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Michael Souza – Psychology of Gambling
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. “When you know it’s not a good idea to spend all that money, why do you do it anyways? Why can people not control their behaviour?” These are some of the questions UBC Psychology Professor Michael Souza asks himself as he works on creating a new […]
Donald Stadtner – Sacred Sites of Burma
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by the Museum of Anthropology (MOA), Canadian Society for Asian Arts, Rosalie Stronck Family Foundation, and UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program. Drawing on his most recent book, Sacred Sites of Burma, renowned scholar Donald Stadtner gives an illustrated lecture on how sacred sites have […]
Vaclav Smil – Drivers of environmental change: focus on energy transitions
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by St. John’s College. Vaclav Smil is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. He completed his graduate studies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Carolinum University in Prague and at the College […]
Asian Heritage Month National Conference
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) co-hosted a webcast of a nation-wide teleconference among Asian Heritage Month societies in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto to share expert speakers’ experiences in integrating Asian-Canadian content into Canada’s education system. This Vancouver panel features Dr. Ray Hsu, Tetsuro Shigematsu, Anna […]
Featured Place at IKBLC: Atlin, BC
Our featured B.C. place for this week is the northern most place we have featured yet: Atlin.
Feature Place at IKBLC: Keremeos
Keremeos is located in the Southern Interior of British Columbia and is in the Similkameen Valley.
Community Historical Recognition Program Video Online
Since 2010, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre has been working with community organizations on documenting and preservating Chinese Canadian-related family history projects.
Featured Place at IKBLC: Muskwa River
Room 416, a group study room on the fourth floor of the Barber Centre, is named after the Muskwa River.
Dodson Music Series: 'Let's Dance' – February 27 at noon
LET’S DANCE: PIANO MUSIC INSPIRED BY FOLK DANCE Friday February 27th at 12:00 noon in the Dodson Room of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The Programme includes: “Adios Nonino” by Astor Piazzolla (David Bergeron, piano), “Valses Poeticos” by Enrique Granados (Kunal Moorjani, piano), “The Garden of Eden” by William Bolcom (Margit Juhasz, piano), selections […]
“Humanities From Here" Webcast Online
Webcast hosted by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.