* 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 2011 season comprises nine lectures,
from September 24 to November 26, omitting
October 8th (Thanksgiving).
Note: Photos still to come.
(Please click on the lecture date for further detail.)
| Sep 24 |
Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture Professor Andrew Weaver, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria Generation Us: The Challenge of Global Warming |
| Oct 1 |
Professor Joel Bakan, Faculty of Law,
UBC Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children |
| Oct 8 | Thanksgiving—NO LECTURE |
| Oct 15 |
Mr. Charles Emmerson, The Royal Institute of International Affairs,
London, and
Head of the Global Risk Team, Davos Canada and the Geopolitics of Oil and Gas |
| Oct 22 |
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C. Representative for Children and Youth,
Victoria, BC Who Speaks for the Child? The Role of a Public Advocate |
| Oct 29 |
Professor George Saliba, Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures,
Columbia University What Did Galileo Know of Arabic/Islamic Science and How Did He Know It? |
| Nov 5 |
Mr. Andrew Coyne, Columnist,
The Globe and Mail Democracy and Freedom: Strange Bedfellows |
| Nov 12 |
Professor Andrew Trites, Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit,
Fisheries Centre, UBC The Puzzling Disappearance of Sea Lions in Alaska: Is the North Pacific Ecosystem on the Verge of Collapse? |
| Nov 19 |
Professor Matthew Farrer, Professor, Department of Medical Genetics,,
Canada Excellence Research Chair,
Brain Research Centre, UBC Genetics of Parkinson Disease: Paradigm Shifts and Future Prospects |
| Nov 26 |
Ralph and Rose Yorsh Lecture Professor Robert Silverman, School of Music, UBC Hammering the Klavier: Beethoven's Earthshaking and Bone-crushing Masterpiece |
