Posts by Gordon Katic

TEDxTT 2012: “Lessons from a 6.3 Earthquake,” Rebekah Parker

Rebekah Parker, an Australian-Canadian 5th year Interdisciplinary Studies UBC student, shares her experience of being on exchange in ChristChurch, New Zealand during and after its devastating…

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TEDxTT 2012: “Dying for Land,” Sam Eifling.

Sam Eifling (@sameifling), a recent graduate of the UBC School of Journalism, takes us on a Brazilian journey that examines the tensions which exist between the…

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TEDxTT 2012: “Your Boyfriend Wants to be Pretty,” Nick Thornton.

Occasionally, and probably not often enough, young men are told to embrace their feminine side. But what does getting in touch with your “feminine side” actually…

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Involvement Opportunity: Assistant to the Technical Producer, Terry Project Podcast

Boy, the Terry Project Podcast was fun last term. In review, we had 4 great 60-minute radio documentaries, each progressively stronger than the last. First, in…

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Involvement Opportunity: Research Assistant, Terry Project Podcast

Boy, the Terry Project Podcast was fun last term. In review, we had 4 great 60-minute radio documentaries, each progressively stronger than the last. First, in…

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The Terry Project Podcast #18: Kim Campbell

This week on the podcast, I speak to Canada’s first and only female Prime Minister, Kim Campbell. In this one-on-one interview, I asked her about her…

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The Terry Project Podcast #17: BARtalk, pipelines edition.

On this special episode of our podcast, we divert from our usual formula to play highlights from November 15th’s BARtalk on pipelines. What is BARtalk? BARtalk…

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‘Changing the Lens’ looking for students for theatre worshop

‘Changing the Lens’ is aimed at reaching out to the entire UBC community, and proposes to develop a theatre piece addressing the issue of cultural identity…

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December 11th: Bring your boomers, an intergenerational dialogue on climate change.

One of the defining things about the modern environmental movement is how inter-generational it is becoming. Alliances between the young and old are becoming the exciting…

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The Terry Project Podcast #16: 5th Annual TEDx Terry Talks

This week’s episode is not our usual model, but a clip show from our conference, the TEDx Terry Talks. The 5th annual, these TEDx Terry Talks…

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