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News
- Deep Sea Digital Guide Offers Rare Glimpses Of Ocean Life
- District Energy Systems Can Reduce Carbon, Save Money - But Only If Well-Regulated
- President Turpin Announces He'll Step Down in June 2013
- Passion To Share Knowledge Drives UVic Award-Winners
- UVic Reveals BC's Past And City's History
- UVic Forges New Partnerships In Brazil
Events
2012-05-23 - Lecture/Seminar - Master of Global Business (MGB) Information Session
If you have an undergraduate degree in business and want to build your international skill-set then our Master of Global Business degree program at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business may be right for you. Join us at the MGB information Session and discover how our program will prepare you to be a global leader ready and able to create a better world.
Please RSVP: mgbprog@uvic.ca
Location:BUSINESS & ECONOMICS BUILDING - BEC 209
Times:17:00 - 18:00
Pricing: FREE
Open to the general public
URL:http://www.uvic.ca/gustavson/gill/mgb/infosessions/index.php
2012-05-24 - Lecture/Seminar - An Evening with Daniel Boyarin
An Evening with Daniel Boyarin
Join acclaimed author and rabbinic scholar Daniel Boyarin for readings and reflections from his newest work:
The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ
Daniel Boyarin is Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture at the University of California, Berkeley.
His books include
A Radical Jew, Border Lines, and
Socrates and the Fat Rabbis.
A brilliant new work that will break open some of our culture’s most cherished assumptions~ Amazon
Location:Church of St. John the Divine - 1611 Quadra St., Victoria -
Times:19:30 - 21:00
Pricing:
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by:
University of Victoria Centre for Studies in Religion and Society and the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia
URL:http://www.csrs.uvic.ca
2012-05-24 - Lecture/Seminar - Ecological Governance Abroad and at Home: Water Management Lessons from Semi-Arid Brazil to Canada's "Wet" Coast
Dr. Nathalie Gravel is a geographer and a professor at Université Laval in Québec City. She will be presenting on her water governance research in the Brazilian Northeast. In this semi-arid region, civil society and levels of government have been working together to improve water management strategies to counter water shortages, including rainwater harvesting and efforts to reduce water demand. Nathalie will explore the paths being taken by rural communities to move toward environmental governance and ecological citizenship in this region.
Kevin Reilly is the Demand Management Coordinator for B.C.’s Capital Regional District. Bringing his local perspective, Kevin will open with a discussion regarding the Sooke Reservoir, a protected watershed that is the region’s primary water supply. He will speak about the water conservation and efficiency programs in place in and around Victoria, and how these relate to priority management issues across Canada, including water pricing, universal metering, and measurement.
SPACE IS LIMITED. RSVP to Laura Brandes at communications@polisproject.org.
Location:SEDGEWICK BUILDING - TBD
Times:13:40 - 15:40
Pricing: Free.
URL:http://poliswaterproject.org/story/455
2012-05-29 - Lecture/Seminar - Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on Our Water Future
Across the country, Canadians are passionate about the protection of water and willing to engage with challenging issues that have the potential to impact water quality and quantity. Although each province and territory faces a unique set of water-related concerns, there are overarching themes that cut across borders.
Drawing on the new report "Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on Our Water Future," the guest speakers will offer a perspective on current and emerging water challenges and priorities across Canada, and illustrate the interrelatedness of many water issues common to all Canadians. They will explore the Northwest Territories’ groundbreaking new water stewardship strategy as a model for water policy reform in the rest of Canada, and discuss the emerging need for a new national vision for understanding the value of water in this country.
This webinar will complement the launch of "Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on Our Water Future," published by the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria and the Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT) at Simon Fraser University.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Jesse Baltutis
Water Policy & Governance Research Assistant, POLIS Water Sustainability Project
Co-Author of "Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on Our Water Future"
Bob Sandford
Chair, Canadian Partnership Initiative of the UN Water for Life Decade
Co-Author of "Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on Our Water Future"
**SPACE IS LIMITED**
To register email Laura Brandes at communications@polisproject.org
Location:Online Webinar -
Times:09:00 - 10:30
Pricing: Free
URL:http://poliswaterproject.org/story/456
2012-05-30 - Lecture/Seminar - Cycling Safey Skills Workshop
Location:DAVID STRONG BUILDING - C108
Times:12:00 - 13:00
Pricing:Free
URL:
2012-06-03 - Lecture/Seminar - Iceland's Road to Recovery
Egill Helgason
Egill Helgason is one of Iceland's best known TV personalities. Egil is the presenter of two TV shows, "Silfur Egils", which is a very influential political talk show, and "Kiljan", which is a weekly show on books and literature. Egil Helgason is also a popular blogger and political analyst who has been interviewed and quoted in media around the world.
Iceland has been praised in foreign media for its quick recovery after the economic collapse of 2008. Perceptions are different, foreign media and economists like Paul Krugman look to Iceland as an example. However, in Iceland the current government is very unpopular and trust in politics is at an all time low. At the same time culture seems to flourish in Iceland.
Location: CLEARIHUE BUILDING- A311
Times:14:00 - 16:00
Pricing: Free and open to the public
URL:http://www.ablogabouticeland.com/reykjavik-thingholtin-egill-helgason/
2012-06-08 - Lecture/Seminar - "Mechanisms of synaptic dysfunction in Huntington disease"
Dr. Lynn Raymond is a Professor in the UBC Department of Psychiatry and Brain Research Centre, and an Associate member of the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology.
The Raymond lab is interested in molecular mechanisms underlyng synaptic dysfunction and selective neuronal vulnerability in neurodegenerative disease, the focus is on the role of altered
NMDA-type glutamate receptor signaling in striatal and cortical neurons, especially in mouse models of Huntington disease.
Location: MEDICAL SCIENCES BUILDING- 160
Times:12:00 - 13:00
Pricing:
URL:http://www.neuroscience.ubc.ca/raymond.htm
2012-06-22 - Lecture/Seminar - Regulation of NMDA receptors by prion proteins: implications for neurodegeneration and pain
Dr. Gerald Zamponi from the University of Calgary will be speaking as part of the DMS Seminar Series on June 22, 2012.
Dr. Zamponi's lab studies various aspects of neuronal voltage-dependent calcium channels using a combination of electrophysiological (patch clamp), molecular biological (site-directed mutagenesis, chimeras, cloning of novel calcium channel genes, transfection of channels into cell lines and neurons) techniques, protein biochemistry and imaging on live cells to address his research objectives.
Location: MEDICAL SCIENCES BUILDING- 160
Times:12:00 - 13:00
Pricing:
URL:http://www.ucalgary.ca/pp/faculty/primary-members/gerald-w-zamponi
