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THE WEAPONIZATION OF CULTURE

Ali Velshi examined the phenomenon and

spread of culture wars, and culture’s role in

both curbing and spreading populist ideals.

Andrew Feinstein

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

THE SHADOW WORLD OF THE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE

Feinstein drew back the curtain on the shadow

world of the global trade in weapons — its

systemic corruption, highly technical nature,

and the pervasive secrecy in which deals

are conducted.

To mark the 150th anniversary of Canadian

confederation, we published Reflections of Canada:

Illuminating Our Opportunities and Challenges at

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and thought leaders to offer commentary on

what Canada is and what it must become.

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Wall Scholar Research Award

Fostering sustained and transformational

intellectual engagement among UBC

researchers and visiting scholars

The Wall Scholar Research Award provides the opportunity for outstanding full-time UBC

faculty members to engage in intellectual risk-taking and high-impact, innovative research,

while immersed in an interdisciplinary environment with UBC colleagues and international

visiting scholars. The award is expected to have a significant and long-term impact on the

scholarship of leading UBC faculty members across disciplines and rank.

We selected ten UBC Wall Scholars for the 2017-2018 academic year:

David LubansPriority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia

UBC HOSTS

KINESIOLOGY

ORTHOPAEDICS AND FAMILY PRACTICE

Tsung-Yi HoComputer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan

UBC HOSTS

COMPUTER SCIENCE

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Ann JonesJournalism, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States

UBC HOSTS

POLITICAL SCIENCE

JOURNALISM

Somdatta SinhaTheoretical Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education Research (IISER), Mohali, India

UBC HOSTS

MATHEMATICS

SCHOOL OF POPULATION & PUBLIC HEALTH

Kylie ThomasInstitute for Reconciliation and Social Justice, University of the Free State, Cape Town, South Africa

UBC HOSTS

ENGLISH

GEOGRAPHY

International Visiting Research Scholars

In partnership with UBC faculties, departments, and research centres, this award

brings some of the world’s best scholars to the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced

Studies for an extended stay. Awardees are exceptional scholars who have

achieved the highest levels of distinction in their fields, and have demonstrated

their commitment to working across disciplinary boundaries.

2017-2018 International Visiting Research Scholars:

Subhrendu PattanayakEnvironmental and Energy Policy, Duke University, Durham, United States

UBC HOSTS

FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS

Carmel MevorachCognitive Neurology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

UBC HOSTS

PHYSICAL THERAPY

PETER A. ALLARD SCHOOL OF LAW

Mary GalvinDevelopment Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

UBC HOSTS

INSTITUTE OF RESOURCES

ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

INSTITUTE FOR GENDER, RACE, SEXUALITY

AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

GEOGRAPHY

Josh EagleEnvironmental Law, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States

UBC HOSTS

INSTITUTE FOR THE OCEANS AND FISHERIES

PETER A. ALLARD SCHOOL OF LAW

Fostering global interdisciplinary academic

exchange and catalyzing new research directions

Michael Brauer, ProfessorSCHOOL OF POPULATION & PUBLIC HEALTH

William Cheung, Associate ProfessorINSTITUTE FOR THE OCEANS AND FISHERIES

Kalina Christoff, ProfessorPSYCHOLOGY

Xiaonan Lu, Associate ProfessorFOOD SCIENCE

Heather McKay, ProfessorORTHOPAEDICS AND FAMILY PRACTICE

Walter Mérida, ProfessorMECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Sebastian Prange, Assistant ProfessorHISTORY

Sara Shneiderman, Associate ProfessorANTHROPOLOGY

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY GLOBAL AFFAIRS/

INSTITUTE OF ASIAN RESEARCH

Lynn Stothers, ProfessorUROLOGIC SCIENCES

ICORD

Shannon Walsh, Assistant ProfessorTHEATRE AND FILM

“ T H E P E T E R WA L L I N S T I T U T E A L LOW S

U S TO E N G AG E , C H A L L E N G E , E X E R C I S E ,

A N D S T R E TC H T H E WAY W E T H I N K , A N D

AC T UA L LY F I N D N E W CO N N EC T I O N S A N D

S O LV E P R O B L E M S A LO N G T H E WAY.”

HEATHER MCKAY

2017 WALL SCHOLAR

H E AT H E R M C K AY

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International Research Roundtables

Catalysing collaborative research between

scholars from UBC, Canada and around

the world

International Research Roundtables provide scholars, community leaders,

artists, policy makers and others the opportunity to explore a theme, create

the foundation for innovative research, prompt important advances in science

and society, and have a significant impact on the discovery of solutions to

important problems.

2017-2018 International Research Roundtables:

After the Ink is Dry: Strategies and Best Practices

to Support Durable Implementation of Complex

Multi-Party Agreements

HOSTS

PETER A. ALLARD SCHOOL OF LAW, UBC

Smiling to Their Faces: Race, Emotional

Labour and the University

HOSTS

CLASSICAL, NEAR EASTERN AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES, UBC

INSTITUTE FOR GENDER, RACE, SEXUALITY AND

SOCIAL JUSTICE, UBC

From Villain to Virtuoso: The Role of Spontaneous

Thought in Science and Society

HOSTS

PSYCHOLOGY, UBC

Do Rainbows Come in Green? Urban Forests

and Multicultural Citizenship

HOSTS

FORESTRY, UBC

Curating Critical Pedagogies

HOSTS

ART HISTORY, VISUAL ART & THEORY, UBC

MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY, UBC

Promise and Peril: Conservation Finance Models for

Biodiversity Conservation, Well-Being and Sustainability

HOSTS

FORESTRY, UBC

PETER A. ALLARD SCHOOL OF LAW, UBC

NATURAL RESOURCES, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

SC JOHNSON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Evaluating the Impact of Alternative Income

Assistance Timing on Drug-Related Harm

Lindsey RichardsonSOCIOLOGY, UBC

Partner organization: PHS Community Services Society, Vancouver, Canada

Turning Points: An Empowerment Connection Project

for Indigenous People with Alcohol Dependence

Peter KleinJOURNALISM, UBC

Partner organization: A New Day Men’s Healing Program; Tree of Peace Friendship Centre, Yellowknife, Canada

What’s Up? Fostering Communication Skills for

Children with Autism Using a Virtual Reality Game

Tal JarusOCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, UBC

Partner organization: Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada

Memory and Civic Responsibility During and

After Mass Violence

Erin BainesLIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES, UBC

Partner organization: REDRESS, UK and Women’s Advocacy Network, Uganda

Honey Bees as Bioindicators of

Environmental Pollution

Dominique WeisEARTH, OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, UBC

PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR ISOTOPIC AND GEOCHEMICAL

RESEARCH (PCIGR), UBC

Partner organization: Hives for Humanity, Vancouver, Canada

Wall Solutions Initiative

Harnessing high-level research to find creative solutions

to our most pressing and complicated problems

The Wall Solutions Initiative provides opportunities for UBC researchers,

community organizations and partners to work collaboratively towards solutions.

Some examples of issues being addressed include: impacts of climate change,

wildfires, sanitation in refugee camps, health care delivery, and challenges in

indigenous communities.

Active Wall Solutions Projects: Developing a Portable Dynamic Vision

Test for the Aging Population

Miriam SperingOPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCES, UBC

Partner organization: Vision Rehabilitation Program, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada

Our Future Community: Engaging Youth on Climate

Solutions with a Place-Based Video Game

Stephen SheppardFOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, UBC

Partner organization: Energy and Sustainability, Vancouver School Board, Vancouver, Canada

Wildfire 2017: Community-Based Solutions

to a Wicked Problem

Lori DanielsFOREST AND CONSERVATION SCIENCES, UBC

Shannon HagermanFOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, UBC

Partner organizations: Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM), First Nations Emergency Service Society and BC Community Forest Association, British Columbia, Canada

Water to Bricks: Harnessing Fungal Metabolism

for Sustainable Biosolids Architecture

Steven HallamMICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, UBC

Joseph DahmenARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, UBC

Partner organizations: Campus and Community Planning, UBC and Metro Vancouver Utilities Residuals Management, Vancouver, Canada

Exhumations and Reburial in Colombia: Strengthening

Forensic Practices Through Knowledge Transfer

Pilar Riaño-AlcaláSOCIAL WORK, UBC

SOCIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE, UBC

Partner organization: Committee for the Rights of Victims of Bojayá, Colombia

“ T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L R E S E A R C H

R O U N DTA B L E P R O G R A M H A S P L AY E D A N

I M P O R TA N T R O L E A S A N I N CU B ATO R A N D

C ATA LYS T TO B R I N G N E W VO I C E S A N D

P E R S P EC T I V E S TO T H E CO N S E RVAT I O N

F I N A N C E D I A LO G U E .”

AMANDA D. RODEWALD

DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION SCIENCE

AT THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY

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I N T E R N AT I O N A L V I S I T I N G R E S E A R C H S C H O L A R S

I N T E R N AT I O N A L R E S E A R C H R O U N DTA B L E PA R T I C I PA N T S

WA L L S O L U T I O N S I N I T I AT I V E PA R T N E R I N S T I T U T I O N S

Countries of Origin

F R E N C H S C H O L A R L E C T U R E S E R I E S

In partnership with the Consulate

General of France in Vancouver, this

program brings French scholars with

a proven track record of academic

excellence and innovative research to

UBC. French scholars invited to lecture

at UBC during the 2017-2018 academic

year came from the following disciplines:

philosophy, neuroscience, taxonomy,

literature, and geochemistry.

WA L L C O L L O Q U I U M A B R O A D

This program provides scholars from a

range of disciplines, and from around the

world, the opportunity to come together

for a few days to develop and further

research agendas on cutting edge topics.

Wall Colloquia Abroad are held at one of

our partner institutions.

Partner InstitutionsC O L L È G E D E F R A N C E I N PA R I S , F R A N C E

S T E L L E N B O S C H I N S T I T U T E F O R

A D VA N C E D S T U DY I N S T E L L E N B O S C H ,

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The Wall Scholar Research Award fosters an

environment that encourages collaboration across

disciplines. As a result, many former Wall Scholars,

as well as Wall Associates and international visitors,

have come together to work on interdisciplinary

research projects that have led to surprising,

unexpected, and useful results.

Some examples of interdisciplinary research projects

that have resulted from this program:

Hallie MarshallTHEATRE AND FILM, UBC

Anne MurphyASIAN STUDIES, UBC

2016 Wall Scholars Hallie Marshall and Anne

Murphy co-organized a seminar series that

used theatre and film to build connections

between departments, provide cross-

cultural opportunities for students, and

enhance cultural diversity at UBC.

Shannon WalshTHEATER AND FILM, UBC

Mary BerbeeBOTANY, UBC

Steven HallamMICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, UBC

Suzanne SimardFORESTRY, UBC

As a 2017 Wall Scholar, Shannon Walsh was

working on a feature length documentary,

Illusions of Control, which explored the

mushroom harvesting industry in degraded

secondary forests in the B.C. interior. During

this time, she was introduced to Mary Berbee,

Steven Hallam, and Suzanne Simard, which

led to the submission of a proposal to create a

short virtual reality piece examining the forest

floor ecosystem. This project will provide a

radical new way to visualize the interconnecting

web of chemical, physical, and biological

processes that tie together one of the

largest carbon reservoirs on Earth.

Kalina ChristoffPSYCHOLOGY, UBC

Walter MéridaMECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UBC

Ben ShneidermanCOMPUTER SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Somdatta SinhaBIOLOGY & MATHEMATICS, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF

SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH MOHALI

2017 Scholars Kalina Christoff and Walter

Mérida, and international visitors Ben

Schneiderman and Somdatta Sinha,

developed a project that will enable a deeper

understanding of the brain network dynamics

underlying cognition, with strong potential

for direct clinical relevance. This project will

facilitate a deeper dialogue between network

neuroscience and complex systems research

to understand brain function.

194E X T E R N A L G R A N T S T O TA L L I N G

H AV E B E E N AWA R D E D S I N C E 2 0 1 5

to Wall Scholars for projects that

emerged during their residency

“Down from me, Walter Mérida is looking at

autonomous vehicles and alternative energy.

We started the conversation talking with an

individual who happened to be a guest for

lunch. I didn’t know that I would be talking with

Walter about how autonomous vehicles might

be adapted to meet the transportation needs of

older people but we did have that conversation

on a walk, and since then we have applied for

and received a grant to study that.”

HEATHER MCKAY

2017 WALL SCHOLAR

“So much of [the Wall Scholar program] is

about breaking outside of our disciplinary

boundaries and finding the edge, what makes us

uncomfortable about what we know, and where

the limits are. Often these interactions between

us can lead to really fruitful areas of research.”

SHANNON WALSH

2017 WALL SCHOLAR

Wall Scholar Research Award

International Visiting Research Scholars

Wall Solutions Initiative

Arts-Based Initiatives$30,982,776

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Hallie MarshallTHEATRE AND FILM, UBC

Janis SarraPETER A. ALLARD SCHOOL OF LAW, UBC

Helen EastmanGREEK AND ROMAN DRAMA, OXFORD

The Peter Wall Institute first supported Hallie

Marshall’s research through an Arts-Based

Initiative award in 2015 which allowed her to

bring UK-based scholar and theatre practitioner

Helen Eastman to UBC to explore ideas about

the ancient Greek chorus in the modern world.

As a 2016 Wall Scholar, Marshall organized a

workshop that led to a partnership with UBC

Law Professor Janis Sarra and Eastman to

create a performance piece which used a Greek

chorus to explain complex ideas about modern

financial markets and their regulation. Intended

originally for performance at a conference in

Montreal, their show The Foreclosure Follies has

toured five cities in four countries (Vancouver,

New York, London, Oxford, and Athens).

“There is a collective spirit at the Institute

where everyone is here to learn from each other.

It provides a non-threatening environment to

test ideas, which you can’t necessarily do in

the structured format of a discipline-specific

domain. To have informal discussions that

are serious but not constrained — those are

unfortunately rare to have at universities.”

MICHAEL BRAUER

2017 WALL SCHOLAR

“The value of the Peter Wall Institute is not in

increasing the number of research outputs, but

in fostering and supporting research activities

which fall outside the parameters of other

research support programs at UBC.”

HALLIE MARSHALL

2016 WALL SCHOLAR

“The Institute is like a Venn diagram where

rather than two disciplines side by side,

there is a middle space where scholars have

the opportunity to weave our expertise and

influence one another’s work. The Institute’s

director, Philippe Tortell, and the Distinguished

Professors, nudged our cohort to expand our

expertise and discover something together.”

GEORGE BELLIVEAU

2016 WALL SCHOLAR

“The Peter Wall Institute has played a central

role in making UBC a home for me, intellectually

and institutionally, and has enabled me to feel a

sense of investment and (quite simply) hope in

the institution and what it can be. Through it,

I came into contact with diverse colleagues in

a wide range of disciplines, and the connections

I have made have contributed to the

development of my research and have

inspired my service to the University.”

ANNE MURPHY

2016 WALL SCHOLAR

Madjid MohseniCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, UBC

George BelliveauLANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION, UBC

Madjid Mohseni’s time as a Wall Scholar

enabled him to develop an interdisciplinary

lens through which to examine drinking water

issues in Indigenous communities through the

Res’eau WaterNet program. He worked with

fellow 2016 Wall Scholar George Belliveau to

employ theatre techniques to engage health

professionals with water engineers, science

policy experts, industry partners and end-user

communities, seeking innovative solutions for

Aboriginal drinking water systems.

This collaboration led to a successful NCE-KM

grant application of $1.6M plus additional

matching funds from industry and government

agencies, as well as a successful UBC Research

Cluster grant of $100,000.

This isn’t the only project that incorporates

research-based theatre as a methodology.

Since his time at the Institute, Belliveau has

been able to test this new methodology in five

collaborative projects where connections were

forged through the Peter Wall Institute.Steven HallamMICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, UBC

Joseph DahmenSCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, UBC

2016 Wall Scholars Steven Hallam and

Joseph Dahmen initiated a collaboration to

explore new approaches to the design of

environmentally sustainable building materials.

They led a group of students who designed a

composting toilet for refugee camps made of

biodegradable biocomposite mycelium. The

project won the top prize out of 500 entries

from around the world at the 2018 Biodesign

Challenge at the Museum of Modern Art

in New York.

Dettah Ice Road by Gary Clennan

Catching A Raindrop by Tina-Louise Harris

Heather McKayORTHOPAEDICS AND FAMILY PRACTICE, UBC

Walter MéridaMECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UBC

2017 Wall Scholars Heather McKay and Walter

Mérida received a 2018-2019 CIHR Grant for

a project titled Creating Connections: Innovative

Transportation Solution for Older Adults.

The work merges their expertise in clean

energy and healthy aging. They will be hosting

a workshop at UBC to develop a broader

proposal that will be presented to CIHR in

Ottawa. After discussions with his Wall Scholar

cohort, Mérida has incorporated experiential

and architectural components into a project

that was originally envisioned as an engineering

research platform only.

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The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of

British Columbia provides opportunities for world-class scholars

to explore innovative research questions in a vibrant, collegial

community spanning all disciplines. Our programs draw together

scholars from UBC and around the world to engage in deep and

unconstrained research into some of the most profound

questions and challenges facing humanity.

DIRECTOR

Philippe Tortell

PETER WALL DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS

Brett Finlay

Derek Gregory

STAFF

PROGRAM MANAGERS

Emma MacEntee

Bernadette Mah

COMMUNICATIONS

Geoff Gilliard (to April 2018)

Aurora Tejeida (August 2018 -

present)

FINANCE AND FACILITIES CLERK

Mel Ingram

PROGRAM ASSISTANT

Galen Richardson

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

The Institute is fully

endowment-funded. The Peter

Wall Endowment comprises Peter

Wall’s original gift of 6.5 million

Wall Financial Corporation shares

made on April 12, 1991. Peter

Wall is a visionary Vancouver

property developer responsible

for the iconic Wall Centre in

the downtown area. Dividends

from the shares support

programs, lease of space, and a

major portion of the Institute’s

administration costs. Interest

from the Hampton Endowment,

a UBC fund dedicated to the

Institute in 1994, also supports

the programs.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Santa Ono, President, UBC

Sonya Wall, Donor Family

Judy Illes, Canada Research Chair

in Neuroethics, Professor of

Neurology, and Director, National

Core for Neuroethics

Bruno Wall, Wall Financial

Corporation

Peter Dauvergne, Political Science

OFFICIAL OBSERVERS

Philippe Tortell, Director, Peter

Wall Institute

Gail Murphy, Vice-President

Research & Innovation, UBC

Andrew Szeri, Provost and

Vice-President Academic, UBC

Brett Finlay, Peter Wall

Distinguished Professor

Derek Gregory, Peter Wall

Distinguished Professor

March 20, 2018 Modelling

Infectious Diseases: From Genomes

to Populations

Somdatta Sinha, Theoretical

Biology, Indian Institute of

Science Education Research

(IISER), Mohali, India

May 15, 2018 Remember

Marikana: Violence and Visual

Activism in Post-Apartheid

South Africa

Kylie Thomas, Institute for

Reconciliation and Social Justice,

University of the Free State,

Cape Town, South Africa

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ROUNDTABLES

October 2 – October 6, 2017

Implementing Collaboration: What

Happens After the

Ink Is Dry

Michelle LeBaron, Peter A. Allard

School of Law, UBC, Vancouver,

Canada

October 23 – October 25, 2017

Do Rainbows Come in Green?

Urban Forests and Multicultural

Citizenship

Cecil Konijnendijk, Forestry, UBC,

Vancouver, Canada

March 22-March 25, 2018

Promise and Peril: Conservation

Finance Models for Biodiversity

Conservation, Well-Being and

Sustainability

Peter Arcese, Forestry, UBC;

Janis Sarra, Peter A. Allard

School of Law, UBC; Amanda

Rodewald, Natural Resources,

Cornell University; John Tobin-de

la Puente, SC Johnson College of

Business, Cornell University

April 29-May 2, 2018 Smiling to

Their Faces: Race, Emotional Labour

and the University

Ayesha Chaudhry, Classical, Near

Eastern, and Religious Studies,

UBC, Vancouver, Canada

May 7-May 11, 2018 Curating

Critical Pedagogies

Scott Watson, Art History, Visual

Art and Theory, UBC; Shelly

Rosenblum, Curator of Academic

Programs at the UBC Morris and

Helen Belkin Art Gallery

June 22-June 24 , 2018 From

Villain to Virtuoso: The Role of

Spontaneous Thought in Science

and Society

Kalina Christoff, Psychology,

UBC, Vancouver, Canada

FRENCH SCHOLAR LECTURE SERIES

September 28, 2017 The Sacred

Disease: Epileptic Seizures

Christophe Bernard, Director

of Research at the Institut de

Neuroscience des Systèmes,

Aix-Marseille Université,

Marseille, France

November 23, 2017 Empty Square

v. Evolutionary Memory: The New

Adventures of Signs

Catherine Malabou, Philosophy,

Centre for Research in Modern

European Philosophy, Kingston

University, London, United

Kingdom

May 10, 2018 The Neuroglial

Partnership: An Alternative

Therapeutic Strategy to Target

Alzheimer’s Disease

Christian Giaume, Neuroscience,

Institute of Biology, Collège de

France, Paris, France

June 12, 2018 French Polynesia:

From Island Formation to Native

Population Exchanges

Catherine Chauvel, Geochemistry

and Geology, Institut de Physique

du Globe de Paris, Paris, France

June 29, 2018 10,000 Years After

Neolithisation, The Shift from

Fisheries to Aquaculture on a Global

Scale: Consequences, and Possible

Solutions

Fabrice Teletchea, Aquaculture &

Fisheries, University of Lorraine,

Lorraine, France

ARTS-BASED INITIATIVES

October 21-November 5, 2017

The Past Sealed Away

Deborah Carruthers (Canadian

Multidisciplinary Artist) is the

inaugural Banff Centre for Arts

and Creativity artist in residence.

October 26, 2017 Integrating

Artistic Practice with Research

Across the University

Arts-based workshop with

performance of SLIME by The

Only Animal Theatre Company,

with special guest Janice Price,

President and CEO of the Banff

Centre for Arts and Creativity.

October 29, 2017 The Foreclosure

Follies

Helen Eastman, London

Academy of Music and Dramatic

Arts; Janis Sarra, Peter A.

Allard School of Law, UBC;

Alex Silverman, Composer. A

Brecht-style cabaret about how

we regulate the financial sector

held at UBC’s Chan Centre for the

Performing Arts.

November 9, 2017 Constitutional

Assembly Workshop

George Elliott Clarke, Poet

Laureate, Margot Young, Peter

A. Allard School of Law, UBC;

David Boyd, Institute for

Resources, Environment and

Sustainability, UBC.

November 22, 2017 Leanne

Betasamosake Simpson at

Insurgence / Resurgence

Event hosted by the Peter Wall

Institute for Advanced Studies

and the Royal Society of Canada

at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

January 19, 2018 The Singer

Behind the Song

Performance and discussion with

Russell Braun, Baritone.

March 29, 2018 The Singer Behind

the Song

Performance and discussion with

Sondra Radvanovsky, Soprano.

E V E N T S

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP EVENTS

September 12, 2017

Geology Meets Archaeology

Along the BC Coast

Workshop Distinguished Visiting

Professor Edouard Bard, Climate

and Ocean Evolution, Collège de

France, Paris, France

Location Peter Wall Institute

for Advanced Studies, UBC,

Vancouver, Canada

April 5-7, 2018 Exploring Memory

Symposium Alain Prochiantz,

Director of the Collège de France;

Philippe Tortell, Director of the

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced

Studies, UBC, Vancouver,

Canada; Lara O’Donnell, Senior

Director of Research at CIFAR,

Toronto, Canada; Denis Therien,

VP-Research Partnerships,

Element AI, Montreal, Canada

Location Collège de France,

Paris, France

April 29-May 3, 2018 Being

Human Today: The Theory and

Practice of Social Transformation

Through the Arts

Wall Colloquium Abroad

Michelle LeBaron, Peter A. Allard

School of Law, UBC, Vancouver,

Canada

Location Stellenbosch Institute

for Advanced Studies (STIAS),

Stellenbosch, South Africa

June 28 - 29, 2018 The

Microbiome and Human Evolution

Wall Colloquium Abroad Brett

Finlay, Peter Wall Distinguished

Professor, Immunology and

Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology, UBC, Vancouver, Canada;

Philippe Sansonetti, Distinguished

Visiting Professor, Microbiology

and Infectious Diseases, College

de France, Paris, France

Location Collège de France,

Paris, France

INTERNATIONAL VISITING RESEARCH SCHOLARS PUBLIC TALKS

September 11, 2017 Economics

of Household Energy Transitions:

Evidence from the Indian Himalayas

Subhrendu Pattanayak,

Environmental and Energy Policy,

Duke University, Durham,

United States

September 18, 2017 A Question

of Control

Carmel Mevorach, Cognitive

Neurology, University of

Birmingham, Birmingham,

United Kingdom

September 20, 2017 How to

Quench South Africans’ Thirst

Mary Galvin, Development

Studies, University of

Johannesburg, Johannesburg,

South Africa

September 21, 2017 The Beach:

Property Without Bounds

Josh Eagle, Environmental Law,

University of South Carolina,

Columbia, United States

November 16, 2017 Sitting Less,

HIITing More and Everything

in Between

David Lubans, Priority Research

Centre for Physical Activity and

Nutrition, School of Education,

University of Newcastle,

Callaghan, Australia

February 26, 2018 The Coming

of Age of Microfluidics: Enabling

Biochemistry on a Chip

Tsung-Yi Ho, Computer Science,

National Tsing Hua University,

Hsinchu City, Taiwan

March 12, 2018 Democracy

Undone: Who Owns the USA?

Ann Jones, Journalism, Harvard

University, Cambridge,

United States

April 22, 2018 Earth Day Ice

Core Walk

A virtual audio tour down the

length of an Antarctic ice core

developed by scientists and

artists from the University of

British Columbia, Stanford

University, and University of

California, Berkeley.

May 8, 2018 M.C. Escher and

the Droste Effect

A public talk held at the Banff

Centre for Arts and Creativity by

Hendrik Lenstra, Mathematician

and Cryptographer. Co-sponsored

by the Banff International

Research Station (BIRS) and

the Banff Centre for Arts and

Creativity.

CANADA 150

June 3, 2017 Reflections of

Canada Book Launch

To mark the 150th anniversary

of Canadian Confederation, the

Peter Wall Institute published

Reflections of Canada: Illuminating

Our Opportunities and Challenges

at 150+ Years.

October 28, 2017 WAVE 150:

Re-imagining the Constitution

The Peter Wall Institute for

Advanced Studies partnered with

the Royal Society of Canada to

hold a public discussion about

Canada’s constitution and its

relevance to the key issues of

our country in 2017.

November 29, 2017 Building a

Better Canada

A celebration of the 50th

anniversary of the Order of

Canada featuring: David Suzuki,

Shelagh Rogers, Sophie Pierre,

Trevor Linden, Wade Davis, and

Robert Silverman.

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