* 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 2013 season comprises ten lectures, from September 21 to November 30, omitting October 12th (Thanksgiving).
(Please click on the lecture date for further detail.)
| Sep 21 |
Bert and Megan Allsopp Lecture Dr. Samantha Nutt, C.M., Executive Director, War Child Canada, and Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid |
| Sep 28 |
Professor Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Research Associate,
The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology,
University of California – Los Angeles The Mystery of Easter Island |
| Oct 5 |
Dr. John Grace, O.C., Department of Chemical Engineering,
UBC Should We, and Can We, Phase Out Canada's Oil Sands? |
| Oct 12 | Thanksgiving—NO LECTURE |
| Oct 19 |
Mr. Terry Fallis, Author and political consultant Momus in Ottawa: Satire and the Search for Honesty in Politics |
| Oct 26 |
Bel N. Nemetz Lecture Ms. Marci McDonald, Canadian author and journalist Religion and Politics: Is Canada Becoming More Like the United States? |
| Nov 2 |
Mark Zacher Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture Professor Ron Deibert, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Under Cover of the Net: Surveillance, Privacy, and the Dark Side of Cyberspace |
| Nov 9 |
Professor Neil Cashman, Brain Research Centre,
UBC Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Distorted Origami of Protein Misfolding |
| Nov 16 |
Ms. Mary Janigan, Author and Political Journalist,
Toronto Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark |
| Nov 23 |
Mr. Mark Mazzetti, Journalist,
The New York Times America’s Shadow War |
| Nov 30 |
Prof. Alex Himelfarb, Director of the Glendon School of
Public and International Affairs,
York University, and
Former Clerk of The Privy Council Tax Isn't a Four-letter Word |
