By on January 30, 2012
When: Wednesdays from 5:00-6:30pm, February 15th – March 21st
Where: Iona Pacific Inter-religious Centre, 6000 Iona Drive, Vancouver School of Theology
Karen Armstrong, who won the 2008 TED Prize and founded the Charter for Compassion, is one of the most provocative thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world.
Iona Pacific Inter-religious Centre at Vancouver School of Theology on the UBC campus invites students, staff and alumni on the UBC Campus to join a six-week Karen Armstrong Book Club to discuss her bestselling book, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. Join our book club and have an opportunity to ask questions at her live sessions! For more information on Karen Armstrong’s visit to the Lower Mainland in March 2012, see http://www.sfu.ca/armstrong
Contact: Farha Khan, Iona Pacific Intern
Email: farha@interchange.ubc.ca
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By on January 30, 2012
When: Thursday, February 9 12:00-1:00 pm
Where: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – Lillooet Room, 301
Interested (or experienced) in the process of translating ideas onto drawings, maps and diagrams? Come and share with us as we explore visual processes and tools for sketching out ideas, processes, project components or just things you want to remember.
Facilitators: Cindy Underhill and Zack Lee, Tech Express Series
BYOLL: remember to bring your own lunch and laptop!
For more information please visit http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/1472
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By on January 30, 2012
When: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 5pm-8pm
Where: Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, First Nations Longhouse, 1985 West Mall, UBC
Food and refreshments will be provided with an opportunity for dialogue & discussion.
The Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Diversity (IRD) brings students, staff, and faculty together in order to identify shared concerns around issues of equity, diversity, and intercultural understanding. The Deans’ Lecture Series will culminate in the inaugural Equity, Diversity, and Intercultural Understanding colloquium that will take place on April 5 2012.
For more information visit: http://diversity.ubc.ca/interdisciplinary-roundtable-on-diversity/
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By on January 30, 2012
When: Tuesday January 31, 4:30-6:30pm
Where: Museum of Anthropology (MOA)
(free with regular MOA admission) A Village of Widows tells the story of the Sahtu Dene people, who were employed by the Canadian Government during WWII to transport uranium, which became fuel for the bombs that devastated Hiroshima.
For more information please visit http://www.moa.ubc.ca/events/
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By on January 30, 2012
When: Monday January 30, 2012 8-9pm
Where: Coach House, Green College
Those interested in attending dinner at Green College before the event are asked to purchase a FREE dinner ticket at least by noon the business day before. Contact 604-822-8660 or visit the Green College website at www.greencollege.ubc.ca for further details.
Some of the greatest atrocities have been caused by groups defending or advancing their political aspirations and sacred values. In order to comprehend and address the wanton violence of war, terrorism and genocide, it is necessary to understand the forces that bind and drive human groups. A five-year program of research, based in Oxford but with a significant UBC component, investigates one of the most powerful mechanisms by which groups may be formed, inspired, and coordinated—ritual. This project examines the role of ritual in child development, in social behaviour, and in the evolution of political systems and is being undertaken with the collaboration of anthropologists, psychologists, historians, archaeologists, and evolutionary theorists. In this talk, Jon will discuss the project as a whole and the research he and his colleagues are conducting on ritual’s impacts on social cohesion and intergroup relations.
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