A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off
campus within the Lower Mainland from December 13 through January 9, 1998.
The previous calendar is
also available.
For events further in the future, see Live@UBC.
UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions
from members of the UBC community.
December 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 20,
21, 22, 23, 28,
31
January 6, 7, 8
Notices
Sunday, Dec. 13
Chan Centre For The Performing Arts Concert
Christmas At The Chan. Chan Centre Chan Shun Concert Hall at 2pm. Call Ticketmaster
280-3311 or for information 822-2697.
Monday, Dec. 14
Agricultural Sciences/Biotechnology Laboratory Lecture
Ethical And Safety Issues Of Using Transgenic Plants In The Food Chain. Elizabeth
Hood, director, Cell Biology Prodigene College Station. IRC #1 at 12:30pm. Call
822-1219.
Member Speaker Series
Why Don’t You Listen? Phyllis Webb’s Dialogues With History. Pauline Butling,
Canadian Literature/Cultural Studies. Green College Coach House at 5:30pm. Call
822-1878.
Tuesday, Dec. 15
Agricultural Sciences/Biotechnology Laboratory Lecture
Molecular Farming Of Industrial Proteins Transgenic Maize. Elizabeth Hood,
director, Cell Biology Prodigene College Station. MacMillan 158 at 12:30pm.
Call 822-1219.
Institute Of Asian Research Seminar
Crisis And Transition In Indonesia. Riwanto Tirtosudarmo, director, Centre
for Social and Cultural Studies. CK Choi 129 from 12:30-2pm. Call 822-2629.
Royal Society Of Canada
TBA. College Coach House
at 5:30pm. $16 includes
lunch. To register e-mail: calvert@eos.ubc.ca or call Stephen Calvert 822-5210.
Christmas Carols
Christmas Celebration Of Lessons And Carols. St. Andrew’s Hall Chapel at 7pm.
Refreshments. Call 822-9720.
Wednesday, Dec. 16
Orthopedics Grand Rounds
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Fact Or Fiction. Dr. William Regan, Dr. Peter Fry.
Vancouver Hosp/HSC, Eye Care Centre Aud. at 7am. Call 875-4192.
Centre For Japanese Research
Japan’s Changing Role In The East Asian Political Economy. Prof. Glenn D. Hook,
Centre for Japanese Studies, U of Sheffield. CK Choi 120 from 12:30-2pm. Call
822-2629.
Chan Centre For The Performing Arts Concert
The King’s Singers. Chan Centre Chan Shun Concert Hall at 8pm. Call Ticketmaster
280-3311 or for information 822-2697.
Thursday, Dec. 17
Statistics Seminar
Visible Management: A Perspective On Quality, Productivity, And The Design
Of Work Processes. John C. Nash. CSCI 301 from 4-5:30pm. Refreshments, please
bring your own mug. Call 822-0570.
Friday, Dec. 18
Health Care And Epidemiology Rounds
About Surgical Waiting Lists. Prof. Sam Sheps. Mather 253 from 9-10am. Paid
parking available in Lot B. Call 822-2772.
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Clinical And Research Applications Of Melatonin. Dr. Wah Jun Tze, moderator;
various speakers. GF Strong Aud. at 9am. Refreshments at 8:30am. Call 875-2307.
Sunday, Dec. 20
Music Concert
Pacific Baroque Orchestra. Music Recital Hall at 2pm. Call 215-0406 or 822-5574.
Monday, Dec. 21
Christmas Brunch At Trekkers
Trekkers Restaurant from 8am-1pm. $9.50. For reservations call 822-3256.
Tuesday, Dec. 22
Chan Centre For The Performing Arts Concert
Japan – Canada Brass Band Friendship Exchange Concert ’98. Chan Centre Chan
Shun Concert Hall at 6:30pm. For information call 822-2697.
Wednesday, Dec. 23
UBC Christmas Dinner
International House Hosts Christmas Dinner For UBC Students And Their Families
On Campus. International House, 1pm and 3 pm. $2 in advance; $5 at door. 822-5021.
Monday, Dec. 28
Thunderbird Women’s Basketball
Vs. SFU. War Memorial Gym at 2pm. Adults $7; youth/senior $4; UBC students
$3; children under 12 free. Call 822-2473.
Thunderbird XIII Men’s Volleyball
War Memorial Gym at 5:30pm;7:30pm daily. Continues to Dec. 30. Adults $7; youth/senior
$4; UBC students $3; children under 12 free. Call 822-2473.
Thursday, Dec. 31
Thunderbird Women’s Basketball
Vs. Brock University. War Memorial Gym at 11am. Adults $7; youth/senior $4;
UBC students $3; children under 12 free. Call 822-2473.
Wednesday, Jan. 6
Orthopedics Grand Rounds
Five Minutes Five Slides. Athletic Injuries and Arthroscopic Surgery Division.
Vancouver Hosp/HSC, Eye Care Centre Aud. at 7am. Call 875-4192.
Individual Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program
Fictions And Science, Jorge Luis Borges And Paradox. Floyd Merrell, Foreign
Languages and Literature, Purdue U. Green College Coach House at 5pm. Call 822-1878.
St. John’s College Speaker Series
Stalin’s Industrial Revolution. Robert Allen, Economics. St. John’s College
1080 at 5:15pm. Call 822-8788.
Thursday, Jan. 7
Physics And Astronomy Colloquium
What Can A Water Molecule Tell Us About Its Environment? Proton Magnetic Resonance
Of Water In Biological Systems. Alex MacKay. Hennings 201 at 4pm. Refreshments
Hennings 325 at 3:45pm. Call 822-2137; 822-3631.
Policy Issues In Post-Secondary Education In B.C.
Fragmented, Polarized Or Protracted School-To-Work Transitions: Trans-Atlantic
Perspectives. Walter Heinz, U of Bremen. Green College Coach House at 4:30pm.
Call 822-1878.
St. John’s College Speaker Series
The Damaging Effects Of Industrial Fisheries On Marine Ecosystems. Timothy
Parsons, Earth and Ocean Sciences. St. John’s College 1080 at 5:15pm. Call 822-8788.
Health And Medicine Lecture Series
The Art And Science Of Transfusion Medicine (We Don’t Do It With Sheep Anymore…).
Dana Devine, Pathology. Green College Coach House at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
Friday, Jan. 8
Health Care And Epidemiology Rounds
The British Columbia Nutrition Survey. Lisa Forster-Coull, nutrition consultant,
B.C. Ministry of Health. Mather 253 from 9-10am. Paid parking available in Lot
B. Call 822-2772.
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Towards A Molecular Understanding Of Craniofacial Development. Joy M. Richman,
Oral Health Sciences. GF Strong Aud. at 9am. Call 875-2307.
Thunderbird Women’s Basketball
Vs. University Of Saskatchewan. Continues to Jan. 9. War Memorial Gym at 6:15pm.
Adults $7; youth/senior $4; UBC students $3; children under 12 free. Call 822-2473.
Thunderbird Men’s Ice Hockey
Vs. University of Saskatchewan. Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre at 7:30pm.
Continues to Jan. 9. Adults $7; youth/senior $4; UBC students $3; children under
12 free. Call 822-2473.
Thunderbird Men’s Basketball
Vs. University Of Saskatchewan. Continues to Jan. 9. War Memorial Gym at 7:45pm.
Adults $7; youth/senior $4; UBC students $3; children under 12 free. Call 822-2473.
Notices
UBC Food Services Christmas Hours
Edibles and Yum Yum’s are open until Dec. 11; Pacific Spirit Place is open
until Dec. 18; The Barn, IRC and Subway are open until Dec. 22; The Bread Garden
is open until Dec. 23. Express at Trekkers is open to serve you throughout the
Christmas break except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. For more detailed information,
please contact UBC-FOOD (822-3663) or Web site: www.foodserv.ubc.ca.
UBC Christmas Bakeshop
Free delivery on campus for orders of $75 or more until Dec. 22. Check out
the goodies in Pacific Spirit Place at the SUB. Order forms are available at
all UBC Food Services locations. Call 822-6828.
Christmas At The Shop In The Garden
Fresh foliage wreaths, baskets and festive decorations made by the Friends
of the Garden. The plant centre and shop feature unique gifts, potted evergreen
trees, unusual hollies, and winter flowering plants. All proceeds help the garden
grow. UBC Botanical Garden from 10am-5pm. Call 822-4529.
UBC Community Winter Sports
UBC Community Sports Services offers holiday hockey camps, gymnastics, skating,
ice hockey, adult ballet, and roller hockey for a variey of ages this winter.
All programs take place at the Osborne Centre or Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre
with the exception of the Adult Ballet program. Programs start Dec. 21 through
to March. E-mail fairplay@unixg.ubc.ca or call 822-3688.
Museum Of Anthropology Exhibition
Remembering Luboml: Images Of A Jewish Community; Vereinigung (Continues to
Dec. 31): Transitions: Contemporary Canadian Indian And Inuit Art (Continues
to Jan. 3); Hereditary Chiefs Of Haida Gwaii; Attributed To Edenshaw: Identifying
The Hand Of The Artist; From Under The Delta: Wet-Site Archaeology In The Lower
Fraser Region Of British Columbia. Call 822-5087.
UBC Children’s Art Program
UBC Art Education faculty invite children 7-12 years to participate in a unique
art course Saturdays at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Jan. 30-March 13, 1999).
Fee $25. E-mail llackey@interchange.ubc.ca or call Lara Lackey at 822-5422.
Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre
Public Skating 8:30am-4:30pm. $3; free before noon for UBC students. Casual
Hockey 8:30am-4:30pm. $3.75/hr. M-F; free before noon for UBC students. Squash
and Racquetball. UBC staff $7.50/court; UBC students $6/court. For info call
822-6121.
50th Anniversary Law Review
The UBC Law Review is publishing a 50th Anniversary Commemorative issue. We
are looking for law school alumni and faculty who wish to submit articles. Please
contact the UBC Law Review at 822-3066; fax 822-4633 or e-mail: lawrev@interchange.ubc.ca
for details. Deadline for submissions is Jan. 15,1999.
Participants Needed
For a study involving public participation in B.C. environmental policies conducted
by Eco-Risk Research Unit. We offer $20 for 1.5 hours of your time. UBC staff
and graduate students are particularly welcomed (fluency in English is required).
If interested, please phone 822-0551 for more details.
Research Study
5-12 year old children are needed to participate in UBC Psychology research
to learn more about the ways children respond to questions about cartoons and
stories. Please call Dr. Johnston’s lab at 822-9037.
Female Volunteers
Daughters who have returned home to live with their parents are needed for
a PhD psychology study. An interview at your convenience is required. Please
call Michele 269-9986.
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 (one-five
years old) and their parent(s) to participate in language studies. If you are
interested in bringing your child for a 45-minute visit, please call Dr. Geoffrey
Hall’s Language Development Centre, Psychology at UBC, 822-9294 (ask for Kelley).
AMS And Board Of Governors Elections
Nomination of candidates ends Jan. 8. Go to the AMS Executive office room 238
in the SUB for forms and additional information or call 822-3971.
Parent-Child Relationship Study
Are you a parent of a child who is still in school? Would you like to help
me understand how parents know that they are important? Complete a survey in
your own home and return your responses by pre-paid mail. Call Sheila Marshall
822-5672.
