“Which Self? The Rationalities of Self-Interest from the Enlightenment to the Cold War”

March 25, 2015

Titled Which Self? The Rationalities of Self-Interest from the Enlightenment to the Cold War, this year’s Stephen M. Straker Memorial Lecture will be presented by Lorraine J. Daston, one of the world’s leading historians of science. Drawing from her own work on the history of conceptions of reason and rationality, Prof. Daston will explore the complex interaction between rationality and interestedness. Join us as she addresses important questions such as how reason can be, at one time, conceived as intrinsically disinterested and, at another, necessarily directed toward the rational agent’s self-interest.Speaker

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Lorraine J. Daston is one of the world’s leading historians of science, is Executive Director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin and Visiting Professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. Daston has held visiting or continuing appointments with institutions such as Harvard, Princeton, Brandeis, Göttingen, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She has also held fellowships in the Society of Fellows in the Humanities at Columbia, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Forschung in Bielefeld, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Institut des études avancées in Paris. In 2012, Daston was awarded the History of Science Society’s George Sarton Medal, a lifetime achievement award that is given annually to an outstanding historian of science from the international community. Daston’s Straker Lecture will be drawn from her continuing work on the history of rationality.

Information About the Stephen Straker Memorial Lecture

Stephen Straker (1942-2004) was an historian of science at UBC for thirty years and the chief inspiration for the creation of the STS program. We honour his memory with an annual distinguished lecture. Stephen was an award-winning teacher; some of his own undergraduate lectures in history of science have been preserved here: http://www.archive.org/details/StephenStrakerLecture1a

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Julie McLeod – Tackling the wicked problem of managing records in the digital environment

March 24, 2015

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the iSchool at UBC. Drawing on her research on electronic records management, in particular the AC+erm (Accelerating positive change in electronic records management https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/acerm) project, Dr. Julie McLeod will argue that ERM is a ‘wicked problem.’ She will discuss how the Cynefin framework, a framework that helps decision makers to make sense of a range of business problems and situations in dynamic contexts, can be used to take appropriate action and choose appropriate solutions. She will refer to different digital records contexts, including research data management, and will consider some of the ways forward and requirements to address the challenges we face.

Speaker Bio

Dr. McLeod is Professor of Records Management at the iSchool at Northumbria University, which she joined after a thirteen year career in industry as an information and records manager. She is Program Leader for the MSc of Information & Records Management. She has worked on innovative experiential learning and distance education initiatives with The National Archives of the UK, the BBC, the Deutsche Bank, the European Central Bank, and other organizations, and is a member of the BSI and ISO committees on records management. She has led JISC and AHRC funded research on electronic records management and research data management (DATUM). She has published widely, including co-authoring and editing several books; is Editor of the Records Management Journal and a member of the editorial boards of other scholarly journals; and has served as a member of Arts & Humanities Research Council Panels and Peer Review College. In 2007, she was awarded a Personal Chair in Research at Northumbria University. In 2014 she received the Emmett Leahy Award.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

McLeod, J., & Childs, S. (2007). Consulting records management oracles—a Delphi in practice. Archival Science, 7(2), 147-166. [Link]

McLeod, J., & Hare, C. (2006). How to Manage Records in the e-Environment. Psychology Press. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Library, Archival, and Information Science

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Wesbrook Talks presents The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C.

March 24, 2015

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre as part of the Wesbrook Talks event at MBA House in Wesbrook Village. On March 3rd, alumni UBC and Wesbrook Village presented the third in the series of Wesbrook Talks, featuring former UBC Law professor and honorary UBC alumna, The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., LLD’90, Chief Justice of Canada. Find out how she became interested in law and hear about some of the influences that have shaped her long, successful career. The conversation will be moderated by Mary Anne Bobinski, Dean and Professor, UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law.

Speaker Bio

Beverley McLachlin is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the first woman to hold this position, and the longest serving Chief Justice in Canadian history. In her role as Chief Justice, she also serves as a Deputy of the Governor General of Canada. In 1980, she was appointed to the County Court of Vancouver and then to the Supreme Court of British Columbia. In 1985 she was appointed to the British Columbia Court of Appeal, three years later in 1988 she was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. She was appointed as a Puisne Justice to the Supreme Court of Canada on 30 March 1989 and was made Chief Justice of Canada on 7 January 2000.

UBC Library Resources

McLachlin, B. M. (1991). Charter: A New Role for the Judiciary, The. Alta. L. Rev., 29, 540. [Link]

McLachlin, B. M. (2002). Bills of Rights in Common Law Countries. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 51(02), 197-203. [Link]

McLachlin, B. M. (1990). Role of the Court in the Post-Charter Era: Policy-Maker or Adjudicator, The. UNBLJ, 39, 43. [Link]

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Most Popular IKBLC Webcast Videos

March 20, 2015

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Since 2003, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre has used webcast videos as a way to deliver broadcasts through the Internet. Lectures captured by video are archived and streamed from YouTube’s server for viewing by end users from the comfort of their desktops.

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is dedicated to the intellectual, social, cultural, and economic development of people in British Columbia. By providing and enhancing access to information such as its webcast collection, the knowledge and innovative teaching and research can be shared with as many people in British Columbia and throughout the world as possible. We hope you enjoy some of our more popular webcast videos based on recent data from around the world.

Michael Souza – Psychology of Gambling – 61,611 views

An expert on the study of gambling addictions, Michael Souza reviews reward and addiction from a behavioral, cognitive and neurobiological standpoint. He examines the social psychology behind gambling behavior, casino structuring and casino marketing.

Stanley Coren – Animal Communication: How to Speak Dog – 57,064 views

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 a pet cat (who speaks a somewhat different dialect). This event was a partnership with alumni UBC on Alumni Weekend.

Ramachandra Guha – Ten Reasons why India will not and must not become a Superpower (29,174 hits)

While historian Ramachandra Guha acknowledges the recent surge in economic growth, he provides critical analysis of the deep fault-lines within Indian society, politics, economics, and culture, concluding that the talk of India’s imminent rise to superstardom is highly premature.

Charles Moore- Plastic Ocean – 14,628 views

In 1997, Captain Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch– a whirlpool of plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean. Since his discovery, Moore has been analyzing the giant litter patch and its disastrous effects on ocean life. Learn what we must do to stop adding to the millions of tons of plastic choking the world’s oceans in the “age of plastic.” This event was a partnership with UBC Sustainability.

Gwynne Dyer – Geopolitics in a Hotter World – 13,677 views

Global warming is moving much more quickly than scientists thought it would. Even if the biggest current and prospective emitters – the United States, China and India – were to slam on the brakes today, the earth would continue to heat up for decades. At best, we may be able to slow things down and deal with the consequences, without social and political breakdown. Gwynne Dyer examines several radical short- and medium-term measures now being considered—all of them controversial. This event was a partnership with UBC Sustainability.

Naomi Klein – This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate – 13,295 views

Naomi Klein is the author of the critically acclaimed #1 international bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies which have each been translated into more than 30 languages. This event was a partnership with the Vancouver Institute.

Do you have comments or feedback about our webcast initiative? Do you have any recommendations for upcoming lectures to be captured on video? Please let us know, we’d love to hear from you.

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David Newhouse – SFU-UBC Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium – Keynote Speech

March 19, 2015

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the SFU-UBC Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium. In visioning approaches to Indigenize the academy, the 13th Annual Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium (IGSS) explores concepts, practices, innovations, and challenges of making academe more respectful and responsive to Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Indigenous communities, and learners.

Keynote Speaker: David Newhouse, Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River community near Brantford, Ontario. He is Chair and Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies & Associate Professor, Business Administration, Trent University.

Respondents: Dr. Ethel Gardner, Sto:lo, Elder, Simon Fraser University & Dr. Amy Parent, Nisga’a, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Indigenous Education, Indigenous Education Institute of Canada/Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. Hosted by the IGSS Planning Committee & SAGE & Sponsors: Simon Fraser University; UBC Faculty of Education’s Indigenous Education Institute of Canada; and SAGE (Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement).

Select Articles Available at UBC Library

Imrie, R., & Newhouse, D. (1994). Aboriginal people and HIV/AIDS in Canada – unpublished study done for the royal commission on aboriginal people. Ontario: Unpublished.

Newhouse, D., Beegle, K., Open Knowledge Repository, & World Bank e-Library. (2005). Effect of school type on academic achievement: Evidence from Indonesia.

Salée, D., Newhouse, D., Lévesque, C., & Institute for Research on Public Policy. (2006). Quality of life of aboriginal people in Canada : An analysis of current research. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy.

Newhouse, D., Orr, J., & Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program. (2013). Aboriginal knowledge for economic development. Halifax; Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.

UBC Library Research Guides

Aboriginal Studies

Aboriginal Statistics

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Indigitization Program – Open for applications

March 18, 2015

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2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite

March 17, 2015

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UBC Health Information Series and the Life Sciences Institute Presents "Tuberculosis – a silent local killer and global threat"

March 14, 2015

Tuberculosis (TB) has plagued humanity since antiquity. Today it still infects one third of the human population and new drugs are urgently needed to prevent the spread of drug-resistant strains. UBC LSI Public Talks, in collaboration with TBVets Charitable Foundation, presents an interactive panel of internationally acclaimed speakers on the local and global state of TB as well as cutting-edge approaches to combatting the disease.

Speakers:
Dr. Jeremy Hirota, Moderator – Assistant Professor, UBC, Department of Medicine

Dr. Bill Jacobs – Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Dr. Kevin Elwood – Clinical Professor Emeritus, UBC, Dept. of Medicine, BC Centre for Disease Control

Select Articles Available at UBC Library

Gold, M. J., Hughes, M. R., Antignano, F., Hirota, J. A., Zaph, C., & McNagny, K. M. (2015). Lineage-specific regulation of allergic airway inflammation by the lipid phosphatase src homology 2 domain–containing inositol 5-phosphatase (SHIP-1). Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2015.01.019. [Link]

Hernandez-Garduno, E., & Elwood, K. (2012). Nontuberculous mycobacteria in tap water. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(2), 353-353. doi:10.3201/eid1802.110455. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Medicine

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Steven Galloway – The Confabulist

March 6, 2015

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Creative Writing Department. Presented by the Chan Centre as part of the Beyond Words series. Multi-award winning novelist and UBC professor Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, explores magic in his newest book The Confabulist. This beautiful, suspense-filled novel uses the life and sudden death of turn-of-the-century magician and stunt performer Harry Houdini to weave a critically acclaimed tale of intrigue, love and illusion. Join Galloway for this magical (pun very much intended) evening of readings and sleight-of-hand as he is joined in performance by master magician David Gifford to examine reality and illusion, and the ways that imagination can alter what we perceive and believe. Post-show artist talk moderated by acclaimed Canadian author Miriam Toews.

Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library

Manning, J. (2003). Galloway, Steven. ascension. Library Journal, 128(14), 206. [Link]

Farrell, B. (2010). Galloway, Steven. the cellist of Sarajevo. Library Journal, 135(9), 50. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

English

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Your Next Step: Becoming a Leader

March 6, 2015

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by alumni UBC. Your resume lists the best schools (naturally) and your experience and skills meet the requirements of the job There’s no single path to becoming a successful leader. Although hard work and foresight are important traits, it sometimes comes down to being the right person at the right time. But there are concrete steps you can take to ensure that when opportunity knocks, you’re ready to answer. Join us for Your Next Step: Becoming a Leader where business and community leaders will offer insight on how they got where they are. They’ll share key pieces of advice from their own journeys as well as tips on how to get your foot in the door, find a mentor, and develop your leadership skills. If you’re looking for inspiration and guidance on how to join the leadership ranks and advance your career, this is your opportunity to learn from some of Canada’s most successful leaders.

Moderator
Dan Burritt, BA’04 – Reporter, CBC News Vancouver

Panelists
Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, BA’86 – Chief Executive Officer, Century Plaza Hotel & Spa and Absolute Spa Group. Named one of Canada’s most powerful women.

Cybele Negris, BA’91 – CEO and Co-Founder, Webnames.ca Inc. Named one of BC’s Most Influential Women in Business.

David Ostrow, Honorary Medical Alumni Award recipient – Interim President and CEO, Fraser Health; Professor of Medicine, UBC. Foremost leader in the medical industry.

Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library

Cuervo, Á., Ribeiro, D., Roig, S., & ebrary eBooks. (2010). Entrepreneurship: Concepts, theory and perspective. New York: Springer. [Link]

Welsch, H. P., & NetLibrary, I. E. C. (2004). Entrepreneurship: The way ahead. New York: Routledge. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Business Career Research

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