Minghui Yu
Bramwell Tovey Exhibition at Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Display Exhibition at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (November 13 to 30, 2013)
Weyman Chan – Chinese Blue
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre as part of the Robson Reading Series. Drawing on more than two thousand years of ancient Chinese tradition that present diverse philosophical modes of being, whether it be the spiritual teachings of Kong Zi or Lao Tzu, the military dicta of Sun Tzu or the complex […]
Ellen Gruber Garvey – What the 99 Percent Read, and What They Did with It, a Hundred Years Ago
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS). Men and women 150 years ago grappled with information overload by making scrapbooks-the ancestors of Google and blogging. From Abraham Lincoln to Susan B. Anthony, African American janitors to farmwomen, abolitionists to Confederates, people […]
Engaging Youth With Indigenous Materials in Libraries and Classrooms
Assessing and incorporating teaching and learning resources by and about First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples is critical for librarians, educators and parents. Awareness of diverse epistemologies, notions of cultural authenticity and historical accuracy, and the influence of colonialism, are essential when considering books, films and interactive media for library and classroom collections. This panel […]
Dodson Music Series Present “The larks, still bravely singing, fly”
Friday November 9 at 12:00 pm (image from UBC Library)
Martha Fineman – Vulnerability and the Human Condition: A Different Approach to Equality
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College’s Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor Lecture Series. As part of the “Richard V. Ericson Lecture,” Martha Fineman develops the concepts of vulnerability and resilience in order to argue for a more responsive state and a more egalitarian society. Vulnerability […]
Les Jacobs – When Things Go Wrong: Medical Error, Rights Violations and Access to Justice in Health Care on Asia Pacific Rim
This talk explores access to justice issues in different Asia pacific countries that arise in the health care context. The issues are examined from the perspectives of global health and instances of medical malpractice. Les Jacobs is Full Professor at the Law & Society/Political Science and Director of the York Centre for Public Policy and […]
Poetic Representation
November 5 to November 30, 2012
James Russell – A Career in Ruins: Memories of Excavating an Ancient Roman City in Turkey
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College’s Lecture Series: Senior Scholars’ Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life. Anemurium, the subject of the lecture, was a medium-sized Roman and early Byzantine city located on the southernmost promontory of Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, which was abandoned around the end of […]
Laura Janara – Bringing the Collective Together: Nonhuman Animals, Humans and Practice
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College’s Principal’s Series: Thinking at the Edge of Reason: Interdisciplinarity In Action. In 2011-12, an ad hoc group of UBC students and faculty convened at Green College an interdisciplinary speaker series on the use of animals at the university. In the wake […]