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
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.
Am I My Brain?
Join us for a dialogue about the impact of the growth in neurocentric thinking- the worldview that situates the brain as the key organ that provides meaning to our lives. The event begins with a dance performance and will be followed by an interactive conversation between the audience. Admission is free – all that you need to do is bring your brain!
Roundtable on First Round UBC MOOC Offerings
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What Happens On The Bus Doesn’t Stay On The Bus: The Reproduction of Coercion and Rape Culture
Attention throughout Canada has recently focused on undergraduate student chants of “Y.O.U.N.G.”, which has been associated with the perpetuation of rape culture in Canadian society. While few have defended such behaviour, some may wonder why this has become a big deal, especially when such activity has been going on continuously for many years. I will overview a few of the recent events on the UBC campus (and elsewhere), and then say a bit about how research I have done on coercion and social power helps explain some of the problems with these sorts of rituals. At least half of the time for this event will be available for discussion with audience members.
Best Practices for Experiential Teaching – From Field Schools to Service Learning
Experiential teaching describes a broad range of methods that have been employed in professional disciplines for many years. Recent research in pedagogical methods have resulted in a wealth of information on practices that are more and less effective at achieving learning objectives. Join our discussion of the spectrum of approaches that are used and recommendations that have been made for best practices in experiential teaching.