Hosted monthly in the Gallery Lounge, this informal speaker series brings you UBC’s leading faculty, students, and alumni speaking to the most important issues of the day. All events feature short remarks from our panel members, and then open up to an informal Q&A session
For our fourth BARtalk, we will be discussing the Idle No More Movement-its historical background and implications for the future.
Thursday February 28th 6:00pm-7:30pm at the Gallery Lounge in the Student Union Building. Tickets by donation at the door with all proceeds going to Shinerama (suggested donation $5).
Gordon has taught in universities in Canada and the United States, in Faculties of Law, and Departments of Philosophy and Indigenous Studies. His research focus is on aboriginal legal issues, legal theory, and tort law.
Glen Coulthard, Assistant professor, First Nations Studies Program and the Department of Political Science
Glen is a member of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation and an assistant professor in the First Nations Studies Program and the Department of Political Science. Glen has written and published numerous articles and chapters in the areas of indigenous thought and politics, contemporary political theory, and radical social and political thought. Glen is currently writing a book on Indigenous peoples and recognition politics in Canada.
Amanda Nahanee, Cultural Ambassador Squamish Nation
Amanda is a descendant and cultural ambassador of the Squamish and the Nisga’a Nation. She has extensive cultural knowledge and experience teaching Squamish language, arts and crafts. She was the inaugural First Nations Storyteller in Residence at the Vancouver Library and works with a variety of organizations such as the Justice Institute of British Columbia to increase understanding of the importance indigenous knowledge systems
A very cool event from our friends at the Arts Undergraduate Society:
The AUS Presents: Arts Last Lecture with Michaelle Jean
The UBC Arts Last Lecture is back! This year, the Arts Undergraduate Society of UBC Vancouver is excited to welcome the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, former Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, current UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti, and Co-President of the Michaëlle Jean Foundation as our speaker for the event.
When: Friday, March 1st 2013
Time: 8:00pm
Where: The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC
Open to: all UBC students, faculty, staff and general public
Mme. Jean will be talking about her foundation and UN work, with a Q & A at the end. We welcome you to join us in a thought-provoking discussion with Michaëlle Jean.
Ticket Prices:
Students: $13
UBC Faculty/Staff: $20
General Public: $25
Micro-finance promised to lift the poorest out of their poverty, and turn a profit while doing it. But in 2010, micro-finance millionaires fuelled a bubble that caused a spate of suicides in the Indian province of Andra Pradesh. Is micro-finance a cynical ploy to exploit the poor, or an genuine effort to help?
Hosted by: Gordon Katic and Sam Fenn
Produced by: Gordon Katic, Sam Fenn, Jordan Fernandez, and Chirag Mahajan
Production Assistance from Matt Meuse, Sam MacKinnon
Research Assistants: Kamil Somaratne, Marion Benkaiouche, Miguel Testa, Julian Law, Stephanie Kelly, Chris Biasutti, Al Shaibani, Alisa Koebel, and Rebekah Parker,
Marketing Coordinators: Jessica Tam and Kevin Lam
Graphic Designer: Sam MacKinnon
We’re working on an episode of the Terry Project Podcast around Death. For one segment, I am looking at the legal and ethical implications of signing a DNR, or a Do Not Resuscitate Form.
Most people want most everything to be done to them, but physicians are just the opposite; they want nothing done to them, not even CPR. 90% of doctors don’t want CRP, because they don’t think it will help them out much. Check out this very cool RadioLab on the topic:
Doctors have gone further and, in a few highprofilecases, going right up to the Supreme Court of Canada, where doctors have sought to impose DNR on patients. Here’s one journal article that argues that physicians should have more authority in restricting CRP.
What are your thoughts on this? Does it irk you? What would you do? In the podcast, I am speaking to advisors on this topic — a lawyer, a physician, a nurse, a priest, and a bioethicist — to discuss what the legal and ethical implications would be for myself and my family. What should I ask them?
Gordon Katic (@gord_katic) has been student coordinator for the Terry Project for over two years, and in that time started BARtalk, and the Terry Project Podcast on CiTR 101.9FM. A former Ubyssey columnist, and now a student at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, Gordon is trying to use journalism to tell important stories about global issues.
This week, a special live edition of our podcast: BARtalk. Hosted monthly in the Gallery Lounge, this informal speaker series brings you UBC’s leading faculty, students, and alumni speaking to the most important issues of the day. All events feature short remarks from our panel members, and then open up to an informal Q&A session. For this BARtalk, we’ll be discussing the ethics of artificial intelligence and the unique moral dilemmas this technology presents.
Hussein, one of our beloved TEDxTerry Talks speakers, will be graduating this year, and giving his final UBC Music recital this Saturday, March 30th, at 8PM in the Chan. He’ll be conducting two pieces by Mendelssohn, Psalm 115 (translates ‘not to us but to you o lord we give glory’), and Verleih uns Frieden (translates ‘in these perilous times o lord grant us peace and mercy.’). Free Admission. No tickets required. General seating. It’s a part of the UBC Choirs final concert.
Have you seen his TEDxTT video? Check it out!
Gordon Katic (@gord_katic) has been student coordinator for the Terry Project for over two years, and in that time started BARtalk, and the Terry Project Podcast on CiTR 101.9FM. A former Ubyssey columnist, and now a student at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, Gordon is trying to use journalism to tell important stories about global issues.
When you are feeling blue, do you reach for the Ben and Jerry’s? A recent study in the British Journal of Health Psychology found suggests that you might want to go for the broccoli instead. I interviewed Professor Tamlin Conner, a co-author of the study. It was for a class project for LFS400, which limited me to a 1:30 minute interview. But there was a lot of good stuff in our conversation, so I have posted the entire conversation here, unedited.
Gordon Katic (@gord_katic) has been student coordinator for the Terry Project for over two years, and in that time started BARtalk, and the Terry Project Podcast on CiTR 101.9FM. A former Ubyssey columnist, and now a student at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, Gordon is trying to use journalism to tell important stories about global issues.
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