Passing Encounters: Towards a Visual Archive of Vancouver Public Culture
There’s an interesting and short – it ends Friday – exhibition in the lobby of the Lasserre building (map). Passing Encounters: Towards a Visual Archive of…
Read articlePUBLIC HEARING: Northern Gateway pipeline panel coming to Vancouver
From Business Vancouver: The federal panel reviewing the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal will be in Vancouver later this month to hear final oral arguments for and…
Read articleCanada’s Arctic: An Unsettling Past And An Uncertain Future
The Vancouver Aquarium is hosting Drs. Louis Fortier and David Barber on December 10, 6:15-8:15pm. The Vancouver Aquarium invites you to join us for a unique…
Read articleMine Kafon
Mine Kafon | Callum Cooper from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo. When we were young we learned to make our own toys. One of my favourites…
Read articleTalk: The Production and Penalization of the Precariat in the Neoliberal Age
UBC’s geography dept. is hosting Loïc Wacquant from UC-Berkley at the Liu Institute of Global Issues. Time: Thursday, 1 November, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Abstract: Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory…
Read articleJust in time for ASIC 200 – Forbes’ Climate B.S. of the Year Awards
This year’s winner: the 2012 Republican candidates for the President of the United States (article) Some choice quotes: Rick Santorum: “There is no such thing as…
Read articleUBC Polar Club Seminar Series
There’s a new club on campus, the UBC Polar Club, that I think will interest many of you folks out there in the Terry-verse. The club…
Read articleClimate Change Talk! “Climate change and Health: Acting to Reduce Risks and Vulnerabilities”
Free Public Lecture “Climate change and Health: Acting to Reduce Risks and Vulnerabilities” Dr. Carlos Corvalán, PAHO/WHO When: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 7:30 pm – 9…
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Climate Change “Inconsistent with current Agency policy” -or- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Geoengineering
By Dave Semeniuk,
From Nature News Blog: After raising various objections, Anderson says, the TCEQ recently moved to delete references to rising sea levels — regardless of cause —…
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