Fri, March 2, 2012 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM See description. Free. This year's Wyman Lecture is presented by Dr. Robert G. Evans, O.C., Professor Emeritus, Economics and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, UBC: The conviction that innovation will make the world a better place seems at present virtually universal. Research is then celebrated as the key to more rapid innovation, although the connection is not as direct as we researchers would like to think. But the recent success of Dutch researchers in genetically modifying the highly lethal H5N1 (bird flu) virus to make it more readily transmissible among humans, might at least give us pause. More generally, the inevitability of both unintended consequences, and of intended but malign consequences, implies that the uncritical celebration and promotion of innovation must rest on an underlying presumption either that innovations are universally, on balance, benign, or that our societies embody processes to screen out or suppress any adverse effects. Good luck with that. The Killam Conversation is generated between Dr. Evans and a panel of UBC-based scholars: Dr. Gillian Hanley, Ms. Lindsay Hedden, Dr. Barbara Mintzes, Dr. Craig Mitton, and Dr. Michael Law as the moderator. The event demonstrates the tremendous contributions of the Killam Trusts to advance research at UBC, supporting faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. The Wyman Lecture is in honour of the late Robert Wyman, Killam Trustee (1987-2007) and Chancellor Emeritus of UBC. Mr. John Montalbano, a Killam Trustee, will introduce the event. Graduate students, and members of faculty, staff and the public are welcome. Location: Dodson Room #302 Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall V6T 1Z1 Contact: Faculty of Graduate Studies For more information please visit: www.grad.ubc.ca

Fri, March 2, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free. Lunchtime Lecture Series featuring 2011 Killam Faculty Research Prize Recipient, Mark MacLachlan. Dr. Mark MacLachlan (Chemistry) describes his recent research in developing new materials. While working to create new sponges for containing hydrogen inside automobiles, he discovered a completely new class of materials with unusual optical properties. Dr. Michael Fryzuk, Head, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, will introduce this lecture. Location: Victoria Theatre, Room #182, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Contact: brenda.carrier@ubc.ca

Fri, March 2, 2012 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES. Free. A Fireside Chat with Professor Brett Finlay, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Microbiology & Immunology,and the Michael Smith Laboratories, and Wall Distinguished Professor. The number of microbes in and on us outnumber our human cells by a factor of 10, and one gram of feces contains more bacteria than all humans in the world. Despite this, we have only recently begun to explore the human microbiome and its effects on us. There is strong preliminary evidence that the normal flora impacts on obesity, metabolism, inflammatory bowel diseases, asthma, immune development, brain development, diabetes, infectious diseases, and many more aspects of human health and disease. Dr. Finlay's research has focused on the role of the microbiota in infectious diseases, and more recently asthma, with many surprising results. Many consider this area one of the fastest moving areas in biology, with profound implications in both human health and disease. Brought to you by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Attendance at these talks is free, but you must register in advance at initiatives@pwias.ubc.ca.

Sat, March 3, 2012 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM See description. Free. Features presentations of original papers on skin cancer, hair, immunology, photobiology, genomics, wound healing and educational research. Participation encouraged by medical students, graduate students, residents, fellows, nurses, scientists, clinical investigators, clinical research assistants, dermatologists and faculty. Open to members of the University by application only. Hosted by the UBC Department of Dermatology and Skin Science and the CIHR Skin Research Training Centre. Contact: karen.ng@ubc.ca. Location: Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre, VGH

Mon, March 5, 2012 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Free. The Peter Stratton Memorial Lecture in Animal Welfare is an annual event hosted by the UBC Animal Welfare Program and sponsored by the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada (AWFC). The 2012 Stratton Lecture is by Dr. H.R. (Becky) Whay, Senior Lecturer in Animal Welfare and Behaviour, Veterinary School, University of Bristol, UK. Dr Whay’s talk is titled "Improving the lives of working horses (and their owners) in the developing world". Dr Whay’s research focuses on methods of animal welfare assessment and improvement, and has included conducting welfare assessments of cattle, laying hens and pigs for the RSPCA and initiating projects such as a dairy cattle lameness initiative to provide targeted welfare improvement. Dr Whay has also been working in collaboration with the Brooke Hospital for Animals, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and Send a Cow on a number of projects aimed at facilitating welfare improvement among working equines and production animals in developing countries. The 2012 Stratton Memorial Lecture is Monday, March 5 at 5pm in Lecture Theatre 166, H.R.MacMillan Building, 2357 Main Mall,UBC, Vancouver. This is a free, public event. For more details e-mail animal.welfare@ubc.ca. The organizers are grateful to the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada for sponsoring the Stratton Lecture. Learn more about AWFC by visiting their web site http://www.awfc.ca/ . Location: H.R. Macmillan Building, Lecture Hall 160 Contact: chris.mcgill@ubc.ca

Mon, March 5, 2012 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. Free. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Week Seminar Program focuses on the complexity of applying genetic information to disease diagnosis and therapy. Featuring a panel of internationally distinguished speakers, Systems Health – Taking Personalized Medicine Beyond the Genome will address how Personalized Medicine is evolving into a holistic view of healthcare that encompasses a wide range of biological phenomena. Speakers Dr. Nessa Carey: The epigenetics revolution – why our genetic code is a script and not a blueprint Dr. Karen Nelson: Exploration and recent findings from the human microbiome Dr. Ben van Ommen: Phenotypic flexibility and systems health in practice: towards P4 medicine in type 2 diabetes RSVP by March 2, 2012, to Dr. Barb Conway at baconway@mail.ubc.ca Location: Telus Theatre, The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Rd

Tue, March 6, 2012 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. When musicians perform a string quartet, it may appear that they are reading a pre-set dialogue in the mysterious language of pitched sound. In fact, however, notation of Western classical music is consummately imprecise. Performance involves an intense negotiation through which conflictual beliefs somehow reconcile into beautiful co-created soundscapes. Thousands of collective decisions are achieved through democratic process and real-time non-verbal debate. How they accomplish the task may have ramifications across many fields of collaboration. Speakers: Prof. Rena Sharon, School of Music, 2011 Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence Prof. David Gillham, Violin and Chamber Music Prof. Maxwell Cameron, Political Science, Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions and Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence Prof. Michelle LeBaron, Law, Director of the Dispute Resolution Program and CRANE project Location: Vancouver School of Theology Chapel Brought to you by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Attendance is free, but you must register in advance at initiatives@pwias.ubc.ca.

Tue, March 6, 2012 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free. This session will provide participants with an overview of copyright and fair dealing; an understanding of use permissions for copyrighted materials and licensed material; and an understanding of author's scholarly rights and publisher agreements. Location: RM 256-Chilcotin Board Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Contact: joy.kirchner@ubc.ca

Wed, March 7, 2012 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Lunchtime Lecture Series featuring Associate Professor, Alfred Hermida, from UBC's School of Journalism. Prof. Hermida is the 2011 recipient of the President's Award for Public Education Through Media and is a regular commentator on Canadian and international news outlets on the future of journalism, the impact of social media and new forms of digital story-telling. This talk argues that social media marks a shift away from a 20th century convention when news became the exclusive domain of professional journalists. People have always shared news. Today, though, we are sharing more material from more sources with more people, more often and more quickly than ever before. What used to happen in private exchanges, invisible to most, is now public on social media, visible to all. Join us to find out how social media is rewriting the rules on who we get the news from and what kind of news we get. Victoria Theatre, Room #182, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre For more information, please contact: brenda.carrier@ubc.ca

Thu, March 8, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES. Free. Fireside Chat with Professor Emma Cunliffe, UBC Faculty of Law and 2010-2011 Wall Early Career Scholar Prof. Cunliffe's book, Murder, Medicine and Motherhood, provides a glimpse of the process by which criminal law works with other institutions to define and punish resistance to hegemonic social roles. In the past 20 years, more than a dozen mothers in England, Canada and Australia were wrongly convicted of murdering children. Dr. Cunliffe traces relationships between medical research, trial processes and media coverage of trials, identifying that these three institutions are mutually dependent and highly prone to stereotyped reasoning. Legal processes and media reporting systematically promoted experts who were controversial within their own field, ignoring exculpatory explanations while rendering contingent prosecution reasoning into incontestable common-sense by drawing on ideologies about good mothering. Brought to you by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Attendance at these talks is free, but you must register in advance at initiatives@pwias.ubc.ca.

Thu, March 8, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free. Does your research grant require you to provide open access to your papers and data? Do you want to make your conference or working papers, technical reports, student projects, webcasts or podcasts available to the world? Then learn about cIRcle (https://circle.ubc.ca), UBC’s digital repository that makes your research materials openly accessible. Format of event: • brief demo of the exciting range of content already available in cIRcle • brief comments from some key cIRcle partners • audience participation and feedback Light refreshments will be available. Location: Dodson Room, Irving K Barber Learning Centre Contact: hilde.colenbrander@ubc.ca

Thu, March 8, 2012 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM See description. Free. Celebrating the Research Commons: Evolving Spaces and Services for Graduate Students In collaboration with campus partners, the UBC Library was recently awarded a Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Grant to develop two new services as part of its emerging Research Commons, including: - an Interdisciplinary Research Exchange, designed to connect graduate students across campus and facilitate discussion of shared research interests. - a Thesis/Citation Formatting Support service, which will provide workshops and specialized assistance to graduate students as they work on their theses. Come to this session to hear more about these exciting new services, the new spaces being considered, and to contribute to our planning process. Location: Koerner Library Building - Event Facilities & Labs Room 216 A Pizza Lunch is included To Register: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3002 Contact: trish.rosseel@ubc.ca

Thu, March 8, 2012 7:30 AM - Fri, March 9, 2012, 4:00 PM See description. See Description and URL. Join us for a two-day Scientific Symposium on March 8 & 9 as part of the Health + Lung Health FEST. This scientific symposium will feature a number of lectures and debates, including UBC’s Laurel Evans, Associate Director, Ethics who will speak about the ethics of patient data and sample collection, and Najib Ayas of Critical Care Medicine, UBC, whose focus will be on sleep apnea. Built on dialogue, expansion of viewpoints and ideas, and good cheer, the annual Heart + Lung Health FEST offers participants the opportunity to hear from top experts, to network with like-minded professionals, and celebrate successes in research and knowledge. We invite you to familiarize yourself with this year’s variety of themes, ranging from Epigenetics to Air Pollution A full program is available at www.fest.heartandlung.ca This event is open to the science and academic community by registration only. The cost of this event is tiered, and the fee includes access to the Scientific Symposium lectures, debate series, lunch, and a reception held on Thursday evening. Registration and payment online: heartandlung.ca/registration-2012/ Location: The Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown 1128 W Hastings St Contact: Leah Lockhart leah.lockhart@hli.ubc.ca

Fri, March 9, 2012 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM See description. Free. CFIS Chase is an Amazing Race type of event where CFIS (College for Interdisciplinary) students (PhD and Masters) from different programs work together in teams to solve challenging activities and questions presented by various programs at different locations across the UBC Vancouver campus. This is a great chance to learn more about the various interdisciplinary programs offered at CFIS and win prizes at the same time. Registration is limited to the first 50 individuals to sign up. To register or learn more about the event, visit our website at http://ubccfisgsa.wordpress.com/academic-competition-committee/cfis-chase-2012/

Thu, March 8, 2012 7:30 AM - Fri, March 9, 2012, 4:00 PM See description. See Description and URL. Join us for a two-day Scientific Symposium on March 8 & 9 as part of the Health + Lung Health FEST. This scientific symposium will feature a number of lectures and debates, including UBC’s Laurel Evans, Associate Director, Ethics who will speak about the ethics of patient data and sample collection, and Najib Ayas of Critical Care Medicine, UBC, whose focus will be on sleep apnea. Built on dialogue, expansion of viewpoints and ideas, and good cheer, the annual Heart + Lung Health FEST offers participants the opportunity to hear from top experts, to network with like-minded professionals, and celebrate successes in research and knowledge. We invite you to familiarize yourself with this year’s variety of themes, ranging from Epigenetics to Air Pollution A full program is available at www.fest.heartandlung.ca This event is open to the science and academic community by registration only. The cost of this event is tiered, and the fee includes access to the Scientific Symposium lectures, debate series, lunch, and a reception held on Thursday evening. Registration and payment online: heartandlung.ca/registration-2012/ Location: The Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown 1128 W Hastings St Contact: Leah Lockhart leah.lockhart@hli.ubc.ca