Upcoming Events
Land and Food Systems Series | Sep 13
Grapes to Glass: Wine Education and Tasting Series
Grapes to Glass is a four-session Wine Education and Tasting Series presented by the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems. You will use your senses as you learn about the important elements of wine production, from grape-growing to enjoying the finished product, with a special focus on B.C. wines. You will also tour the UBC Wine Library – home to 4,000 unique bottles of wine.
Instructor Jay Martiniuk is a UBC Lecturer in Wine Science and Fermentation, who has worked as a cellar master and winemaker. He earned an MSc in Food Science from UBC, specializing in yeast populations in B.C. vineyards and wineries.
Session dates: Four Wednesdays – September 13, October 11, November 8, and November 29, 2023
Time: 5:30 pm-7:30 pm
Price: $315 (taxes included) for all four sessions
(Note: Refunds allowed one month before the first session only; 10% of the course fee is non-refundable)
Register: https://secure.touchnet.net/C20435_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=331&SINGLESTORE=true
Questions?: wine.library@ubc.ca
Travel Group | Sep 14
Biking in (not over) the Alps from Innsbruck to Salzburg, then on to Vienna
with Kay Teschke, Professor emeritus, Population and Public Health
Four of us went on a self-guided bike tour in Austria in the fall of 2019 and loved it. Lush scenery, traffic-free paths, public art, music by people and farm animals, and enough mid-day rain to give us an excuse for extended lunches in small town cafes.
Format: Zoom
If you wish to receive the zoom link for the meeting and are not already on the EC Travel group list, please contact Paul Steinbok at psteinbok@cw.bc.ca.
A zoom link will be sent out before each meeting.
Thursday, 14 September 2023 - 3:00pm
Come Toward the Fire | Sep 16
Come Towards the Fire
A Celebration of Indigenous Community, Culture, and Creativity
Presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Musqueam
A family-friendly Indigenous-led festival in advance of the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. This year's festival will include music performances, workshops, film screenings, food vendors, an Indigenous artisan market, and more. Everyone is welcome! All festival events are FREE for Indigenous community members.
For a full list of UBC's Orange Shirt Day Events please visit the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre website.
Saturday, 16 September 2023 - 1:00pm
President's Reception for New Emeriti
Tuesday, 19 September 2023 - 4:00pm
Council Meeting | Retreat | Sep 21
The Council will meet for their annual Retreat.
This in-person event will follow all guidelines set by the UBC communicable disease prevention plan. If you are feeling unwell or have flu-like symptoms please stay home.
Please Note: This event will be photographed and images may be posted on our website or used for marketing purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed, please inform the photographer. UBC is authorized to collect these images under section 26 of the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Thursday, 21 September 2023 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
General Meeting | Sep 27
JOIN US AT OUR first GENERAL MEETING OF THE 2023-2024 YEAR
Hands Back, Hands Forward for Indigenous Education
with Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Emeritus Professor of Educational Studies
Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem will share her personal and professional experiences in Indigenous education, from early learning to graduate education.
The reflection of Hands Back will focus on Indigenous ways of knowing, policies, research, and programmatic approaches that have created successful Indigenous educational pathways in British Columbia and UBC. Hands Forward will address continuing educational challenges and exciting possibilities for the future of Indigenous education in this era of truth and reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenization.
Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, is a member of the Stó:lō First Nation and has kinship in St’at’imc First Nation in British Columbia. Over a 45-year educational career, Q’um Q’um Xiiem has served as a school teacher, curriculum developer, researcher, author, university leader and professor. She is Professor Emeritus in the UBC Department of Educational Studies. At UBC, she has held the leadership positions of Director of the First Nations House of Learning, Associate Dean for Indigenous Education, and the Director of UBC’s Indigenous Teacher Education Program. In 2018, Q’um Q’um Xiiem, was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for her lifelong contributions to advancing Indigenous education in K-12 and post-secondary education through policy, programs, curricula, and research.
Schedule:
11:30 am Lunch and Meet and Greet
12:30 pm Business meeting
1:00 pm Talk by Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem
Location:
Ponderosa Commons Ballroom, located in Oak House
Enter across from Harvest Market and continue to lower level
Stairs and elevator available
6445 University Blvd
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z2
Parking: The closest parking is either UBC West Parkade (2140 Lower Mall) or Fraser River Parkade (6440 Memorial Rd).
This in-person event will follow all guidelines set by the UBC communicable disease prevention plan. If you are feeling unwell or have flu-like symptoms please stay home. A recording will be made available on the Emeritus College YouTube page after the event but there will be no hybrid option.
Please Note: This event will be photographed and images may be posted on our website or used for marketing purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed, please inform the photographer. UBC is authorized to collect these images under section 26 of the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 - 11:30am