Category: Vancouver Institute
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THE CRISIS OF CANADIAN DEMOCRACY
Andrew Coyne is a leading Canadian journalist, author, and political commentator, currently a columnist for The Globe and Mail and a weekly panellist on CBC’s At Issue. He previously served as national editor of the National Post, editor of The Walrus, and columnist for Maclean’s and Southam News. His writing has appeared in The New…
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REASONING OR DAY-DREAMING? THE MANY WAYS WE THINK
Dr. Christoff Hadjiilieva is a cognitive neuroscientist whose research lab investigates the full spectrum of human thought, from spontaneous mind-wandering and daydreaming to goal-directed reasoning, creativity, introspection, meditation, and their neural bases.
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE POLICY: A CANADIAN FOREST ECOLOGIST’S PERSPECTIVE
Joint lecture with UBC Emeritus College | Dr. Catherine Potvin is a distinguished tropical forest ecologist whose research advances understanding of carbon dynamics, biodiversity, and community-based climate solutions. With decades of fieldwork in Panama and Latin America, her work has shaped international climate policy, including through her service as a UN climate change negotiator for…
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GENERATIVE AI IN THE MARKETPLACE: APPLICATIONS, TRENDS, AND IMPACT
Dr. Chunhua Wu’s research examines consumer behaviour and firm strategy in the internet and mobile marketing domain. He teaches Market Research, Business Intelligence, and Business Analytics across undergraduate, graduate, MBA, and executive programs.
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A Concert by the UBC Opera Ensemble, led by Nancy Hermiston
This event will be held in the UBC Old Auditorium | Professor Nancy Hermiston is a distinguished opera singer, stage director, and educator whose career has taken her across Canada, the United States, and Europe. She has taught voice and directed productions at the Meistersinger Konservatorium in NĂĽrnberg and at the University of Toronto’s Opera…
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THE SECRET LIFE OF MAX STERN AND HIS NAZI-LOOTED ART
Dr. Sara J. Angel founded the Art Canada Institute (ACI) in 2013 to democratize access to Canadian art for a diverse, twenty-first-century public, making high-quality, bilingual digital resources available to all regardless of location or prior knowledge. The ACI now offers open-source publications, a digital library, school art education programs, a fellowship program, and a…
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RIVER IN PERIL: THE FRAGILITY OF THE MIGHTY FRASER RIVER
Dr. Jeremy G. Venditti is a geomorphologist and Director of the River Dynamics Laboratory at SFU. His research focuses on the fluid and sediment dynamics of large river systems, with particular attention to bedrock canyons, global sediment export, and the physics of extreme flooding. His work, including publications in Nature, has advanced understanding of flow…
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CAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE AI?
Dr. Taylor Owen is a Canadian scholar and policy expert specializing in digital technologies, democracy, and international security. His research examines platform governance, information disorder, and the regulation of emerging technologies. Dr. Owen’s work has informed public policy debates in Canada and internationally, and he frequently advises governments and civil society organizations.
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RE-IMAGINING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Dr. Kimberley Brownlee’s research examines the social dimensions of human life, focusing on loneliness, belonging, social human rights, and freedom of association. Working in moral, political, and legal philosophy, she explores how sociability shapes human flourishing and how everyday interactional norms generate distinct virtues, vices, goods, and harms.
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SURVIVING VANCOUVER
Mr. Michael Kluckner is a celebrated Vancouver-based artist, writer, historian, and illustrator whose work bridges urban heritage and graphic storytelling. Author of over twenty books, including Vancouver: The Way It Was (1984), Vanishing Vancouver (1990), and Surviving Vancouver (2024), his watercolors and sumi-e paintings capture the city’s changing face.