Governance of Nonhuman Animals at the University in a Democratic Society: Part 2 Cultivating Practical Wisdom
This panel discussion explores issues of practical wisdom and deliberation, including the problem of how, in the context of democratic deliberation and inclusive democracy, humans might attend to the needs and standpoints of nonhuman animals. On each panel, each speaker will speak for 15 minutes followed by 30 minutes of discussion. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College.
Speakers
Kenneth Sharpe, Political Science, Swarthmore College; Max Cameron, Political Science, UBC; Maneesha Deckha, Law, University of Victoria; Michael Burgess, College for Interdisciplinary Studies, UBC; Moderated by Ken Carty, Political Science, UBC
Select Articles Available at UBC Library
Burgess, M. M. (2001). Future genetics, futurist ethics. Canadian Medical Association.Journal, 164(5), 671-671. [Link]
Brunger, F., & Burgess, M. (2005). A cultural understanding of research ethics governance. Health Law Review, 13(2-3), 69. [Link]
Burgess, M. M. (2001). Whither morality in genetic test? Health Law Review, 9(3), 3. [Link]
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SoMobNet (Social Mobile Networking For Informal Learning) One Day Seminar – April 16, 2012
The rise of social networking sites (SNSs) and mobile devices over the past ten years has been one of the most inuential phenomena in digital technology. They are now used by many people who integrate them into their daily lives, and the services and devices are playing an increasing role in mediating the access to knowledge and cultural resources across different contexts of life. As such, the topic of social and mobile networking demands the sustained attention of the educational researchers.
To date, a great deal of work on the topic is still characterized by techno-centric discourse largely underpinned by a deterministic understanding of the relationship between society and technology. This has arguably led to an underestimation of the potential for, and importance of, agency and cultural practices of the user as well as the content and context generation to support community-building processes through the integration with other socio-technical mechanisms such as social networks. At the same time, the analysis of socio-technical mechanisms which support the content and contextgeneration process requires a better understanding of the affordances and potential of social and mobile technologies. The aim of this seminar is to explore educational and socio-cultural perspectives on the use of the increasing convergence of mobile devices and digital media for social networking in formal and informal contexts of learning. These seminars are intended to offer a space for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas, experiences and research on social mobile networking for informal learning.
An exciting day discussing new educational research and its applications at UBC:
Time/Date: April 16th, 9:15-11:45
Session: Mobile Devices and Digital Media for Social Networking in Learning. Presented by Social Mobile Networking for Informal Learning
Location: IKBLC, Lillooet Room
Registration: http://www.events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/1561
**A light lunch will be served after this session
Time/Date: April 16th 12:00 – 2:00
Session: Dr. Richard Halverson, What Schools Can Learn from Games and New Media as Information Technologies
Location: IKBLC, Lillooet Room
Registration: http://www.events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/1575
Time/Date: April 16th, 2:15-4:00
Session: A Discussion on the Future of Mobile Learning at UBC
Location: IKBLC, Lillooet Room
Registration: http://www.events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/1563>
Description: Following the morning’s presentations on Social Mobile Networking for Informal Learning, join our guests from the SoMobNet, and special guests from UBC, for a discussion on strategies and mobile initiatives. After reviewing the key issues, and previewing coming initiatives at our university, participants will be invited to explore opportunities, articulate needs and define priorities for future planning.
In addition to the SoMobNet group, we will be joined by Natasha Boskic (EPLT, UBC Faculty of Education) to consider the latest developments in the field. Also presenting will be Jan Carter (Manager, Web Services, Information Technology, UBC) who will preview some of the exciting enhancements to our university’s mobile communication infrastructure that are presently being developed.
Location: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia (hosted by the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology, CTLT)
SoMobNet (Social Mobile Networking For Informal Learning) is a capacity building network part-funded by STELLAR, the Network of Excellence on TEL funded within FP7 (see http://www.stellarnet.eu). The SoMobNet Theme Team focuses in particular on how network-based technologies may foster the sense of community and reciprocal learning and aims to investigate the following research questions: (1) How can/do mobile devices support workers’ community building through social networks? (2) What models of assessment are possible through new mobile devices in informal learning situations? (3) How can mobile devices support workers’ training between real (e.g., their ofce, or classroom and so on) and online contexts (e.g., social networks)? SoMobNet website: http://www.somobnet.eu
For more information, please contact Lucas Wright, Learning Technology Specialist, Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology
Generation One
Image credit: Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society
The 16th annual month-long festival to celebrate Asian Heritage Month in Metro Vancouver – explorASIAN 2012 – feature “Generation One Art Exhibition” as one of its signature programs at multiple sites throughout Metro Vancouver during the month of May, 2012. GENERATION ONE, as one of Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society’s signature programs, is a platform for local artists to showcase their artworks in the community. It is a distinctive art exhibition that features artworks of inter-cultural and inter-generation Pan-Asian artists, found in the dynamic area of Metro-Vancouver.
A special purpose of this year’s art exhibition is to put the spotlight on young artists who are either home-grown first-generation Asian-Canadians or new immigrants. In order to nurture and support young local talents, the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) has entered a new partnership with the International Arts Gallery to co-present a two-part exhibition at the International Arts Gallery from May 4 to 25, 2012.
GENERATION ONE 3D Art Exhibition at Irving K. Barber Center, UBC, May 4- May 25, 2012
Curated by VAHMS artists, this 3D exhibition will demonstrate the art of poetry as expressed in 3-dimensional art forms from different Asian cultural traditions. Check out the glass cases in the lobby and corridor at the IKBLC.
Image Credit: Lee Jong Jin
Born in Seoul, South Korea and trained at the Department of Sculpture at Seoul’s Hong-Ik University, Lee Jong Jin has been a professional artist since 1997. Between 1997 and 2008, Lee has had seven solo exhibition and 60 group exhibitions in Korea. Having immigrated to Canada in 2008, Lee has exhibited with the Korean Artists Association in Canada, and serving as president of the Korean Artists Association from 2010 to 2011.
My sculptures are an expression of my past, present, and inner happiness. I strive to maximize impact and meaning through simple forms. Children, love, happiness, and nature are my favourite subjects. I love stone sculptures. I hope my work warms hearts as hard as stone and helfs make the world a more loving place. [출처] Lee Jong Jin |작성자 모난돌이
Image credit: Ju-Ann Hu
Influenced by ancient cultures, Irene Ju-Ann Hu uses the language of multidimensional modern art to map myths or legends into visual expression. She works with ancient symbols to guide the viewer on a path towards active participation. I paint with oils and pigments, and create sculpture in wood and stone. Each piece becomes an individual note within a larger composition. After completing her BFA at the Royal Fine Art School in Den Bosch, Netherlands, she worked for two years with several accomplished artists and other master students at Universitait der Kunst, Berlin, Germany. Many cultures, philosophies, myths and symbols have influenced my thoughts and my creativity. Irene Ju-Ann is a Vancouver artist, she was born in China, move to Netherlands in 1979, was raised up in Nethelands. She studied in Berlin, Germany. In 2001 she moved to Leuven, Belgium. In 2006 she moved to Vancouver, Canada.
Contact: Celia Leung, Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society Program Coordinator
Live Webcast of the IFLA Presidential Programme: Libraries – A Force for Change
Image Credit: UBC Library
The IFLA 2012 Presidential Program is intended to provide IFLA, its members, and all organizations and individuals, with an investigation of these issues and guidance as to how institutions and communities can work together to develop the most useful and productive relationships.
UBC Library and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be live webcasting this event, so please join us from wherever you are. Participate by tweeting your comments and questions. All times for sessions are listed in our Program. Times in our program are Pacific Daylight Time (Vancouver, BC).
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The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be offering a room for those on campus who are interested in attending this live webcast. Please join us at the Fraser River Room (Room 227) of the Learning Centre.
For more information about the live webcast, please contact Aleha McCauley or Allan Cho
Stolen Memories, Breaking the Silence Film Screenings at Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, May 29, 2012 – 6.00-7.00PM
Stolen Memories is a detective story about filmmaker Kagan Goh’s personal quest to return a photo album “stolen” from a Japanese Canadian family during the Japanese internment.
The filmmaker’s brother bought a photo album along with a framed photograph of a Japanese samurai warrior that once belonged to a Japanese Canadian family, at a garage sale for a mere $5 apiece. When his brother asked the Caucasian man who sold him the album how he had come to possess such a precious family heirloom, he replied indifferently that he found it in the attic collecting dust and he just wanted to “get rid of it.” The photographs are dated 1939. Three years before the Japanese internment.
To attend this event, please visit our registration page.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1942, Japanese Canadians were ordered to turn over property and belongings to the Custodian of Enemy Alien Property as a “protective measure only.” Caught in the whirlwind of anti-Japanese hysteria and paranoia, all of the Japanese descendents living in Canada at the time were rounded from their homes and herded off to internment camps and declared “enemy aliens.” They had no choice but to leave everything behind. The album was left behind when the family was interned and their possessions were either seized by the Canadian government and sold for a pittance, or stolen by looters.
Kagan Goh, aided by Mary Seki, his 70-year old detective sidekick, embarked upon a quest to find the rightful owners, find out what happened to them and return their lost photo album to them. Documenting the search as well as redressing the wrongs of the past is a symbolic “homecoming” – coming home in terms of returning to a place of self-acceptance, belonging, wholeness and healing.
Stolen Memories reflects deeply rooted issues of prejudice which have affected the Japanese Canadian community throughout the last one hundred years, experienced not just by the family but by the Japanese Canadians who helped in the quest to return the ‘stolen’ photo album. The extraordinary story is a microcosm within the macrocosm of the Japanese Canadian legacy.
Breaking the Silence is a short documentary written and directed by Kagan Goh and produced by Imtiaz Popat. The documentary is about Akihide John Otsuji, a Japanese Canadian who was imprisoned for defying a racist law called the Dispersal Campaign. After the Japanese internment, Japanese-Canadians were given the choice to either repatriate to Japan or move east of the Rockies, but not allowed to return to the West Coast. Aki returned to his hometown in Vancouver and was promptly imprisoned and labeled a criminal by the Canadian government. Mary Seki considers him to be a hero. “Breaking the Silence” is about Mary Seki’s quest to clear her brother’s name.
This event will take place at on May 29, 2012 at 6.00-7.00PM at the Dodson Room (Room 302) of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
To attend this event, please visit our registration page.
As part of ExplorASIAN, and in partnership with Kagan Goh’s Stolen Memories, Monkeyking Motion Pictures, and Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society.
For more information, please contact Aleha McCauley or Allan Cho.
Dietmar Wolfram – Who are the Disciples and Admirers of an Author?
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by SLAIS. Recitation (the act of citing a given author or her/his works multiple times) provides an indication of the influence of a cited author. This study investigated patterns of citation and recitation across frequently cited authors’ works to better understand how broadly citers have been influenced by cited authors and their publications. Dietmar Wolfram is Interim Dean & Professor School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Select Articles Available at UBC Library
Wolfram, D. (1996). Inter-record linkage structure in a hypertext bibliographic retrieval system. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 47(10). [Link]
Wolfram, D. (2003). Applied informetrics for information retrieval research. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited.
Wolfram, D. (2012). An analysis of Canadian contributions to the information science research literature: 1989–2008/Une analyse des contributions Canadiennes à la littérature de recherche en sciences de l’information : 1989–2008. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 36(1), 52-66. doi:10.1353/ils.2012.0005. [Link]
Wolfram, D. (2008). Search characteristics in different types of web-based IR environments: Are they the same? Information Processing and Management, 44(3), 1279-1292. doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2007.07.010. [Link]
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Retell | Rethink | Recover
February 20, 2012 – April 30, 2012
RETELL
Focusing on the history of the Tōhoku region, this part of the exhibition includes Edo and Meiji-period works from the library’s Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era collection. The exhibition will highlight disaster prints such as those depicting catfish and dragons, common in Edo-period illustrated accounts of earthquakes and tsunamis. Historical maps of the areas affected by the 2011 disasters will also be displayed.
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, Lower Level, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (click for map & hours)
RETHINK
Here the exhibition looks at the issue of nuclear energy and the debate that has taken place in Japan on this issue. As well, the exhibition highlights social media as a form of alternative media and information sharing in the wake of the disasters. Included in this part of the exhibition:
Nuclear imagery courtesy of Professor John O’Brian
Atomic bomb exposed tile donated to UBC by the Hiroshima University
Photos of anti-nuclear protests in Tokyo, contributed by UBC Alum Maho Harada
Japan Quake Map courtesy of Paul Nicholls
Twitter feeds contributed by UBC Alum Kozue Matsumoto
Facebook archives submitted by UBC Alum Brad Morrison
Animated video “nuclear poo”
Location: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Foyer (click for map & hours)
RECOVER
The final part of the exhibit uses the Asian Library collection as well as community contributions to recount Japan’s capacity to recover from adversity. The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami are examined, as well as past natural disasters that have struck the country. The exhibit features:
Ishinomaki handwritten newspaper reproductions (created in the days after the tsunami struck the Ishinomaki region)
– digital files courtesy of the Japan Newspaper Museum
Images of the Tsunami-affected region of Ogatsu, by UBC Alum Maho Harada
Images and blog entries related to volunteer relief efforts originating in Canada courtesy Manabu Ogawa
Postcards depicting the 1926 Tokyo earthquake courtesy Professor John O’Brian
Red Cross letter of recognition courtesy of the UBC Japan Association
Location: Asian Library (click for map & hours)
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Elizabeth Denham – Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by SLAIS. Open Data and Open Government represent a brave new world of information-sharing for citizens. Drawing on examples from the provincial, national and international realm, B.C.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner will discuss the opportunities and challenges of information and data-sharing in the context of Gov 2.0. Elizabeth Denham was appointed Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia in May, 2010. An expert in privacy and access, Ms. Denham has made significant contributions to data protection and has been an influential advocate for online privacy protection.
Select Articles Available at UBC Library
Denham, E., & Canadian Public Policy Collection. (2014). Failure to archive: Recommendations to modernize government records management. Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia. [Link]
Eso, E. D. (1988). Promotion and outreach in a community archives. Vancouver: A.b.c.a.
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