A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off
campus within the Lower Mainland from March 8 through March 21, 1998.
UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions
from members of the UBC community.
March 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21
Notices
Sunday, Mar. 8
UBC Music At The Chan Centre Concert
Jane Coop, piano. Chan Centre at 3pm. Tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Call 280-3311.
Monday, Mar. 9
UBC Student Composers’ Concert
Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm. Call 822-5574.
Institute of Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Symmetries, Integrating Factors And Ode Patterns. Prof. Edgardo S. Cheb-Terrab,
Math. CSCI 300 at 3:30pm. Call 822-4584.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Engineering Challenges At Noram. Clive Brereton, Project Engineer, Noram Engineering
& Constructors. CEME 1204 from 3:30-4:30pm. Light refreshments. Call 822-3770.
Astronomy Seminar
Probing The Large Scale Inhomogeneities Through Weak Lensing Of Distant Radio
Source. Arif Babul, UVic. Hennings 318 at 4pm. Refreshments at 3:30pm. Call
822-2267.
Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Discussion Group Seminar
RNA Folding And Recognition. James Williamson. IRC #5 at 3:45pm. Refreshments
at 3:30pm. Call Dr. McIntosh 822-3341.
Green College Resident Speaker Series
True Tales Of the South Pacific: Canadian Expatriates In Papua New Guinea.
Sian Upton, Anthropology and Sociology. Green College at 5:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Green College Special Lecture
The Problem Of Urban Crime: London 1660-1760. John Beattie, U of Toronto. Green
College at 7:30pm. Call 822-1878.
UBC English Students’ Society Presentation
The Orphan Muses. Vancouver Little Theatre at 8pm. Continues to Mar. 14. Tickets:
$9 adults; $7 concession; $6 (Mar. 9). For reservations, call 876-4165.
Tuesday, Mar. 10
Microbiology And Immunology Seminar Series
Tune In, Turn On, Develop Transcription Activation By The B. Subtilis Response
Regulator, SpoOA. Dean Rowe-Magnus. Wesbrook 100 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-3308.
Botany Seminar
Molecular Biology Of Phenylpropanoid Metabolism In Weeds And Trees. Carl Douglas.
BioSciences 2000 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2133.
Animal Science Seminar Series
Extending Feeding Volumes In Sea Cages. Keng Pee Ang. MacMillan 256 at 12:30pm.
Refreshments. Call 822-4593.
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
Paclitaxel Loaded Microspheres: Solid-State Characterization And Evaluation
In Vivo In A Rat Model. Richard Liggins. IRC #3 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-4645.
Institute of Asian Research Seminar
Asian Financial Crises And Its Impacts On China. Fan Gang, National Economic
Research Institute, China Reform Foundation. CK Choi 120 from 12:30-2pm. Call
822-2629.
Lectures In Modern Chemistry
Systematic Development And Assessment Of Bioactive Bismuth Compounds. Prof.
Neil Burford, Dalhousie U. Chemistry B-250 (south wing) at 1pm. Refreshments
at 12:40pm. Call 822-3266.
Oceanography Seminar
Ensemble Neural Networks And Probability Forecasts Of El Niño. Benyang
Tang, Earth and Ocean Sciences. BioSciences 1465 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3278.
Metals And Materials Engineering
Composite Sol-Gel Coating. Quanzu Yang. Frank Forward 317 from 3:30-4:30pm.
Call 822-1918.
Statistics Seminar
Robust Confidence Intervals And Bootstrap. Matias Salibian-Barrera. CSCI 301
from 4-5:30pm. Refreshments, bring your own mug. Call 822-0570.
Centre for Applied Ethics Colloquium
Ethics Of Action Research. Lorraine Greaves, Centre for Excellence in Women’s
Health. Angus 415 from 4-6pm. Call 822-5139.
Green College Speakers Series
Statius’ Thebaid And The Legacy Of Virgil’s Aeneid. Karla Pollman, U of St.
Andrews. Green College at 5:30pm. Reception, Graham House from 4:45-5:30pm.
Call 822-1878.
Health And Medicine Lecture Series
TBA. Sharon Manson Singer, Social Work. Green College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
Wednesday, Mar. 11
Orthopedics Grand Rounds
The North American Tour: A Report – The Seattle Ankle And Foot Experience.
Dr. Alastair Younger, St. Paul’s Hospital. Vancouver Hosp/HSC, Eye Care Centre
Aud. at 7am. Call 875-4192.
Surplus Equipment Sale
SERF Task Force Warehouse from 12noon-5pm. Call 822-2582; 822-2813.
Pacific Spirit Family And Community Services Noon Hour Series
Connecting With Courage: Feminist Reflections On A Women’s Outdoor Programme.
Louise Cowin, McGill U. Social Work lower level 028 at 12noon. Call 822-4824.
Centre For India And South Asia Research Seminar
Rethinking Conventional Wisdom: Ethinicity, Ethnic Conflict And India As An
Ethnic Democracy. Gurharpal Singh, Arts and Humanities, Montfort U. CK Choi
120 from 12:30-2pm. Call 822-2629.
Wednesday Noon Hours Concert
Terence Dawson, piano. Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm. Admission $3 at the door.
Call 822-5574.
Faculty Financial Planning Lecture Series
Internet Investing – A Live Demonstration. Simon Tan, TD Bank. Centre for Continuing
Studies 213 from 12:30-1:20pm. Limited seating. Call 822-1433.
Opera Panel Discussion
Puccini’s La Boheme: The Opera And The Production. Peggy Jameson, Vancouver
Opera; Nancy Hermiston, Music; Floyd St. Clair, French. Buchanan B-212 from
12:30-1:20pm. Call 822 4060; 822-4450.
Centre For Southeast Asia Research Seminar
Community Forestry In Indonesia: Lesson From Experience For Other Southeast
Asian Countries. Chris Bennett, consultant, Harvard Institute for International
Development. CK Choi 129 from 12:30-2pm. Call 822-2629.
Obstetrics And Gynecology Research Seminar
Glutamate Receptors And Huntington’s Disease: An In Vitro Model. Dr. Lynn Raymond,
Psychiatry. BC Women’s Hosp. 2N35 at 2pm. Call 875-3108.
Geophysics Seminar
Airborne Gravimetry As An Exploration Tool. Don Russell, Earth and Ocean Sciences,
Geophysics. Geophysics and Astronomy 260 at 3:30pm. Call 822-1814.
Centre For Research In Women’s Studies And Gender Relations Lecture Series
TBA. Amanda Goldrick-Jones, Centre of Academic Writing, Women’s Studies, U
of Winnipeg. Women’s Studies Centre at 3:30pm. Call 822-9171.
Evolution, Ecology And Biodiversity Seminars
When Two Worlds Collide: Competition Between Feral Himalayan Tahr And European
Chamois In The Southern Alps, New Zealand. David Forsyth, Zoology. FNSC 60 at
4:30pm. Refreshments Hut B-8 at 4pm. Call 822-3957.
The Interdisciplinary Seminar
Globalization: Curse Or Promise? Fred Dallmayr, Government And International
Studies, Notre Dame. Green College at 5pm. Call 822-0954.
Theatre at UBC
End Game. Stephen Malloy, director. BC Tel Studio Theatre at 7:30pm. Continues
to Mar. 21. Call 822-2678.
Canadian Studies Lecture
The Local Bias Of National Parties. Ken Carty, Political Science. Green College
at 7:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Thursday, Mar. 12
Microbiology And Immunology Seminar
HIV-1 Vpr And Nuclear Transport. Dr. Marie Vodicka, Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Centre. Wesbrook 201 at 11:30am. Call 822-3308.
Biotechnology Lab Seminar
Interactions Between Loci Controlling Pathogen Recognition And Cell Death In
Plants. Jeff Dangl, Biology, U of North Carolina. Wesbrook 201 at 12:30pm. Refreshments.
Call Dr. C. Douglas 822-2618.
Human Kinetics Seminar
Stakeholder Management: The Case Of Intercollegiate Athletics. Richard Wolfe,
Leisure and Sport Management. War Memorial Gym 100 from 12:30-1:30pm. Refreshments.
Call 822-3913.
University Singers Concert
James Fankhauser, director. Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm. Call 822-5574.
CICSR’s Distinguished Lecture Series
Trends In High-Speed NC Technology. Gunter Pritschow, U of Stuttgart. CICSR/CS
208 from 4-5:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-6894.
Genetics Graduate Program Seminar Series
Multiple Signals Regulating GAL Transcription In Yeast. Ivan Sadowski, Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology. Wesbrook 201 at 4pm. Refreshments. Call 822-8764.
Physics And Astronomy Colloquium
Penrose Tiles And Quasicrystals. Paul Steinhardt, U of Pennsylvania. Hennings
202 at 4pm. Refreshments at 3:45pm. Call 822-3853.
Poetic Persuasions
Open Reading. Green College at 7:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Friday, Mar. 13
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Reading, Rhetoric, Representation: The Politics Of Writing And Representation.
Jo-Anne Fiske, UNBC; Frederick Hoxie, Newberry Library. Green College. Registration
fee $20. Continues to Mar. 15. Website www.interchange.ubc.ca/jennet/index.html
or e-mail pmaureen@unixg.ubc.ca; kdsadiq@unixg.ubc.ca.
Centre For India And South Asia Research Conference
Fluid And Contested: Tradition In South Asia. CK Choi 120, from 12noon-9pm.
Continues Mar. 14 from 9:30am-5pm. $25; $15 students. Call Larry Preston 822-5034;
Mandakranta Bose 822-6463.
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Four Research Studies With Relevance For Pediatric Transport. Various speakers.
GF Strong Aud. at 9am. Call 875-2307.
Health Care And Epidemiology Rounds
Community Health Care. Dr. Jack Altman, Community Health Services, Vancouver
and Richmond Regional Health Board. Mather 253 from 9-10am. Call 822-2772.
Fish500 Seminars
Aboriginal Program: Opening Doors. Nigel Haggan. Hut B-8 Ralf Yorque at 11:30am.
Refreshments at 11am. Call 822-2731.
Occupational Hygiene Program Seminar Series
Occupational Hygiene Challenges In BC’s New Occupational Health And Safety
Regulations. Peter Gilmore, WCB. Vancouver Hosp/HSC, UBC, Koerner G-279 from
12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-9302.
Botany Seminar
Genetics Of Sex-Determination In Higher Plants. Sarah Grant, Biology, U of
North Carolina. BioSciences 2449 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2133.
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
Regulation Of Protein Kinase During Ischemia. Sung Ouk Kim, Pharmacology and
Toxicology. Cunningham 160 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-4645.
UBC Chamber Strings Concert
Eric Wilson, director. Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm. Call 822-5574.
Chemical Engineering Weekly Seminar
Confined Polymer Melts And Blends. Prof. A. Yethiraj, U of Wisconsin. ChemEng
206 at 3:30pm. Refreshments, ChemEng 204 at 3:15pm. Call 822-3238.
Mathematics Colloquium
Evaluation Of Fermion Loops By Iterated Residues. Prof. Horst Knoerrer. Math
100 at 3:30pm. Refreshments, Math Annex 1115 at 3:15pm. Call 822-2666.
Physical Chemistry Seminar
The Spectrum Of YOH In The Visible Region. Jim Peers. Chemistry D-225 (centre
block) at 4pm. Call 822-3266.
University Singers Concert
James Fankhauser, director. Music Recital Hall at 8pm. Call 822-5574.
Saturday, Mar. 14
Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition Opening Ceremony
A Foot Of Silk: A Bond Of Friendship. Yim Tse. Asian Centre Aud. at 2pm. Call
822-0810.
Vancouver Institute Lecture
What Einstein Couldn’t Have Known: Very Small Particles At Very High Densities.
Prof. Martin Perl, Stanford U. IRC # 2 at 8:15pm. Call 822-3131.
Sunday, Mar. 15
Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition
A Foot Of Silk: A Bond Of Friendship. Yim Tse. Asian Centre Aud. from 11am-5pm.
Continues to Mar. 22. Call 822-0810.
Monday, Mar. 16
Nutrition Week
SUB concourse from 10am-3pm. Guest speaker. Free samples, contests. Call 221-6276;
221-8902.
Innovation ’97 Spring Festival
Growing Imaginaton Flower Display. SUB Plaza. Call 822-3827
Peter Wall Institute Crisis Points Group Lectures
Biological Spatial Models: Stochastics Effects Of Fluctuations On Ecological
And Epidemiological Models. Simon Levin, Princeton U; Birger Bergersen, Physics.
St. John’s College Lounge from 2:30-4:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-3620.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
On The Capture Of A Satellite Using A Variable Geometry Manipulator. S. Ueno,
Yokohama National U. CEME 1204 from 3:30-4:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-3770.
Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Discussion Group Seminar
Protein Tyrasine Phosphatases; Their Role In Signal Transduction. Jack Dixon,
Biological Chemistry, U of Michigan. IRC #5 at 3:30pm. Refreshments. Call Dr.
Johnson 822-8980.
Astronomy Seminar
Abundances In A Metal-Rich Open Cluster From A Blue Horizontal Branch Star.
Ruth Peterson. Hennings 318 at 4pm. Refreshments at 3:30pm. Call 822-2267.
Tuesday, Mar. 17
Innovation ’97 Spring Festival
Dumpsters in Bloom Painting Contest. SUB Plaza from 11:30am-1:30pm. Call 822-3827.
Microbiology And Immunology Seminar Series
C. Fimi’s Sweet Dreams Mad-Man Mannan Degradation. Dominik Stoll. Wesbrook
100 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-3308.
Botany Seminar
A Cis-Acting Element And A Putative Trans-Acting Factor Critical For Developmentally
Regulated Expression Of The 4CL 1 Gene. Jennifer Jones. BioSciences 2000 from
12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2133.
Animal Science Seminar Series
Physiology And Energetics Of Fishes In Tidepools. Kazumi Nakano, Animal Science.
MacMillan 256 at 12:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-4593.
Lectures In Modern Chemistry
Transition Metal Methylidynes: The Simplest Organometallic Compounds. Prof.
Anthony Merer. Chemistry B-250 (south wing) at 1pm. Refreshments at 12:40pm.
Call 822-3266.
Peter Wall Institute Crisis Points/Math Biology Seminar
Biological Spatial Models; Microbiology And Ocean Turbulence; Competition And
Coexistence. Various speakers. Math 203 from 1:30-3:30pm. Refreshments. Call
822-3620.
Metals And Materials Engineering
Pressure Acid Leaching Of Latterite. Guizhen Chen. Frank Forward 317 from 3:30-4:30pm.
Call 822-1918.
Oceanography Seminar
Effects Of Advection And Diffusion On The Formation Of Red Tides. Tamiji Yamamoto,
Applied Biological Sciences, Hiroshima U. BioSciences 1465 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3278.
Graduate And Faculty Christian Forum
Cosmic Coincidences: Is Modern Cosmology Consistent With a Divine Shaping Of
The Universe? Sir John Houghton. Scarfe 100 at 4:30pm. Call 822-4351.
Green College Speakers’ Series
Ethnocentric Assumptions In Social Science: The Example Of Family Roles Among
SE-Asian Refugees In Canada. Phyllis Johnson, Family and Nutritional Sciences.
Green College at 5:30pm. Reception Graham House from 4:45-5:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Wednesday, Mar. 18
Innovation ’97 Spring Festival
Golden Dumpster Awards. SUB Plaza at 12noon. Call 822-3827.
Wednesday Noon Hours Concert
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, Diane Loomer, director. Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm.
Admission $3 at the door. Call 822-5574.
Obstetrics And Gynecology Research Seminar
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Could Minimize The Incidence Of Prematurely
Condensed Human Sperm Chromosomes. Dr. Sai Ma. BC Women’s Hosp. 2N35 at 2pm.
Call 875-3108.
Geophysics Seminar
Inversion In Applied Geophysics. Doug Oldenburg, Earth and Ocean Sciences,
Geophysics. Geophysics and Astronomy 260 at 3:30pm. Call 822-1814.
Centre For Research In Women’s Studies And Gender Relations Lecture Series
TBA. Svetlana Polenina, Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Women’s Studies Centre at 3:30pm. Call 822-9171.
Evolution, Ecology And Biodiversity Seminars
TBA. Simon Levin, Princeton U. FNSC 60 at 4:30pm. Refreshments Hut B-8 at 4pm.
Call 822-3957.
Graduate And Faculty Christian Forum
Prayer In A Scientific Age: Does Prayer Make Sense To A Scientist? Sir John
Houghton, Co-Chair of the Scientific Assessment for the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change. Scarfe 100 at 4:30pm. Call 822-4351.
Respiratory Research Seminar Series
Tuberculosis: Elimination, Immigration And Confabulation. Dr. Kevin Elwood,
Medicine. Vancouver Hosp/HSC, Doctors’ Residence 3rd flr. conference from 5-6pm.
Call 875-5653.
Comparative Literature
Contemporary Women Writers And Patriarchalism In Guatemala. Marcela Saldivia-Berglund,
Hispanic and Italian Studies. Green College at 5:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Theatre At UBC
The Good Person Of Setzuan. Craig Holzschuh, director. BC Tel Studio Theatre
at 7:30pm. Continues to Apr. 4. Call 822-2678.
History And Memory: Reposition The Past
Souvenir/Art/Histories: Iroquois Examples. Ruth Phillips, Director, MOA. Green
College at 7:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Senate Meeting
Regular Meeting Of The Senate. UBC’s Academic Parliament. Curtis 102 at 8pm.
Call 822-2951.
Thursday, Mar. 19
Board of Governors Meeting
Open Session Begins At 8am. Fifteen tickets are available on a first-come,
first-served basis on application to the Board Secretary at least 24 hrs before
each meeting. OAB Board and Senate room. Call 822-2127.
Innovation ’97 Spring Festival
Our Buildings Shine Team Campus Cleanup. SUB Plaza from 11:30am-1:30pm. Call
822-3827.
Microbiology And Immunology Seminar
Engineering Enzymes For Bioremediation: Studies Of A PCB-Cleaving Dioxygenase.
Lindsay Eltis, Biochemistry, U Laval. Wesbrook 201 at 12noon. Call 822-3308.
Science First Lecture Series
Repairs On Central Nervous System: Engines, Accelerators And Brakes. John Steeves,
Zoology. Wesbrook 100 from 12:30-1:30pm. Website www.science.ubc.ca/seminars/seminarseries.html
or call 822-5552.
Graduate And Faculty Christian Forum
Global Warming: Fact Or Fiction? Sir John Houghton, Co-Chair of the Scientific
Assessment for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Scarfe 100 at
4:30pm. Call 822-4351.
Genetics Graduate Program Seminar Series
TBA. Dr. Keith Humphries, Medicine. Wesbrook 201 at 4pm. Refreshments. Call
822-8764.
Physics And Astronomy Colloquium
TBA. Evan Evans. Hennings 202 at 4pm. Refreshments at 3:45pm. E-mail arz@physics.ubc.ca;
young@physics.ubc.ca.
1998 George J. Spencer Memorial Lecture
Why Do Insect Herbivores Specialize On Plant Hosts? Prof. E. Bernays, U of
Arizona. FNSC 60 at 4:30pm.
Governing Modern Societies
Is Social Democracy Dead? Ronald Beiner, U of Toronto. Green College at 5pm.
Call 822-1878. Reception Graham House from 4:15-5pm. Call 822-1878.
Agricultural Sciences Lecture
From Garbage To Green Peppers: A Partnership In Building Communities. Judy
Zuk, Community Liaison, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Planetarium Pacific Space
Centre at 7:30pm. Call 822-2620.
Critical Issues In Global Development
An African Niche Economy: The Challenges Of A Long-Term Study Of Urban Provisioning.
Jane Guyer, Anthropology, Northwestern U. Green College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
Friday, Mar. 20
Pediatric Grand Rounds
New Developments In Infant Psychiatry. Pratibha Reebye; Hira Panikkar, Infant
Psychiatry, BC, Children’s Hosp. GF Strong Aud. at 8:30am. Call 875-2307.
Health Care And Epidemiology Rounds
Stochastic Modelling Of Localized Outbreaks Of Measles. Dr. Steve Marion. Mather
253 at 9am. Paid parking available in Lot B. Call 822-2772.
Fish500 Seminars
Game Theory: Basic Concepts And Application To Fisheries Management. Rashid
Sumaila, Chair, Michelsen Institute and Fisheries Centre. Hut B-8 Ralf Yorque
at 11:30am. Refreshments at 11am. Call 822-2731.
Innovation ’97 Spring Festival
Celebration Party. SUB Plaza from 12noon-2:00pm. Call 822-3827.
Earth And Ocean Sciences Colloquia
A Window On The Past: Tracking Global Climatic Changes Using Lake Sediments.
John Smol, Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab, Queen’s
U. GeoSciences 330-A at 12:30pm. Call 822-3278.
Occupational Hygiene Program Seminar Series
Protein Adducts Of Benzene Oxide And Benzoquinone As Biomarkers Of Exposure
To Benzene. Karen Yeowell-O’Connell, Environmental Science and Engineering,
U of North Carolina. Vancouver Hosp/HSC, UBC, Koerner G-279 from 12:30-1:30pm.
Call 822-9302.
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
Optical Imaging Of Neuronal Activity In Limbric Structures Of Freely Behaving
Cats. Morton Kristensen, Pharmacology and Toxicology. Cunningham 160 from 12:30-1:30pm.
Call 822-4645.
Collegium Musicum Concert
John Sawyer; Ramona Luengren, directors. Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm. Call
822-5574.
Canadian Studies Lecture
Canada And The Five Chinas. Prof. Anthony Chan, Director, Canadian Studies
Center, U of Washington. Green College Coach House at 12:30pm. Call 822-2147.
Chemical Engineering Weekly Seminar
Controlling The Dynamics Of Soft Spheres: From Polymeric To Colloidal Behaviour.
Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser. ChemEng
206 at 3:30pm. Refreshments ChemEng 204 at 3:15pm. Call 822-3238.
Mathematics Colloquium
Metastability For Reaction-Diffusion Systems. Michael Ward. Math 100 at 3:30pm.
Refreshments Math Annex 1115 at 3:15pm. Call 822-2666.
Graduate And Faculty Christian Forum
Stewardship Of A Biosphere In Crisis: Scientific And Religious Insights. Sir
John Houghton. Scarfe 100 at 3:30pm. Call 822-4351.
Comparative Literature
Tango, Identity And The Circulation Of Texts. Richard Young, U of Alberta.
Green College at 3:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Physical Chemistry Seminar
Density Corrections To The Transport Coefficients. Saman Alavi, Chemistry.
Chemistry D-225 (centre block) at 4pm. Call 822-3266.
Commerce Faculty Research Excellence Award Winner Lecture
Billion Dollar Molecules: The Economics Of Pharmaceutical Research And Development.
Iain Cockburn, Policy Division. Angus, E.D. MacPhee Centre 125 at 4:30pm. Refreshments
at 4:15pm. Call Jessie Lam at 822-8518.
UBC Music At The Chan Centre Concert
Arditti String Quartet. Chan Centre at 8pm. Tickets through Ticketmaster. Call
280-3311.
Saturday, Mar. 21
Cecil And Ida Green Lecture
Two Versions Of Christian Warfare: The Crusades And The Byzantine Empire. Angeliki
E. Laiou, Director, Dumbarton Oaks Centre. Harvard U. IRC #2 at 8:15pm. Call
822-3131.
Notices
UBC Medical School
Needs male and female volunteer patients of any age, healthy or ill, to help
students learn how to interview and complete an external physical examination.
Time commitment is two-four hours, Tues-Thurs. p.m. Travel expenses paid. Call
Vancouver Hosp/HSC at 875-5943.
Parents With Adolescents
Are you interested in learning how family conversation and activities are integral
to the career development of your adolescent? Mothers and fathers with their
14/15 year old(s) are invited to participate in parent adolescent conversations
about career at UBC. Six-month follow-up. $100 honorarium. Call Dr. Richard
Young’s project team, Counselling Psychology, 822-3985.
Relationship Research Study
Heterosexual men (25 years of age and older), in relationship of greater than
six months needed . Complete questionnaire at home; receive $10. Call 822-2151.
First Nations Career Fair
The First Nations House Of Learning is hosting a Career Fair on March 19. It
is a mini-conference for First Nations high school students interested in attending
UBC. UBC faculty, staff, or students who wish to provide information about their
department, program or service can contact Verena Cootes-Wilhelmson, First Nations
Student Services Co-ordinator.
E-mail wilhelms@unixg.ubc.ca or call 822-8941.
Call For Proposals
Research on Women And Gender: Graduate Student Presentation Day. Thursday,
April 1. Deadline for submission is March 20. Call 822-9173.
First Nations Print Collection Exhibit
Showcases 22 works by several well-known First Nations artists, including Mark
Henderson and Richard Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw), Vernon Stephens (Gitksan), Roy Henry
Vickers (Tsimshian), and Robert Davidson (Haida). MOA to Apr. 12. Call 822-5087.
