Posts by Kamil Somaratne

BARtalk #16: 1984 or 2015? A Closer Look at Bill C-51

  Thursday, March 19th, in the Gallery Lounge at UBC. Facebook RSVP. The recently proposed anti-terrorism legislation, Bill C-51, has attracted controversy ever since it was…

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What Do a Floating House and the Threat of Nuclear War Have in Common?

Blog post by Jane Young State disaster preparedness. That’s what Michael Guggenheim, senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmith, discussed with The Terry Project…

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Generation Squeeze not Generation Screwed

Blog post by Hailey Froese Many, if not most, of current university students and recent graduates face daunting prospects outside of the university bubble. Unemployment, high…

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Terry Project on CiTR #52 – The New Debt Politics

The University of British Columbia is moving ahead with a 10% hike to international tuition fees, and a 20% hike on student rent. Obviously, students are…

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A History of Student Activism at UBC

  Blog post by Jane Young  Before you tuck into our latest BarTalk stuffed with discussion on the recent fee increases to hit UBC, whet your…

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Universities and the Future of Innovation – Ekateryna Nova at TEDx Terry Talks

Is our education system hurting innovation? Are we suppressing the very qualities of creativity and the drive for innovation that we’re trying to promote? Ekateryna Nova…

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Why you should talk to strangers: Aliya Dossa at TEDx Terry Talks

Aliya has a story to share. Actually, she shared exactly 101 stories through her project called “101 Days, 101 Strangers, 101 Stories,” where she documented the…

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Bi the way, we exist: Viet Vu at TEDx Terry Talks

When Viet Vu came out to his parents as bi they threatened to disown him. He recalls how both the positive and negative reactions he received…

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A Story of Obedience – Serbulent Turan at TEDx Terry Talks

Why do we obey? This was at the heart of Serbulent Turan’s PhD dissertation – “Patterns of Obedience: Dreams, Demons and the Dead” – which looked…

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What is Home? Abeer Yusuf at TEDx Terry Talks

Where is home? This is a simple enough question for most people, but not for Abeer Yusuf. A 2nd– year student at UBC School of Journalism,…

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