Health Information Series at Surrey Public Library webcast online

November 20, 2011

“Self-Managing your Chronic Conditions: The facts, the challenges and future directions” – November 19, 2011 – 2:00-3:30pm at Surrey Public Library’s City Centre Library

Presented by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and Woodward Library, the Health Information Series is an ongoing public lecture series that take place in the Lower Mainland community. The tasks that individuals must undertake to live well with one or more chronic conditions. These tasks include having the confidence to deal with medical management, role management and emotional management of their conditions. As an expert on chronic disease self-management supports, particularly health programs and everyday intervention techniques, Dr. Sue Mills from the School of Population and Public Health and Dr. Sharon Koehn from the Providence Healthcare delivers a lively presentation and discussion to the community of Surrey at its newly opened City Centre Library.

The purpose of the Health Information Lecture Series is to foster a better personal health management and a variety of health topics based on the expertise and research that happens at the University of British Columbia’s diverse medical and health sciences program. Through an innovative mix of cutting edge web technologies and important health topics, the Learning Centre offers not only a bridge for UBC faculty and the communities of BC, from the Lower Mainland to rural and remote areas, to create a dialogue around timely topics on the health care needs of British Columbians, but also an opportunity for the transfer and exchange of knowledge, experience and history with these local BC communities.

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Highlights from a Student's Experience at IKBLC

November 20, 2011

by Kyuwon Kim

In my role as the Programming Assistant for IKBLC, I usually sit at the office and do miscellaneous data entry, upload webcasts on to the web, and install the art exhibits in the lobby/Ike’s… all interesting things but every once in a while I get to be a part of really exciting events!

Paul Cubbon and George Moen

In October, I got to help run the Small Business Accelerator event. I had the pleasure of hearing insights from business from Paul Cubbon (Sauder Prof) and George Moen (CEO of Blenz Coffee). As a student with a timetable that is royal to the Forest Sciences Centre, I learned so much about business that evening! Prof Cubbon and Mr. Moen are the dynamic duo. They balance each other perfectly. Mr. Moen was telling it like it is, sharing his personal stories on success and failures. (His sound advice can be found here). Prof Cubbon gave concrete examples of his past students who are now running super successful businesses, installing hope in the eager audience. Following their presentations, the audience got to ask them questions. I was given the role of the microphone girl, running around from one keen hand to another making sure the audience had a chance to ask their burning-business-related questions. My favourites from the night were: “Is it possible to do business with family?” and “Why did Blenz fail in China?” The answers to these questions as well as the full webcast is available here.

In November, I had the pleasure of assisting with another Robson Reading Series event. The featured author this time around was Michael V. Smith, a creative writing professor from UBC-O and a founder of the RRS! Michael read from his new novel, “Progress”. This reading was my first introduction to the novel. I can say that from the excerpts that he read, it made me want to ditch school, curl up with the book and a large cup of tea, and find out how this family drama unfolds. That being said, my biggest take-away from the event was the casual Q&A at the end. It is absolutely brilliant to hear an author do a reading of their own work, it’s even more fantastic is to hear about the author’s writing process. So one of the questions posed to Michael was “Do you believe in writer’s block?” Michael gave probably the best answer I have ever heard. He interprets writers block as “not giving yourself permission to write crap”. He says that a writer’s block can easily be overcome by giving yourself permission to play, to write crap, and not giving yourself crap. He elaborates, “It doesn’t have to be perfect until it’s done. Besides, writing imperfect stuff is fabulous because it means you only have room to improve. Everything you write doesn’t have to be precious. Just be ready to invest a lot in to the initial crap to turn it into something precious. Diamonds weren’t formed in a day, the Earth took eons to play with carbon. The Earth invested a lot in carbon”. Afterwards, I Wiki-ed “diamond formation”. It turns out the Earth invests up to 3.3 billion years to form diamonds. So dear readers, sorry if this blog entry isn’t a precious diamond yet. But hey, at least I gave permission to myself to write something.

Note: Michael V. Smith’s webcast will soon be uploaded on to our webcast page

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Sue Mills and Sharon Koehn – Self-Managing your Chronic Conditions: The facts, the challenges and future directions

November 20, 2011

Presented by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and Woodward Library, the Health Information Series is an ongoing public lecture series that take place in the Lower Mainland community. The tasks that individuals must undertake to live well with one or more chronic conditions. These tasks include having the confidence to deal with medical management, role management and emotional management of their conditions. As an expert on chronic disease self-management supports, particularly health programs and everyday intervention techniques, Dr. Sue Mills from the School of Population and Public Health delivers a lively presentation and discussion to the community of Surrey at its newly opened City Centre Library.

Are you interested in more about this area? There are open access resources available online selected by UBC Librarians

Free Medical Journals – http://resources.library.ubc.ca/579/

BioMed Central – http://www.biomedcentral.com/

Ageline – http://resources.library.ubc.ca/541/

Native Health Database – http://resources.library.ubc.ca/879/

Population Index – http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1632

HLWiki Canada – http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/UBC_HealthLib-Wiki_-_A_Knowledge Base_for_Health_Librarians

Questions for Discussion

What percentage of people live with chronic pain?

How can people with chronic pain learn to manage their pain?

How important is the social network/support for the person with chronic pain?

Some relevant websites for more information

Chronic Pain Association of Canada – http://www.chronicpaincanada.com/

What Are Some UBC Resources That Might Be Helpful for understanding chronic pain management and self-care?

The origins of health and disease by Michael E. Hyland [Available at UBC Okanagan Library – QP356.47 .H95 2011]

Indicators of chronic health conditions: monitoring community-level delivery systems edited by Robert J. Newcomer, A.E. Benjamin [Available at Woodward Library – WT500 .I536 1997]

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Nancy Perry, Rebecca Collie, and Charlotte Brenner – Enhancing Early Career Motivation and Well-Being Through Preservice Teaching Experiences

November 18, 2011

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and sponsored by the Faculty of Education. CREATE (Community to Re-imagine Educational Alternatives for Teacher Education). Research indicates a wide range of factors affect teachers’ motivation for and commitment to teaching, especially early in their careers. Our research seeks to understand these factors better by examining relationships between student teachers’ experiences in their teacher education programs and their perceptions of teaching efficacy, engagement in and commitment to teaching, and stress associated with teaching. Teacher candidates in the Self-Regulated Learning, Social and Emotional Learning, Problem-Based Learning, Intermediate, and Kindergarten/Primary cohorts have participated in our study. We will begin our presentation with a brief review of research findings on teacher motivation and well-being and then describe our project—what we are doing and learning and what comes next.

Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library

Perry, N., & Ebrary Academic Complete (Canada) Subscription Collection. (2009; 2008). Adults on the autism spectrum leave the nest: Achieving supported independence. London; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. [Link]

Perry, N., VanZandt, Z., & Ebrary Academic Complete (Canada) Subscription Collection. (2006; 2005). Focus on the future: A career development curriculum for secondary school students. New York, NY: International Debate Education Association. [Link]

Perry, N., VanZandt, Z., & Ebrary Academic Complete (Canada) Subscription Collection. (2006; 2005). Exploring future options: A career development curriculum for middle school students. New York, NY: International Debate Education Association. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Education

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Paul Cubbon and George Moen – Smart Business, Small Business: An SBA Speaker Session in Vancouver

November 15, 2011

This is full recording of the Small Business Accelerator event, Smart Business, Small Business held October 17, 2011 at UBC Robson Square. The lecture features two compelling figures: Paul Cubbon, Marketing Instructor at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business; and George Moen, a University of British Columbia alumnus, serial entrepreneur and President of Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company. Speakers offer insights around the notion that entrepreneur success is often bred from failure. Learn more about Paul Cubbon on his blog: http://blogs.ubc.ca/paulcubbon/ and George Moen on his blog: http://www.georgemoen.com/. The series was a celebratory event marking the Small Business Accelerators first year of service and was also held in conjunction with Small Business Week, organized by the Business Development Bank of Canada.

Speaker Biographies

George Moen proudly describes himself as a Serial Entrepreneur. With more than 30 years of experience in food and franchising, he specializes in transitioning small businesses into big business success stories. He is one of the country’s most followed CEO’s in social media and speaks as a keynote or on numerous panels at a variety of events about franchising, entrepreneurship, business and social media. Learn more about Paul Cubbon on his blog: http://blogs.ubc.ca/paulcubbon/

Paul Cubbon is a Marketing Instructor in the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. Cubbon’s interests are in marketing communication, customer behaviour, innovation and competition, social media, and how these combine to influence management practice in changing organizations to be truly customer serving. Learn more about George Moen on his blog: http://www.georgemoen.com/.

UBC Library Resources

Kruchten, P., Lawrence, P., Dahl, D., & Cubbon, P. (2011). New Venture Design–Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects at UBC. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association. [Link]

UBC Research Guides:

Current Awareness for Business Researchers

Marketing

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UBC Lifelong Learning Series Presents Ethan Zuckerman

November 15, 2011

Sunday November 20th 2011, 7pm at the Chan Centre for the Perfoming Arts

TICKETS CAN BE RESERVED HERE: HTTP://VANCOUVERHUMANRIGHTSLECTURE-EORG.EVENTBRITE.COM/

Activists around the world are turning to social media tools usually used for more pedestrian purposes: the sharing of family videos and videos of cats flushing toilets. But these tools can be extremely powerful in the hands of activists, as they are pervasive, easy to use and difficult for governments to censor. Zuckerman looks at “the cute cat theory” of internet activism, as it helps explain the Arab Spring protests, aggressive internet censorship in countries like China and Vietnam, and the challenges for the corporate owners of social media platforms in an era of online speech. This event is a hosted by UBC Continuing Studies, UBC School of Journalism, Yahoo!, and the Laurier Institution.

ABOUT ETHAN ZUCKERMAN

Ethan Zuckerman is director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, and a principal research scientist at MIT’s Media Lab. His research focuses on the distribution of attention in mainstream and new media, the use of technology for international development, and the use of new media technologies by activists.With Rebecca MacKinnon, Ethan co-founded international blogging community Global Voices. Global Voices showcases news and opinions from citizen media in over 150 nations and thirty languages, publishing editions in twenty languages. Through Global Voices and through the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, where he served as a researcher and fellow for eight years, Ethan is active in efforts to promote freedom of expression and fight censorship in online spaces.

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will sponsor the webcasting of this lecture.

For more information, please contact Allan Cho

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Michael V. Smith

November 10, 2011

Michael V. Smit

Michael V. Smith is a filmmaker, author and performer teaching creative writing in the interdisciplinary program of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC’s Okanagan campus. His new novel, Progress (Cormorant Books, Spring 2011), is a tense, spirited depiction of how tragic events and long-held secrets shape a small working-class town.

Smith’s first novel, Cumberland (Cormorant Books, 2002), was nominated for the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award. In recent years, Smith won Vancouver’s Community Hero of the Year Award and the inaugural Dayne Ogilvie Award for Emerging Gay Writers. He has also won a Western Magazine Award for Fiction, scooped two short film prize categories at Toronto’s Inside Out festival, and was nominated for the Journey Prize. Originally from Ontario, he now lives in Kelowna, BC.

Michael V. Smith read at the Lillooet Room of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on November 10, 2011.

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Rod Preece, Jodey Castricano, and David Fraser – Bringing the Collective Together: Nonhuman Animals, Humans and Practice at the University

November 8, 2011

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College, as part of the thematic series “The Ethics of Life, Use, and Care.” Featuring Rod Preece, Professor Emeritus of Political Philosophy, Wilfrid Laurier University; Jodey Castricano, Critical Studies, UBC-O; Moderator: David Fraser, Zoologist, Animal Welfare Program, this lecture focuses on questions of ethics that interrogate habits of thought in the humanities and sciences in a 35-minute presentation by Rod Preece, political philosopher and well-respected Canadian scholar of animal rights.

UBC Library Resources

Preece, R., & Chamberlain, L. (1993). Animal welfare & human values. Waterloo, Ont., Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. [Link]

Preece, R. (2011). Animal sensibility and inclusive justice in the age of Bernard Shaw. Vancouver: UBC Press.

Preece, R. (2005). Brute souls, happy beasts, and evolution: The historical status of animals. Vancouver: UBC Press. [Link]

Castricano, J., & Project Muse University Press Archival eBooks. (2008). Animal subjects: An ethical reader in a posthuman world. North York; Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. [Link]

Fraser, D., & Universities Federation for Animal Welfare. (2008). Understanding animal welfare: The science in its cultural context. Ames, Iowa; Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.

UBC Research Guides

Animal Science / Applied Animal Biology

Zoology

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Paul Whitney – Keep Calm and Carry On or Freak Out and Throw Stuff; The Public Library Moving Forward

November 8, 2011

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and sponsored by SLAIS (School of Library, Archival and Information Studies). Amid escalating disruptive change in content provision and the widening economic malaise, the viability of public libraries is increasingly questioned. Drawing on his experience as a public librarian and copyright user rights advocate, Paul Whitney will discuss the implications of recent transformations for libraries. Whitney recently completed a research project on eBooks and Public Lending Right in Canada for the Public Lending Right Commission and is engaged in efforts to gain approval for a World Intellectual Property Organization international treaty on limitations and exceptions for libraries.

Paul Whitney is a consultant and educator on library and public policy issues. He served as Chief Librarian at Burnaby Public Library for 13 years and as the City Librarian at Vancouver Public Library from 2003 to his retirement at the end of 2010. He has been involved in various professional activities throughout his career, including serving as President of the Canadian Library Association and the British Columbia Library Association. Paul is a member of the International Federation of Library Associations Governing Board and is the GB liaison to IFLA’s Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee (CLM). He previously served six years as the Canadian representative on the CLM. Paul served on the Canadian Public Lending Right Commission and Executive for eight years and served at the Chair of the Library and Archives Canada Council on Access to Information for Print Disabled Canadians.

Select Articles Available at UBC Library

Greenwood, T. (1894). Public libraries: A history of the movement and manual for the organization and management of rate-supported libraries. Paris; London; Melbourne: Cassell & Co.

Champneys, A. L. (1907). Public libraries: A treatise on their design, construction, and fittings, with a chapter on the principles of planning, and a summary of the law. London: B.T. Batsford.

UBC Library Research Guides

Library, Archival, and Information Science

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Paul Hackett – Disease and the Nature of Canada

November 8, 2011

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College. Reflecting the harsh climate, thin soils and generally forbidding character of the vast northern territory that is Canada, it has often been said that the history of this country is inescapably environmental. This lecture series engages the great drama of human interaction with this challenging realm, reflecting on the transformation of the northern half of the continent through time as a foundation for sensible engagement with the environmental challenges facing Canadian society in the twenty-first century.Each lecture will address one of three central themes – human activities and Canadian nature; nature’s influence on the nature of Canada; and ideas and nature in Canada – and reflect upon how the subject of the lecture has affected/changed “the nature of Canada”. Dr. Hackett is interested in the historical and geographical patterns of the health of western Canada’s First Nations. His graduate research examined the past diffusion of directly-transmitted, acute infectious diseases, leading to the publication in 2002 of his book, A Very Remarkable Sickness. His CIHR-funded postdoctoral research focused on the changing public health of the Island Lake First Nations of northern Manitoba during the twentieth century. His current CIHR-supported research investigates the history of tuberculosis among the western First Nations. In keeping with his focus on the impact of cultural change on community health, an upcoming project will examine the factors that helped set the stage for the current epidemic of Type 2 diabetes among First Nations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Select Articles Available at UBC Library

Hackett, P. (2005). Historical mourning practices observed among the Cree and Ojibway Indians of the central subarctic Ethnohistory, 52(3), 503-532. [Link]

Hackett, P. (2004). Averting disaster: The Hudson’s bay company and smallpox in western Canada during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 78(3), 575-609. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Aboriginal Health

First Nations

Occupational and Environmental Health

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