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Izak Benbasat – HCI Research in the Context of E-Commerce
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by HCI@UBC. Given that an ecommerce web site is a company’s “window to the world”, customers interact directly with a number of information technology artifacts provided by the company (such as, product recommendation software, videos for product presentations) as well as entities within that […]
Mark Anielski – Towards an Economy of Genuine Happiness: Creating flourishing communities of wellbeing
Author of “The Economics of Happiness” and happiness economist Mark Anielski explores what makes communities in both Canada and abroad flourish and experience the most happiness. His research and consulting work in Canada, China and Tahiti evolved into what he calls Genuine Wealth, providing individuals, businesses and communities with a practical roadmap for achieving a […]
Barbara Herrnstein Smith – Dis/Integration: On the New Interdisciplinarity
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the UBC Philosophy Department’s Stephen M. Straker Memorial Lecture. Professor Smith (Duke University) is a leading literary theorist and critic, and also a major contributor to Science and Technology Studies, bringing together insights from literary and critical theory with those from history and […]
Richard Wagamese – Reading of "Indian Horse"
Join us Thursday, October 31st, 2013 at 2:00 pm in the Lillooet Room (Room 301) at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre for a reading by author Richard Wagamese from his latest novel, Indian Horse.
Vivian Howard – Connecting Authors and Readers: Researching and Documenting Atlantic Canadian Books for Youth
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the iSchool at UBC. In their recent history of Canadian children’s illustrated books, Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman observe that “the children’s literature of a nation is a microcosm of that country’s literary and sociocultural values, beliefs, themes, and images, including those of […]
Stephen Lewis – Faculty Colloquium Talk at UBC Law
"Chew On This"- The Business Case Behind Sustainable Food Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Faculty of Law. Stephen Lewis is a Co-Director of AIDS-Free World, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University in Toronto, and the board chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. He is also a […]
Akio Takahara – Domestic Factors in China's External Policy: The Case of Japan-China Relations
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Institute of Asian Research (IAR). Chaired By: Joseph Caron, Former Canadian Ambassador to Japan. Besides international factors such as the 2008 world financial crisis, there are important domestic factors in China’s current external policy. They include the intensive debates over the necessity […]
The New Canada Hong Kong Tax Treaty: Issues and Opportunities
With recent changes to the law, this panel discusses: general purpose and structure of tax treaties; domestic tax systems in Hong Kong and China; key features of the treaty; and opportunities for investment to and from Hong Kong and China. Speakers: Wei Cui, David Duff, Barry MacDonald (Partner, Tax Services, PwC), Lori Mathison (Managing Partner, Dentons) […]
National School Library Day Colloquia – "BC's New Education Plan: School of Libraries at the Centre of Learning"
Personalized learning for every student, quality teaching, flexibility and choice, and learning empowered by technology – these goals of the BC Education Plan are central to effective school library programs. Teacher-librarians collaborate with teachers so that kids engage in inquiry and have greater opportunities to employ critical thinking and creativity. Never before has there been […]
Claire Young – Taxing Times for Lesbians and Gay Men
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Faculty of Law. This talk revisits the issue of including lesbians and gay men as spouses for tax purposes. It highlights existing concerns about this policy, including the fact that it results in a privatization of economic security within relationships. The lecture […]