Laura Fukumoto – Obesity in Light of the Zombie Apocalypse – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Laura Fukumoto provides a great reflective statement on how society unfairly judges the obese – with the occasional nod to zombie culture to make her points.…
Read articleRichard Kemick – Appraising Canada’s Future: Creating Value from Our Past – TEDxTerryTalks 2011
Richard Kemick delivers a scathing and very very funny diatribe as he laments the disparity between the “have” and “have not” University Faculties. “Richard Kemick is…
Read articleFor Science! For… Umm… Well what else would work?
From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal This one was funny enough to make me spit out coffee. What I particularly like about this cartoon is the fact…
Read articleSocial Media is Dead: Brad Peppinck
Name: Brad Peppinck Talk Title: “Social Media is Dead: The death of Web 2.0 and the growing importance of Web 0.5” Notes: Faculty of Arts, Art…
Read articleUBC’s Way too Asian
Finally had a chance to check this video out (bouncing around the internets from Tetsuro’s TEDxTerrytalks video), and it’s pretty funny. If you’re not sure what…
Read articleThe Awesomeness of Your Contradictions: Tetsuro Shigematsu
– – – Name: Tetsuro Shigematsu Talk Title: “The Awesomeness of Your Contradictions” Notes: Faculty of Arts, Creative Writing, M.F.A., New Media, 2nd year. Topic:Stick out…
Read articleWhat It Means For the West To Meet the East: Jen Loong
Name: Jen Loong Talk Title: “What It Means For the West To Meet the East” Notes: Sauder School of Business, Finance & Specialization, Minor in Economics,…
Read articleMad Men 2.0
I’m not a fan of the show Mad Men. I get really frustrated when I try to watch it. I really can’t stand the glorification of…
Read article(2009) WISH TALK: Broken Mosaic: Challenging Canadian Diversity: Tahira Ebrahim
Name: Tahira Ebrahim Talk Title: “Broken Mosaic: Challenging Canadian Diversity” Notes: Faculty of Arts, Human Geography, 4th year Topic:Within our university’s (UBC) 200 largest clubs listed,…
Read articleSam Harris: Science can answer moral questions (TEDtalk)
One of the more compelling talks at this years TED conference. Quite powerful, definitely interesting for discussion, and certainly worth a look.
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