Senior Scholars' Series - November

Senior Scholar's Series

November 26, 2020, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm

To join the meeting, click on the Green College link.

"Workplace exposures, motherhood, and bicycling: Paths to and through academia"

Kay Teschke in conversation with Jerry Wasserman

Kay Teschke
Professor Emerita of Population and Public Health (2017)

After a degree in economics, Kay tried law school but was bored and broke, so found a job in a local factory. Blue collar working conditions were a shock and inspired a clear research focus for the next 33 years: assessing hazardous industrial exposures. Through the years, she typically biked to work. After her daughter was born, she noticed that the hierarchy of work exposure controls she taught to students was completely upside down for bicycling, with the emphasis on helmets instead of crash prevention engineering. This inspired a new program of research on bicycling injury prevention. 

Jerry Wasserman
Professor Emeritus of English and Theatre (2017)

Jerry Wasserman retired in 2016 after 44 years teaching at UBC. Jerry is also an actor and theatre critic with Lifetime Achievement awards from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research and the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Association. He is a member of the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame.

Co-sponsors: Emeritus College and Green College

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