Vancouver Institute Lectures -- 2010-

Date Speaker(s) Lecture Title

2010
Jan. 23 Thomson, James Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (a)
Jan. 30 Miller, Steve A Rival to the Olympics: Excavating Ancient Nemea and Reviving the Nemean Games (a)
Feb. 6 Lyon, Annabel An Evening With Annabel Lyon (a)
March 6 Trites, Andrew Journey of the Blue Whale (a)
March 13 Kidd, Bruce Sport and Legacy/Sustainability
March 20 Borealis String Quartet Lecture and performance (a)
March 27 Paris, Erna The Writer and Human Rights (a)
April 10 Pedersen, Tom Responding to Global Warming: The Challenge, the Opportunity, & the Politics (a) (v)
April 17 Wallace, Doug
Human Mitochondria: Window Into Our Origins, Ailments, and Longevity (a)
April 24 Provost, Rene Waltzing With al-Bashir: Juggling Peace and Justice in Darfur (a) (v)
Sept. 18 Dyer, Gwynne Geopolitics in a Hotter World (a)
Sept. 25 Baines, David Securities Fraud: How Crooks Rip Off the Public, How Professionals Facilitate Their Crimes, and How Regulators and Police Let Them Get Away With It (a)
Oct. 2 Elvin-Lewis, Memory Healing From Rain Forests: The Value of Traditional Knowledge (a)
Oct. 16 Olivieri, Nancy Medicine, Morals, and Money (a)
Oct. 23 Fowler, Robert Sleeping With Al Qaeda (a)
Oct. 30 Lollar, Barbara Sherwood Can Carbon Capture and Storage Solve Global Climate Change? Lessons From Nature (a)
Nov. 6 Klein, Peter Digital Dumping Ground: The Global Trade in Electronic Waste (a)
Nov. 8 Moyo, Dambisa Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way For Africa
Nov. 13 Blum, Deborah Cocktails and Cyanide (a)
Nov. 20 Timmer, Peter Local Food – Global Food: The Future of Food Security (a)
Nov. 27 Coren, Stanley The Human-Animal Bond: Our History With Dogs (a)
Dec. 4 Graham, Ronald Searching For the Shortest Network: Hard Problems, Communication Networks, VLSI Design and Molecular Phylogenetics

2011
Jan. 15 Villard, Ray When Will We Find Earth II—the First Inhabited Extrasolar Planet? (a) (v)
Jan. 22 Goudie, Andrew Desert Dust and the World’s Environments (a)
Jan. 29 Davies, Julian Are We Going Back to the Pre-antibiotic Era? (a)
Feb. 5 Alexander, Bruce Addiction: Much More Than a Drug Problem (a)
Feb. 12 Martin, Lawrence The Decline and Fall of Canadian Democracy (a)
Feb. 26 Morris, Ian Why the West Rules—For Now (a)
March 5 Grace, Sherrill The Haunting of Canadian Culture: From the Ghost of Tom Thompson to the Ghosts of Vimy Ridge (a)
March 19 Dodds, Jerrilynn Meaning and Identity of the Destructions of Architecture: From the Parthenon to the World Trade Center (a)
March 26 Averill, Gage Prodigal Music: Repatriating the 'Alan Lomax in Haiti, 1936-37' Collection to Haiti -- Lecture with Music (a)
April 2 Thom, Bing The Transformative Power of Architecture: The Works of Bing Thom (a)
April 9 McKibben, William Eaarth: Making a Life On a Tough New Planet (a)
Sept. 24 Weaver, Andrew Generation Us: The Challenge of Global Warming (a)
Oct. 1 Bakan, Joel Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children (a)
Oct. 15 Emmerson, Charles Canada and the Geopolitics of Oil and Gas (a)
Oct. 22 Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen Who Speaks for the Child? The Role of a Public Advocate (a)
Oct. 29 Saliba, George What Did Galileo Know of Arabic/Islamic Science and How Did He Know It? (a) (v)
Nov. 5 Coyne, Andrew Democracy and Freedom: Strange Bedfellows (a)
Nov. 12 Trites, Andrew The Puzzling Disappearance of Sea Lions in Alaska: Is the North Pacific Ecosystem on the Verge of Collapse? (a) (v)
Nov. 19 Farrer, Matthew Genetics of Parkinson Disease: Paradigm Shifts and Future Prospects (a) (v)
Nov. 26 Silverman, Robert Hammering the Klavier: Beethoven's Earthshaking and Bone-crushing Masterpiece (a) (v)

2012
Jan. 28 Churchland, Patricia Morality and the Brain (a) (v)
Feb. 4 Sharpe, Ken Practical Wisdom: The Right Way To Do the Right Thing (a) (v)
Feb. 11 Grunsfeld, John A Hubble Adventure: Repairing the Telescope and Its Exciting New Discoveries (a)
Feb. 25 Krauss, Lawrence Life, the Universe, and Nothing: A Cosmic Mystery Story (a) (v)
March 3 Hay, Elizabeth The Writer as Returned Traveller (a) (v)
March 10 Dauvergne, Peter The Big Brand Takeover of Sustainability (a) (v)
March 17 Morton, Alexandra If We Want Wild Salmon, It Is Up To Us (a) (v)
March 24 Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew Herculaneum: From Ashes to Ashes (a) (v)
March 31 Ward, Stephen Media Ethics on the Digital Frontier (a) (v)

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