* 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 Spring 2014 season comprises ten lectures,
from January 18th to March 29th,
omitting February 22nd (midterm break).
Speaker photos still to come
(Please click on the lecture date for further detail.)
| Jan 18 |
Dr. Wade Davis, Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer The Sacred Headwaters: The Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena and Nass |
| Jan 25 |
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Lecture Dr. David A. Kessler. M.D., Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Former Dean, University of California–San Francisco Medical School The End of Overeating |
| Feb 1 |
Dr. William Raduchel, Strategic Advisor, Daily Mail and General Trust, and
Adjunct Professor, McDonough School of Business,
Georgetown University Will Technology Save Us or Doom Us? |
| Feb 8 |
Professor Michael Meany, CM, CQ, FRSC, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery,
McGill University Is Adult Behaviour Determined Early In Life? The Mystery of Epigenetics |
| Feb 15 |
Mr. Bob Rennie, Founder, Rennie Marketing Systems,
Vancouver Why Collect Art? Who Cares? |
| Feb 22 | Midterm Break—NO LECTURE |
| Mar 1 |
Professor Joan Connelly, Department of Classics,
New York University The Parthenon Enigma: A New Understanding of Greece’s Most Iconic Building |
| Mar 8 |
UBC Excellence in Research Lecture Professor Mark MacLachlan, Department of Chemistry, UBC Bug Shells and Butterfly Wings: New Materials Inspired by Nature |
| Mar 15 |
Craig Laronge University of Wisconsin Lecture Professor Molly Carnes, M.D., Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin – Madison Why Are John and David More Likely to Become Department Chair Than Joan or Jamal? |
| Mar 22 |
Mr. Eric MacDonald, International Criminal Court,
The Hague Crimes Against Humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Challenges of Investigating and Prosecuting Cases Before the International Criminal Court |
| Mar 29 |
Bio revised
Professor Rashid Sumaila, Director & Professor, Fisheries Economics Research Unit,
UBC Fisheries CentreThe Sustainability of the Global Ocean |
