alumni UBC – Master Mind Master Class with Hubert T. Lacroix
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | May 24, 2016 | Change or start over? The challenge of transforming large institutions. All broadcasters are adapting to revolutionary changes to their business; from the content they provide, to the way Canadians use their services.
Health History Lecture: “Curing Queers” Mental Nurses and Their Patients 1935-1974
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | June 14, 2016, 12-1pm | Room T182, 3rd Floor, UBC Hospital | Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, this paper examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive ‘treatment’ for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them.
Emily Drabinski – Intersections with Power: Critical Teaching and the Library Catalogue
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | June 1, 2016 | As teaching librarians, we introduce our students to knowledge organization structures that enable inquiry and curiosity in the library, but also use language and logic that we might otherwise contest.
One Day @ UBC Centennial Lecture: Social Media: From the Personal to the Professional
April 16, 2016 | 1:00-3:30pm | Determine what is appropriate to share on social media, and where and when to share it. Learn to make smart social media decisions.
alumni UBC – Your Next Step: Workplace Trends
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | March 21, 2016 | What are the key workplace trends that individuals should be aware of? How is the culture of the modern workplace changing?
iSchool@UBC Colloquia Series: Research Day 2016
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. March 11, Friday 2016 | 11:00am-12:00pm | The iSchool at UBC (School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies) invites guest speakers to participate in the Colloquia Series. These events are open to the public, and are of interest to faculty, current students, alumni, and other professionals and researchers in the community.
One Day @ UBC Centennial Lecture: Defences in Canadian Criminal Law
February 27, Saturday | 9:30am-12:00pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre rm. 182 | Using scenarios from real-life cases, learn about some of the defences available in Canadian criminal law, including self-defence, provocation, necessity, and mental disorder. Learn what it takes to raise them successfully, and what controversies arise in their application.
One Day @ UBC Centennial Lecture: Insect Jurisprudence
February 27, 2016 | 1:00-3:30pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Room 182 | Historically, insects were considered to be “legal persons” that could be held responsible for damaging crops and harming human health. Today, insects are seen as objects of nature that demand legal protection. Learn how and why this historical shift has taken place and what it tells us about the oscillating line between human/non-human and law/nature.
Public Talk: Patient Centered Care – Wrapping Personalized Medicine Around the Patient
Feb. 10 Wednesday 2016 | 6-8pm | Alice MacKay Room, lower level, Vancouver Public Library Central Branch | A panel of patients and doctors come together for a discussion on personalized medicine from patients’ perspectives.