I had the pleasure of interviewing Bill McKibben, our first Global Speaker Series speaker of the year. I took questions from students and faculty, and asked Bill. We spoke about the tar sands, climate change activism, the media, occupy wall street, and a whole host of other topics. Join us on November 16th at [...]
TEDx Terry Talks, November 5th – Paige Zhang, HIV: The Story Behind the Stigma by Gordon Katic
Hi, I’m Paige and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to speak at the 2011 TEDx Terry conference! I’ll be talking about HIV and stigma, and although HIV has only been around [...]
TEDx Terry Talks, Nov 5 – Ratib Islam, Alternative Medicine: Challenging the Language of Insulation by Gordon Katic
My name is Ratib Islam and I’m a 6th year B.Sc. student, majoring in biochemistry with a minor in philosophy. I came to an interest in alternative medicine in 2009 when naturopaths were recognized [...]
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Hi everyone! I’m gonna switch it up today, and talk about what should be, but isn’t, Canada’s official national sport.
(Okay, so I just googled it and apparently I’m wrong – according to the always trustworthy Wiki Answers,
“Records show that Lacrosse was the National Sport.
Lacrosse was the National Sport of Canada up [...]
What the F@#$ is Richard Kemick going to talk about at the TEDx Terry Talks?
What the F@$% is Richard Kemick going to talk about at the TEDx Terry Talks? by Gordon Katic
Find out November 5th, at the TEDx Terry Talks.
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“Imagine UBC’s most fascinating and engaging students coming together for a day, giving ‘the talk of their lives,’ sharing their ideas and discussing their visions for UBC and the world. Now imagine being there, with students, alumni, faculty, administration, and members of the general public watching this unfold and partaking in the various discussions, [...]
Seriously, just leave a comment letting us know what you’re going as (or if, instead, you’re the sort who refuses to dress up). I’ll be doing my standard Jedi Knight costume, but only because that gives me an excuse to buy a cool toy lightsaber.
Finally, and still on the subject of cool things: don’t [...]
Genome Canada has launched an Entrepreneurship Education in Genomics pilot program and has selected UBC’s Genomic Research Entrepreneurship to Accelerate Translation to receive funding.
According to the article on the entrepreneurship@UBC website, found here, the project is going to bring together entrepreneurship@UBC, the existing research base, the UILO and the Sauder School of Business. It is [...]
I’m Vinci, and I’ll be one of the Terry bloggers for the year. Introductions are perhaps one of the most difficult things for me to write. It’s a fine balance between narcissism and, well, a concise informative introduction. So, here goes:
Graduated from UBC mere months ago. Somehow serendipitously landed a job as a research [...]
The Terry Global Speakers Series Presents: Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben will be speaking at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia, 12:30pm on Wednesday November 16th. Tickets are free and available to the general public but must be picked up at the Chan Centre box office (see hours). There is a 2 ticket per person maximum. [...]
Hi everyone!
So, this being a global issues blog, I thought it would be important to post this clip:
Finally, with the killing of Osama bin Laden and the death of Gadaffi, Obama is taking American troops out of Iraq after eight long, controversial years. The cost? Over $750 billion; 4,800 Americans killed, and [...]
One thing I as an economics student get asked most is: why do economists think people are rational? Surely people don’t do calculations or complicated logical reasoning before they act?
On the second question, I completely agree because I don’t have a lovely formula in my head that tells me what [...]
Hello! My name’s Sara, and I’m a third year English student here at UBC.
I’m also a biodiversity dork, an enthusiastic cook, a trading card curator, a chronic procrastinator, an illustrator, a storyteller, a dreamer, and a lover of well-crafted phrases.
I live for bright colours, brilliant prose, warm meals, [...]
First, here’s a few facts that all mean the same thing: Up to 35% of urban dwellers in Third World cities are squatters, the UN estimates that 1 out of every 7 people now lives in a slum, and one billion people live in slums/squatter cities.
The term “squatter city”, “slum”, [...]
The first known use of the necktie traces back to Croatian mercenaries who wore them during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648). The Croatians impressed the Parisiennes, particularly Louie XIV, so much so that he made the necktie an insignia of royalty, and created a regime called the Royal Cravattes. That’s where we get the word [...]
Just saw Gordon’s post on the different types of levitation, and noticed that he didn’t include “Quantum Levitation.” I don’t actually understand it (being a geneticist myself), but I do know that it is very very cool. Watch the video and imagine a future when there’s an app for your iPhone that lets [...]
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