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 [...]
Each week, the Terry team will highlight events in and around campus that we happen to be interested in. As usual, the focus will be on global issues with an interdisciplinary angle. Be sure to check out events.ubc.ca for more.
There are some amazing lectures occurring at UBC this week. Usually, it’s good to supplement lectures with [...]
Challenge:Future is offering an incredible opportunity to travel to Slovenia and share your ideas, all expenses paid. If you are between the ages of 18 and 30, and you have an idea that you want to share at the 2012 TEDx Bled Talks, this has the potential to be a life altering offer. The deadline [...]
Each week, the Terry team will highlight events in and around campus that we happen to be interested in. As usual, the focus will be on global issues with an interdisciplinary angle. Be sure to check out events.ubc.ca for more.
From now until the 27th, your student union is having an election. They represent [...]
Each week, the Terry team will highlight events in and around campus that we happen to be interested in. As usual, the focus will be on global issues with an interdisciplinary angle. Be sure to check out events.ubc.ca for more.
Note: This entire week is the Conference Week for the Africa Awareness Initiative! [...]
Each week, the Terry team will highlight events in and around campus that we happen to be interested in. As usual, the focus will be on global issues with an interdisciplinary angle. Be sure to check out events.ubc.ca for more.
January 9th-15th.
Author Meets Critics: Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children: [...]
Mix it up in 2012
It’s the first week of the year, first week of the term… A time of reflection and projection. A time to mix things up and try new things. How do you plan to enrich, expand, and innovate in 2012? How about through interdisciplinary engagement?
UBC is a beautiful campus jam-packed with students and staff – a vibrant and growing community. I’ve been working on campus for 12 years and sure, I won’t lie to you, I feel pretty blessed to work at the job I do with the benefits I have, in such an wonderful natural backdrop.
But one [...]
There is a perception that universities are isolated places, ‘ivory towers’ sequestered from the local community. Despite doing tremendous work for the public good, there can be very little engagement with the actual public.
However, we attend a university that has made community engagement a priority, at least in its strategic documents. It is a [...]
Two years ago, a warrior of educational reform, and a tremendously inspirational figure, Sir Ken Robinson participated in the Terry Global Speaker Series. His visit launched the beginning of wonderfully exciting storytelling projects and discussions that took place during the rest of the year, and it was one of the loveliest learning experiences I’ve ever [...]
UBC’s Institute for European Studies is holding a two-day conference on international climate change policies. The conference, starting today at 6PM (really bad time for hockey fans), will host a round-table discussion today and 3 sessions tomorrow.
One of my favourite things about the Christmas holidays (I mean aside from the holiday bit of course) is realizing that there are so many amazing lectures coming to campus in the semester to come. Here is one such event to look forward to, and it’s part of a wider series called Global Islam, so [...]
I can’t think of a better way to spend a Wednesday afternoon. Attend and let us know how it goes! =)
Transplanting (International) Laws: Cultural and Traditional Implications in Africa
Veronica Fynn, With comment by Dr. Gloria Nne Onyeoziri & Laura Lee
12:00pm, Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Liu Institute for Global Issues, Multipurpose Room
In [...]
For the second year the Terry Project will be collaborating with TED to offer a TEDx event. Registration is now open for TEDx Terry talks which will be held on October 2nd, 2010 at the Life Science Institute. Here, eight student speakers will be given a high profile platform to communicate their ideas, passions and desires to an audience of 350 UBC peers.
Awesome Event Alert! : Legitimacy and Legality in International Law
Greetings Terry lovers! The event below looks wonderfully interesting; do check it out if you have a chance. Professor Toope always has interesting things to say, and I heard Asha Kaushal speak at the 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Workshop on Migration Studies that was held at the Liu Centre in March, and she was phenomenal. And [...]
Terry lovers, the time has come for the final Terry Tales event of the semester! (It’s hard to say that without a hankerchief handy) This term has been incredible. We’ve heard stories about everything from the power of silence, to raising dairy goats, to google bombing, to facilitating difficult conversations and learning from those within [...]
Because this is a crazy interesting topic, you should attend.
When: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 4-6PM
Where: Asian Centre
Who: Kavita Datla, Mt. Holyoke College
What: The Fate of Urdu: Muslims, Language Politics, and Colonial Hyderabad
Despite its long and varied history, by the 1920s Urdu had increasingly come to be identified [...]
Shagufta says:
Dear Terry lovers, it’s here! The penultimate Terry Tales event. =(
Our last session twas a night of beautiful stories, beautiful conversations, beautiful participants and as always, ever so yummy cookies. (Hard to explain, you had to be there).
And it’s not too late! You can still experience that magical feeling of being [...]
Tiffany says:
“Have you ever thought about what $1 can do? Get a cookie from Blue Chip? Here’s a chance to do a social experiment to see how combining $1, passionate people, and voting can become a chemical reaction for change. The UBC Dollar Project and the Global Lounge presents The Briefing – the first [...]
March. Tis a month where everything becomes crazy busy, time moves quickly and the libraries are even more crammed than usual. But assignments aside, March is also a time of amazing talks and events around campus. Don’t miss out – some of the deepest learning I’ve done at UBC has been through attending incredible lectures [...]
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