Minghui Yu
Heather Spears – Reena Virk Trials
June 1 to June 30, 2010
Matt Hill and Steph Tait – Principles of Success: Changing the World One Step at a Time
Stephanie Tait: Personal Coach, Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Run for One Planet Matt Hill: Motivational Speaker, Runner and Co-Founder of Run for One Planet Join high performance Canadian athletes Steph Tait and Matt Hill as they recount an inspiring and motivational adventure in Run for One Planet, a carbon neutral year-long run around the continent […]
Richard Epp – Physics of Innovation
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Alumni Weekend, this lecture explores basic mysteries such as “What are electricity and magnetism?”, “How can atoms exist?” and “What are space and time?” has led to computers, wireless communication, MP3 players, lasers, medical imaging — indeed, virtually every “high tech” device on […]
Stanley Coren – Animal Communication: How to Speak Dog
Since the time of Darwin scientists have been trying to understand how animals communicate. Today, psychologists know enough about this process so that it can be applied to allow you to understand the language of your pet dog, or even your pet cat (who speaks a somewhat different dialect). Stanley Coren is a psychology professor […]
Alumni Weekend Live Webcasts at IKBLC
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is pleased to announce the live webcasting of selected events that will take place in the building’s Victoria Learning Theatre as part of UBC Alumni Weekend.
Judy Fong-Bates – The Year of Finding Memory
In partnership with Random House Canada, UBC Community Partners for Learning, the Chinese Canadian Historical Society (CCHSBC), the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW), Schema, the North American Association of Asian Professionals (NAAAP), and ExplorAsian, the IKBLC presents author Judy Fong-Bates’ reading of “Year of Finding Memory.” An elegant and surprising book about a Chinese family’s […]
Connects – Annual Report 2009/10
The spring 2010 issue of Connects, the newsletter of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is now available. This issue serves as the Learning Centre’s 2009/10 Annual Report. You can view the issue at Connects – Annual Report 2009/10.
Author Judy Fong-Bates Comes to IKBLC
Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, with support and partnership with the UBC Community Partners for Learning (CPL), ExplorAsian, the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia (CCHSBC), and the North American Association of Asian Professionals (NAAAP), the IKBLC welcomes Judy Fong-Bates on May 28th 5-7pm, as she reads from her much anticipated Year of Finding Memory.
Global Encounters Initiative Inaugural Symposium Webcasts Online
Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the entire series of the Global Encounters Initiative Symposium can be viewed online.
Coupland donation to UBC Library receives generous media coverage
The announcement about the donation of Douglas Coupland’s archives to UBC Library has received extensive media coverage. The story received national coverage in The Globe and Mail. It was also covered by CTV Online, CBC Online and Metro Vancouver. CBC Radio One also interviewed Coupland and Ralph Stanton, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections, and Radio […]