Upcoming Events
Film Group March 31, 2021
Series Eleven – Filmed Intellectuals
The films can be screened via the Kanopy streaming site of the Vancouver Public Library
Zoom discussions of each film will take place on: Jan. 27, Feb. 24 and Mar. 31 at 4pm
Hosted by John LeBlanc
Series Eleven: Films featuring intellectuals face serious difficulties in presenting such complex and unique individuals in a medium that often relies on formulaic structures within its standard two hour limit. Film director Margarethe von Trotta, has addressed this problem by attempting to engage intimately with her subjects, requiring that she identify to some degree with them (for example, as a woman railing against male oppression) as well as trying to discover the real person through their letters, close associates and places they inhabited. The two hour time limit also requires identifying a representative moment in the individual’s life. These three films, all by women directors, feature, in the first two films, internationally known intellectuals and, in the third film, a fictional thinker, offering an additional difficulty of creating what a contemporary intellectual might look like. All three films share a focus on intellectuals as figures of exile, not only mental because of their advanced ideas but also physical, suffering displacement that shows they are not merely mind but also flesh and blood.
Mar. 31 - Things to Come (L’avenir) (2016) – directed by Mia Hansen-Love - features a fictional philosopher, Nathalie (played by French actor Isabelle Huppert), teaching at a Paris high school who finds herself in a life-altering moment as her publishing career declines and her family life falls apart. While her exile is not the result of sweeping historical developments that befell Arendt and Zweig, it nonetheless throws her into a space of profound doubt, best described by Pascal: one of her favourite philosophers. A re-connection with a former student has potential but exile seems permanent, perhaps even desirable.
Cinnamon Bun Fundraiser
UBC Faculty Women's Club (FWC) is making “UBC Cinnamon Buns” with Chef Andy, hosted by CBC Radio’s Amy Bell.
They are raising funds for the FWC Childcare Bursary for UBC Students.
Cost: $30 payable by cheque or e-transfer to UBC Development Office (tax receipt issued).
More information is available on the webpage of the Faculty Women’s Club.
Tuesday, 6 April 2021 - 12:30pm
UBC Giving Day
UBC will hold its first ever university-wide giving day. We invite you to join UBC for a 24-hour giving challenge will bring donors, alumni, friends and the community together to support the UBC causes that matter most to them.
From student scholarships to experiential learning opportunities and research projects, there is something for everyone.
You can be part of UBC Giving Day and help to make it a success:
- Visit the Giving Day website – UBC Giving Day
- Make a gift to the UBC Giving Day cause that matters most to you
- Share UBC Giving Day with your friends, family and network and challenge them to make a gift
We hope you will join a day that will support UBC students and other important causes across the university. All gifts, regardless of size, add up to have a powerful impact.
Wednesday, 7 April 2021 - 9:00am
Photo Group April 2021
The theme for April 9 is “Movement”. Please submit up to 3 photos, plus one extra if you would like to use a “before” photo to show how you processed one of your photos.
Send your photos to me at richard@rhspencer.ca. Please number your photos if you would like me to show them in a particular order.
You can send them as email attachments, zip files, or downloads from an online site. If you include them in the body of an email, you should avoid letting your software reduce the size of the photos to any resolution less than about 1000 x 800 pixels (within reason, bigger is generally better!).
If you would like to join, please contact Richard Spencer for the zoom-link at richard@rhspencer.ca
Friday, 9 April 2021 - 3:00pmCouncil Meeting - April 14
The Council will meet online.
Wednesday, 14 April 2021 - 10:30am to 12:30pmCURAC 2021 VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY
The CURAC 2021 Virtual Assembly, hosted by MURA as part of the McGill Bicentennial Celebration, will feature McGill Principal Suzanne Fortier, CURAC President Bryan Harvey, and a keynote speech by Dr. Moshe Szyf - Nature and Nurture: How early life experience changes our DNA.
Click here for more information and to register.
Thursday, 15 April 2021 - 10:00am to 1:00pm