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Bringing Personalized Medicine to BC: “Preventing, Diagnosing and Treating Disease Are Soon to Change Forever”

September 7, 2015

Some of BC leaders in the implementation of Personalized Medicine came together to learn and talk about emerging ways to get treatments tailored for better efficacy and safety and ways to better maintain health. This conversation between the audience and panel of leaders in the Personalized Medicine healthcare revolution is about the exciting new technologies and developments grown here in BC and how together we can bring them into practice.

Panelists

Pieter Cullis
Director of the UBC Life Sciences Institute & Chair of the Personalized Medicine Initiative

Joyce Drohan
Healthcare Practice Lead in BC, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Martin Dawes
Head of Family Practice, UBC

David Huntsman
Director of OvCaRe, VGH, BC Cancer Agency & UBC

Rennie Hoffman
Executive Director, Better Pharmacare Coalition

Moderator

Pamela Fayerman
Journalist, Medicine Matters, The Vancouver Sun

Discussion Document

Roadmap for Bringing Personalized Medicine to British Columbians available for download here {PDF} for those interested. Not required reading for Public Talks attendance.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Bartlett G, Bartlett G, Rahimzadeh V, Longo C, Orlando L. Personalized medicine: The future of genomic testing in primary care: the changing face of personalized medicine. Future Medicine; 2014;11:477. [Link]

Cullis, Pieter. The Personalized Medicine Revolution: How Diagnosing and Treating Disease Are about to Change Forever. Vancouver: Greystone, 2015. Print. [Available at Biomedical Branch Library – QZ50 .G88 2015]

Mapping BC’s path to personalized medicine. Marketwired. 2015. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Medicine

Family Practice

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“Food In Transit” Interactive Feature with Robert Sung, Culinary Historian

August 24, 2015

Watch this interactive short teaser of a lecture by Culinary historian Robert Sung. This is a talk in which foodies will take delight. As part of the current exhibition in the Chung Collection room, highlighting historical food menus from the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Sung’s talk highlights the historical period of the menus in Canadian history.

Please visit: http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/robertsung to watch this lecture webcast!

About the Speaker
Robert (Bob) Sung is currently the President of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia. A Fourth-Generation Canadian, Bob has a passion for culinary arts & history. He was educated at the University of Hawaii for Business Administration and at the Dubrulle Culinary Institute for Professional Culinary Training. For over twenty-‐five years, his personal & business life have revolved around the Food & Hospitality Industry. Bob’s purpose is to educate and entertain from a culinary & cultural approach. In terms of outreach, he is a member of both the Vancouver Chinatown Revitalization Committee, and serves as an advisor to the Asian Heritage Month Society.

UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections teamed up with local historian Larry Wong to create the exhibit. Wong, author of Dim Sum Stories, curated a series of menus for the exhibition, “Bon Voyage / Bon Appétit: Menus from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s Ships, Trains, Planes, and Hotels.”

UBC Library’s Chung Collection contains more than 1,000 menus, ranging from the 1890s to 1980s. The majority of the menus are in English, but there are a few unique menus in Chinese, Japanese, French and even German. Featuring unique historical delicacies, these menus offer a glimpse of “the elegance of dining” in the early days, says Wong.

The exhibition features CPR menus exclusively, but local foodies can also enjoy a few digitized menus from Vancouver’s Chinatown. Six menus are currently online and there are plans to add more over the summer. The exhibition is currently on display in the Chung Collection exhibition room until the end of 2014.

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“Con el Alma en las Manos” – The Popular Art of Guanajuato Exhibition

August 6, 2015

Guanajuato is a city and municipality in central Mexico, in part of Bajío. It is in a narrow valley, which makes its streets narrow and winding. Most are alleys that cars cannot pass through, and some are long sets of stairs up the mountainsides. Many of the city’s thoroughfares are partially or fully underground. The historic center has numerous small plazas and colonial-era mansions, churches and civil constructions built using pink or green sandstone.

“Con el Alma en las Manos” will be displayed at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre as part of Mexico Fest 2015 from August 28 to September 30. Come check it out!

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Anahera Morehu – Housing the knowledge of tangata whenua (indigenous people)

July 28, 2015

“Housing the knowledge of tangata whenua (indigenous people)” focuses on how information professionals can build respectful collections. Cultural organisations house most of the written historical information of tangata whenua (Indigenous people), however, not many organizations have partnerships with Indigenous peoples. Anahera Morehu (University of Auckland) will present insights from her journeys in facilitating the forming of partnerships or relationships. Through partnerships, information managers are able to discern and create guidelines that support organisations in better understanding what “indigenous traditional knowledge” is in an information profession context.

Anahera brings a discussion about developing guidelines for Indigenous traditional knowledge held in your organisations – libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions. As the National Coordinator for the Mātauranga Māori within New Zealand Libraries, Anahera will present a programme that provides an insight into the world view from the indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand).

Bio

Anahera Morehu is the Library Manager for Arts, Māori and Pacific at the University of Auckland. She presented at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Congress in 2011, at a time when indigenous traditional knowledge was making its initial stance within the constructs of information management. She travels and presents at many indigenous fora where she is able, and honoured, to be the National Coordinator for the Mātauranga Māori within NZ Libraries. Anahera is past Tumuaki of Te Rōpū Whakahau, convenor for the Library and Informtion Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) conference 2014, current LIANZA Hikuwai Regional Councillor, and a member of LIANZA Council.

Relevant Books and Articles from UBC Library

Bauer, W., Parker, W., Evans, T. K., & MyiLibrary. (1993; 2003; 2012). Maori (1st ed.). New York; London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203403723 [Link]

Morehu, A. P. (2012). Organization of Indigenous Knowledge Plenary Session. Indigenous Knowledges: Local Priorities, Global Contexts. University of Bristish Columbia, Vancouver. [Link]

Morehu, A.P., Hobson, J. (2005). Hokinga ki te kainga. Proceedings of the 5th International Indigenous Librarians Forum: Brisbane, Australia, June 4-7, 2007. Ed. Alana Garwood-Houng for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library, Information and Resource Network (ATSILIRN). [Link]

Mutu, M. (2014). Māori issues. The Contemporary Pacific, 26(1), 208-214. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Library, Archival & Information Science

Aboriginal Studies

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2016-2017 Art Exhibition Call-Out

July 21, 2015

Calling All Artists

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, located at the heart of the beautiful University of British Columbia (UBC), offers an art exhibition space consisting of eight free-standing display cases (6 feet width x 23 inches height x 22 inches depth) with clear Plexiglas lockable covers which houses books, posters, other print material and artifacts.

The art exhibition’s purpose is to encourage student learning, research excellence and community engagement. It serves to inform, educate, entertain, and promote UBC Library’s programs and services in keeping with the University’s mission as one of the world’s leading universities to create an “exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada and the world.”

To see more photos of past exhibitions, visit the Learning Centre’s Facebook page.

The Learning Centre is now welcoming submission proposals for its 2016-2017 Art Exhibition from individuals, groups and organizations within UBC and from the broader community. If you wish to contribute, please apply here by October 15, 2015.

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UBC Dialogues – In Search of Happiness: Is there a secret to feeling content?

July 2, 2015

What is the key to happiness? Is it family relationships? Wealth? Job satisfaction? Helping others? Perhaps we need to spend more time in nature, and less time in cities. And is happiness a universal feeling, or are there significant differences in the experience of it based on culture, age or other factors? There are so many ideas about where happiness comes from, yet many of us still struggle to find it. Are some people simply hardwired to be happy and others not, or is it a state of mind that can be consciously pursued?

Moderator
Shiral Tobin – Producer of CBC’s The Early Edition

Panelists
Elizabeth Dunn – Associate Professor, UBC Department of Psychology
John Innes – Dean, UBC Faculty of Forestry; Forest Renewal BC Chair in Forest Management
Holman Wang, BEd(Elem)’95, MASA’98, LLB’05 – Children’s Author and Illustrator
Jiaying Zhao – Canada Research Chair in Behavioral Sustainability; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC

Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library

Willingham, D. T., & Dunn, E. W. (2003). What neuroimaging and brain localization can do, cannot do, and should not do for social psychology. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(4), 662. [Link]

Dunn, E. W., & Weidman, A. C. (2015). Building a science of spending: Lessons from the past and directions for the future. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 25(1), 172-178. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2014.08.003 [Link]

Yu, R. Q., & Zhao, J. (2015). The persistence of the attentional bias to regularities in a changing environment. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, doi:10.3758/s13414-015-0930-5 [Link]

Mani, A., Mullainathan, S., Shafir, E., & Zhao, J. (2013). Poverty impedes cognitive function. Science, 341(6149), 976-980. doi:10.1126/science.1238041 [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Psychology

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Victor de Bonis – Wesbrook Talks

June 30, 2015

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Back in the ‘80s when the Vancouver Canucks were searching for wins in a tough Smythe Division, Victor de Bonis could be found parking cars at the Pacific Coliseum. After a detour through accounting firm KPMG, de Bonis joined the Canucks operation in 1994, and has since seen various teams and ownerships come and go. Yet through perseverance, relationships and a dedication to winning, over the past two decades, de Bonis has helped turned the franchise into one of the National Hockey League’s most successful franchises. We heard how he got his start, and learn about the challenges he faced and opportunities he seized along the way. Wesbrook Talks is presented by Wesbrook Village and alumni UBC. It is designed to provide intimate opportunities to listen to and engage with prominent alumni in the community.

Speaker Bio
Victor de Bonis is the Chief Operating Officer for Canucks Sports and Entertainment (CSE), and an Alternate Governor for the NHL. Working in partnership with President of Hockey Operations Trevor Linden, Victor has primary responsibility over all facets of business operations and directs the Senior Leadership Team.

Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library

Chapman, P., Wake, B., & Canadian Publishers Collection – non-CRKN. (2011). A thrilling ride: The Vancouver Canucks’ 40th anniversary season. Vancouver: Greystone Books. [Link]

Kerr, G. (2011). A season to remember: The Vancouver Canucks’ incredible 40th year. Madeira Park, B.C: Harbour Pub. [Link]

Cruickshank, D. (2012). Vancouver Canucks. Calgary, AB: Weigl Educational Publishers. [Link]

Munro, C. E. S. (2006). Sports fan culture & brand community: An ethnographic case study of the Vancouver Canucks booster club. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia. [Link]

Rossiter, S. (1994). Vancouver Canucks: the silver edition. Vancouver: Opus Productions Inc. [Link]

Boyd, D. (1973). The Vancouver Canucks story. New York; Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson. [Link]

Jewison, N. (1990). The Vancouver Canuck: The first twenty years. Winlaw, B.C: Polestar Press. [Link]

Gallagher, T., & Gasher, M. (1982). Towels, triumph and tears: The Vancouver Canucks and their amazing drive to the 1982 Stanley Cup final. Madeira Park, B.C: Harbour Publishing. [Link]

The Vancouver Canucks’ family cook book. (1980). Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Canucks. [Link]

Douglas, G., & Kerr, G. (2010). Canucks at forty: Our game, our stories, our passion. Mississauga, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons Canada. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Sports, Recreation, and Fitness

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Henry Yu and Zoe Lam – The Past, Present, and Future of Cantonese Language and Culture

June 25, 2015

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Is Cantonese a “dialect” or a “language”? Is it a “culture” or a distinct “society”? Or is Cantonese something both more and less than all of these? The keynote for this workshop introduces how we might think about “Cantonese Worlds” both historically and in the present. Drawing upon the migration of peoples across the globe who spoke various forms of what we might consider “Cantonese,” we consider the “Cantonese Worlds” that have been made historically over the last 500 years, and their prospects in the present day. Over the last 50 years, migrations between Hong Kong and Canada have transformed cities such as Toronto and Vancouver. Significant changes in real estate, business, philanthropy, and education, as well as cultural transformations in language, popular media, and mass consumption have reshaped societies on both sides of the Pacific. Flows of people, goods, and ideas have been multidirectional–even as hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong Chinese became Canadian citizens, Canadians of both Chinese and non-Chinese heritage also migrated to Hong Kong for work and family. Counting the estimated 300,000 Canadian passport holders living in Hong Kong would rank it among the ten largest “Canadian” cities! The Hong Kong-Canada Crosscurrents Project looks back on the last half century in order to understand how the migration of people, goods, and ideas across the Pacific has created a complex crosscurrent of dense and sometimes surprising connections, including the transformation and re-animation of a Cantonese Pacific world that had spanned the ocean for centuries.

Relevant Books and Articles from UBC Library

Aijmer, G., & Ho, V. K. Y. (2000). Cantonese society in a time of change. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.

Topley, M., & DeBernardi, J. E. (2011). Cantonese society in Hong Kong and Singapore: Gender, religion, medicine and money. Singapore: NUS Press.

Yu-Han, M., & Lee, H. Y. (2014). Strong and weak dialects of china: How Cantonese succeeded whereas Shaan’Xi failed with the help of media. Asian Social Science, 10(15), 23. [Link]

UBC Research Guides

Chinese History

Chinese Language

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c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city

June 22, 2015

The University of British Columbia Point Grey campus is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking Musqueam people. We thank Musqueam for its hospitality and support of our work.

In celebration of Aboriginal History Month, a new collaborative exhibit at the Library highlights the history of the Musqueam people before and since Vancouver.

c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city is an unprecedented series of exhibitions about Musqueam’s ancient landscape and living culture, at three distinct locations. As part of Aboriginal History Month at UBC Library, the curators of c̓əsnaʔəm have developed a satellite exhibit at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) featuring belongings, replicas, images, maps and video.

The IKBLC exhibit looks at Musqueam ways of knowing, especially the ways they know and connect to their territory, and their ancestors’ ancient belongings. The exhibit uses the term “belonging” instead of item or artifact to show the ongoing connections to the belongings of ancestors. For example, one case features actual belongings recovered from the ancient site, while a neighboring case includes replicas made by present day Musqueam community members.

“Making belongings based on oral histories and stories in my community is really interesting and fun,” says Morgan Guerin, a Musqueam community member and Councillor who made harpoon points and antler tools to be used in the exhibit. Guerin also created a Sturgeon harpoon, the first made at Musqueam in nearly 100 years.

Located in the area now commonly known as the neighbourhood of Marpole in Vancouver, c̓əsnaʔəm was first occupied almost five thousand years ago. It became one of the largest of the Musqueam people’s ancient village sites – at what was then the mouth of the Fraser River. Over the past 125 years, archaeologists, collectors and treasure hunters have mined the c̓əsnaʔəm village and burial ground for artifacts and ancestral remains.

Designated as a National Historic Site in 1933, the site is obscured by an intersection of railway lines, roads and bridges to Richmond and the YVR Airport. However, c̓əsnaʔəm has continued to be an important cultural site for the Musqueam community.

The exhibition is open to the public daily from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., on Level 2 of the IKLBC, and will be on display until August 26.

About c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city

Musqueam First Nation, the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC, and the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) partnered on a groundbreaking exploration of an ancient landscape and living culture. c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city — a series of three distinct exhibitions, opened in January 2015. The unified exhibits connect visitors with c̓əsnaʔəm — one of the largest ancient village and burial sites upon which Vancouver was built — sharing its powerful 5,000-year history and continuing significance.

Musqueam Cultural Education Resource Centre
4000 Musqueam Ave.
musqueam.bc.ca

Museum of Anthropology
6393 NW Marine Dr.
moa.ubc.ca

Museum of Vancouver
1100 Chestnut Street
museumofvancouver.ca

About Aboriginal History Month at UBC Library

Every year the Library coordinates an exhibit for Aboriginal History Month in collaboration with the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Xwi7xwa Library and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology.

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Learning Initiatives for Rural and Northern BC: 2015 – Apply Now!

June 15, 2015

Learning Initiatives for Rural and Northern BC (LIRN BC) is a collaborative approach to building on the capacities of rural, remote and Northern British Columbian communities. The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is proud to partner with government and non-government organizations to provide and facilitate workshops to promote community learning and collaboration in rural and northern communities.

The LIRN BC process encourages local government, provincial, federal, First Nations, non-government organizations (community-based, regional and provincial) and businesses to work together to plan, deliver and evaluate a locally relevant learning initiative.

LIRN BC can bring trainers and facilitators to your community to deliver a learning event for residents. The 2015 Expression of Interest (EOI) includes workshop summaries for 21 workshops offered by LIRN BC partner organizations. Select the topic of the event from the choices offered and tell us why this is important in the form below. If your community is selected, you will be contacted by a LIRN BC partner who will work with you to design and deliver a learning event that meets the needs of your community. Successful applicants would be expected to provide publicity support, venue and refreshments.

►The EOI must be received by July 3rd, 2015.

The LIRN BC partners are:

Alzheimer Society of BC
Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC
BC Centre for Employment Excellence
BC Healthy Communities (PlanH Program)
Community Social Planning Council (Victoria)
Fraser Basin Council (Integrated Community Sustainability Planning)
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre UBC
Leave Out Violence (LoVE)
PeerNetBC
SPARC BC
Vantage Point
Volunteer BC
YouthCo

EOI Details:

►The EOI must be received by July 3rd, 2015. Please do not exceed the provided space of the Application Section of the EOI. Follow this link for more information or to download the EOI form.

►Return the Application Section only – pages 15 to 21 of this document – as a Word document by email to jsands@sparc.bc.ca | Jim Sands, Project Coordinator, SPARC BC (Social Planning and Research Council of BC).

►Special Instructions: Please do not exceed the provided space of the Application Section of the EOI. Return the Application Section only – pages 15 to 21 of this document – as a Word document by email to jsands@sparc.bc.ca.

►LIRN BC does not provide direct funding or cash. The support offered by LIRN BC generally includes: event planning, workshop and/or dialogue design, facilitation, training, and reporting services that are related to each learning event. The community (through a local steering committee) is expected to help with planning, marketing, providing a venue, and providing catering if needed (this can be through charging admission).

Note: If you have any questions please contact Jim Sands at 604-718-8504 or jsands@sparc.bc.ca

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