The topic of Africa – here, I know a little more.
Well, about West Africa maybe… But look at this: Starting today is UBC Africa Awareness Week. There’s a whole myriad of interesting events going on in…
Read articleThe topic of Afghanistan – how with it are you?
For me, and by any standards, probably not as much as I should be. Which means there’s a real learning opportunity here. Lucky for me, next…
Read articleGlobal Food Security – or – Fast and Easy Ways of Losing Weight (in 20 years).
This was just published in Science this week: Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030. From the “Perspectives” review of the paper: Lobell…
Read articleSheila Watt-Cloutier to be our next speaker.
Here’s a heads up (Life Science Institute, West Atrium, Friday Feb 29th, 12noon). Who is Ms. Watt-Cloutier? Well, she’s essentially one of the more well known…
Read articleIraqi Blogger and Journalist Killed in His Home
Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi, an Iraqi journalist and member of the Alive in Baghdad blog, was killed in his home yesterday (tip: NowPublic). He would have turned…
Read articleToday is World AIDS Day.
Each year, one day is set aside as a reminder to the world that millions of people are still dying from a disease that was discovered…
Read articleChina’s Economy – At a Cost
As China’s rapid economic expansion grows, it leaves a legacy of serious environmental degradation. Industrialization and urbanization in the country endured an absence of effective or…
Read articleThe Power of Girls’ Comics: What can Shojo Manga Tell You?
Somebody passed this on to me. Masami Toku, from the University of California, Chico, is going to give a talk this afternoon (2pm, UBC Buchanan Building,…
Read articleWhy still care about landmines?
To many around the world who live without the daily fear of being injured or killed by a landmine, the movement to ban these indiscriminate weapons…
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A Hunger for Books
By Shagufta Pasta,
This is beautiful. The acceptance speech of Doris Lessing, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature this weekend. Well worth a read.
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