living with mental ill-ability – a speaker event
Three young adults, formerly Lowdown Speakers, will share their stories about living with mental illness or mental ill-ability. As part of the Mental Health Network anti-stigma campaign…
Read articleADBUSTERS: MEME WARS – Public Talk & Book Launch with Founder & Senior Editor of Adbusters
Our friends at the AMS will be hosting a public talk from the editor of the magazine that started and named the Occupy Wallstreet movement. Join…
Read articleThe Terry Global Speaker Series Presents: Margaret Atwood
Facebook Event The Terry Project Global Speaker Series presents Margaret Atwood: Writing the Future In partnership with Canadian Literature, the Department of English, the UBC Bookstore,…
Read articleI have a story about…”Dying Languages”
This past imagine day, the Terry project asked passing students to share their stories. This one resonated with me in particular. According to the Linguistic Society…
Read articleOzzie Zehner Speaks at UBC on September 28th about Renewable Energy’s “Dirty Secrets” and Green Illusions
Join UBC Reads on September 28th at noon in the Victoria Learning Theatre on the campus of UBC for an engaging discussion with Ozzie Zehner, the…
Read articleExceptional Olympians
I know, the title of the post is ridiculous-ALL Olympic athletes are exceptional. Competing at the highest level of their sport for the world to see…
Read articleHelp us find our next speaker!
Over the next few weeks Gordon and I will be brainstorming names and topics for next year’s Global Speaker Series and would love your input. Have…
Read articleThe Raw Milk Debate
Touted as being a milestone in disease prevention, the discovery of pasteurization drastically reduced human exposure to harmful bacterias present in milk. However, as popularity and…
Read articleMeet Rachel Gutman, the Terry project’s newest student coordinator
My name is Rachel Gutman, I’m a fifth year (yay victory lap!) Global Resource Systems student. I grew up in Toronto, but left when I was…
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