As summer gently rolls along, there’s nothing more relaxing than hanging out on the beach and reading a good book. Especially if that scene is accompanied by a bottle of wine.

I recently finished reading The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz, who left an international banking job in her 20′s to [...]

Posted on behalf of UBC Alumna Jocelyn Ling of imagine1day.

Are you liv’n large in life or playing it small? What if the creation of the best possible life that you can live can change you as much as it changes another community?

Liv’n it up is an event on August 11 that is [...]

The UBC History Department and the Binding the Nations Lecture Series brings famed Iranian professor Hamid Dabashi to UBC to present a lecture on the Green Movement in Iran. Special thanks to the Binding the Nations Lecture Series for providing access and photography.

I had my usual reservations about attending the lecture [...]

I just stumbled across an awesome photo essay on poverty among white South Africans, the cause of something termed “reverse apartheid”. I wanted to just share a couple of the most powerful shots and see what reaction Terry readers have to this. For me, it was a bit of a shock. Knowing the shots [...]

Are you at UBC today and noticing that everyone in your lab/office is munching on something small and blue? It’s with excitement and blueberry stains all over my shirt that I announce UBC Blueberry Fest happening all this week in front of the bookstore 9am-1pm!

Come enjoy some fresh [...]

Only recently have I finally gotten into the habit of bringing my water bottle everywhere I go.  It has taken me a while, but I’ve done it.

In our own personal efforts to ‘go green’ and save money, its pretty much the standard for University students to carry around water bottles and coffee mugs to [...]

Another World Cup themed post…Yay!

I have a longer version posted on my blog. I was motivated to write the post after attending a sport for development conference in which the sale of soccer players was mentioned as a possible social enterprise. In addition, with the World Cup in Africa I read a number [...]

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With Pride celebrations taking place across North America this month, I thought I’d shed some light on what Pride looks like in another part of the world. In particular I’ll focus on Uganda, a country where homosexuality is still illegal and considered highly taboo.

A new Bill put forth in Uganda’s [...]

The UBC History Department and  the Binding Nations Lecture Series with support from the Vancouver Green Movement will present Dr. Hamid Dabashi on July 9th.

Dr. Dabashi is currently the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York, the oldest and most prestigious Chair [...]