language issues that are central to the future of Canadian society, such as bilingualism, multilingualism, and language endangerment, preservation and revitalization. The Canadian Language Museum has created travelling exhibits about Canadian English, the Inuit language, French in Canada, and Cree.
alumni UBC – Master Mind Master Class with Brad Templeton: The Future of Self-driving Cars
Robo-cars are coming. Whether the idea of autonomous vehicles excites or terrifies you, these technologies appear to be the future of transportation and their societal implications will be broad. While there will undoubtedly be many benefits to this ‘robo-car’ driven world, this possibility raises many important social, legal and ethical questions that may serve as barriers to wide adoption of these technologies. Join Brad Templeton, futurist, ‘robo-car’ commentator and former advisor to Google’s self-driving car program as he talks about the future of autonomous transportation. He will explore what it will mean for the future of cities, healthy living and sustainability; while also delving into the important dilemmas that arise when we consider giving up control.
Master Mind Master Class is a new alumni UBC event series, offering an unprecedented look into the minds of modern thinkers making a unique impact on the world, and the lessons they’ve learned.
This event took place on March 2, 2016.
Speaker Biography
Brad Templeton
Follow Brad Templeton on Twitter: @bradtem
Brad Templeton founded ClariNet Communications Corp., the first internet-based content company (sold to Individual Inc/Newsedge Corp.). ClariNet published an online electronic newspaper delivered for live reading on subscribers’ machines. He has been active in the internet community since 1979, participated in the building and growth of USENET from its earliest days, and in 1987 he founded and edited rec.humor.funny, the world’s most widely read computerized conference on that network, and today the world’s longest running blog. He has founded two software companies and is the author of a dozen packaged microcomputer software products.
He is a director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the leading civil rights advocacy group for cyberspace, and chaired the foundation from 2000 to 2010. He is track chair for computing and networks at Singularity University, a new multi-discliplinary school of rapidly changing technology, and was among the founding faculty. He writes and researches the future of automated transportation at Robocars.com and spent two years advising Google’s self-driving car team on strategy and future technologies. He is also on the board of the Foresight Institute (a nonprofit Nanotech think-tank) and technical advisor to delivery robot company Starship Technologies, BitTorrent, NewAer, and Quanergy. He is also a well known photographer and artist at Burning Man, and a popular speaker at international events on cars, online rights and other topics.
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
Birdsall, M. (2014). Google and ITE the road ahead for self-driving cars. Ite Journal-Institute of Transportation Engineers, 84(5), 36-39. [Link]
Brombacher, A. (2014). (re)liability of Self‐driving cars. an interesting challenge. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 30(5), 613-614. doi:10.1002/qre.1707 [Link]
Urmson, C., & Whittaker, W. (2008). Self-driving cars and the urban challenge. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 23(2), 66-68. doi:10.1109/MIS.2008.34 [Link]
Wagner, A., Ortman, S., & Maxfield, R. (2016). From the primordial soup to self-driving cars: Standards and their role in natural and technological innovation. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society, 13(115) [Link]
Yang, J., & Coughlin, J. F. (2014). In-vehicle technology for self-driving cars: Advantages and challenges for aging drivers. International Journal of Automotive Technology, 15(2), 333-340. doi:10.1007/s12239-014-0034-6 [Link]
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