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.
AABC: Outreach, Fundraising, and Donor Relationships
February 26, 2016 | 10:30am-12:30pm | RSVP at aabc.advisor@aabc.ca by Monday, Feb. 22 | Building and maintaining donor relationships is a key aspect of daily archival work for many organizations. This can happen through simple outreach activities or grand fundraising events that shine attention on our archival treasures and our need for funding to preserve them.
Articulations: ACAM Creative Showcase
Jan. 29, 2016, 12-1pm | IKBLC Lillooet Room (301) | RSVP for lunch | Looking to escape the rain this January? The ACAM (Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies) program warmly invites you to its first Creative Showcase event featuring ACAM students and alumni.
24/7 hours at the Learning Centre
UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be open 24 hours a day beginning December 6.
Steven Galloway – The Confabulist
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 […]