Past Events

E.g., Mar 29, 2024

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Groves of Academe | March 14

READING: R F Kuang, Babel 

If you would like to join the group please contact 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.*

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Tuesday, 14 March 2023 - 3:30pm
Zoom or Green College
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada

Poetic Odysseys Group | March 14

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.

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Tuesday, 14 March 2023 - 2:00pm
Zoom online by request
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada
UBC Rose Garden

Vancouver Institute Lecture | March 11

Pieter Cullis

How UBC Enabled the COVID 19 MRNA Vaccines
Dr. Pieter Cullis, O.C., Director, Life Sciences Institute, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC

Dr. Cullis is globally known for his contributions to the field of lipid nanoparticles. His research has contributed to the development of nanomedicines employing lipid nanoparticle delivery technology leading to five clinically approved drugs for cancer therapies, gene therapies, and vaccines, including BNT162b2, the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine marketed by Pfizer/BioNTech. He is also co-founder of ten biotechnology companies, author of over 350 scientific articles and holder of over 60 patents. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Dr. Cullis is the recipient of multiple awards and honours, including the Prix Galien Canada (2011), and more recently the Canada Gairdner International Award, as well as the Governor General’s Innovation Award, the Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science, and the Life Sciences British Columbia Global Impact Award.

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Saturday, 11 March 2023 - 8:15pm
P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre
2194 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1
Canada
UBC Rose Garden

Neglected Global Disease Initiative (NGDI) Lecture | March 9

Global Health Access & Equity: Issues in LMICs and HICs: Compare & Contrast
with Dr. Peter Hotez, internationally-recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development.

On behalf of the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI) at the University of British Columbia and the organizing committee, we would like to invite you to attend the symposium on Global Health Access & Equity Issues in LMICs and HICs: Compare & Contrast. Dr. Peter J. Hotez will be the guest speaker. There will be a graduate student presentation competition and a panel discussion featuring health science researchers and professionals.

Format: In-person or Zoom. 

Register

Thursday, 9 March 2023 - 2:00pm
Royal Bank Cinema at the Chan Center
6265 Crescent Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Canada
UBC Rose Garden

Vancouver Institute Lecture | March 4

Stephen Poloz

How Will Canada Prosper in the Next Age of Uncertainty?
Dr. Stephen Poloz, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Special Advisor, Osler

Dr. Poloz is a distinguished economist with four decades of experience in financial markets, forecasting, and economic policy. He is the author of The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future (2022). Dr. Poloz was the ninth Governor of the Bank of Canada until June 2020. Prior to that appointment, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Export Development Canada. He has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund and at the Economic Planning Agency in Tokyo, Japan, and past president of the Ottawa Economics Association. In 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Trent University. Dr. Poloz is a Certified International Trade Professional, and a graduate of Columbia University’s Senior Executive Program.

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Saturday, 4 March 2023 - 8:15pm
P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre
2194 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1
Canada
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MEDTalks: Ensuring healthy aging | March 2

Aging inevitably affects us all, including our loved ones. So how can we ensure optimal health as we’re getting on in years? Hear from five top UBC researchers and experts from the faculties of Applied Science, Arts, Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmaceutical Sciences. All alumni and friends are invited to this hybrid event to learn about different approaches to increasing and promoting healthy aging.

This event is presented in partnership by alumni UBC and the UBC faculties of Applied Science, Arts, Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Moderator
Michelle Eliot, BA’98 — Host, CBC British Columbia’s BC Today

Speakers
Dr. Annalijn Conklin — Assistant Professor, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Scientist, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences 

Dr. Christiane Hoppmann (she/her) — Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies; Professor, Department of Psychology, UBC Faculty of Arts; Canada Research Chair in Health and Adult Development

Dr. Michael Kobor (he/him/his) — Edwin S.H. Leong UBC Chair in Healthy Aging, UBC President’s Excellence Chair; Professor, UBC Department of Medical Genetics; Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics 

Dr. Margaret P. Moss (she/her/hers) — Director, First Nations House of Learning; Professor, UBC School of Nursing 

Shunhau To — Program Manager, UBC Geriatric Dentistry Program 

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Thursday, 2 March 2023 - 7:00pm
Zoom or UBC Robson Square
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada

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