Pecha Kucha Style Event at IKBLC: Topic – 2010 Olympics

December 4, 2009

Inspired by the excellent work of the Pecha Kucha Vancouver, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Olympic Programming Group is hosting our first Pecha Kucha inspired Event on Thursday, January 21st starting at 7 pm.

Pecha What?

The format of a Pecha Kucha is quite simple. Each presenter is allowed to show 20 images, with each image shown for 20 seconds, allowing entrants a total of six minutes and 40 seconds to explain their ideas before the next presenter is up.

This schedule ensures that presentations are concise, keeps the interest level high and offers more people the chance to share their ideas. Participants visualize their thoughts and in doing so create a forum for meaningful conversation about issues relating to the Olympics.

There is a broad range of research and knowledge on our campus regarding the Olympics, and we are excited to provide this opportunity for you to participate in a visual dialogue on this engaging topic. If you have a subject or issue that you are passionate about, come join our diverse group and inspire others with your message in a high-impact, visually stimulating format.

Inspired? Have Something Important to Share? Then Get Involved!

IKBLC Olympic Programming Group invites you to submit a presentation proposal.

Up tp $500 cash prize available

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Gallery @ IKBLC Presents Morph Exhibit

December 1, 2009

Visual Arts 300 students for art exhibition in Gallery at IKBLC, Morph
(December 8-31st, 2009)

Working within the theme of “transformation” on a personal and universal level, Morph is an exhibition of paintings that offer multiple aspects of individuals’ creative focus, academic backgrounds, personal stories and global perspectives. In preceding projects, students have researched and reinterpreted the works of past and contemporary artists, infusing their techniques with elements of their own in order to create the works that comprise Morph. Attempting to represent the transformations that confront and intrigue them, students guided by contemporary artist Gu Xiong, present a compilation of works synthesizing a wide range of provocative ideas. Reception on December 11, 2009 at 5:00pm.

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Garth Mullins – Understanding the Olympics as Part of Corporate Culture

November 30, 2009

As part of Green Colleges The Olympic Games in Myth and Reality Series, Vancouver will soon host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, promoted by the organizers and government as a major benefit for Vancouver, British Columbia, and Canada. Yet negative impacts of the Games are already being felt: cost overruns have become routine; the Athletes Village risks making the City of Vancouver insolvent; there has been environmental damage; unceded Indigenous land and resources are being exploited; and homelessness has increased by over 400% since 2003. These realities on the ground have added force to the arguments of Olympic resistance organizations, determined to protest the Games. The University of British Columbia is providing venues for several Olympic events, at considerable cost. Games security will significantly inhibit the movements of students and staff from January through March 2010. Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library

Flamholtz, E., Randle, Y., & Ebooks Corporation. (2011). Corporate culture: The ultimate strategic asset. Stanford, Calif: Stanford Business Books. [Link]

Ferrand, A., Chappelet, J. -., Séguin, B., & Ebooks Corporation. (2012). Olympic marketing. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. [Link]

Frawley, S., Adair, D., & Palgrave Connect Business & Management Collection 2013. (2013). Managing the Olympics. Houndmills, Basinstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [Link]

Horne, J., & Whannel, G. (2012). Understanding the Olympics. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge.

UBC Library Research Guides

Sustainability

Corporate Responsibility

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Jean Barman

November 26, 2009

Image Credit: Harbour Publishing

In 2008, British Columbia celebrated the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia and 150 years of cultural diversity, community and achievement. As a celebration of this milestone, Jean Barman’s British Columbia: Spirit of the People captures the rich selection of archival images depicting the province’s past paired with iconic and stunning colour photographs capturing the diversity of the modern landscape.

Jean Barman is the author of ten previous books, including the bestseller The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey and winner of the 2006 City of Vancouver Book Prize, Stanley Park’s Secret. Barman’s longtime, impassioned pursuit to understand and uncover the history of British Columbia has earned her a position as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, among other honours.

Jean Barman read at the Lillooet Room of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on November 26th, 2009, 2:00PM.

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Free Film Screening of Murderball with Q&A with Ian Chan and Duncan Campbell.

November 23, 2009

Come and watch a screening of the film Murderball, which features the intense rivalry of the Canadian and American quad rugby teams between the 2002 World Championships in Sweden and the 2004 Paralympics in Athens. Featured speaker include Ian Chan, an Olympic Wheelchair Rugby player who appears in the film and Duncan Campbell, the â€œfatherâ€ of the sport. Both will be available to answer questions in the post-screening Q&A session. For more information, see these reviews of Murderball or this brief backgrounder on Ian Chan and Duncan Campbell.

When: November 23, 2009, 6:00pm with Q&A at 8:00pm
Where: Lillooet Room 301, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

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Jessica Tracy – The Nature of Pride

November 23, 2009

As part of Green College’s Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture Series,’ one of the major findings in the behavioral and social sciences is the discovery that a small set of basic emotions have distinct, universally recognized, nonverbal expressions. This finding promoted widespread acceptance of Darwins (1872) claim that emotions are an evolved part of human nature, but also diverted attention away from emotions assumed to lack universal expressions, such as the unique class of self-conscious emotions. However, recent research suggests that at least one self-conscious emotion — pride — may fit within the Darwinian framework. Tracy will present a series of studies demonstrating that pride has a distinct nonverbal expression which is reliably and cross-culturally recognized by adults and children, through an automatic cognitive process, and may be an evolved — and certainly a fundamental — part of human nature. Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. (Power Point presentation available here: http://tiny.cc/ikblc340)

Select Articles Available at UBC Library

Tracy, J. L. (2014). An evolutionary approach to understanding distinct emotions. Emotion Review, 6(4), 308-312. doi:10.1177/1754073914534478. [Link]

Tracy, J. L., & Robins, R. W. (2008). The automaticity of emotion recognition. Emotion, 8(1), 81-95. doi:10.1037/1528-3542.8.1.81. [Link]

Prehn, C., & Tracy, J. (2012). Arrogant or self-confident? the use of contextual knowledge to differentiate hubristic and authentic pride from a single nonverbal expression. Cognition & Emotion, 26(1), 14-24. doi:10.1080/02699931.2011.561298. [Link]

Beall, A., & Tracy, J. L. (2015). The puzzling attractiveness of male shame. Evolutionary Psychology : An International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior, 13(1), 29-47. [Link]

Tracy, J. L., & Matsumoto, D. (2008). The spontaneous expression of pride and shame: Evidence for biologically innate nonverbal displays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(33), 11655-11660. doi:10.1073/pnas.0802686105. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Psychology

Gender & Sexuality Studies

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The Olympics and Freedom of Speech Discussion

November 19, 2009

November 19, 2009 at 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Come and take part in this timely discussion about the Olympics and its effect on our freedom of speech. Expert speakers include:

Daniel W. Burnett, UBC Graduate School of Journalism professor, media law expert;
Margot Young, UBC Law, constitutional law expert, and coauthor of â€œPoverty: Human Rights, Social Citizenship and Legal Activismâ€.
Robert Diab, UBC Law / Capilano University professor and author of GuantaÂ´namo north: terrorism and the administration of justice in Canada, nominated for a 2009 Ryga award.

When: November 19 2009, 5:30PM.
Where: Dodson Room 302, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

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Daniel Burnett, Margot Young and Robert Diab – The Olympics and Freedom of Speech

November 19, 2009

A timely discussion about the Olympics and its effect on our freedom of speech. Expert speakers include: Daniel W. Burnett, UBC Graduate School of Journalism professor, media law expert; Margot Young, UBC Law, constitutional law expert, and coauthor of Poverty: Human Rights, Social Citizenship and Legal Activism. Robert Diab, UBC Law / Capilano University professor. Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Burnett, D. F., & Making of Modern Law EBook Collection. (1917). Cases on the law of private corporations. Boston: Little, Brown. [Link]

Young, M. (2013). Social justice and the charter: Comparison and choice. Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 50(3), 669. [Link]

Young, M. (2007). Poverty: Rights, social citizenship, and legal activism. Vancouver: UBC Press. [Link]

Young, M. (2009). Rights, the homeless, and social change: Reflections on Victoria. BC Studies, 164, 103. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

History

Law & Society

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Harjap Grewal – The Myth of the Green Games

November 16, 2009

As part of Green Colleges The Olympic Games in Myth and Reality Series, The Myth of the Green Games addresses the environmental impacts of the Olympic industry, development of Olympic infrastructure, and Olympic corporate sponsors. The speakers will be focusing on a range of issues related to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games as well as the BC-related impacts of the Alberta Oil Sands projects (funded by Olympic partners including the Royal Bank of Canada). Topics include: the nature and impacts of environmental racism, corporate sponsors, non-governmental organizations, “greenwashing” and the marketing of “green” non-sustainable projects, regional resistance to these megaprojects, and community-based alternatives. Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library

British Columbia Government EBook Collection, Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, & Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation. (2002). 2010 winter Olympic bid: Conceptual greater Vancouver public transport strategy. Vancouver: Translink. [Link]

British Columbia. Ministry of Economic Development, & British Columbia Government EBook Collection. (2006). British Columbia’s preparations for 2010 winter Olympics. Victoria, B.C: Ministry of Economic Development. [Link]

British Columbia. Office of the Auditor General, & British Columbia Government EBook Collection. (2006). The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic winter games: A review of estimates related to the province’s commitments. Victoria, B.C: Office of the Auditor General. [Link]

Littlefield, D. (2010). Winter Olympic buildings, Vancouver 2010. Architectural Design, 80(2), 114-117. doi:10.1002/ad.1054 [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Economics

Natural Resources Conservation

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Anthony Pagden – Perpetual Enmity: Reflections on Two Millenia of Conflict between East and West

November 13, 2009

Anthony Pagdens research has concentrated on the relationship between the peoples of Europe and its overseas settlements and those of the non-European world from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He is primarily interested in the political theory of empire, in how the West sought to explain to itself how and why it had come to dominate so much of the world, and in the present consequences of the erosion of that domination. His research has led to an interest in the formation of the modern concept of Europe and most recently in the roots of the conflict between the West and the (predominantly Muslim) East. Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Pagden, A. (2001). Peoples and empires. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

Pagden, A. (2002). The idea of Europe: From antiquity to the European union. Cambridge; New York: Woodrow Wilson Center press and Cambridge University Press. [Link]

Pagden, A. (2012). Comment: Empire and its anxieties. The American Historical Review, 117(1), 141-148. doi:10.1086/ahr.117.1.141. [Link]

Pagden, A. (2000). Facing each other: The world’s perception of Europe and Europe’s perception of the world. Aldershot, Hampshire, Great Britain; Burlington, Vt., USA: Ashgate/Variorum.

UBC Library Research Guides

History

European Studies

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