Bonnie Sherr Klein – I Am Who You Are (Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice)
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Faculty of Law’s Centre for Feminist Legal Studies as part of the Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice. Bonnie Sherr Klein is a documentary filmmaker and long-time activist in the feminist and disability movements. In this lecture she shares her lived experience of disability as documented in her journal entries and film. She points out that disability inevitably touches us all, and proposes that human rights for people living with disabilities is not ‘merely’ a justice issue but an opportunity for all of us to be our most human.
This lecture honours the memory of Marlee Gayle Kline, a member of the Faculty of Law from 1989. Professor Kline died in 2001 after a lengthy and determined struggle with leukemia. Her work on feminist legal theory and critical race theory, child welfare law and policy, law’s continued colonialism, and restructuring of the social welfare state is internationally acclaimed. This lectureship not only recognizes Marlee’s rich contribution to the law school community but also reflects her belief in the central role social justice concerns must play in legal education and law.
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
Klein, B. S. (1997). Slow dance: A story of stroke, love and disability. Toronto: Vintage Canada.
Klein, B. S. (1996). An ally as well as a partner in practice. The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59(1), 23-24. doi:10.1177/030802269605900107. [Link]
Klein, B. S. (1987). Illusions and realities in the media. Canadian Woman Studies/Les Cahiers De La Femme, 8(1), 71. [Link]
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Megan Davies – History in Practice: Community-Informed Mental Health Curriculum
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Nursing. Five decades ago, the Canadian mental health system was turned inside out. Nearly 50, 000 beds were closed in aging provincial asylums, with patients following a new regime of short hospital stays, psychiatric drugs and community services. History in Practice uses the power of education to foster professional and caring attitudes and values in mental health services and to improve the capacity of these services to understand client well-being as related to the whole person, with a history, opinions, and talents and located in a social, economic and political environment. To this aim, researchers worked alongside community experts – people who have received mental health services – to create a diverse set of engaging and intelligent teaching resources for use in post-secondary environments.
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Mfoafo-M’Carthy, M. (2014). Community treatment orders and the experiences of ethnic minority individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness in the Canadian mental health system. International Journal for Equity in Health, 13(1), 69. doi:10.1186/s12939-014-0069-3. [Link]
Zarfas, D. (1988). Mental health systems for people with mental retardation: A Canadian perspective. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 14(1), 3. [Link]
Kates, N. (2008). Promoting collaborative care in Canada: The Canadian collaborative mental health initiative. Families, Systems, & Health, 26(4), 466-473. doi:10.1037/a0014230. [Link]
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The Lyrical Word by the Westcoast Calligraphy Society
“Lyric” derives via Latin lyricus from the Greek λυρικός (lyrikós). The differences between poem and song may become less meaningful where verse is set to music, to the point that any distinction becomes untenable. This is perhaps recognised in the way popular songs have lyrics. The Lyrical Word is an exhibition that examines the truth of calligraphy through the works of artists who spell out their ideas and expressions through brush strokes and ink.
The Westcoast Calligraphy Society is an enthusiastic group of artists with a common bond–a love of all things calligraphic. Members share knowledge of design, colour, illustration, bookbinding, paper making and our other talents with everyone interested in the art of letters with more experienced members teaching beginning and more advanced calligraphy throughout the Lower Mainland.
The Society began life in September 1978 as the Society for Italic Handwriting, B. C. Branch. As the Society grew and its members’ interests expanded, the focus broadened to all types of calligraphy and in June 1986, the name was changed to Westcoast Calligraphy Society.
Artists: Renee Wilkins,Lindsay McArthur, Margot Ferris, Margot Cottle, Kaylie Lee, Brigitte Stermann, Barb Cowan, Carolynn Dallaire, Martin Jackson, Wendy Cowley, Lily Spaeth, Violet Smythe, Lindsay McArthur, Muriel Dyson, David Ma, Lily Spaeth, Margot Ferris, Jan Janovick, Jane Woolnough, Pat Williams, Kathy Guthrie.
Recommended Resources for more information:
Whalley, Joyce Irene. The Student’s Guide to Western Calligraphy: An Illustrated Survey. Shambhala, 1984.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | Z43 .W53 1984
Henning, William E. An elegant hand: the golden age of American penmanship and calligraphy. Oak Knoll Press, 2002.
Koerner Library | Z43 .H53 2002
Knight, Stan. Historical scripts: A handbook for calligraphers. Taplinger Publishing Company, 1986.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | NK3600 .K55 1984
Show-Case Exhibition – The Chapman Learning Commons
The Chapman Learning Commons and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre presents a Show-Case created by the CLC Assistants.
The CLCAs share original artwork capturing the nuances of Chapman Learning Commons lending equipment, campus study spaces, mascot, and projects. Including a collaboration with the Coaches Corner, the display showcases peer academic coaching where you can get inside scoop on best study and student practices. Highlighting just some of the services available to the UBC community, each display case features how the Chapman Learning Commons can help you with your academic success.
Come to the IKBLC Level 3 Information Desk to learn more about the display and meet the artists, the Chapman Learning Commons Assistants!
Margaret Blair – Making The Hard Call: The Unheralded Role of Corporate Boards of Directors
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Faculty of Law. It has become part of the accepted corporate governance wisdom in the U.S., as well as in numerous other countries, that boards of directors of publicly-traded corporations should include some, and perhaps a majority of “independent” directors. Yet to-date there has been no consistent evidence that adding independent directors to boards improves corporate performance. Many problems in corporations require a complex balancing act, a weighing of competing interests. Because such problems, by their nature, involve trade-offs and huge uncertainties, we should expect that the calls that directors make will deviate from some hypothetically optimal values in a more-or-less random way, sometimes leading to higher sales growth sometimes not, sometimes producing higher share value, and sometimes not. Research on the role of directors almost universally starts from the premise that corporate boards are supposed to be the “agents” of shareholders, whose job is to maximize the share value of the companies. This principal-agent approach, however, leaves out because no one can be certain they will get what they want if the decision gets bumped “upstairs.”
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
Hartogs, N., Weber, J., & Greater New York Fund. (1974). Boards of directors: A study of current practices in board management and board operations in voluntary hospital, health, and welfare organizations. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y: Oceana Publications.
Vance, S. C. (1964). Boards of directors: Structure and performance. Eugene: School of Business Administration, University of Oregon.
Waldo, C. N. (1985). Boards of directors: Their changing roles, structure, and information needs. Westport, Conn: Quorum Books.
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