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Africa Awareness Week – Day 2 – Student Speaker Series
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. What are the African Dreams of the students within Vancouver? How do students see themselves being active actors in Re-Writing the story of Africa? 6 students will give 15 minute presentations (much like Ted Talks) about their dreams for and within Africa, and the role that they […]
Africa Awareness Week – Day 3 – The Tumaini Project
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. THE TUMAINI PROJECT, Combining ideals and pragmatism, we are bringing together people who are actively involved in ‘Re-Writing the Story’ and who are able from their own experiences of the process required to bring dreams to reality. By hosting this discussion that showcases voices from various disciplines, […]
Africa Awareness Week – Day 1 – Opening Ceremony
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. As an introduction to Conference Week, we will have a night of dance and song performances, highlighted by the giving of a Keynote speech. What does it mean to re-write the African story? We will end this night by inviting all to engage with AAI over the […]
Fundica's 2014 Funding Roadshow
Find out more about the Small Business Accelerator’s participation in the Fundica 2014 Funding Roadshow that takes place in Vancouver on May 23, 2014!
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The Lost Canadians
What does it mean to be Canadian? Join Don Chapman, on February 27th, 2014 from noon-1pm in the Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre for an engaging discussion that will challenge your views on Canadian citizenship.
Barbara Kwasnik – The Intent of a Classification: Evaluating Classifications Based on the Concept of "Warrant"
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS). Clare Beghtol uses the concept of “”warrant”” as a means for evaluating classification systems based on how well they fulfill their goals. For example, through the prism of cultural warrant it is possible to […]
Bonnie Sherr Klein – I Am Who You Are (Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice)
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Faculty of Law’s Centre for Feminist Legal Studies as part of the Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice. Bonnie Sherr Klein is a documentary filmmaker and long-time activist in the feminist and disability movements. In this lecture she shares her lived experience […]
Megan Davies – History in Practice: Community-Informed Mental Health Curriculum
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Nursing. Five decades ago, the Canadian mental health system was turned inside out. Nearly 50, 000 beds were closed in aging provincial asylums, with patients following a new regime of short hospital stays, psychiatric drugs and community services. History in […]
Margaret Blair – Making The Hard Call: The Unheralded Role of Corporate Boards of Directors
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Faculty of Law. It has become part of the accepted corporate governance wisdom in the U.S., as well as in numerous other countries, that boards of directors of publicly-traded corporations should include some, and perhaps a majority of “independent” directors. Yet to-date […]