Category: Vancouver Institute
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Stem Cells, Gene Editing, and Regenerative Medicine: Where Are We Heading?
Dr. Janet Rossant’s contributions have shaped the way we understand the human genome, congenital abnormalities, and the use of cancer drugs. Her innovation in manipulating the mouse genome led to the mouse becoming the dominant model in understanding the function of the human genome sequence.
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Brain Health and the Arts
Dr. Lara Boyd is a Neuroscientist and Physical Therapist. At the Brain Behaviour Lab at UBC, she performs research designed to advance theoretical conceptualizations of how brain function relates to behaviour during learning. She is an expert in mapping how behaviours, environments and experiences affect brain health and learning, using techniques such as magnetic resonance…
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Deep Reading, Critical Thinking, and Empathy in the Age of COVID: A Digital Dilemma
Dr. Maryanne Wolf has dedicated her professional career to children with learning challenges. Her research focuses on dyslexia, literacy in digital culture, and the reading brain circuit. She designed the RAVE-O reading intervention for children with dyslexia. Dr. Wolf is the author of Proust and the Squid (2007), translated into 13 languages, Tales of Literacy…
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The Cultural and Natural Legacy in the Cradle of Maya Civilization: The Mirador-Calakmul Basin of Guatemala and Mexico
Dr. Richard D. Hansen has identified some of the largest and earliest ancient cities of the Mayan civilization in Central America with a major international archaeological research team with scholars from around the globe. His work has been featured in 36 film documentaries.
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Is Canada Paying the Price for not Having a Robust Privacy Framework?
Dr. Michael Geist is an award winning legal scholar specializing in internet and copyright issues. He has edited several books including “Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era” (2015), “The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law” (2013), “From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright”:…
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Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists In The Modern Moment
Ms. Sarah Milroy is a distinguished independent art critic, curator and essayist, as well as a vocal champion of Canadian art and artists. She is co-founder of the Canadian Art Foundation, and served as editor and publisher of Canadian Art magazine.
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The InSight Mission to Mars
Dr. Catherine Johnson’s expertise is in comparative planetary geophysics. She seeks to understand the internal structure and the long-term evolution of our solar system bodies.
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From Discovery to Application: ACE2 as a Rational Therapy for COVID-19
Dr. Josef Penninger’s findings on angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and its role in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infections have contributed to the rapid identification of a potential drug molecule that entered Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19 infection in April 2020.
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The New Corporation: How “Good” Corporations are Bad for Democracy
Dr. Joel Bakan is an internationally renowned legal scholar and commentator. He has worked on landmark legal cases and government policy. He is the Director of the documentary “The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel.”
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Living with COVID-19: The Long Game
Dr. RĂ©ka Gustafson is involved in surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases, such as HIV and Tuberculosis, and outbreak response. She is responsible for the delegated functions of the BC Centre for Disease Control under the Public Health Act.