Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, on Tuesday June 10th the inaugural Wesbrook Talks event at MBA House in Wesbrook Village took place. A partnership event between Wesbrook Village and alumni UBC, the first event of the three part series featured a panel discussion of three amazing award-winning alumni all named Barbara. The sold out event featured Business in Vancouver’s Influential Women in Business award-winners Barbara Brink, BA’63; Barbara Dunfield, BEd’80; and Barbara Kaminsky, BA’70, MSW’73, MSc’82, in a panel discussion with CBC’s Renee Filippone and host Shelina Esmail, BA’93. It was the first time the 3 award recipients have spoken together on a panel. The three Barbara’s talked about their influences, commitment to their community, and career paths in a moderated discussion and question and answer session.
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Brink, B. (2001). Working with street children: reintegration through education. Support for learning, 16(2), 79-86. Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9604.00193/epdf
Kaminsky, B. A., Collins, M., BC Healthy Living Alliance Secretariat, British Columbia Government EBook Collection, & BC Healthy Living Alliance. (2011). Healthy living in BC: The next generation : A policy paper of the BC healthy living alliance. Vancouver, B.C: BC Healthy Living Alliance. Link: http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs2011/469680/nextgeneration.pdf
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