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Recordings of 2015 McLean Lectures Available
“Moved by the State: Forced Relocation and a ‘Good Life’ in Postwar Canada” By Tina Loo 2015 McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies, University of British Columbia
Margery Fee announced as McLean chair, 2015-2017
New McLean Chair Appointment English Professor and editor of Canadian Literature, Margery Fee is the new 2015-2017 Brenda and David McLean Chair In Canadian Studies. Professor Fee has been a valued UBC faculty member for the past 22 years, having served as Director of the Arts One Program (2005-08), Director of the Canadian Studies […]
2015 McLean lectures
“Moved by the State: Forced Relocation and a ‘Good Life’ in Postwar Canada” By Tina Loo 2015 McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies, University of British Columbia Lecture 1: Hell and Hope in the Barrenlands (28 January, 2015) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRAxGA1lAKA Podcast: http://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/~petersen/media/mclean01.mp3 Lecture 2: Developing a ‘Good Life’ in Newfoundland and Eastern Quebec (4 February, […]
McLean Lectures 2013
Graeme Wynn, the McLean Chair in Canadian Studies, will be presenting the McLean lectures this March 7, 14 and 21 @ 7:00 pm under the banner, NAVIGATING “A WASTING WORLD”: PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENTALISM AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CANADA. The lectures will be held in the main lecture hall, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory, located at 2202 Main […]
Recordings of 2015 McLean Lectures Available
“Moved by the State: Forced Relocation and a ‘Good Life’ in Postwar Canada” By Tina Loo 2015 McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies, University of British Columbia Lecture 1: Hell and Hope in the Barrenlands (28 January, 2015) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRAxGA1lAKA Podcast: http://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/~petersen/media/mclean01.mp3 Lecture 2: Developing a ‘Good Life’ in Newfoundland and Eastern Quebec (4 […]
Beyond the Culture of Nature
(Le texte français suit) Call for Papers: Beyond the Culture of Nature: Rethinking Canadian and Environmental Studies Location: The University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus Date: 29-30 September, 2012 Canadian and Environmental Studies are two fields in transformation. Initiated in part as emancipatory projects in the 1970s, seeking to define subjects and articulate their meanings, […]
Transforming Canada lecture
Disease and the Nature of Canada, Paul Hackett, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan Coach House, Green College, UBC October 17 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Robson reading series presents Michal V. Smith
This event will take place on November 10th, 2011 from 2-3pm at the Lillooet Room (Rm 301) in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Michael V. Smith is an assistant professor at UBC, where he teaches creative writing. His first novel, Cumberland, was shortlisted for the Amazon.com/Books in Canada First novel Award. His short fiction […]
