Upcoming Events

Series at Green College | March 30

'Disciplines Over Time: Making, Keeping and Breaking the Boundaries of Knowledge' is a cross departmental collaboration between UBC's Green College and Emeritus College.

This series will bring together scholars who inhabit the same academic discipline or field of study, and are at different stages of their careers, to talk about how the boundaries separating their field of specialization from other fields have changed over time. The conversation will inevitably lead to a consideration of cross-disciplinary influences and interdisciplinary trends, as participants account for changes in the cognitive strength of sub-disciplines and the rise and fall of disciplinary paradigms. The intent will be to identify underlying reasons for the observed changes and, by the end of the series, to draw some general conclusions about mechanisms of (inter)disciplinary interaction and development, in the spirit—if not necessarily the style—of Thomas Kuhn and Michel Foucault.

Series Convener: Donald Fisher, Past-Principal, UBC Emeritus College

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OVER TIME: DOING BIOCHEMISTRY WITHOUT A LICENCE

George Mackie, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology;
Anna Blakney, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering;
Annie Ciernia, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology;
Beth Davenport, PhD student, Microbiology and Immunology

This series, co-hosted with UBC Emeritus College, brings together scholars who inhabit the same academic discipline or field of study, and are at different stages of their careers, to talk about how the boundaries separating their field of specialization from other fields have shifted over time. This fifth event in the series will stage a conversation between scholars of Molecular Biology. The moderator will ask the panelists a series of questions about their perspectives on the discipline, and the discussion will be opened at an early stage to members of the audience. The goal of the event is to grasp the interdisciplinary nexus that is ‘Molecular Biology’ in Canadian and other universities and to peer into possible futures of the field.

HYBRID FORMAT

Join us in-person at Green College on the UBC Vancouver Campus or virtually. The session will be followed by a reception. 

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Co-Hosts

Emeritus College and Green College

Flag Lowering In Remembrance | April 1

The BC, Musqueam and UBC flags (temporarily relocated to the East Mall Entrance and Plaza at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) will be lowered on Saturday, April 1, 2023 in remembrance. 

Professor Emerita Anne Piternick passed away January 20, 2023. Professor Piternick served in the Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies.

Associate Professor Emeritus James Ponzetti passed away January 25, 2023. Dr. Ponzetti taught in the Department of Sociology.

Professor Emeritus William Piper passed away on February 13, 2023. Dr. Piper taught in the Department of Psychiatry and served as the Founding Director of the UBC Psychotherapy Program.

Professor Emeritus Neil James Yorkston passed away February 20, 2023. Professor Yorkston served as the Head of Psychiatry Department. 

Dean Emeritus George Beagrie passed away March 03, 2023. As the Dean of Faculty of Dentistry, Dr. Beagrie worked tirelessly to build and expand the Faculty’s research enterprise.

Professor Emeritus Dan Rurak passed away March 06, 2023. Dr. Rurak taught in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.   

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UBC Library Workshop | April 6

Not Just Checking Boxes: Thinking & Working Through Ethical Problems with Checklists
with Bri Watson, EDI Scholar-In-Residence at UBC Library

Over the past few decades, members of the public, students, professionals, and researchers have struggled to the dilemmas and conundrums originating from powerful new technologies, including artificial intelligence, Big Data, machine learning, just to name a few. Although these new technologies hold much potential, their creators and designers have—more often than not—been willingly overlook the often-detrimental and sometimes-devastating unintended consequences.

In this workshop, Bri Watson guides participants through the development and use of a checklist developed over the course of multiple years in consultation with the creators, developers, maintainers, sustainers, and affected individuals and communities.

When: Thursday, April 6 from 10:00 to 11:30am
Where: Peña Room (Room 301), Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

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