Alumni Weekend Live Webcasts at IKBLC

Alumni Weekend Live Webcasts

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.   Each year, Alumni Weekend highlights the cultural, social and intellectual odyssey of UBC campus by presenting special lectures and seminars about topics that appeal to not only researchers and students, but also community and alumni members who enjoy life-long learning.   This year, three lectures will be presented that features the wide breadth of knowledge at UBC.  (Best viewed using Internet Explorer browser).

“Principles of Success: Changing the World One Step at a Time.”  Presented by Steph Tait & Matt Hill (9.45-10.45am)

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 in order to inspire environmental action.  Starting May 4th 2008, both Steph and Matt ran across Canada and around the perimeter of America, totaling 11,000 miles, doing over 420 marathons as a dynamic running duo. While running a marathon each almost every day, they led a team of over 30 people spread across the continent while speaking to over 30,000 kids in more than 220 presentations. They garnered sponsorships across the continent and around the world and raised over $120,000 for their Legacy Fund for Kids.

Link to the live webcast: http://tiny.cc/ikblc-alumni-1

“Physics of Innovation.  Where does technology ultimately come from? Physics!”   Presented by Dr. Richard Epp, Scientific Outreach Manager, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics  (11.00am-12.00pm)

Exploring 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 the planet. Join Dr. Epp in a celebration of the immense power of theoretical physics to transform our world for the betterment of humanity, and learn how current theoretical explorations may hold potential for even more fantastic innovations in the future.

Link to the Live webcast: http://tiny.cc/ikblc-alumni-2

“Animal Communication: How to Speak Dog” by Dr. Stanley Coren, Professor of Psychology, UBC  (2.45pm-3.45pm)

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).   This talk will be illustrated.

Link to the live webcast:  http://tiny.cc/ikblc-alumni-3

How do societies change in response to contact with other cultures? And what roles do objects play in mediating these connections over time and place? Organized by Dr. Neil Safier of the UBC History department, this two-and-a-half-day symposium brought together anthropologists, geographers, historians, Indigenous artists and activists, and literary scholars whose research focuses on cross-cultural encounters and material exchange in a global context. Invited speakers shared works-in-progress and critically assessed their own approaches toward the study of cultural exchange between peoples, places, and things.

The inaugural Global Encounters Initiative symposium, the “Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame” took place March 4-6, 2010 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.  Webcast recording sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, the entire series of the Global Encounters Initiative Symposium can be viewed online.    Hosted by MOA, “From Noble Savage to Righteous Warrior: Regenerating and Reinscribing Indigenous Presences” by Dr. Taiaiake Alfred (Indigenous Governance, UVic) is the keynote speaker of the symposium.  Dr. Taiaiake Alfred is an author, educator and activist. Alfred is an internationally recognized Kanienkehaka intellectual, political advisor and he is currently a professor at the University of Victoria (UVic).