Dodson Music Series on Friday Feb. 12th, 2010 has been cancelled due to the performers’ not being available at that time. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
John Borrows- Living Traditions: Windingo's and Indigenous Law
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Dr. John Borrows is a Professor and Robina Chair in Law and Society at the University of Minnesota Law School and Professor and Law Foundation Chair of Aboriginal Law and Justice at the University of Victoria Law School. Talk focuses on the role of choice and agency in the interpretation and application of Indigenous law in a community context. Using ancient Ojibway stories and contemporary texts, this talk will explore the contemporary cultural expression of Anishinabek legal principles and their relevance for and relationship to other legal systems in North America
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Borrows, J. (2010). Canada’s indigenous constitution. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Borrows, J., & Rotman, L. I. (2003). Aboriginal legal issues: Cases, materials & commentary. Toronto: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Borrows, J., Canadian Public Policy Collection, & Canadian Electronic Library (Firm). (2008). Seven generations, seven teachings ending the Indian act. National Centre for First Nations Governance. [Link]
Borrows, J. (2002). Recovering Canada: The resurgence of indigenous law. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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The Astronomy Human Orrery Project
The Human Orrery Project–supported by UBC’s Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative–involves 40 students placing sticky notes on the floor of the Irving K Barber Learning Centre to trace the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Students then take turns acting as the planets in orbit, while another team maps out other planets along with the Voyager spacecraft, the most distant man-made object. The third-year course is designed for non-science students at the university. Session times:
Mon Feb 8: 11 am – 12 noon
Tue Feb 9: 11 am – 12 noon
Wed Feb 10: 10 am – 11 am
Wed Feb 10: 1 pm – 2 pm
Thu Feb 11: 9 am – 10 am
Fri Feb 12: 11 am – 12 noon
Fri Feb 12: 1 pm – 2 pm
Snow, ice and gold" an exhibit curated by the Westcoast Calligraphy Society
The IKBLC Gallery presents: “Snow, ice and gold” an exhibit curated by the Westcoast Calligraphy Society
- When: Feb 1- Feb 12, 2010
- Where: Gallery, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Gabriel Figueroa – Centenario
Image Credit: UBC Library
In collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre presented a month-long art exhibition, “Centenario” featuring works by Gabriel Figueroa. This photo exhibition celebrated the Mexico’s bicentenary anniversary with an opening reception was held at the Learning Centre with consular general of Mexico and his accompanying guests.
Gabriel Figueroa Mateos (April 24, 1907 – April 27, 1997) was a Mexican cinematographer who worked both in Mexican cinema and Hollywood. Figueroa studied painting at the Academia de San Carlos, and at the age of 16 he became interested in photography thanks to José Guadalupe Velasco. He later befriended other photographer, such as Gilberto Martínez Solares and Raúl Martínez Solares, and these three would then move on to cinematography.
Gabriel made his entry in the movie industry in 1932 as a photographer of stills for the film Revolución of Miguel Contreras Torres. He was later one of the 20 cinematographers hired for the Howard Hawks film Viva Villa!. After a few jobs he obtained a scholarship to study in the United States where Gregg Toland taught Figueroa his own style of lighting techniques.
One of his main collaborators was Fernández, with whom he shot twenty films, some of which won prizes at the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and theBerlin Film Festival. After collaborating with Fernández and Buñuel on their films with such actors as Dolores del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, María Félix, Jorge Negrete,Columba Domínguez, and Silvia Pinal, Figueroa has come to be regarded one of the most influential cinematographers in México.
For photos of this exhibition, please find here.
Millie Creighton – Japan and the Special Olympics
The Winter Olympics–as occurring in Vancouver, Canada in 2010, and the 2008 election of Barack Obama–as President of the United States, reflect globalizing insights on movements surrounding minorities and marginalization in Japan that contest hierarchies of people and of space and place. This talk explores dynamics involved when Japan, a society where the disabled were once hidden (relegated to the “back recesses”), took the lead in being the first (and still only) country to host the Special Olympic World Winter Games at the same sites as the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This is discussed in reference to other “coming out” movements of people with disabilities in Japan, and to President Obama’s comments on Special Olympics in a US popular culture television interview. The linkage of Obama and the Special Olympics circles back to Japan, through analysis of how, why and to what extent the US Presidential election of Obama (the “Back Horse”) coverage in Japan reflected a momentous change from prior projections of racial hierarchies and previously presented images of Blacks. Webcast Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
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Creighton, M. (2015). Civil society volunteers supporting Japan’s constitution, article 9 and associated peace, diversity, and post-3.11 environmental issues. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 26(1), 121-143. doi:10.1007/s11266-014-9479-5. [Link]
Creighton, M. (1997). Consuming rural japan: The marketing of tradition and nostalgia in the Japanese travel industry. Ethnology, 36(3), 239-254. [Link]
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Randall Jimerson – Archivists and the Call of Justice
As part of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) Colloquium series, Randall Jimerson presents on the history of recordkeeping and archives, and reveals that they have often been used to consolidate and enforce political power, often to control or oppress people. Far from being neutral repositories for facts and evidence, archives have always been sites of political, economic, social, and intellectual power. As archivists recognize that neutrality is an illusion they can take positive steps to ensure that the archival record carries the stories of previously marginalized societal groups and supports liberation, accountability, and social justice. Webcast Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
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Jimerson, R. C. (2013). Values and ethics. Journal of Information Ethics, 22(2), 21-45. doi:10.3172/JIE.22.2.21
Jimerson, R. C., & Society of American Archivists. (2009). Archives power: Memory, accountability, and social justice. Chicago: Society of American Archivists.
Jimerson, R. C. (2014). Archives and society: David B. Gracy II and the value of archives. Information & Culture: A Journal of History, 49(1), 34-53. doi:10.1353/lac.2014.0006. [Link]
Jimerson, R. C. (2004). The future of archives and manuscripts. OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives, 20(1), 11-14. doi:10.1108/10650750410527287. [Link]
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Olympics Games Impact (OGI) Study Researchers at IKBLC
Rob VanWynsberghe and his research team will present on the International Olympic Committee sponsored Olympic Games Impact (OGI) Study that was developed to objectively measure and assign attribution to the potential effects of the Olympic and Paralympic Games on the host city, region and country, their environment and their citizens. For more information about the study please see http://www.ogi-ubc.ca. The OGI research team will present a short and visually engaging overview, as well as discuss their research approach, and will encourage the audience to share their opinions. Prior to this session, the OGI team will share informational posters outlining their research and preliminary findings in the IKBLC main foyer.
- When: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 4PM start.
- Where: Lillooet Room 301.
Robert Van Wynsberghe – Olympic Games Impact (OGI) Report Discussion
Mandated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Olympic Games Impact (OGI) was formed to measure the impact of future Olympic and Paralympic Games through a consistent and comparable reporting system. To do so, OGI used a series of 126 indicators that measure the status of many environmental, socio-cultural and economic dimensions of the host city, region and nation. Webcast Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
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Folz, H., Savelson, A., Frankish, J., & Van Wynsberghe, R. (2005). Application of a health promotion model to community-based sustainability planning. Local Environment, 10(6), 629-629. doi:10.1080/13549830500321832. [Link]
Van Wynsberghe, R. (2001). Organizing a community response to environmental injustice: Walpole island’s heritage centre as a social movement organization. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, 8, 221-243. doi:10.1016/S0196-1152(01)80012-0. [Link]
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IKBLC Gallery Presents 'Gabriel Figueroa: Centenario' – Feb 1 to Feb 17, 2010
Gabriel Figueroa: Centenario – February 1, 2010 to February 17, 2010
In collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Vancouver and the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, the Gallery at IKBLC presents ‘Gabriel Figueroa Centenario: A Revolutionary Vision,” an exhibit from February 1 to February 17, 2010.
The exhibit commemorates two major Mexican milestones that will be marked in 2010: the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence, and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution.Gabriel Figueroa was a Mexican cinematographer who worked both in Mexican cinema and Hollywood.
For more information, please see website: http://www.consulmexvan.com