A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off
campus within the Lower Mainland from March 7 through March 20, 1999.
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.
March 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20
Notices
Sunday, March 7
Chan Centre Concert
Yefim Bronfman, pianist. Chan Centre Chan Shun Concert Hall at 3pm. Call Ticketmaster
280-3311 or for more information 822-2697.
Chan Centre Concert
Une Fete Francais. Pacific Baroque Orchestra; Marc Destrube. Chan Centre Chan
Shun Concert Hall at 8pm. Call Ticketmaster 280-3311 or for more information
822-2697.
Green College Performing Arts Group
Piano Recital. Ronald Morgan. Green College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
Monday, March 8
Lectures In Modern Chemistry
Self-Assembly, Characterization And Mechanism Of Formation Of Molecular Squares.
Prof. Peter J. Stang. U of Utah. Chemistry D-225 (centre block) at 11:30am.
Call 822-3266.
School Of Music Concert
UBC Percussion Ensemble. Sal Ferreras, director. Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm.
Call 822-5574.
President’s Classics Lecture
Egyptian Mummy Portraits From The Fayoum. Susan Walker, British Museum. Lasserre
104 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2889.
Film Screening
Under The Willow Tree – Long Live Voices. Narratives By Women In Canada. Brock
Hall 204D, (west wing) from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2415.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Tugs, Barges, Yachts And Rigs: Recent Research At The Institute Of Marine Dynamics.
David Murdey, research scientist, The Institute Of Marine Dynamics. CEME 1204
from 3:30-4:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-3770.
Biochemistry Seminar Series
Bioinformatics At The Centre For Molecular Medicine And Therapeutics. Francis
Ouellette. IRC #4 from 3:45pm. Refreshments at 3:30pm. Call 822-3178.
Intersecting Asian Sexualities Lecture
Men’s Bodies, Women’s Parts: Gender Impersonation In South Asian Theatre And
Cinema. Kathy Hansen, Rutgers U. CK Choi 120 from 4-5:30pm. Call 822-4688; 822-2629.
Astronomy Seminar
Astrometry In Globular Clusters: A New Frontier For HST. Ivan King, U of California.
Hennings 318 at 4pm. Refreshments at 3:30pm. Call 822-2267.
Member Speaker Series
Killing, Letting Die And The Euthanasia Debate. Green College at 5:30pm. Call
822-1878.
Thematic Lecture Series
Machines And Elusive Wisdom. Prof. Emeritus Vinod Modi, Mechanical Engineering.
Green College at 7:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-1878.
St. John’s College Speaker Series
Suicide. Connie Chai, Education. St. John’s College Fairmont Lounge at 8pm.
Call 822-8788.
Tuesday, March 9
Engineering/Architecture Continuing Education
ISO 9000 Series – Implementing And Auditing. Josef Otto. Point Grey Golf And
Country Club from 9am-5pm. Continues to March 12. $450 single module; $1580
six modules includes materials, lunch, certificate. To register call 822-3347.
Continuing Studies Public Lecture
The Odyssey And The Spirit Of Comedy. Carl Johnson, Classical, Near Eastern
and Religious Studies. Vancouver Public Library (downtown) Peter Kaye Room from
10-11:30am. Continues to March 16. $25; $20 seniors. Call 822-1420.
Video Presentation
An Introduction To Supreme Master Ching Hai And The Quan Yin Method Of Meditation.
Ponderosa Pagoda from 10am-4pm. Call 739-6758.
UBC Botanical Garden Lecture Series
The Sunny Border. Judy Newton. Botanical Garden reception centre from 12noon-1pm.
$5 at the door. To register call 822-3928.
Oceanography Seminar
TBA. Pierre Pepin, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans.
BioSciences 1465 at 12:30pm. Call 822-3278.
Centre For Chinese Research Seminar
Images And Imaginations: The Making Of The Southern Frontier In Sixteenth-Century
China. Leo K. Shin, History, SFU. CK Choi 120 from 12:30-2pm. Call 822-2629.
Film Screening
Prairie Women – Long Live Voices. Narratives By Women In Canada. Brock Hall
204D (west wing) from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2415.
Microbiology And Immunology Seminar
Risk Assessment Of Genetically Modified Baculoviruses As Microbial Insecticides.
Jenny Cory, Oxford U. Wesbrook 100 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-3308.
Botany Seminar
Changing Views On The True And False Morels. Nancy Weber. BioSciences 2000
from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2133.
Sing Tao School of Journalism
Freedom Of Information: What Is The Journalist’s Role. David Flaherty, B.C.
information and privacy commissioner. Sing Tao from 12:30-2pm. Call 822-6688.
Lunchtime Presentation
Fat Dogs Don’t Hunt And Other Lessons From The Front Line Of A Software Company.
Rory Holland. IRC #1 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-5404.
Laird Lecture
Nanoscale Molecular Architecture: Design And Self-Assembly Of Metallacyclic
Polygons And Polyhedra Via Co-ordination. Prof. Peter J. Stang, Chemistry, U
of Utah. Chemistry B-250 (south wing) at 1pm. Refreshments at 12:40pm. Call
822-3266.
Green College Lecture Series
Interpreting The News: Should Reporters Be In The “Meaning Business.” Stephen
Ward. Sing Tao School Of Journalism. Green College at 5pm. Reception from 6-6:30pm.
Call 822-1878.
Museum Of Anthropology Celebration
50th Anniversary Reception, Exhibit Opening And Book Launch. MOA from 7-10pm.
Call 822-5087.
Green College Special Lecture
Take A Walk On The Wild Side: An Insider’s View Of The Green College Art Collection.
Kate Collie, artist. Green College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
Wednesday, March 10
Orthopedics Grand Rounds
Clinical Radiological And Pathological Correlation. Various speakers. VGH,
Eye Care Centre Aud. at 7am. Call 875-4192.
UBC Teaching Community TAG Seminar
Tables And Columns In Word 95 (Introductory). David Lam basement Windows lab
A from 9am-12noon. To register call 822-9149.
Lectures In Modern Chemistry
Self-Assembly, Characterization And Properties Of Porphyrin Aggregates And
Chiral Ensembles. Prof. Peter J. Stang, U of Utah. Chemistry D-225 (centre block)
at 11:30am. Call 822-3266.
School Of Music Concert
Wednesday Noon Hours. Karina Gauvin, soprano; Jean-Francois Gauthier, harpsichord.
Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm. $3 at the door. Call 822-5574.
UBC Teaching Community TAG Seminar
Make Links From Your Home Page With FrontPage 98 (Advanced). David Lam Windows
lab A from 1:30-4:30pm. To register call 822-9149.
Obstetrics And Gynecology Seminar
The Incretin GIP: Structural Determinants Of Receptor Binding, Signal Transduction
And Metabolism. Dr. Christopher McIntosh, Physiology. B.C.’s Women’s Hosp. 2N35
at 2pm. Call 875-3108.
Geography Colloquium
Formal And Informal Fisheries Science – Lessons From The East Coast. Rosemary
Ommer, Memorial U. Geography 201 at 3:30pm. Call Trevor Barnes 822-5804.
Pharmacology And Therapeutics Seminar
Development Of Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors For Treatment Of Osteoarthritis.
Chi Chung Chan, senior research scientist, Merck Frosst Centre For Therapeutic
Research. IRC #3 at 4pm. Call 822-2575.
St. John’s College Speaker Series
The Liberal Democratic Tradition In Western Culture. Barbara Arneil, Political
Science. St. John’s College 1080 at 5:15pm. Call 822-8788.
Thursday, March 11
Chemistry Club Conference
Chemistry Forum 1999. Various speakers. Ponderosa from 10am-3pm. Call 822-2164.
Fine Arts Lecture
The Subject Of Seriality (After Manzoni). Briony Fer, art historian, Open University.
Lasserre 104 from 12:30-2:30pm. Call 822-2757.
UBC Botanical Garden Lecture Series
The Sunny Border. TBA. Vancouver Public Library (downtown) from 12noon-1pm.
$5 at the door. To register call 822-3928.
Transformation Of Europe Lecture
Inventing The Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship And The State. Prof. John
Torpey, Sociology, U of California. CK Choi 120 at 12:30pm. Refreshments from
12noon-12:30pm. Call 822-9700.
Asian Studies Speaker Series
Dancing To The Master’s Tune: Gender And Performance In South Asian Tradition.
Mandakranta Bose, Religious Studies. Asian Centre 604 from 12:30-1:20pm. Web
site: www.assa.ca or call 822-3881.
Anthropology And Sociology Colloquium
Caught In The Web: Ethnographic Entanglements. Ricki Goldman-Segall, director,
MERLin. AnSo 205 from 12:30-2pm. Call 822-2878.
Chan Centre Concert
UBC Choral Union. Chan Centre Chan Shun Concert Hall at 12:30pm. Call 822-2697;
822-5574.
Health Sciences Speaker Series
Creating My Own Titanic: Production Of CD-Rom Educational Materials. Simon
Albon, Pharmaceutical Sciences. IRC #4 at 12:30pm. Call 822-6676.
Genetics Graduate Program Seminar
Demographic And Genetics Factors Affecting The Fate Of New Mutants. Sally Otto,
Zoology. Wesbrook 201 at 3:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-8764.
Earth And Ocean Sciences Geology Seminar
Alpine Pressure-Temperature-Time Path For The Northeastern Mont-Blanc Massif:
Fluid Inclusion, Isotopic And Thermobarometric Evidence. Dan Marshall, Earth
Sciences, SFU. GeoSciences 330-A at 4pm. Call 822-3278.
Physics And Astronomy Colloquium
Quantum Dots. Pavel Hawrylak, National Research Council. Hennings 201 at 4pm.
Refreshments Hennings 325 at 3:45pm. Call 822-2137; 822-3631.
First Nations Discussion Circle
The Documentation Of Hupa Narrative: 1888-1999. Victor Golla, Linguistics,
Humboldt State U, U of California. Green College at 5pm. Call 822-1878.
Friday, March 12
Health Care And Epidemiology Rounds
Beyond Health For All: Does Public Health Figure In The Health System Of The
Future? Nancy Kotani, director, Vancouver/Richmond Health Board. Mather 253
from 9-10am. Paid parking available in Lot B. Call 822-2772.
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Resuscitation: Past, Present And Future. Dr. Greg Baldwin, acting head, Emergency
Medicine, B.C.’s Children’s Hosp. GF Strong Aud. from 9-10am. Call Ruth Giesbrecht
875-2307.
Institute For European Studies Conference
The European Union At The Crossroads: Single Market Or Social Market? Various
speakers. Green College Coach House from 9am-5pm. Continues to Mar. 13 from
10am-12:30pm. Call 822-9700.
UBC It’s Yours Career Fair
First Nations Longhouse from 9am-3pm. To reserve a display table call 822-8941.
Fish 500 Seminar
Stellar Sea Lions: Why Have They Declined? Andrew Trites, Marine Mammal Research
Unit. Hut B-8 Ralf Yorque Room at 11:30am. Refreshments at 11am. Call 822-4329.
ECE Seminar
Real-Time Power System Simulation On A Desktop PC. J. Marti. MacLeod 214 from
12:30-1:20pm. Call 822-2405.
Occupational Hygiene Seminar
Respiratory Health Study Of Workers Exposed To Environmental Tobacco Smoke.
Helen Ward, Respiratory Medicine. UBC Hosp, Koerner Pavilion G-279 from 12:30-1:30pm.
Call 822-9302.
English Lecture
The Work Of Writing And Our Disciplinary Assumptions. Clifford Siskin, English
and Comparative Literature, State U of New York. Angus 426 at 12:30pm. Call
822-4225.
Oceanography Seminar
Chemical Defense Of Phyto-plankton Against Protozoan Grazers. Suzanne Strom,
Western Washington U. BioSciences 1465 at 2:30pm. Call 822-3278.
Chemical Engineering Weekly Seminar
Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Kinetics In A Trickling Biofilter. Stephen Symons.
ChemEng 206 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3238.
Physical Chemistry Seminar
Solvation Dynamics In Binary Solvents. Tyler Day, Chemistry. Chemistry D-225
(centre block) at 4pm. Call 822-3266.
Chalmers Institute Computer Course
Level III. VST from 7-9pm. Continues to Mar. 13 from 9am-3pm. $50; $25 seniors.
To register call 822-9517.
Fine Arts Lecture
Against The Grain: Making Exhibitions In A Global World. Okwui Enwezor, curator,
historian, Art Institute Of Chicago. Buchanan A-106 from 7:30-9pm. Reception
to follow Belkin Art Gallery. Call 822-2757.
Chan Centre Concert
UBC Choral Union. Diane Loomer, director. Chan Centre Chan Shun Concert Hall
at 8pm. Call 822-2697; 822-5574.
Saturday, March 13
Continuing Studies Public Lecture
The Tree Of Stars: A Seminar On The Alchemical Tradition. Leonard George, Vancouver
psychologist, writer and broadcaster. Carr Hall conference room from 9:30am-4:30pm.
Continues to Mar. 14 from 9:30am-12:30pm. $95; $85 seniors. Bring lunch and
refreshments. To register call 822-1420.
UBC Teaching Community TAG Seminar
Different Ways Of Learning: Reach More Students And Teach More Effectively.
FNSB 40 from 9:30am-12:30pm. To register call 822-6827.
UBC Teaching Community TAG Seminar
Balancing Input Across Cultures In Classrooms. FNSB 50 from 9:30am-12:30pm.
To register call 822-6827.
UBC Teaching Community TAG Seminar
Diversity In The Classroom. FNSB 50 from 1:30-4:30pm. To register call 822-6827.
UBC Teaching Community TAG Seminar
How Our Beliefs About Teaching Influence Us As TAs. FNSB 40 from 1:30-4:30pm.
To register call 822-6827.
Chan Centre Concert
Fou T’song, piano. Chan Centre Chan Shun Concert Hall at 8pm. Call Ticketmaster
280-3311 or for more information 822-2697.
Vancouver Institute Lecture
Monitoring The World’s Oceans From Space. John MacDonald, co-founder, MacDonald
Dettwiler . IRC #2 at 8:15pm. Call 822-3131.
Sunday, March 14
Chan Centre Concert
The Chan Centre Chamber Players. Chan Centre Chan Shun Concert Hall at 3pm.
Call Ticketmaster 280-3311 or for more information 822-2697.
Chan Centre Concert
Rachmaninoff Vespers. Chor Leoni; Elektra; Christ Church Choirs. Chan Centre
Chan Shun Concert Hall at 8pm. Call Ticketmaster 280-3311 or for more information
822-2697.
Monday, March 15
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
Apoptotic Mechanisms In Cardiovascular Disease. Shawn Black, Merck Frosst Centre
For Therapeutic Research. Cunningham 160 from 11:30-12:30pm. Call 822-7795.
Film Screening
A Time To Rise – Long Live Voices. Narratives By Women In Canada. Brock Hall
204D (west wing) from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2415.
President’s Philosophy Lecture
Misinterpretation And The Rhetoric Of Science, Or What Colour is The Horse?
Susan Haack, Philosophy, U of Miami. University Centre conference room at 12:30pm.
Call 822-3292.
President’s Classics Lecture
Myths In The History Of The Ancient And Modern Olympics. Mark Golden, U of
Winnipeg. Buchanan D-339 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2889.
President’s History Lecture
A Historian’s Perspective On Edward Said’s Culture And Imperialism. John M.
MacKenzie, Imperial History, U of Lancaster. Buchanan A-203 at 12:30pm. Call
822-5148; 822-2561.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Microscale Thermo-Photvoltaic Energy Conversion. McMurray Whale, U of Victoria.
CEME 1204 from 3:30-4:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-3770.
Biochemistry Seminar Series
Disorder In Protein Structure And Function: Detection, Prevention, Biological
Significance And Prediction From Amino Acid Sequence. Keith Dunker. IRC #4 at
3:45pm. Refreshments at 3:30pm. Call 822-3178.
Classics And Women’s Studies Lecture
Classical Athenian Women Today. Mark Golden, U of Winnipeg. Buchanan B-226
at 4pm. Call 822-2889.
Member Speaker Series
Preparing Your Income Tax Return. Jen Baggs, Economics. Green College at 5:30pm.
Call 822-1878.
Science And Society Discussion
Misinterpretation And The Rhetoric Of Science, Or What Colour Is The Horse?
Susan Haack, Philosophy, U of Miami. Green College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
St. John’s College Speaker Series
Forest Eco-Systems In B.C. Antje Wahl, Forestry. St. John’s College Fairmont
Lounge at 8pm. Call 822-8788.
Tuesday, March 16
UBC Teaching Community TAG Seminar
Customized WebCT Follow-Up (Advanced). GeoSciences Windows lab 203 from 9am-12noon.
To register call 822-9149.
E.S. Woodward Lecture Series
Innovation And Economic Growth. Prof. Peter Howitt, Ohio State U. Buchanan
A-100 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-4129.
Microbiology And Immunology Seminar
Activated Ras Affects Cell Type Choice In Dictyostelium Discoideum. Zahara
Jaffer. Wesbrook 100 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-3308.
Botany Seminar
Combining Molecular And Field Studies To Understand The Life History And Ecology
Of Acrosiphonia. Andrea Sussman. BioSciences 2000 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2133.
Lectures In Modern Chemistry
Strategies For Photocontrol Of Enzymes And Ion Channels. Prof. Andrew G. Woolley,
U of Toronto. Chemistry B-250 (south wing) at 1pm. Refreshments at 12:40pm.
Call 822-3266.
History Seminar
The Historiography Of The Environmental History Of The British Empire. John
M. MacKenzie, Imperial History, U of Lancaster. Buchanan Tower at 4pm. Call
822-5184; 822-2561.
Green College Speaker Series
Reconstructing Lost Architecture In A Digital World: The Aztec City Of Tenochtitlan.
Antonieta Rivera, Architecture. Green College at 5pm. Reception from 6-6:30pm.
Call 822-1878.
Chalmers Institute Seminar
Where Is God When Things Go Wrong? A Lenten Journey With The Man Of Sorrows.
Nancy Cocks. St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, West Vancouver. $25. Call 926-4381.
Wednesday, March 17
Orthopedics Grand Rounds
Sacroiliac Joint Fusion. Dr. R. Meek, VGH, Eye Care Centre Aud. at 7am. Call
875-4192.
Asian Studies Speaker Series
Ethnicity Of The Chinese Overseas. Prof. Emeritus Edgar Wickberg, History.
Asian Centre 604 from 12:30-1:30pm. Web site: www.assa.ca or call 822-3881.
School Of Music Concert
Wednesday Noon Hours. Arion, various instruments. Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm.
$3 at the door. Call 822-5574.
Women’s Studies And Gender Relations Lecture
Research As Culture-Jamming?: Sex, Gender, Tools And Schools. Mary Bryson,
Education. Women’s Studies Centre lounge from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-9171.
Obstetrics And Gynecology Research Seminar
Regulation Of GnRH And GnRH Receptor Expression In Granulosa-Luteal Cells By
Gonadal Steroids. Parimal Nathwani. B.C.’s Women’s Hosp. 2N35 at 2pm. Call 875-3108.
Geography Colloquium
Gender Perspectives On New Ways Of Working: Empirical Evidence From Dual Career
Households In Great Britain. Irene Hardhill, U of Newcastle. Geography 201 at
3:30pm. Call Trevor Barnes 822-5804.
Ecology, Evolution And Biodiversity Seminar
Forest Fragmentation And Songbird Demography. Liana Zanette, Zoology. FNSB
60 at 4:30pm. Call 822-2069.
Respiratory Research Seminar Series
Issues On Critical Care Management In Asthma. Juan Ronco. VGH, doctors’ residence,
third floor conference room from 5-6pm. Call 875-5653.
Science And Society
Science Vs. Ideology: Do Needle Exchange Programs Promote The Spread Of HIV?
Martin Schechter, Medicine. Green College at 5:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Thursday, March 18
Pathology Distinguished Lecture Series
Drug Safety – A Right Or A Nuisance? Curt Furberg, chair, Public Health Services.
VGH, Heather Pavilion lecture hall B at 8am. Call Bruce Verchere 875-2490.
Earth And Ocean Sciences Colloquium
Long-Baseline Interferometry. Wayne Cannon, York U. GeoSciences 330-A at 12:30pm.
Call 822-3278.
Transformation of Europe Lecture
Xenophobic And Right-Wing Mobilisation: The Malaise In Post-Unification German
Political Culture. Prof. Oliver Schmidtke, U of Victoria. CK Choi 120 from 12:30-2pm.
Refreshments from 12noon-12:30pm. Call 822-9700.
Genetics Graduate Program Seminar
Small Mammal Population Structure In A Fragmented Forest. Jason Maydan. Wesbrook
201 at 3:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-8764.
CICSR Distinguished Lecture Series
AM-FM Image Models And Applications. Alan Bovik, U of Texas. CICSR/CS 208 at
4pm. Refreshments. Call 822-6894.
Physics And Astronomy Colloquium
Naive Beliefs About Physics And Education. Hennings 201 at 4pm. Refreshments,
Hennings 325 at 3:45pm. Call 822-2137; 822-3631.
Medieval And Renaissance
Heresy And Violence In Thirteenth-Century Italy. Peter Diehl, History, Western
Washington U. Green College at 4:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Friday, March 19
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Alternative Therapies For Children With Disabilities: Facts And Fiction. Dr.
Maureen O’Donnell, developmental pediatrician. GF Strong Aud. from 9-10am. Call
Ruth Giesbrecht 875-2307.
Health Care And Epidemiology Rounds
Can We Prevent Moles In Children With Use Of Broad Spectrum Sunscreen? Dr.
Richard Gallagher, head, B.C. Cancer Agency. Mather 253 from 9-10am. Paid parking
available in Lot B. Call 822-2772.
Fish 500 Seminar
Marine Fisheries In Eastern Caribbean; Salmon Carcasses: Nutrient Pills For
The Province. Elizabeth Mohammed, Stephen Watkinson, Fisheries Centre. Hut B-8
Ralf Yorque Room at 11:30am. Refreshments at 11am. Call 822-4329.
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
Islet Amyloid And Type 2 Diabetes. Bruce Verchere, Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine. Cunningham 160 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-7795.
Occupational Hygiene Program Seminar
Investigations And Surveillance Of Communicable Disease Outbreaks On Cruise
Ships. UBC Hosp., Koerner Pavilion G-279 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-9302.
Comparative Literature/President’s Lecture
American Autopoiesis: The Mind And Media Ecology In Contemporary U.S. Fiction.
Joseph Tabbi, English, U of Illinois. Green College at 3:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Bio-Resource Engineering Weekly Seminar
Drainage Modelling And Design Criteria. Russell D. Merz, Golder Associates.
ChemEng 224 at 3:30pm. Refreshments at 3:15pm. Call 822-3475.
Chemical Engineering Weekly Seminar
Use Of Novel Coagulants To Enhance Retention In Mechanical Pulps. Dennis Trigylidas.
ChemEng 206 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3238.
Physical Chemistry Seminar
Transport Coefficients From Time-Correlation Functions. Saman Alavi. Chemistry
D-225 (centre block) at 4pm. Call 822-3266.
Chan Centre Concert
Handel And Mozart At The Chan. Vancouver Cantata Singers. Chan Centre Chan
Shun Concert Hall at 8pm. Call Ticketmaster 280-3311 or for more information
822-2697.
Saturday, March 20
Vancouver Institute Lecture
Chopin And His Milieu: Antecedents And Consequences. Prof. Jane Coop, Music.
Pick up tickets in advance – UBC Bookstore, The Magic Flute or Chan Centre.
Call 822-3131.
Notices
Gardens Open
The Nitobe Memorial Garden, UBC Botanical Garden and Shop in the Garden will
be open from March 6-October 11 (inclusive) from 10am-6pm daily (including weekends).
For the gardens call 822-9666 and the Shop 822-4529.
Vancouver (European) Handball Team
Is looking for players at all levels. We meet Fridays from 8-10pm at the Osborne
Gym. For more information, visit our Web site handball-bc.hypermart.net or call
822-4576.
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.
Twin Research
Are you, or do you know a female adult twin? We are studying the relationship
types of fraternal and identical female twins. If you can help by completing
some questionnaires and being interviewed about relationships, please e-mail
tmacbeth@cortex.psych.ubc.ca or call Tannis MacBeth, Psychology 822-4826.
Research Study
I am a grad student looking for families with an autistic child(ren) to answer
a questionnaire regarding the effects of raising autistic children. The child
must be seven years old or younger. Please call Keri Smalley 738-8025.
TRIUMF Public Tours
An 80 min. tour takes place every Wednesday and Friday at 1pm. Free parking.
Continues to April 30. To arrange for a group tour call 222-7355 or Web site:
http://www.triumf.ca/.
Thinking About Graduate School?
The Faculty of Graduate Studies is interested in learning about the decision
making process you will go through to choose a graduate school. If you are presently
“shopping” for a graduate school (for either a master’s or PhD), we want to
hear from you! If you would be interested in participating in a survey please
contact denisels@mercury.ubc.ca.
Volleyball
Faculty, Staff and Grad Students Volleyball Group. Every Monday and Wednesday.
Osborne Centre Gym A from 12:30-1:30pm. No fees. Drop-ins and regular attendees
welcome for friendly competitive games. Call 822-4479 or e-mail kdcs@unixg.ubc.ca.
UBC Zen Society
Each Monday during term (except holidays) meditation session. Asian Centre
Tea Gallery from 1:30-2:20pm. All welcome. Call 822-2573.
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 21 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 Kate).
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.
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 forty-five minute visit, please call
Dr. Geoffrey Hall’s Language Development Centre, Psychology at UBC, 822-9294
(ask for Kelley).
Relationship Research Study
Heterosexual men (25 years of age and older), in relationships of greater than
six months needed for a UBC study of relationships. Complete questionnaire at
home, receive $10. Call 822-2151.
UBC Campus Tours
The Student Recruitment Office offers guided walking tours of the UBC campus.
The tour begins at 9:30am every Friday morning at Brock Hall. To book a tour
please call 822-4319.
Museum Of Anthropology Exhibition
From Under The Delta: Wet-Site Archaeology In The Lower Fraser Region Of British
Columbia. Continues to March 31. Call 822-5087.
BC SMILE
The British Columbia Seniors Medication Information Line (BC SMILE), answered
by licensed pharmacists, is a free telephone hotline established to assist seniors,
their families and caregivers with any medication-related questions including
side effects, drug interactions, and the misuses of prescription and non-prescription
drugs when it is not possible to direct such questions to their regular pharmacist
or physician. Monday to Friday 10am-4pm. Call 822-1330 or e-mail smileubc@unixg.ubc.ca.
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.
Statistical Consulting And Research Lab (SCARL)
SCARL offers long or short term statistical and analytical assistance to UBC
researchers. Resources include expertise in many areas of statistical methodology
and a variety of statistical software. Web site: www.stat.ubc.ca/~scarl, e-mail:
scarl@stat.ubc.ca or call 822-4037.
UBC Fencing Club
UBC Fencing Club meets every Wednesday 8:30-10:30pm, Friday 6-10pm and Sunday
3-7pm in Osborne Gym A. Learn decision making, poise and control. Newcomers
welcome. Drop-in fee. Leave message at 878-7060.
UBC Birding
Join a one-hour birding walk around UBC Campus, every Thursday at 12:30pm.
Meet at the Rose Garden flagpole. Bring binoculars if you have them. For details,
call Jeremy Gordon 822-8966.
Chan Centre Tours
Free tours of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts are held every Tuesday.
Participants are asked to meet in the Chan Centre main lobby at noon (except
Mar. 16). Special group tours can be booked through www.chancentre.com or at
822-1815.
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.
Got A Stepfather?
17-23 years old? Love him, hate him or indifferent, you qualify. $10 for 30
min., anonymous questionnaire, student or non-student, mailed survey. Contact
gamache@interchange.ubc.ca or Susan at 822-4919.
Faculty Women’s Club
The Faculty Women’s Club is composed of academic faculty and professional staff
at UBC, its affiliated colleges, the library, Health Sciences Centre, and post-doctoral
fellows from across campus. It brings together women connected to the university
either through their work or that of the spouses, for social activities and
lectures. The main purpose of the Faculty Women’s Club is to raise funds for
student scholarships. There are 18 different interest groups within the club,
ranging from art appreciation and bridge to hiking. Do come and join us! Call
Louise Klaassen, president 222-1983; Marya McDonald, membership 738-7401.
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.
Are You Pregnant? Have You Given Birth In The Last Year?
Do you find that you forget things more easily? Do you sometimes feel like
your brain is in a haze? Researchers at UBC are investigating hormonal influences
on cognitive processing in both pregnant women and women who have recently given
birth. The study takes place at the UBC Department of Psychology and it consists
of filling out several paper and pencil tests (approx. 50 min.). All tests will
be kept confidential. $10 per hour will be given to participants. If you are
interested in participating, please contact Sharon Lee 822-6069 or Dr. Liisa
Galea 822-6536.
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.
UBC Community Winter Sports
UBC Community Sports Services offers holiday hockey camps, gymnastics, skating,
ice hockey, adult ballet, and roller hockey for a variety 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 through to March. E-mail
fairplay@unixg.ubc.ca or call 822-3688.
