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Juanita Sundberg – Community building
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Common Energy UBC’s NOW (No Other World) Forum. Dr. Juanita Sundberg brings the insights of feminist geography and the sensibilities of an ethnographer to bear on the cultural politics of nature conservation. Dr. Sundberg’s work seeks to foster conversations between feminist theory, critical race […]
Bob Evans – Our Energy Future – Can We Make it More Sustainable?
Robert Evans is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of British Columbia (UBC). He obtained a B.A.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from UBC, an M.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. Dr. Evans has served as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and was founding Director of the […]
Michiah Prull – Beyond awareness: the power of public narrative
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Common Energy UBC’s NOW (No Other World) Forum. Michiah Prull works as a Community Leadership Coordinator at the David Suzuki Foundation. Michiah has previously worked on President Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign, thus he is very knowledgeable about engaging people in a cause. In this […]
Richard Carpiano – Measuring Community Social Capital in British Columbia: An Eco-metric Approach for Population Health Research
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College. Richard Carpiano’s interests centers on the sociology of health and illness, particularly community and individual socioeconomic influences on physical and mental health. Research- and policy-related concern with how community social and physical conditions serve as determinants of health has necessitated improved measurement […]
Joan Mitchell – The Dewey Ecosystem
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by SLAIS. Joan S. Mitchell is Editor-in-Chief of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system at OCLC. There is a rich ecosystem associated with the Dewey Decimal Classification beyond what is visible in the iconic library shelf application of the system. Dewey numbers are associated with […]
Bob Kull – Explorations in Solitude and Interdisciplinary Research
In this talk, Dr. Bob Kull reflects on and shares his experience of spending a year in deep wilderness solitude, and how he shaped the experience into a doctoral dissertation. He explores the process of transformations of consciousness, and discusses how such transformations can affect our relationship with ourselves, with other people and with the […]
George Hoberg – Leap of faith: overcoming political obstacles to climate action
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Common Energy UBC’s NOW (No Other World) Forum. Dr.George Hoberg specializes in environmental and natural resource policy and governance. He received a BS from UC Berkeley, and his PhD from MIT. A political scientist by training, Dr.Hoberg taught public policy and American politics at […]
Amber Prince, Elisabeth Ormandy, Laura Janara, Michael McDonald – Governance of Nonhuman Animals at a University in a Democratic Society: Part 1 Cultivating Practical Wisdom
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College.This event will explore 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 […]
Robert Majzels and Erín Mouré – Play Chthonics: New Canadian Readings
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College. Robert Majzels is a novelist, playwright, poet and translator, born in Montréal, Québec, and is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Calgary. He has published four novels: Hellman’s Scrapbook, City of Forgetting, Apikoros Sleuth, and The Humbugs Diet. […]
Barry Schwartz – Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reason: Why Incentives Are No Substitute for Character
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and funded by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Distinguished Scholar in Residence Program, Green College, and the UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institution. Barry Schwartz is Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore College. Schwartz studies the link between […]