Past Events
Faculty Women's Club Lecture | Oct 12
Critical Hope in/and the Middle East
The Faculty Women's Club would like to invite the professors emerti to join on Zoom for a lecture from Pheroze Unwalla, PhD, Associate Professor of Teaching, History/Chair, Middle East Studies.
Professor Unwalla completed his PhD from the University of London, in 2014. He is a historian of Turkey and the modern Middle East whose main research interests include memory, trauma, nationalism and space. As Educational Leadership-stream faculty, he is presently focused on the establishment, development and expansion of Middle East Studies (MES) at UBC and developing new pedagogical approaches in MES and Middle East History.
His most significant initiatives include developing and assessing classroom emotionality interventions and emotive writing assignments, critical pedagogies of hope in MES and History curricula, and developing Students as Partners (SaP) approaches and Mentorship Opportunities in MES.
When: Tuesday, Oct 12 at 11:00am
Where: Zoom
Contact Mary Thompson at thompson.nana@gmail.com to register.
Healthy Aging Research Seminar | Oct 12
with Dr. Rachel Murphy, Senior Scientist at BC Cancer and Associate Director, School of Population and Public Health at UBC.
A healthy diet is one of the few ubiquitous, modifiable risk factors for chronic disease prevention. However, most Canadians do not have healthy diets. In this presentation, Dr. Murphy will summarize her team’s work using systems biology approaches, epidemiologic and administrative health data to provide novel insight on mechanisms underlying diet and health relationships and identification of novel strategies to prevent chronic disease. Finally, she will highlight forthcoming work in her group that seeks to answer a fundamental challenge in nutrition and public health ‘how can we better support healthy eating among Canadians to improve health?’
This lecture may be viewed in-person at the Rudy North Lecture Theatre in the Centre for Brain Health at UBC or over Zoom.
Thursday, 12 October 2023 - 11:00am
SPEC Elders Circle | Oct 12
Becoming a Guiding Elder
We are delighted to welcome Dr David Suzuki as a keynote speaker on October 12th.
Turn your volunteer experience into a legacy of hope and action.
Cultivate enjoyment and purpose while committing to a just and climate secure future.
The SPEC Elders Circle is offering a cost-free - 13 session - online course that will deepen your sense of belonging and contributing to organizations you care about.
All sessions are open to the public and all ages are welcome
- Bring forward your age-related wisdom, skills, and influence
- Support Democracy in our community organizations
- Be an effective communicator
- Learn from Indigenous Elders
- Support youth
- Strengthen your relationship with Nature
- Recognize the effects of trauma and grief
- Support diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Advance your computer and social media skills
Council Meeting | Oct 11
Current and incoming council members will meet
Wednesday, 11 October 2023 - 10:00am
Poetic Odysseys Group | Oct 10
The group welcomes members who write or enjoy poetry. Those interested in attending can contact convenor Philip Resnick, philip.resnick@ubc.ca for details on how to attend and to be added to the Poetry Group list.
Learn more about the group and their activities
Tuesday, 10 October 2023 - 2:00pm
Healthy Aging Research Seminar | Oct 2
with Dr. Philipe de Souto Barreto, Professor of Gerontology, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3 and Director of the Institute on Aging at the Gerontopole, Toulouse University Hospital
Dr. Philipe de Souto Barreto is Professor of Gerontology (Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3) and is the Director of the Institute on Aging at the Gerontopole, Toulouse University Hospital (WHO Collaborating Center for Frailty, Clinical & Geroscience Research & Geriatric Training). With a PhD in Bio-cultural Anthropology, he has leaded and participated in international task forces, particularly on topics related to exercise, frailty, and geroscience. Philipe contributed to several national and international research projects as PI, local PI, and co-investigator (including the INSPIRE platform on Geroscience). Philipe has been invited as a speaker at national and international congresses and has published hundreds of papers in prestigious journals. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging (IF 5.8).
This lecture may be viewed in-person at the Rudy North Lecture Theatre in the Centre for Brain Health at UBC or over Zoom.
Monday, 2 October 2023 - 11:00am