Past Events
Professors Emeriti Network Lecture | February 15
The Professors Emeriti Networks invites UBC Emeriti to the below lecture:
Post-Secondary Retiree Associations in Canada: Context, Development, Values, Achievements, Challenges, Aspirations
The objective: Presentation of an overview of post-secondary retiree associations in Canada from a national perspective, including information of the wide variety of associations, the challenges they face today and plans for the future.
Chair:
Dr. Fred Fletcher, Professor Emeritus
Political Science and Communication Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
Chairperson, Communications Committee, College and University Retiree Associations of Canada – CURAC
We kindly invite you to register for the meeting at Joze.Gricar@UM.si.
Those registered will receive a link to the meeting. The Participants List will be published after the meeting.
Wednesday, 15 February 2023 - 8:00am to 10:00am
Vancouver Institute: Elizabeth Kolbert | February 11
The Vancouver Institute Lectures
Title: Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
Speaker: Elizabeth Kolbert, Award-winning author and journalist
Ms. Kolbert is an observer and commentator on the crisis faced by humans in the Anthropocene for The New Yorker magazine. She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (2014) and Under a White Sky (2021) is her latest book. Ms. Kolbert’s series on global warming, “The Climate of Man,” (The New Yorker, 2005) won the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s magazine award. She is the recipient of many distinguished awards including the National Academy of Sciences Communication Award (2006) and a Heinz Award (2010). She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2021. Ms. Kolbert’s articles have also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and Mother Jones, and have been anthologized in The Best American Science and Nature Writing and The Best American Political Writing.
Saturday, 11 February 2023 - 8:15pm
Co-housing Women's Group February 9, 2023
Baba Yaga House and other models for living for women retirees
Guest Speaker: Michelle Cooper-Iversen who is the Chief Operating Officer of the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC (CHF BC’s) Group of Social Purpose Entities– this includes COHO Management Services Society and the Community Land Trust. She holds a designation in Human Resources and is a graduate of the Saint Mary’s University Master of Management, Cooperatives and Credit Union. She is responsible for executing operational plans than impact CHF BC, COHO and the Community Land Trust with a goal of ensuring that CHF BC’s wholly owned subsidiaries are working in cooperation with a focus on strengthening the organization and the co-op housing sector.
More Information on the Co-housing Women's Group
The recent crises in long term care as a result of the Pandemic have emphasized the need for coming up with new models for aging demographics. It remains a well-documented fact that women generally have fewer access to resources than men when it comes to this stage of their lives. The group is intended to comprise those who wish to delve further into the possibilities for self-governing models of group living that combine independent spaces with communal ones (co-housing, coop housing etc.). The Baba Yaga model set up in France has inspired people across the world: https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20130305-babayagas-house
We will share experts and expertise (including inspiring writers, artists and film directors) that exist in the field to see what is possible. It is anticipated that pooling our knowledge will provide a range of realistic models for the future and may even have direct practical outcomes. While the call to participate is initially directed at women only we will decide at the first meeting whether to stay with this model.
Join the Co-housing Women's Group mailing list: Please email sneja.gunew@ubc.ca and express your interest.
Meeting Format: Zoom. Group members will receive the Zoom links in advance of all meetings.
Thursday, 9 February 2023 - 4:00pm
General Meeting February 8, 2023
"Facing Xi Jinping's China: Comparative approaches from the US, the European Union, Canada, Japan, India, South East Asia, Singapore"
Yves Tiberghien (Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002; Harvard Academy Scholar 2006; Fulbright Scholar 1996) is a Professor of Political Science, Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research, and Director of the Center for Japanese Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada. In November 2017, he was made a Chevalier de l’ordre national du mérite by the French President.
Yves is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada and a Senior Fellow at the University of Alberta’s China Institute. He is an International Steering Committee Member at Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD) and a visiting professor at Tokyo University, The Taipei School of Economics, and Sciences Po Paris. He has held other visiting positions at National Chengchi University (Taiwan), GRIPS (Tokyo), and the Jakarta School of Public Policy (Indonesia).
His research focuses on the comparative political economy of East Asia and on global economic and environmental governance. His latest book is The East Asian Covid-19 Paradox. August 2021. University Press (with post-2021 updates found here).
He is working on two new books, respectively titled Up for Grabs: Disruption, Competition, and the Remaking of the Global Order and Navigating the Age of Disruption: Understanding Canada’s Options in a Shifting Global Order. He is also leading a research project on the political economy of the twin industrial revolutions (digital/AI and green tech).
His previous books include Entrepreneurial States: Reforming Corporate Governance in France, Japan, and Korea (2007, Cornell University Press); L’Asie et le futur du monde (2012, Paris: Science Po Press); and Leadership in Global Institution-Building: Minerva’s Rule (2013, edited volume, Palgrave McMillan). In 2020, he edited an online collection of papers on Japan’s leadership in the Liberal International Order. He has published articles and book chapters on the political economy of Japan and China, global governance, global climate change politics, and the governance of agricultural biotechnology.
Dr. Tiberghien co-founded the Vision 20 initiative in 2015, a new coalition of global scholars and policy-makers aiming at providing a long-term perspective on the challenges of global economic and environmental governance. The V20 held six summits (Hangzhou, 2016, Buenos Aires 2018, Tokyo 2018, and Washington DC, 2017, 2018, 2019).
SCHEDULE:
2:00pm Business meeting
2:15pm Talk by Yves Tiberghien
3:00pm Q&A
3:15pm End of meeting
Groves of Academe | February 7, 2023
READING: Azar Nafisi, Read Dangerously
If you would like to join the group please contact convenor, Graeme Wynn (wynn@geog.ubc.ca).
*Details of this in-person event will be confirmed through the group's email communications closer to the date. Please contact the convenor for more information or to be added to the group. By nature of the intimate sharing format of the group, membership size is limited.*
Learn more about the group and the format of thier activites here
Tuesday, 7 February 2023 - 3:30pm
Deadline for Nominations for Emeriti Awards
UBC Emeritus College Award for Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours
Nominations due February 6, 2023
The Award of Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours from the UBC Emeritus College recognizes UBC emeriti for excellence in innovative research, artistic creation or new applications of previous research since attaining emeritus status.
Each year, Emeritus College holds a ceremony to highlight both UBC and the accomplishments of its Emeriti, honouring those who have excelled and brought integrity to UBC. In addition to the recognition of the Award, recipients will receive $1,000. Any person may nominate candidates for the Award to the Emeritus College through an online nominations form.
Candidacy nominations can be submitted by any persons, however, to be considered, candidates bust be persons listed under "Emeritus Staff" within the UBC Vancouver Academic Calendar.
More information about the online application and last year’s recipient at: UBC Emeritus College website
UBC President’s Award for Distinguished Service
Nominations due February 6, 2023
The UBC President's Award for Distinguished Service honours UBC emeriti who have displayed exceptional leadership in volunteer community services.
UBC Emeritus college seeks to recognize the importance of the voluntary and community contributions made by UBC Emeriti toward broader communities. In addition to the recognition of the Award, recipients will receive $1,000. It is anticipated that the recipient(s) will direct the fund to an organization, charity, or fund of their choosing.
Candidacy nominations can be submitted by any persons, however, to be considered, candidates bust be persons listed under "Emeritus Staff" within the UBC Vancouver Academic Calendar.
More information about the online application and past award recipients at: UBC Emeritus College website