Nurse a glass of wine and discuss the issues of our time, like they did in the luscious salons of 18th(-20th) century Paris. Except drink the wine at Mahoney’s, at UBC. This Wednesday, Feb 29th from 5:30-7:30, fabulous intellectuals such as yourself will be gathering at Mahoney & Sons to [...]
Hussein Janmohamed – Choral Music: The Road to Harmony and Peace – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Hussein Janmohamed is a dynamic choral conductor, composer and community music educator. He has performed with some of Canada’s finest choirs including Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, Laudate Singers, and the National Youth Choir of Canada. Hussein is recognized as a leader in choral music for community building, cultural development and inspirational leadership. He is [...]
Laura Fukumoto – Obesity in Light of the Zombie Apocalypse – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Laura Fukumoto provides a great reflective statement on how society unfairly judges the obese – with the occasional nod to zombie culture to make her points.
November 5th, 2011. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Filmed by Craig Ross: Video edited by David Ng
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Francis Arevalo – Slam Poetry! – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Francis Arevalo taking the TEDxTerryTalks stage, and providing the opening and the closing with some fittingly stirring, kinetic, and (frankly) awesome slam poetry.
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November 5th, 2011. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Filmed by Craig Ross: Video edited by David Ng
About TEDx:
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The UBC Arts Last Lecture is back! On Friday, March 16th at 7:30pm in the Old Auditorium come and enjoy a Last Lecture by one of Canada’s most popular media personalities.
This year the Arts Undergraduate Society is excited to have George Stroumboulopoulos speak at the Arts Last Lecture 2012. The Arts Last Lecture is [...]
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Life-changing ideas
When I was a kid, my mother used to read stories before I went to sleep. In those fairy-tales and fables, she read to me that I can be whatever I want to be. In those stories of innocent love and brave adventures, I seemed to understand, for the first time, the meaning of opportunity [...]
On this week’s Terry Project Podcast, we discuss how to think of the word “sustainability,” the famous conservationist John Muir, the collapse of complex societies, and Canada’s approach to climate change. Find it on iTunes.
Justin McElroy discusses media through the lens of the Ubyssey, the University of British Columbia’s campus newspaper.
Justin McElroy has been Coordinating Editor of The Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper, since April 2010. In that time, The Ubyssey has redesigned its website, print product, and seen web traffic triple. During his time at UBC, Justin [...]
Paige Zhang talks about HIV and stigma. Although HIV has only been around for 30 years, this stigma is heavily prominent and important to address and correct. Part of this process is to educate the public on the need to undergo routine HIV testing.
Paige has had experience working with the S.T.O.P. HIV/AIDS project [...]
Ratib Islam – Alternative Medicine: Challenging the Language of Insulation – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Ratib Islam provides a measured look at the rhetoric of alternative medicines, and explores its lack of distinction between evidence based and non evidence based claims.
Ratib is a 6th year B.Sc. student, majoring in biochemistry with a minor in philosophy. He became interested in alternative medicine in 2009 when naturopaths were recognized as [...]
“Have we always had a whale?”
Sometimes I feel like a tourist in my own city. Aside from the usual places (the aquarium, Granville Island, Gastown, etc), Vancouver has many other sites to boast about. And sometimes it’s right beneath our noses (in this case, quite literally).
(Photocredit sonson on Flickr)
Canada’s largest [...]
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