* Free Public Lectures *
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Please see the Vancouver Institute home page
Saturday evenings, 8:15 p.m. Doors open 7:30 p.m.
The Spring 1999 season comprises ten lectures, from 23 January to 27 March.
Last revised 7 February 1999.
The links in the date column below are still not active.
Sorry, but work has been busy.
(Have you noticed how, when a sign says Wet Paint, people
put their fingers on the paint anyway?)
| January 23 |
Ms. Sharon Pollock,
Canadian Playwright CANCELLED. |
| January 30 |
Dr. William Raduchel,
Chief Strategy Officer
Sun Microsystems Ltd. The Network Age, The Network Economy, and The Network Society |
| February 6 |
Madame Justice Rosalie Abella,
Ontario Court of Appeal Human Rights and Women: A Generational Snapshot |
| February 13 |
Professor Charles Krebs,
Department of Zoology, UBC Lemmings and Snowshoe Hares: The Ecology of Northern Canada |
| February 20 |
Drs. Patrick and Edie McGeer,
Faculty of Medicine, UBC Prospects For Preventing Alzheimer's Disease |
| February 27 |
Mr. Knowlton Nash,
Broadcaster, Author Trivia Pursuit |
| March 6 |
Dr. Clyde Hertzman,
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, UBC Why Are Some Societies Healthier Than Others? |
| March 13 |
Dr. John Macdonald,
Co-founder, Macdonald Dettwiler Ltd. Monitoring the World's Oceans From Space |
| March 20 |
Professor Jane Coop,
School of Music, UBC Special lecture and concert on Chopin in the Chan Centre |
| March 27 |
Professor Ann Kaplan,
Department of English and Comparative Literature, State University of New York at Stony Brook Multicultural Women's Films: Resisting Current Stereotypes |
| April 10 |
Mr. James Fallows,
Former editor, The Atlantic Monthly and
U.S. News and World Report. Author of Breaking the News. Co-sponsored by the Vancouver Institute and UBC's Sing Tao School of Journalism. How the Media Undermine Democracy |
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