Past Events
Poetic Odysseys - January 25, 2022
All who are interested in writing, reading or listening to poetry are welcome.
Contacts:
Philip Resnick (Professor Emeritus, Political Science - philip.resnick@ubc.ca)
and George McWhirter (Professor Emeritus, Creative Writing).
Volunteer Group - Jan. 20, 2022
The Emeritus Volunteer Group Second Meeting
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 4-5pm
This is a new Special Interest Group (SIG) for both the recently retired and those who have enjoyed the good life for decades. The focus of the group is on volunteer activities, ones for which you can devote your time and talents toward projects that will greatly benefit others. But how does one go about choosing among the possible volunteer roles you would like to take on? Would you like to give your time to educational activities such as tutoring in the DTES or mentoring UBC students, join boards of non-profit organizations, work on projects promoting women’s rights or improving access to clean water and health in developing countries? The opportunities are limitless, diverse and in need of volunteers. How can you find out what opportunities are available locally, nationally, and internationally? How can you determine which volunteer activity is a good match for you, given your talents and an organization’s needs, where your value-added will be the greatest? The objective of this SIG is to generate interest, learn and share information on volunteer possibilities and give interested participants ideas and directions on where and how they might best use their talents to contribute to the greater good.
I am delighted that Dr. Martha Piper, former UBC president, has agreed to join us. Martha has been extraordinarily active in the volunteer circuit since her presidency, having served on numerous non-profit, corporate and educational Boards. She co-founded the Vancouver Council for CARE Canada that promotes women’s voices and leadership, especially in developing countries. She has served on the boards of the Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education, Stem Cell Research Foundation, Crofton House School and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, to name a few. In each case, she selected her volunteer activities based on her personal interests and how closely they aligned with the objectives of the respective organizations. I hope this idea is interesting to many of you and look forward to seeing you Jan. 20, 4-5pm. If you plan to attend, please let me know at Nancy.Gallini@ubc.ca.
Thursday, 20 January 2022 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Travel Group January 20, 2022
Travel in Turkey
Presented by Paul Steinbok (Professor Emeritus of Surgery)
After visiting Istanbul, we will travel to Izmir and the nearby ancient ruins of Ephesus and Pergamon. Then we will go by road to Bodrum and Marmaris, where we will take a gulet cruise on the Mediterranean, ending in Fethiye. We then drive to Pamukkale and Konya, home of the whirling dervishes. Finally, we go to Cappadocia, where we will visit fairy chimneys and underground villages and take a sunrise hot air balloon ride over the spectacular landscape, created by ancient volcanic eruptions.
If you are currently not on the email list of the EC travel interest group and wish to receive our mailings, please contact Paul Steinbok at psteinbok@cw.bc.ca.
A zoom link will be sent out 2 days before each meeting.
Thursday, 20 January 2022 - 3:00pm
Green College Series on Intergenerational Trauma
the immigration transition: challenges and changes experienced by new canadians and their second-generation implications
Mari Pighini
UBC Faculty of Education
Alejandra Sánchez Alvarez
Early Childhood Care and Education, Capilano University
Marvin Westwood - Convenor
Professor Emeritus of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education (2015)
Topic: The Immigration Transition: Challenges and Changes Experienced by New Canadians and Their Second-Generation Implications
Time: Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Green College link
Co-sponsors: Emeritus College and Green College
Tuesday, 18 January 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Photo Group January 14, 2022
This meeting will take place on Zoom. you can join to chat at 2:30.
There are two themes: “Celebrations” and “Street Photography” – you can chose either or both. New photos, or photos from your catalog, are welcome, and you can submit photos on other themes. Please send up to 3 photos, plus (if you wish) a “before” version of one of your photos before processing, to me at richard@rhspencer.ca.
If you would like to join, please contact Richard Spencer for the zoom-link at richard@rhspencer.ca
Friday, 14 January 2022 - 3:00pm
Senior Scholars' Series - January 11, 2022
Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life
Anne Gorsuch
Professor Emerita of History (2019)
“Life Stories”
Mine has not been a straight path. I happily worked for years as a professor of history, researcher, teacher, and administrator. I wrote and taught Soviet history with particular interest in the cultural histories of youth, tourism, the Soviet 1960s, and the Soviet-Cuban relationship. I served as Head of the History Department and as Deputy to the President for Arvind Gupta. As an administrator, I became curious about how to better support clearer purpose, more perspective, and deeper meaning for myself and others, and I trained as an integral coach. Approaching life with what Buddhists call “don’t know mind,” has helped release certainties and make room for new possibilities, and I took early retirement in 2019 to open a therapeutic coaching practice. Although my clients are diverse, my experiences make me especially sensitive to the opportunities and challenges of faculty life.
Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe - moderator
Professor Emeritus of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (2015)
Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe graduated from the Courtauld Institute and taught for the Open University, and at London and McGill Universities before joining UBC. He chaired the ISGP and then his home department, Art History Visual Art & Theory before serving as Associate Dean, Awards and Scholarships, in the Faculty of Graduate Studies; a member of Senate for several years he was twice elected co-Chair. He has published extensively on art, architectural and design history with a particular interest in related social and political culture especially of the later modern era; recipient of the Vancouver Book Prize, he was awarded a J.S Guggenheim Fellowship and a Visiting Fellowship at Clare Hall in Cambridge University. He is currently completing a re-assessment of the architecture and ideology of Arthur Erickson and, also with Michelangelo Sabatino, a multi-perspective anthology on Modernist architecture in the Commonwealth of Nations.