* 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.), except where otherwise noted.
The Fall 2002 season comprises nine lectures, from September 28 to November 23, omitting October 12 (Thanksgiving).
(Please click on the lecture date for further detail.)
| Sep 28 |
The Hon. Thomas Berger, O.C., Q.C., Vancouver, B.C. One Man's Justice: The Law and the Struggle For a Just Society |
| Oct 5 |
Cecil and Ida Green Lecture Professor John Broome, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, Oxford University Weighing Lives: The Value of Being Alive |
| Oct 12 | Thanksgiving—No Lecture |
| Oct 19 |
Cecil and Ida Green Lecture Professor Carol Richards, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University Maximizing Walking Capacity After Stroke |
| Oct 26 |
Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture Professor James Guillet, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Plastics, Energy and Ecology |
| Nov 2 |
Professor Peter Burns, Q.C., Faculty of Law, UBC, Chairman,
UN Organization Committee Against Torture The UN Committee Against Torture: From Pinochet to a Borderless World |
| Nov 9 |
Professor Shelley Wachsmann, Department of Biblical Archaeology, Texas A&M University The Sea of Galilee Boat: An Extraordinary 2000-Year-Old Discovery |
| Nov 16 |
Leon and Thea Koerner Lecture Mr. Daniel Snowman, Writer, Lecturer, Broadcaster, London, England Hitler's Emigres: The Cultural Impact on Britain of Refugees From Nazism |
| Nov 23 |
Professor Sian Echard, Department of English, UBC The Once and Present King: Arthur, Medieval and Modern |
| Nov 30 |
Cecil and Ida Green Lecture Professor Miguel Altieri, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley Fatal Harvest: The Ecological Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture |
