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• Gender Quest: Alexander Cannon

  
  Terry — Authority: 126
  Talk number two from TEDxTt 2009 . A great speech given by Alex Cannon on the role of gender in his life and ours. Name: Alexander Cannon Talk Title: “Gender Quest” Notes: Faculty of Arts, Music, DMA in Trumpet Performance, 4th year. Topic: Alex discusses the influence of gender in his own life in ...
  16 hours ago

• Access to medicines: and for credit too!

  
  Terry — Authority: 126
  Sonja says: “No doubt many of you have seen Mike Gretes’ fantastic talk at TEDxTerry Talks 08. If you haven’t yet, there’s a treat in store for you! Check it out: While I don’t have an adorable goatee like Mike does, I share his enthusiasm for increasing worldwide access to essential medicines. I also ...
  1 day ago

• (Again…) We Must Get More Sleep, Not Less!

  
  Eastwood Zhao dot COM — Authority: 116
  This is a response to “10 Tips To Reducing The Amount Of Sleep You Need.”No disrespect, but this post is misleading. University students, particularly first-years, are under high amounts of stress while adjusting into their new ways of life.  We need to have as much sleep as possible in order to thrive ...
  5 days ago

• Sarah Morgan-Silvester

  
  BCBUSINESS RSS Feed — Authority: 130
  Jessica Werb It’s really important to enjoy what you’re doing and to feel as though you’re good at it. read more
  1 week ago

• Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak: Jennifer Gardy

  
  Terry — Authority: 126
  First talk of our TEDxTt 2009 event. Enjoy! (If you want to leave a comment about the talk, please do so here ). Name: Jennifer Gardy Talk Title: “Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak” Notes: UBC Alumni (Faculty of Science, 2000). Topic: Dr. Jennifer Gardy, an alumnus ...
  1 week ago

• The Ocean Lady: Rethinking “Illegal” Migration in Canada

  
  Law is Cool — Authority: 537
  The recent arrival by boat in Vancouver of 76 Sri Lankan Tamil men has triggered heated debate about Canada’s refugee system. The Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia held a forum on the topic, entitled “The “Ocean Lady”: A New Challenge of Illegal Migration on Canada’s West ...
  1 week ago

• Birds and More

  
  Eastwood Zhao dot COM — Authority: 116
  A couple of highlights from yesterday’s visit to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary:Sandhill CranesSnow GeeseHappy Monday!Related posts:Abandoned Monkey Finds FriendRelated posts: Abandoned Monkey Finds Friend
  1 week ago

• Be Healthy: UBC THRIVE!

  
  Eastwood Zhao dot COM — Authority: 116
  THRIVE is happening during this coming week at UBC. It’s a week’s worth of events geared towards giving you a healthy and energised start to rainy November. Thanks to  Healthy Minds at UBC, there will be an attraction for every appetite — from a breakfast with Professor Toope to movies to workshops.I will be ...
  1 week ago

• UBC journalism students report on Vancouver

  
  Reportr.net — Authority: 409
  Please join me in congratulating my journalism students on the first edition of this academic year of our online publication, TheThunderbird.ca . My colleagues and myself at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism have been working with our grad students on stories from their beats in Vancouver. It was their first ...
  1 week ago

• Will You Get the H1N1 Flu Shot?

  
  Eastwood Zhao dot COM — Authority: 116
  I’m curious about whether people will get the H1N1 flu shot. Please respond to the poll below to share your views. I will comment on the results later.Will you get the H1N1 flu shot?(opinion)Related posts:New Outbreak of Human Swine Influenza (H1N1)Related posts: New Outbreak of Human Swine Influenza (H1N1)
  1 week ago

• Delurking post (plus: are you dressing up for Halloween and as what?)

  
  Terry — Authority: 126
  Here’s your chance to “delurk” (as in show yourself as someone who reads this blog and is going to leave their first ever comment). So… are you dressing up for Halloween, and if so, as what. If you live on campus, do you still trick or treat by passing yourself off as an exceptionally “tall” child? You ...
  1 week ago

• I’ve lost my brain (no seriously, I dropped it somewhere on campus). Can you help me find it?

  
  Terry — Authority: 126
  Of course, this happens just before Halloween… The other night, I moved a human anatomy torso model from my lab to my car. This was in preparation for an elementary school visit the following morning. It’s basically this model shown here: Anyway, the organs can be removed for closer examination, and ...
  1 week ago

• I’ll make WordPress not so scary for you: Building Websites with WordPress Class

  
  A View from the Isle — Authority: 103
  If you’ve been meaning to learn how to use WordPress, but you just haven’t gotten a round to it, there is no time like the present! This Saturday I’m teaching Building Websites with WordPress (for normal people) downtown at UBC Robson Square—and it’s now a full day class (not the paltry half day version). ...
  1 week ago

• 2040 Vision: B.C. and Climate Change

  
  BCBUSINESS RSS Feed — Authority: 130
  by Nick Rockel BCBusiness ask academic experts, business leaders and environmentalist about the 2040 Vision for B.C. economy and climate change predictions. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Awesome Event Alert: “Health Care Involves Everybody” Fair

  
  Terry — Authority: 126
  Make space in your calendar this week! This looks awesome. The Division of Health Care Communications and the Community Liaison for Integrating Study and Service are pleased to invite you to the “Health Care Involves Everybody” Fair as a part of the Celebrate Learning Week events. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Barriers to change: Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 3

  
  Tony Bates — Authority: 553
  The story so far In an earlier post ( Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1 ), I argued that higher education institutions were suffering systemic problems trying to deal with the challenge of increasing access, increasing or even maintaining quality, and lowering costs, despite ...
  2 weeks ago

• Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3...

  
  Nadia's Crafting Adventures — Authority: 106
  Just testing out the video options on my camera and Flickr. Its a squirrel-friend from UBC. Isnt it adorable?
  2 weeks ago

• Beyond Pink Conference//YWiB

  
  Five Corners — Authority: 405
  Think beyond today, this week, this month, this year. Think Beyond P!nk. Young Women in Business (YWiB) invites you to come Stand Up & Stand Out on November 13 and 14, 2009 at Beyond P!nk, the business conference for young female students, graduates, and professionals. Join 349 other driven young women and be ...
  2 weeks ago

• Five Collaboratively-Created Soup Recipes

  
  DarrenBarefoot.com — Authority: 508
  In our UBC course last Monday, we wanted to teach the students a lesson about real-time collaboration. We divided them into groups of four and assigned them the following tasks: You’re going to create a soup recipe. Collectively, decide what kind of soup you’re going to write about. Each of you works on a ...
  2 weeks ago

• The pet projects of tomorrow’s innovators

  
  Macleans OnCampus — Authority: 503
  UBC hosts panel of students and alumni at its second annual TEDxTerry Talks
  2 weeks ago

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