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
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.
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.
Reading From His Work. Robert Bringhurst, poet. Green College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
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.
The Magic Of Materials. Keith Brimacombe, Director, Centre for Process Metallurgy. CEME 1202 from 3:30-4:30pm. Light refreshments. Call 822-3770.
Dark Matter In Dwarf Irregular Galaxies. Stephanie Cote, DAO. Hennings 318 at 4pm. Coffee, tea at 3:30pm. Call 822-2267 or 822-2802.
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.
Queering Teachers (Of) Bodies: Female Sexualities In Western Physical Education. Heather Sykes, Educational Studies. Green College at 5:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Privacy And Freedom Of Information At UBC. Susan Dent, Legal adviser. Green College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
Lignan And Lignin Biosynthesis: The New Paradigm. Norman Lewis, Washington State U. BioSciences 2000 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call 822-2133
Habitat Use By Alien Beings: The Consequences Of Scale. Steven Wilson, Animal Science. MacMillan 160 at 12:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-4593.
Believe It Or Not! The Psychology Of Belief. Dr. Ernest Poser. Scarfe 206 at 12:30pm. Free donuts. Call 739-9822.
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.
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.
Global And Local Issues For Mobile Robotics Positioning. Greg Dudek, McGill U. CICSR/CS 208 from 4-5:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-0557.
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.
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.
Vainika Ratna Gem Of Veena. Lakshmi Ranganathan. MOA Theatre Gallery from 7-8pm. Call 822-5087.
School of Rehabilitation Sciences. Faculty; admissions personnel; students. IRC #2 from 7-9pm. Call 822-7392.
Lucky Lady. Craig Holzschuh, director. BC Tel Theatre at 7:30pm. Call 822-2678.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday Noon Hours. Lakshmi Ranganathan Veena; Bala Skandan Mrudangam. Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm. $3 at the door. Call 822-5574.
Pregnancy Outcome And Confirmed Placental Mosaicism. Dr. Dagmar Kalousek, Pathology, BC Children's Hosp. BC Women's Hosp. 2N35 at 2pm. Call 875-3108.
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.
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.
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.
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Joyce Miller, director. Frederic Wood Theatre at 7:30pm. Call 822-2678.
The UBC Clothesline Project - To Honour And Remember Women Survivors Of Violence. SUB AMS Gallery from 10am-7pm. Call 822-2415.
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.
Public Information Meeting For Campus And Neighboring Community. Angus 104 from 12:30-1:30pm; 7-8pm. Call 822-2080.
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.
The Shooting Room Paradox And Conditionalizing On Highly Improbable Events. Paul Bartha, Philosophy. Buchanan D-121 from 1-2:30pm. Call 822-3292.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Changing Role Of The Research Intensive University. President Martha Piper. Green College at 4:30pm. RSVP to 822-2593.
An Evening Of Wine Tasting And Fine Art. Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, 6:45pm. $20 per person. Call Amy Wai, 875-4982.
Cascadia And China: The 21st Century. Panel discussion including NIKE. Green College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.
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.
Double Jeopardy: Acculturation And Disability. Phillip Cook, Child and Youth Care, U of Victoria. GF Strong Aud. at 9am. Call 875-2307.
The UBC Clothesline Project - To Honour And Remember Women Survivors Of Violence. SUB AMS Gallery from 10am-7pm. Call 822-2415.
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.
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.
Wood Dust And Cancer. Dr. Paul Demers, Health Care and Epidemiology. Cunningham 160 at 12:30pm. Call 822-7795.
Soil Science - Then And Now. Ron Bertrand, Director, Resource Management Branch, BCMAFF-Abbotsford. MacMillan 154 at 3:30pm. Call 822-6534.
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.
Physical-Chemical Treatment Of Thermo-mechanical Paper Mill Whitewater. Sylvie Bouffard, Chemical Engineering. ChemEng 206 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3238.
X-ray Crystal Analysis And Solid-state Reactions. Jim Trotter, Chemistry. Chemistry D-225 (Center Block) at 4pm. Call 822-3266.
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.
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.
Distinguished Artists. The Count Basie Orchestra. Chan Centre at 8pm. Tickets available through Ticketmaster 280-3311 or call 822-5574.
Immigration: What The U.S. Can Learn From Canada. David Kennedy, History, Stanford U. IRC #2 at 8:15pm. Call 822-3131.
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.
The UBC Clothesline Project - To Honour And Remember Women Survivors Of Violence. SUB AMS Gallery from 10am-7pm. Call 822-2415.
Hellenistic Kings And The Jew. Eric Gruen, History, U of California. Buchanan D-224 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2889.
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.
Liquid Mirror Telescope Observations? Paul Hickson. Hennings 318 at 4pm. Coffee/Tea at 3:30pm. Call 822-2802.
The Complementarity Approach To Wildlife Reserve Selection: How To Choose Areas For Conservation. Clive Goodinson, Forestry. Green College at 5:30pm. Call 822-1878.
President Martha Piper. War Memorial Gym, 10:15am. All welcome.
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.
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 will be given at UBC Student Health Service from 8am-3:45pm. $10. Call 822-7011.
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.
Themes In The Study Of The Indian Diaspora. Judith Brown, History, Oxford U. CK Choi 120 from 11:30am-1pm. Call 822-2629.
Wednesday Noon Hours. Diane Loeb, mezzo-soprano; Rena Sharon, piano. Music Recital Hall at 12:30pm. $3 at the door. Call 822-5574.
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.
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.
A New Episteme? Language And Post-modern Misreadings Of The Enlightenment. Nick Hudson, English. Buchanan penthouse from 5-7pm. Wine. Call 822-5195.
Regular Meeting Of The Senate. UBC's Academic Parliament. Curtis 102 at 8pm. Call 822-2127.
University Singers. James Fankhauser, director. Chan Centre at 12:30pm. Call 822-5574.
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.
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.
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.
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.
3DDI - 3D Direct Interaction. John Canny, U of California. CICSR/CS 208 from 4-5:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-0557.
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.
How Can A Place Have A Name? Laurie Ricou, English. Green College at 4:30pm. Call 822-1878.
Rethinking Vancouver Modern. Trevor Boddy, Western Architecture Critic, Globe & Mail. Green College at 5pm. Call 822-1878.
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.
Pain And The Child With Significant Neurologic Impairment. Tim Oberlander, Developmental Pediatrics. GF Strong Aud. at 9am. Call 875-2307.
Trans-Spotting: Cross-Dressing, Race And Cyberbodies. Anne McClintock, Columbia U. Hennings 200 at 12:30pm. Call 822-4225.
UBC Symphony Orchestra. Eiko Ogawa, piano soloist, Jesse Read, conductor. Chan Centre at 12:30pm. Call 822-5574.
Paganism And Christianity In The Age Of Marcus Aurelius. Michael Chase, U of Victoria. Buchanan B-325 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2889.
Role Of PI 3-Kinase In Signalling Pathways Regulating Hemopoietic Cell Function. Dr. Vincent Duronio, Medicine. Cunningham 160 at 12:30pm. Call 822-7795.
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.
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.
Fibre Fractionation In Hydrocyclones. Tazim Rehman, Chemical Engineering. ChemEng 206 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3238.
Jack Morava, Mathematics, John Hopkins U. Mathematics 100 at 3:30pm. Refreshments Math Annex 1115 at 3:15pm. Call 822-2666.
Muonium - A Unique Probe Of Dynamical Mass Effects In Chemical Reactivity. Don Fleming, Chemistry. Chemistry D-225 (Center Block) at 4pm. Call 822-3266.
University Singers. James Fankhauser, director. Chan Centre at 8pm. Call 822-5574.
UBC Symphony Orchestra. Eric Wilson, guest conductor; Eiko Ogawa, piano soloist. Chan Centre at 8pm. Call 822-5574.
JV Clyne Lecture: Globalization And Its Discontents. Harry Arthurs, Law and Political Science, York U. IRC #2 at 8:15pm. Call 822-3131.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.