A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off
campus within the Lower Mainland from November 2 through November 15, 1997.
UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions
from members of the UBC community.
November 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13,
14, 15
Notices
Sunday, Nov. 2
Art Exhibition
UBC Masters Of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition. Various artists. Belkin Art Gallery,
Tue to Fri from 10am-5pm; weekends noon-5pm. UBC staff, faculty free with valid
ID. Call 822-2759.
Concert
Band Festival. UBC 20 Year Alumni Band, Martin Berinbaum, conductor; High School
Honour Bands, Glen Price; Fred Stride, conductors. Chan Centre at 1:30pm. Call
822-5574.
Green College Performing Arts Group
Reading From His Work. Robert Bringhurst, poet. Green College at 8pm. Call
822-1878.
Monday, Nov. 3
Cecil And Ida Green Visiting Professor
Discourses Of Death And Desire In Western Culture: Sir Walter Ralegh To Friedrich
Nietzsche. Jonathan Dollimore, American and English Studies, U of Sussex. Buchanan
D-238 at 12:30pm. Call 822-5675.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
The Magic Of Materials. Keith Brimacombe, Director, Centre for Process Metallurgy.
CEME 1202 from 3:30-4:30pm. Light refreshments. Call 822-3770.
Astronomy Seminar
Dark Matter In Dwarf Irregular Galaxies. Stephanie Cote, DAO. Hennings 318
at 4pm. Coffee, tea at 3:30pm. Call 822-2267 or 822-2802.
Leslie L. Schaffer Lectureship
Getting The Paradigm Right: The Essential Ecological Foundation For The Conservation
And Sustainable Management Of B.C.’s Forests. Daniel B. Botkin, President, Centre
for the Study of the Environment, Biology, George Mason U. MacMillan 166 from
5:30-6:30pm. Call 822-2507.
Green College Resident Speaker Series
Queering Teachers (Of) Bodies: Female Sexualities In Western Physical Education.
Heather Sykes, Educational Studies. Green College at 5:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Green College Special Lecture
Privacy And Freedom Of Information At UBC. Susan Dent, Legal adviser. Green
College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Seminar
Lignan And Lignin Biosynthesis: The New Paradigm. Norman Lewis, Washington
State U. BioSciences 2000 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2133
Department of Animal Science Seminar Series
Habitat Use By Alien Beings: The Consequences Of Scale. Steven Wilson, Animal
Science. MacMillan 160 at 12:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-4593.
UBC Humanists’ Society Lecture
Believe It Or Not! The Psychology Of Belief. Dr. Ernest Poser. Scarfe 206 at
12:30pm. Free donuts. Call 739-9822.
Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Homeleptic Metal Carbonyl Cations – A New Class Of Superelectrophiles. Felix
Aubke, Chemistry. Chemistry B-250 (south wing) at 1pm. Refreshments from 12:40pm.
Call 822-3266.
Faculty Development Seminar
Co-operative Learning And Student Participation. Sofia Chavez; Angela Post.
David Lam bsmt, Faculty Dev. Seminar Rm from 2-5pm (use entrance behind Trekkers
restaurant). Call 822-9149.
Computer Science Colloquium
Global And Local Issues For Mobile Robotics Positioning. Greg Dudek, McGill
U. CICSR/CS 208 from 4-5:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-0557.
Statistics Seminar
Exact Likelihood Of A Vector ARMA (P,Q) Model And The Posterior Distribution
Of A Location Parameter From A Strongly Unimodal Distribution. Chunsheng Ma,
Statistics. CSCI 301 from 4-5:30pm. Refreshments, bring your mug. Call 822-0570.
Green College Speakers’ Series
Frank Lloyd Wright And The Discomfiture Of American Architecture. Nicholas
Olsberg, Chief Curator, Centre Canadien d’Architecture. Green College at 5:30pm.
Reception at Graham House from 4:45-5:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Musical Performance
Vainika Ratna Gem Of Veena. Lakshmi Ranganathan. MOA Theatre Gallery from 7-8pm.
Call 822-5087.
Information Night
School of Rehabilitation Sciences. Faculty; admissions personnel; students.
IRC #2 from 7-9pm. Call 822-7392.
Theatre At UBC
Lucky Lady. Craig Holzschuh, director. BC Tel Theatre at 7:30pm. Call 822-2678.
Faculty Women’s Club Meeting And Lecture
A Talk On His New Book, Scorned And Beloved: Dead Of Winter Meetings With Canadian
Eccentrics. Bill Richardson, CBC-TV and CBC-Radio host; author. Cecil Green
Park House main floor at 7:30pm. Refreshments. Call Mila Kubicek 224-4419.
Cecil And Ida Green Visiting Professor
Gender, Cultural Theory And Intellectual History. Jonathan Dollimore, American
and English Studies, U of Sussex, Brighton. Green College Graham House main
floor at 7:30pm. Call 822-5675.
Wednesday, Nov. 5
Orthopedics Grand Rounds
Orthopedic Engineering Research: Paving The Way. Dr. Tom Oxland, Director,
Orthopaedic Engineering Research, Orthopaedics. Vancouver Hosp/HSC, Eye Care
Centre Aud. at 7am. Call 875-4192.
Concert
Wednesday Noon Hours. Lakshmi Ranganathan Veena; Bala Skandan Mrudangam. Music
Recital Hall at 12:30pm. $3 at the door. Call 822-5574.
Obstetrics And Gynecology Research Seminar
Pregnancy Outcome And Confirmed Placental Mosaicism. Dr. Dagmar Kalousek, Pathology,
BC Children’s Hosp. BC Women’s Hosp. 2N35 at 2pm. Call 875-3108.
Cecil And Ida Green Visiting Professor English Seminar
Shakespeare, Cultural Theory And Intellectual History. Jonathan Dollimore,
American and English Studies, U of Sussex. Green College Coach House at 3:30pm.
Call 822-5675.
Ecology, Evolution And Centre For Biodiversity Research Seminars
Incest Avoidance In The Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker. Walter Koenig,
Hastings Reservation, U of California. Family and Nutritional Sciences 60 at
4:30pm. Refreshments Hut B-8 at 4:10pm. Call 822-3957.
Walter S. Owen Lecture
Holding The Line: Police Reform, Accounting Rituals And Cultural Resistance.
Janet Chan, Social Science and Policy, U of New South Wales. Curtis 101/102
at 5:30pm. Reception to follow. Call 822-6335.
Theatre at UBC
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Joyce Miller, director. Frederic Wood Theatre at
7:30pm. Call 822-2678.
Thursday, Nov. 6
Exhibit
The UBC Clothesline Project – To Honour And Remember Women Survivors Of Violence.
SUB AMS Gallery from 10am-7pm. Call 822-2415.
Earth And Ocean Sciences Colloquia
Neural Networks For Short-term Climate Prediction. William Hsieh, Earth and
Ocean Sciences, Oceanography Div. Geological Sciences Bldg 330-A at 12:30pm.
Call 822-3278.
APEC `97 Public Information Meeting
Public Information Meeting For Campus And Neighboring Community. Angus 104
from 12:30-1:30pm; 7-8pm. Call 822-2080.
Law And Society Lunchtime Seminar
Institutional Responses To Indigenous Land Rights In Australia: Native Title
And The High Court’s WIK Decision. Maureen Tehan, Law, U of Melbourne. Green
College at 12:30pm. Do not bring food please. Call 822-1878.
Philosophy Colloquium
The Shooting Room Paradox And Conditionalizing On Highly Improbable Events.
Paul Bartha, Philosophy. Buchanan D-121 from 1-2:30pm. Call 822-3292.
Seminars in Biological Conservation
Spatial Synchrony In Boreal Trees And Birds. Walter Koenig, U of California.
MacMillan 166 from 2:30-3:30pm. Call 822-9695 or 222-4687.
Invited Speaker Seminar
Aspect-oriented Programming: Improved Separation Of Concerns In Software Design
And Implementation. Gregor Kiczales, Xerox PARC. CICSR/CS 208 from 4-5:30pm.
Refreshments. Call 822-0557.
Genetics Graduate Program Seminar Series
Determination Of The Meiotic Pattern Of Crossing-over In C. Elegans. Dr. Ann
Rose, Director, Genetics Graduate Program. Wesbrook 201 at 4pm. Refreshments.
Call 822-8764.
Seminar
A Clinical Model For Researching Complementary And Alternative Medicines. Dr.
Allan Best, CEO, Tzu Chi Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
IRC #1 from 4:30-6pm. Call 822-2258.
Policy Issues In Post-secondary Education In BC
The Changing Role Of The Research Intensive University. President Martha Piper.
Green College at 4:30pm. RSVP to 822-2593.
Wine Tasting And Pharmacy Alumni Annual General Meeting
An Evening Of Wine Tasting And Fine Art. Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, 6:45pm. $20
per person. Call Amy Wai, 875-4982.
Green College Special Lecture
Cascadia And China: The 21st Century. Panel discussion including NIKE. Green
College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
Friday, Nov. 7
Health Care and Epidemiology Rounds
Multicentre Randomized Trial of CSF Shunts: Primary Results And Analysis Of
Potential Observer Bias. Dr. John Kestle, BC’s Children’s Hosp. Mather 253 from
9-10am. Call 822-2772.
Grand Rounds
Double Jeopardy: Acculturation And Disability. Phillip Cook, Child and Youth
Care, U of Victoria. GF Strong Aud. at 9am. Call 875-2307.
Exhibit
The UBC Clothesline Project – To Honour And Remember Women Survivors Of Violence.
SUB AMS Gallery from 10am-7pm. Call 822-2415.
Computer Science Colloquium
Communications Technology And Its Impact Between Now And 2010. David Farber,
U of Pennsylvania. CICSR/CS 208 from 11:30 am-1pm. Refreshments. Call 822-0557.
Occupational Hygiene Program Seminar
The Impact Of Health And Safety Committees On Accident And Fatality Rates.
Stephen Havlovic, Business Administration, SFU. IRC #4 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call
822-9861.
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
Wood Dust And Cancer. Dr. Paul Demers, Health Care and Epidemiology. Cunningham
160 at 12:30pm. Call 822-7795.
Soil Science Seminar
Soil Science – Then And Now. Ron Bertrand, Director, Resource Management Branch,
BCMAFF-Abbotsford. MacMillan 154 at 3:30pm. Call 822-6534.
Mathematics Colloquium
Which Functions Preserve Non-negative Symmetric Matrices. Lon Rosen, Mathematics.
Mathematics 100 at 3:30pm. Refreshments Math Annex 1115 at 3:15pm. Call 822-2666.
Weekly Seminar
Physical-Chemical Treatment Of Thermo-mechanical Paper Mill Whitewater. Sylvie
Bouffard, Chemical Engineering. ChemEng 206 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3238.
Physical Chemistry Seminar
X-ray Crystal Analysis And Solid-state Reactions. Jim Trotter, Chemistry. Chemistry
D-225 (Center Block) at 4pm. Call 822-3266.
Workshop
Computer Course For Absolute Beginners. Vancouver School of Theology Taylor
Centre from 7-9pm. Continues Nov 8 from 9am-3:30pm. $75, 12 people max. Call
Nancy 822-9815.
Saturday, Nov. 8
Workshop
Engaging Children’s Faith Through Imagination. N. Cocks, Pastoral Theology,
VST. Vancouver School Theology Level 3 from 10am-4pm. $50 includes lunch for
parents and teachers. Call Nancy 822-9815.
Concert
Distinguished Artists. The Count Basie Orchestra. Chan Centre at 8pm. Tickets
available through Ticketmaster 280-3311 or call 822-5574.
Vancouver Institute Lecture
Immigration: What The U.S. Can Learn From Canada. David Kennedy, History, Stanford
U. IRC #2 at 8:15pm. Call 822-3131.
Sunday, Nov. 9
Concert
Beethoven’s Septet For Strings, Woodwinds, And Schubert’s Octet. The Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center. Chan Centre at 3pm. $30; $15 students. Tickets
available through Ticketmaster 280-3311 or at the door.
Monday, Nov. 10
Exhibit
The UBC Clothesline Project – To Honour And Remember Women Survivors Of Violence.
SUB AMS Gallery from 10am-7pm. Call 822-2415.
President’s Lecture In Classical Studies
Hellenistic Kings And The Jew. Eric Gruen, History, U of California. Buchanan
D-224 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2889.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
The Institute Of Applied Mathematics: What’s In It For You? Uri Ascher, Director,
Institute of Applied Mathematics. CEME 1202 from 3:30-4:30pm. Light refreshments.
Call 822-3770.
Astronomy Seminar
Liquid Mirror Telescope Observations? Paul Hickson. Hennings 318 at 4pm. Coffee/Tea
at 3:30pm. Call 822-2802.
Green College Resident Speaker Series
The Complementarity Approach To Wildlife Reserve Selection: How To Choose Areas
For Conservation. Clive Goodinson, Forestry. Green College at 5:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Tuesday, Nov. 11
Remembrance Day Ceremonies
President Martha Piper. War Memorial Gym, 10:15am. All welcome.
Green College Resident Speaker Series
Constructing Desirable Futures: Science, Policy And Sustainable Development.
John Robinson, Director, Sustainable Development Research Institute. Green College
at 5:30pm. Reception from 4:45-5:30pm, Graham House. Call 822-1878.
Wednesday, Nov. 12
Orthopedics Grand
Rounds
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: The Next Generation. Dr. Brian Day,
Orthopedics. Vancouver Hosp/HSC, Eye Care Centre Aud. at 7am. Call 875-4192.
Flu Vaccine
Flu vaccine will be given at UBC Student Health Service from 8am-3:45pm. $10.
Call 822-7011.
Continuing Education Workshop
Risk Management Workshop. F. Oboni; G. Oldendorff. Point Grey Golf and Country
Club from 9am-5pm. $700 (includes course material, lunch, attendance certificate).
Call 822-3347.
Centre For India And South Asia Research Seminar
Themes In The Study Of The Indian Diaspora. Judith Brown, History, Oxford U.
CK Choi 120 from 11:30am-1pm. Call 822-2629.
Concert
Wednesday Noon Hours. Diane Loeb, mezzo-soprano; Rena Sharon, piano. Music
Recital Hall at 12:30pm. $3 at the door. Call 822-5574.
Seminar
Multiculturalism, Nationalism And Anti-racism Education: Research And Current
Debates In Canada. Various speakers. Graduate Student Center Thea Lounge from
4-7pm. Continues to Nov 13. Call 822-4315.
Ecology, Evolution And Centre For Biodiversity Research Seminars
Biological Control: Green Alternative To Pesticides, Or New Pests For Old?
Daniel Simberloff, Zoology, U of Tennessee. Family and Nutritional Sciences
60 at 4:30pm. Refreshments Hut B-8 at 4:10pm. Call 822-3957.
The Eighteenth Century Circle
A New Episteme? Language And Post-modern Misreadings Of The Enlightenment.
Nick Hudson, English. Buchanan penthouse from 5-7pm. Wine. Call 822-5195.
Senate Meeting
Regular Meeting Of The Senate. UBC’s Academic Parliament. Curtis 102 at 8pm.
Call 822-2127.
Thursday, Nov. 13
Concert
University Singers. James Fankhauser, director. Chan Centre at 12:30pm. Call
822-5574.
Opera Panel
Salome: The Play, The Opera, The Production. Peggy Jameson, Vancouver Opera;
Floyd St. Clair, French; Jonathan Wisenthal, English. Buchanan penthouse from
12:30-1:20pm. Call 822-4060.
Seminar
On The Presence And Absence Of Behavioural Signatures In Sport. J. Tim McGarry,
Human Kinetics. War Memorial Gym 100 from 12:30-1:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-3913.
Occupational Hygiene Programme Special Seminar
Environmental Crisis: Indonesian Forest Fires And Air Pollution In Southeast
Asia. Michael Brauer, Medicine. IRC #5 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call Eric Hamilton
822-9861.
Seminars in Biological Conservation
Why and How Should We Manage Forests For Biodiversity? Daniel Simberloff, U
of Tennessee. MacMillan 166 from 2:30-3:30pm. Call 822-9695 or 222-4687.
Invited Speaker Seminar
3DDI – 3D Direct Interaction. John Canny, U of California. CICSR/CS 208 from
4-5:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-0557.
Genetics Graduate Program Seminar Series
Engineering Caulobacter Crescentus To Secrete Cloned Proteins: Studies At The
Interface Of Basic Research And Biotechnology. John Smit, Microbiology. Wesbrook
201 at 4pm. Refreshments. Call 822-8764.
First Nations Discussion Circle
How Can A Place Have A Name? Laurie Ricou, English. Green College at 4:30pm.
Call 822-1878.
Canadian Studies
Rethinking Vancouver Modern. Trevor Boddy, Western Architecture Critic, Globe
& Mail. Green College at 5pm. Call 822-1878.
Friday, Nov. 14
Annual Health Policy Conference
Impending Doctor Drought?: New Opportunities For Old Mistakes. Centre for Health
Services and Policy Research. Various speakers. Delta Pacific Hotel and Resort
Conference Centre, Richmond from 8:30am-5pm. $130; $30 student. Call Juliet
Ho 822-4969 or e-mail jho@chspr.ubc.ca.
Grand Rounds
Pain And The Child With Significant Neurologic Impairment. Tim Oberlander,
Developmental Pediatrics. GF Strong Aud. at 9am. Call 875-2307.
Lecture
Trans-Spotting: Cross-Dressing, Race And Cyberbodies. Anne McClintock, Columbia
U. Hennings 200 at 12:30pm. Call 822-4225.
Concert
UBC Symphony Orchestra. Eiko Ogawa, piano soloist, Jesse Read, conductor. Chan
Centre at 12:30pm. Call 822-5574.
Classical And Religious Studies Lecture
Paganism And Christianity In The Age Of Marcus Aurelius. Michael Chase, U of
Victoria. Buchanan B-325 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2889.
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
Role Of PI 3-Kinase In Signalling Pathways Regulating Hemopoietic Cell Function.
Dr. Vincent Duronio, Medicine. Cunningham 160 at 12:30pm. Call 822-7795.
Occupational Hygiene Program Seminar
The Workers Compensation Board’s Diamond Initiative. Workers Compensation Board
of BC. Vancouver Hosp/HSC, UBC, Koerner G-279 (ground flr) from 12:30-1:30pm.
Call 822-9861.
Law Seminar
JV Clyne Lecture: Canadian Legal Education In The New Economy. Harry Arthurs,
Law and Political Science, York U. Curtis Moot Court 176 at 12:30pm. Call 922-5675.
Weekly Seminar
Fibre Fractionation In Hydrocyclones. Tazim Rehman, Chemical Engineering. ChemEng
206 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3238.
Mathematics Colloquium
Jack Morava, Mathematics, John Hopkins U. Mathematics 100 at 3:30pm. Refreshments
Math Annex 1115 at 3:15pm. Call 822-2666.
Physical Chemistry Seminar
Muonium – A Unique Probe Of Dynamical Mass Effects In Chemical Reactivity.
Don Fleming, Chemistry. Chemistry D-225 (Center Block) at 4pm. Call 822-3266.
Concert
University Singers. James Fankhauser, director. Chan Centre at 8pm. Call 822-5574.
Saturday, Nov. 15
Concert
UBC Symphony Orchestra. Eric Wilson, guest conductor; Eiko Ogawa, piano soloist.
Chan Centre at 8pm. Call 822-5574.
Vancouver Institute Lecture
JV Clyne Lecture: Globalization And Its Discontents. Harry Arthurs, Law and
Political Science, York U. IRC #2 at 8:15pm. Call 822-3131.
Notices
Faculty Development
Would you like to talk with an experienced faculty member, one on one, about
your teaching concerns? Call the Centre for Faculty Development and Instructional
Services at 822-0828 and ask for the Teaching Support Group.
Parents with Babies
Have you ever wondered how babies learn to talk? Help us find out! We are looking
for parents with babies between four to 15 months of age to participate in language
development studies. If you are interested in bringing your baby for a one hour
visit, please call Dr. Janet Werker’s Infant Studies Centre, Psychology, 822-6408
(ask for Monika).
UBC Medical School
Needs male and female volunteer patients of any age, either healthy or ill
to help students learn how to interview and complete a physical examination
(external only). The total time for each teaching session is between two-four
hours, Tues-Thurs. pm. Travel expenses will be paid. Call Vancouver Hospital/HSC
875-5943.
Do You Have Patellar Tendinitis (Jumper’s Knee)?
Subjects are required for a study that will be using a nuclear medicine technique
to examine the presence of inflammatory cells at the patellar tendon. Subjects
aged 20-35 years with unilateral patellar tendinitis symptoms are encouraged
to contact Dr. MacIntyre at 822-0799.
Museum of Anthropology
Current Exhibits. Written In The Earth. An exhibit exploring the roots of Coast
Salish Art. Continues to Dec. 31. From Under The Delta: Wet-Site Archaeology
In The Lower Fraser Region Of BC. Continues to April 1, 1998. 6393 N.W. Marine
Drive. Wed.-Sun, 11am-5pm; Tuesday 11am-9pm (Free 5-9pm). Call 822-5087.
Studies in Hearing and Communication
Senior (65 years or older) volunteers needed. If your first language is English
and your hearing is relatively good, we need your participation in studies examining
hearing and communication abilities. All studies take place at UBC. Hearing
screened. Honorarium paid. Please call The Hearing Lab, 822-9474.
CRSG
The Clinical Research Support Group which operates under the auspices of the
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology provides methodological, biostatistical,
computational and analytical support for health researchers. For an appointment
please call Laurel Slaney at 822-4530.
Parents with Toddlers
Did you know your child is a word-learning expert? Help us learn how children
come to be so skilled at learning new words! We are looking for children (two-four
years old) and their parent(s) to participate in language studies. If you are
interested in bringing your child for a forty five minute visit please call
Dr. Geoffrey Hall’s Language Development Centre, Psychology at UBC, 822-9294
(ask for Kelley).
Boomerang Family Research
Adults who have returned home to live and their parents are invited to participate
in a study focusing on the experience, inter-personal relations and responses
to this change in the family. Involves confidential interviews. Three chances
to win $100 in research raffle. Please call Michele at 269-9986.
Parents With Adolescents
Are you interested in learning how family conversation and activities are integral
to the career development of your adolescent? We are inviting mothers and fathers
with their 14/15 year old(s) to come to UBC to participate in parent-adolescent
conversations about career. Follow-up for 6 months. $100 honorarium paid. Please
call Dr. Richard Young’s project team, Counselling Physcology Dept. 822-3985.
