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An Evening with Larry Grant

An Evening with Larry Grant

Elder Larry Grant is this year’s speaker in the St. John’s College Grant Ingram Distinguished Visiting Lecture program.
As the Elder-in-Residence at the UBC First Nations House of Learning and St. John’s College Faculty Fellow, Larry welcomes and connects with an array of students, visitors, faculty and staff from around the world. He is also an adjunct professor for the UBC First Nations Languages Program and the consultant for the Musqueam Language and Culture Department, working to revitalize hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and co-teach the first-year hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language course.

What Can Babies, Puppets, and Pacific Islanders Tell Us About Morality?

Rita McNamara will discuss what we (think) we know about human nature as a moral animal, and how two different perspectives are being integrated in the burgeoning new field of developmental cross-cultural psychology.

Building Bridges to Improve Health, Together

Building Bridges to Improve Health, Together

Dr. Wagner will focus on engagement and bridge-building to improve global health

The Challenges of Global Tobacco Control: Lessons for Implementation Science

The Challenges of Global Tobacco Control: Lessons for Implementation Science

Dr. Lee will discuss the challenges of global tobacco control and the lessons for implementation science

Air Pollution and Blood Pressure Outcomes From An Improved Cookstove Intervention In Rural India: OEH Seminar

Part of SPPH’s weekly Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar series, this presentation will focus on the effects on air pollution and blood pressure outcomes as a result of improved cookstove intervention in rural India.

Saving a Generation: Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in the Developing World

The 2013 AKFC-IDRC University Seminar Series will focus on the challenges and successes of maternal, newborn, and child health in the developing world.

Celebrating Innovation In Teaching: Applying Scholarship To Improve Practice

Are you designing a new course? Ready to redesign an existing course? Why not use the scholarship of teaching and learning to inform your design process? Hear our panelists share the different ways they have applied scholarship in their courses, ranging from the broad course design level (Dr. Rawn), to using a flipped classroom model during course delivery (Dr. Sens), to improving the efficacy of feedback on student written work (Dr. Rea). We hope you will leave this session energized to engage in scholarly teaching.

Chasing Sustainability 2013

Chasing Sustainability 2013

A business sustainability conference for 110 delegates. Featuring an incredible line-up of speakers, a delicious lunch catered from The Lazy Gourmet, business casual setting, and interactive activities!

Asking The Right Question Makes The Difference

“Positive Psychology – what is it? Some examples from our work” – a 1 1/2 hr cracker barrel style session during which people rotate between 3-4 different tables.

Healthy Body For A Healthy Mind

Join Teresa Liu-Ambrose, an Associate Professor in the UBC Faculty of Medicine and a member of the Brain Research Centre at UBC in this workshop explaining some of the interesting findings from a recent UBC and Vancouver Coastal health Research Institute study and learn how a healthy body can lead to a healthy mind.