Category: Vancouver Institute
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How Literature Can Promote Intercultural Understanding: Marginalized Voices Speak Back
Dr. Khan is a prolific author and community activist. Her first crime novel, The Unquiet Dead (2015), won a Barry Award and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.
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Climate Change and Problem Solving Amongst Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers: A case study from Lake Baikal
Speaker: Professor Andrzej Weber, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta Dr. Weber is the director of the Baikal-Hokkaido Archaeology Project, an international multidisciplinary team of scholars focusing on the bio-archaeology of individual life histories to understand hunter-gatherer cultural, biological and ecological interactions, as well as evolutionary trajectories in Northeast Asia. His research interests include archaeology of…
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The Art of the Cello: Recital and lecture
Dr. Santa J. Ono is the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. Dr. Ono, an avid cello player, studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. Dr. Ono will be accompanied this evening by Mr. Oskar Falta on the cello and Ms. Emily Logan on the piano.
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The Ghosts of Europe: The return of tyranny, nationalism, racism and denial to Central Europe
Anna Porter is among Canada’s most respected book publishers (founder of Key Porter Books in 1982) and novelist covering a broad range of topics and published internationally in several languages. Her latest work is her memoir In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time.
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How Democracies Die
Professor Steven Levitsky writings on political parties, informal institutions, and competitive authoritarianism are agenda setting works in the discipline of political science. His most recent work on partisan polarization, the 2018 New York Times bestseller How Democracies Die, with Daniel Ziblatt, has made him a central figure in contemporary debates regarding American democracy.
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Evidence in Medicine: What is it? How do we determine it? And how do we use it to help shape better outcomes?
Professor Kay Dickersin is a zoologist and epidemiologist by training. She has conducted studies in a number of important subject areas, including women’s health, eyes and vision, and surgery.
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CANCELLED Love, Money and Parenting: How economics explains the way we raise our kids
CANCELLED – Dr. Fabrizio Zilibotti’s research interests include economic growth and development, political economy, macroeconomics, and the economic development of China.
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Of War and Remembrance: Canada and the Great War
Professor Wade Davis is an award-winning anthropologist, ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker.
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Are Bees Really Dying? Are We the Cause or the Solution?
Dr. Foster is a Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Proteomics, and recipient of the 2017 Genome BC Award for Scientific Excellence. His research identifies disease resistance genes in bees and covers such topics as pathogen invasion, infection and the mapping of protein interactions.
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Reconciliation Begins With You
The Honourable Steven Point (Xwĕ lī qwĕl tĕl) is a member of the Skowkale First Nation. He was first elected Chief at age 23 in 1975. Since then, he has served as chief for a total of 15 years.