Past Events
Travel Group October 29
Nancy Langton will present on Bolivia, with a little bit of Chile. Just before the pandemic lockdown hit people round the world, Nancy traveled to Bolivia’s Altiplano to see the salt flats at their best. The altitude in that area averages about 3,750 meters (12,300 feet), so before going to Bolivia, she sheltered for several days in Chile to start to acclimate to the altitude. This will be a landscape exhibition.
If anyone would like to try using Zoom before the meeting, let us know, and we can arrange a test meeting so you can play around, and we can figure things out if Zoom isn't working for you.
If you would like to join the meeting, please contact Richard Spencer at richard@rhspencer.ca to receive the Zoom-link.
Thursday, 29 October 2020 - 3:00pm
Virtual Common Room Oct 23
Connection and camaraderie are foundation stones of the UBC Emeritus College.
College members are connected to our university by a number of threads that can be as slender or robust as we make them individually. These connections bring a parcel of benefits to us all, from library and email access to support for continuing scholarly activities. But interpersonal connections and the camaraderie that stems from familiarity, shared experiences and interests, and trust are also vital to a happy retirement, and precisely because they are less institutional, they are more vulnerable to attenuation in this time of COVID-19, when it is difficult for us to meet in person in groups of any size.
To combat this, we are opening a Virtual Common Room for Emeritus College members. It will be open – on Zoom – in term one, from 3:30 to 5 pm each Friday afternoon from September 18th to December 4th. Participation will be capped at 20. There will be no agenda. The intent is that you drop in (as some might once have to the Faculty Club of yore) to see who is there and share thoughts and conversations. One week we might talk about books – or about how the Canucks (almost) won the Stanley Cup; another about global affairs or the challenges of exercising during a COVID winter. Just show up and join in. Make new acquaintances, meet old friends, and (if you will) raise a glass to postretirement life (secure in the knowledge that you don’t have to drive – or cycle – home).
Register in advance for these meeting (at any point in the term).
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. There is no commitment to attend regularly or frequently. But only those who register as above will receive instructions for the Zoom meeting We will send an email reminder with registration details every couple of weeks.
I look forward to seeing you on my screen.
Graeme
UBC Emeritus College Conversations - October 21, 2020
INTERgenerational Trauma: A Conversation
Seeking to encourage and sustain engagement among Emeritus College members and a wider audience, when even moderately-sized in-person gatherings are impossible, the UBC Emeritus College invites you to join one of our upcoming conversations on a topic of broad and current importance. Convened every month, on the Zoom platform, conversations will be interactive and moderated. They will begin with three short presentations from Emeritus colleagues, offering different perspectives on the chosen topic. After a short discussion among panelists, audience members will be invited to join the conversation.
Inter-generational trauma (also known as transgenerational trauma), is what happens when untreated trauma-related stress experienced by survivors is passed on to second and subsequent generations. The effects are not only psychological, but familial, social, cultural, and emotional. Our panelists are:
Marvin Westwood (Counselling Psychology) who will speak on the intergenerational effects of war-related traumas on the descendants of veterans;
Richard Vedan (School of Social Work) who will speak to the traumatic legacy of Indian Residential Schools;
Judy Hall (Pediatrics) an epigeneticist who will focus on the ways in which chemical marks left on people’s genes by trauma can be passed down to future generations.
Our moderator is Brian O’Neill from the School of Social Work.
Reading materials on this topic are available on our website. Please note: these are not required to attend the webinar.
Speakers:
Judy Hall
Professor Emerita of Pediatrics (2004)
Judith Hall MD OC is Professor Emerita of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics. She works on congenital anomalies and non-traditional forms of inheritance. She has described the clinical features and natural history of many rare disorders. She has been active and served on the boards of many national and international professional organizations and parent support groups. Recently her interests have included the continuing scholarly contributions of retired academics.
Richard Vedan
Associate Professor Emeritus of Social Work (2013)
Dr. Richard Vedan is a member of the Secwepemc First Nation. He has been a Social Work Clinician and Educator since the late 1960’s and held appointments as Director of the First Nations House of Learning and Senior Advisor to the President on Aboriginal Affairs.
Richard has been active in community-based research with Indigenous peoples across Canada and in New Zealand. Current focus is complex intergenerational trauma with residential school survivors and Aboriginal Veterans.
Marvin Westwood
Professor Emeritus of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education (2015)
Marv Westwood is a Professor Emeritus in the Counselling Psychology Program, and recipient of the Royal Canadian Legion Professorship in Education. His major areas of teaching and research are focused on program development, teaching and delivery of group-based approaches to help clients make effective life transitions. Prior to coming to UBC, he taught at McGill University (1973-80). and prior to that St. Francis Xavier University (1971-73). Over the past 25 years he has led the development of the UBC Veterans Transition Program to help promote recovery from war related stress injuries for which he received both the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals in 2005 and 2013. In 2012 he established the Centre for Group Counselling and Trauma (CGCT) for teaching and research in the area of group work. He is advisor to the President’s initiative for the development of UBC Veteran Friendly Campus. Currently, he is Senior Advisor for the Institute of Veteran Education Transition (IVET).
Moderator
Brian O'Neill
Associate Professor Emeritus of Social Work (2016)
Brian O’Neill is an associate professor emeritus in the University of British Columbia School of Social Work. He taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels, addressing research methods, social service management, and social work practice. He conducted studies of health and social services as well as professional education, in relation to members of ethnic and sexual minority groups. His work documented subtle, and often not so subtle, ways in which members of these groups are discouraged from talking about their experiences of being silenced regarding their sexuality. His most recent interest has been in settlement services’ responsiveness to lesbian, gay, and bisexual newcomers.
Privacy and Consent to Recording
Please note that this event will be recorded via Zoom and posted publicly. The recording may contain attendees’ names and images. We recognize that this may be undesirable for some participants. If you do not wish for your name or image to be used in the video, please leave your video turned off during the event. You may also change your name to something generic like “Participant” or “Anonymous” in the Zoom meeting room by selecting yourself from the participants list and editing your name. By registering for this event and clicking the Zoom link that will be emailed to you, you consent to being recorded. If you do not want to participate in the live session, the recording will be posted at a later date to our YouTube channel.
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 - 2:00pm to 3:00pmVirtual Common Room Oct 16
Connection and camaraderie are foundation stones of the UBC Emeritus College.
College members are connected to our university by a number of threads that can be as slender or robust as we make them individually. These connections bring a parcel of benefits to us all, from library and email access to support for continuing scholarly activities. But interpersonal connections and the camaraderie that stems from familiarity, shared experiences and interests, and trust are also vital to a happy retirement, and precisely because they are less institutional, they are more vulnerable to attenuation in this time of COVID-19, when it is difficult for us to meet in person in groups of any size.
To combat this, we are opening a Virtual Common Room for Emeritus College members. It will be open – on Zoom – in term one, from 3:30 to 5 pm each Friday afternoon from September 18th to December 4th. Participation will be capped at 20. There will be no agenda. The intent is that you drop in (as some might once have to the Faculty Club of yore) to see who is there and share thoughts and conversations. One week we might talk about books – or about how the Canucks (almost) won the Stanley Cup; another about global affairs or the challenges of exercising during a COVID winter. Just show up and join in. Make new acquaintances, meet old friends, and (if you will) raise a glass to postretirement life (secure in the knowledge that you don’t have to drive – or cycle – home).
Register in advance for these meeting (at any point in the term).
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. There is no commitment to attend regularly or frequently. But only those who register as above will receive instructions for the Zoom meeting We will send an email reminder with registration details every couple of weeks.
I look forward to seeing you on my screen.
Graeme
Senior Scholars' Series - October 15
Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life
Nancy Gallini
Dean Emeritus of Arts (2017) and School of Economics
"Adventures in Retirement: Building on Skills as Academic Economist and Past Dean of Arts"
Nancy Gallini is Professor Emeritus in the Vancouver School of Economics. She was Dean of Arts at UBC (2002-2010) and, before that faculty member at the University of Toronto. Nancy’s research focuses on problems in innovation, intellectual property and competition policy. She has served on several economic journal editorial boards, SSHRC’s governing council, Mitacs Research Council, and as president of the Canadian Economics Association (2016-17). In 2020, she was appointed Fellow of the Canadian Economics Association.
Jerry Wasserman - moderator
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
Thursday, 15 October 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:30pmCouncil Meeting - October 14
The Council will meet online.
Wednesday, 14 October 2020 - 10:30am to 12:30pm