| Date | Speaker(s) | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|
1950 | ||
| Jan. 14 | Birney, Earle; Money, William T. | Readings from Poems I Have Liked |
| Jan. 21 | Caple, Kenneth; Diespecker, Dick | Public and Private Radio |
| Jan. 28 | Robinson, J. Lewis | The Arctic in the Canadian Economy |
| Feb. 4 | Gibson, William | The Social Burden of Mental Disease |
| Feb. 11 | Eagles, Blythe | Modern Trends in Agricultural Education |
| Feb. 18 | Cameron, W.M.; Tully, J.P. | The Ocean: A New Frontier? |
| Feb. 25 | Horsfield, R.G. | Northern Patrol |
| March 4 | Dunlap, Leslie W. | The Lincoln Papers |
| March 11 | Easton, J.A. | Modern Developments in Jet Propulsion |
| March 18 | Borden, Charles | Discovering Hidden Mysteries |
| March 25 | Chant, S.N.F. | Is a General Education Possible Today? |
| Oct. 14 | MacPhee, E.D. | A Canadian Businessman Looks at England |
| Oct. 21 | Hallamore, Joyce | Germany Revisited 1950 |
| Oct. 28 | Dymond, J.R. | Social Life in the Animal World |
| Nov. 4 | MacKay, D.C.G. | A Canadian Looks at Hawaii |
| Nov. 11 | Rose, William J. | Fifty Years of Europe |
| Nov. 18 | Taylor, T.M.C. | B.C. and a National Botanical Garden |
| Nov. 25 | Dixon, W.G. | The Status of Correction Services in B.C. |
| Dec. 2 | Jamieson, Stuart | The Economic Life of the Doukhobor Community |
| Dec. 9 | Watters, R.E. | The Philosophy of Ernest Hemingway |
1951 | ||
| Jan. 6 | Andrew, Geoffrey C.; Campney, Ralph; Green, Howard; MacInnes, Angus | Canada's External Affairs |
| Jan. 13 | Soward, F.H. | World Report |
| Jan. 20 | Mackay, J. Ross | Formosa |
| Jan. 27 | Copp, Harold | Atomic Aids in Medicine |
| Feb. 3 | Megill, W.J. | The North Atlantic Treaty and its Impact on Canadian Defence Problems |
| Feb. 10 | Warren, J.B. | Nuclear Physics, Fission, Philosophy and Fun |
| Feb. 17 | Oberlander, H.P.; Binning, B.C.; Lasserre, Frederic; Andrew, Geoffrey; Martin, Hugh; Wisnicki, Kay C. | Tomorrow's Homes, Today: Accommodation |
| Feb. 24 | Ronimois, H. | Has Soviet Planning Made the USSR Ready for Global War? |
| March 3 | Stewart, Andrew | The University and the Professions |
| March 10 | Oberlander, H.P.; Binning, B.C.; Lasserre, Frederic; Allen, Rita G.; McKee, R. Ross; Cross, Eileen | Tomorrow's Homes, Today: Design |
| March 17 | MacKenzie, N.A.M. | The Arts, Letters and Sciences in Canada |
| Oct. 13 | Jenness, Diamond | Ancient Temples of the Mexican Indians |
| Oct. 20 | Black, William | The Program of the New Federal Citizenship Branch in B.C. |
| Oct. 27 | Fairey, F.T. | Burma Today |
| Nov. 3 | Warren, H.V. | Power, Population and Politics |
| Nov. 10 | Soward, F.H. | The International Outlook |
| Nov. 17 | Binning, B.C. | Report on Art and Architecture in America and Europe |
| Nov. 24 | Turner, David B. | Conflicts in the Development of Resources in British Columbia |
| Dec. 1 | deGroot, A.W. | Romance Features of Roman Literature |
| Dec. 8 | Gilmour, Clyde | Is Hollywood Growing Up? |
1952 | ||
| Jan. 12 | Radley, P.E. | B.C. Aluminum Project |
| Jan. 19 | Boyd, William | The Life Blood |
| Jan. 26 | Davies, Geoffrey | Aneurin Bevan's Struggle for Political Power in Britain |
| Feb. 2 | Halpern, Ida; Suttles, Wayne | Art and Life of the B.C. Indians |
| Feb. 9 | Krajina, Vladimir | Plant Ecology as a Basis for Conservation and Reforestation |
| Feb. 16 | Pauling, Linus | Chemistry and its Relation to Medicine |
| Feb. 23 | Mann, Kenneth | Physics: Fact or Fantasy? |
| March 1 | Spencer, G.J. | Miracles in Insect Control |
| March 15 | Somerset, Dorothy | Theatre and Religion in the 20th Century |
| March 22 | McCreary, J.F. | Canadian Children are Lucky! |
| Oct. 11 | Elliot, Brian | Australia and the Arts |
| Oct. 18 | Swan, L.G. | The Fraser's Hell's Gate |
| Oct. 25 | Ireland, Willard | B.C. in Retrospect and Record |
| Nov. 1 | Mulligan, Brian | The Work of Washington's Arboretum |
| Nov. 8 | Soward, F.H. | The International Outlook |
| Nov. 15 | Philpot, Oliver | Three Men in a Horse |
| Nov. 22 | Marsh, G. | The Aleutian Islanders and their Homeland |
| Nov. 29 | Wright, Robert | Science is Your Business |
| Dec. 6 | Lowes, Barry | Recreation for Everyone |
1953 | ||
| Jan. 10 | Angus, H.F. | The Outlook for Trade with Britain |
| Jan. 17 | Neutra, Richard | Architects and the Community |
| Jan. 24 | Curtis, G.F. | Canada: Looking Ahead |
| Jan. 31 | Robbins, William | Matthew Arnold -- A Modern Victorian |
| Feb. 7 | Lord, A.R.; Foulks, J.G. | The Narcotics Situation in Vancouver |
| Feb. 14 | Odlum, Victor W. | Turkey, China and the International Situation |
| Feb. 21 | Borden, Charles | Aluminum and Archaeology -- Salvaging Prehistoric Remains in Tweedsmuir Park |
| Feb. 28 | Pearce, J.A. | The High-Temperature Stars |
| March 7 | David, C.W. | India from Within After Five Years of Self-Government |
| March 14 | Tucker, G.N. | French Canada in Pictures |
| March 21 | MacKenzie, N.A.M. | The Massey Report -- A Year Later |
| Oct. 17 | Larsen, Thorlief | How Do We Get the Shakespearean Text? |
| Oct. 24 | Davies, Geoffrey | Western Europe -- 1953 |
| Oct. 31 | Cameron, W. | Research in the Arctic Ocean |
| Nov. 7 | Melrose, George | B.C.'s North Coast Development |
| Nov. 14 | Soward, F.H. | The International Outlook |
| Nov. 21 | Humphries, D. | Northwest Oil Line Development |
| Nov. 28 | Archer, | The Role and History of the RCMP |
| Dec. 5 | Anderson, W. | The Future of Agriculture in B.C. |
1954 | ||
| Jan. 9 | Woodhouse, A.S.P. | Milton, The Poet Paradise Lost and After |
| Jan. 16 | Andrew, Geoffrey C. | Some Developments in U.S. Higher Education |
| Jan. 23 | Costigan, G. | Israel -- The Newest Democracy |
| Jan. 30 | Edman, Irwin | Man's Right to Knowledge |
| Feb. 6 | Shrum, G.M.; Clemens, W.A.; Hawthorn, H.B.; Tully, J.P. | 1953 Pacific Science Congress |
| Feb. 13 | Chant, S.N.F.; Savery, Barnet; Signori, Edro; Dixon, W.G. | Social Science Approach to Knowledge |
| Feb. 20 | MacDonald, John B. | Impressions of Mexico |
| Feb. 27 | Chisholm, Brock | Bostock Memorial Lecture |
| March 6 | MacDonald, Peter | Television in British Columbia |
| March 13 | MacGregor, D.A. | Fifty Years of Vancouver Newspapers |
| March 20 | MacKenzie, N.A.M. | Education in Canada in 2003 |
| Oct. 16 | MacGregor, M.F. | Documents of the Athenian Empire |
| Oct. 23 | Angus, H.F. | Western Europe 1954 |
| Oct. 30 | McInnis, Edgar | Report on Tokyo Conference -- Institute of Pacific Relations |
| Nov. 6 | Friedman, S.M. | Anatomy in Art |
| Nov. 13 | Soward, F.H. | The International Outlook |
| Nov. 20 | Sommers, R.E. | Forestry in British Columbia |
| Nov. 27 | Richmond, R.G.E. | Prison Reform |
| Dec. 4 | Friesen, J.K. | Adult Education in the European Crisis |
| Dec. 11 | Birney, Earle | A Reading of the Author's Own Works |
1955 | ||
| Jan. 8 | Woodhouse, H.F. | The Interpretation of History -- Some Viewpoints, Including a Christian |
| Jan. 15 | Lindsey, C.C. | Trout Research in B.C. |
| Jan. 22 | Acland, J.H. | The Urban Environment -- A Contrast Between Two Worlds |
| Jan. 29 | J. Ross Mackay | Glimpses of the Western Arctic. |
| Feb. 5 | Irwin, Esther | Panel discussion on Mental Health and the Public School |
| Feb. 12 | Williston, Frank G. | American Foreign Policy in the Far East |
| Feb. 19 | Shrum, G.M. | The Social and Military Implications of Atomic Energy |
| Feb. 26 | Clark, Robert M. | New Horizons for Local Government |
| March 5 | UBC Open House | |
| March 12 | Mainwaring, W.C. | What Natural Gas Means to You |
| March 19 | Neatby, K.W. | Biological Research Applied to Agriculture and Industry |
| March 26 | Selye, Hans | Diseases of Civilization |
| Oct. 15 | MacKenzie, N.A.M. | The Australian Scene |
| Oct. 22 | Copp, Harold | Atoms for Peace -- A Report on the Geneva Conference |
| Oct. 29 | Rose, William J. | Adam Mickiewicz, Centenary; Poet, Prophet and Professor |
| Nov. 5 | Kidd, J. Roby | Adult Education for What? |
| Nov. 12 | Wood, A.J. | The Efficiency of Meat Production |
| Nov. 19 | Ireland, Willard | From These Foundations |
| Nov. 26 | Ranta, L.E. | The Road Ahead in Medical Care |
| Dec. 3 | Watters, R.E. | Modern Canadian Fiction |
1956 | ||
| Jan. 14 | MacKenzie, N.A.M.; Angus, H.F.; Fisher, J.V.; Gunderson, E.M. | B.C.'s Position in Federal-Provincial Finanical Relationships |
| Jan. 21 | Open date -- Shaw Festival | |
| Jan. 28 | Soward, F.H. | The International Outlook |
| Feb. 4 | Keith, R.A. | The Significance of Global Air Transportation |
| Feb. 11 | Robbins, William | Matthew Arnold, Morals, and Humanism |
| Feb. 18 | Andrew, Geoffrey C. | Has Canada Developed Its Own Tradition in Higher Education? |
| Feb. 25 | Simonpietri, A.C. | ??? |
| March 3 | Home, George | The Significance for Canada of the Merger of the T.L.C. and the C.C.L. |
| March 10 | Suttles, Wayne | Okinawa -- An American Experiment in East |
| March 17 | Stevens, H.H. | The Pioneers of Canada |
| March 24 | Chant, S.N.F. | Comparing Western and Japanese Ways |
| March 31 | Borden, Charles | The Marpole Midden 56 B.C. to 1956 A.D.: Results of Recent Archaeological Excavations |
| Oct. 13 | Patterson, J.W. | Trends in Medical Education |
| Oct. 20 | Larkin, Peter | Fisheries Problems in River Development |
| Oct. 27 | Linstead, Hugh | The Medicine Chest and Public Health - The Outlook on the Social and Economic Aspects of the Supplying of Medicines in a Modern Health Service |
| Nov. 3 | von Kuehnelt Leddihn, Eric Ritter | Neo-Conservatism and Neo-Liberalism in Europe |
| Nov. 10 | Lasserre, Frederic | Architectural Ideas from Europe |
| Nov. 17 | Tougas, Gerard | Changing Patterns in French Canada |
| Nov. 24 | Scarfe, Neville V. | Education in Theory and Practice |
1957 | ||
| Jan. 12 | Lamb, W. Kaye | Hewitt Bostock Memorial Lecture |
| Jan. 19 | Norris, John | Woodrow Wilson: A Centenary Portrait |
| Jan. 26 | Dore, Ronald P. | Political and Social Trends in Post-War Japan |
| Feb. 2 | Jopson, N.B. | The Languages of Europe: Their Divisions and Characteristics |
| Feb. 9 | Scarfe, Neville V. | Education in Theory and Practice |
| Feb. 16 | Emery, Anthony | British Contemporary Painting |
| Feb. 23 | Ladner, Leon | Columbia River Power and Our International Relations |
| March 3 | Grierson, John | Communication by Film and TV |
| March 10 | Soward, F.H. | The International Outlook |
| Sept. 21 | Field, Oliver | Quacks and Quackery |
| Oct. 26 | Stewart, James | Inflation and Its Influence on the Canadian Economy |
| Nov. 2 | Christie, Hugh | Crime and Punishment |
| Nov. 9 | Logan, H.T. | The Foundations of the University of B.C. |
| Nov. 16 | Manvell, R. | Britain Seen Through the Movies |
| Nov. 23 | Thomson, J.S. | The Possibility of a Universal Religion |
| Nov. 30 | Levesque, G.H. | Changing Patterns in French Canada |
| Dec. 7 | Willis, John | Why Lawyers? |
1958 | ||
| Jan. 18 | Menuhin, Yehudi | India and Its People as Seen Through Their Arts |
| Jan. 25 | Willis, John | Why Lawyers? |
| Feb. 1 | Hull, T. | Computers and Automation |
| Feb. 8 | Bene, John | Our Forests -- Asset or Liability? (text) |
| Feb. 15 | Heller, J.R. | Cancer Research in the United States |
| Feb. 22 | Soward, F.H. | International Review |
| March 1 | MacKenzie, N.A.M.; Hughes, T.; Jessiman, R | The Development Plan for U.B.C. |
| March 8 | Beverton, R.J.H. | The Fisheries of the North Sea |
| Oct. 18 | Read, Margaret | Growing Up in an African Aristocracy |
| Oct. 25 | Tsuru, Shigeto | Trade, Aid and Economic Development in the Far East |
| Nov. 1 | Dixon, W.G.; Herbison, Hugh; Wright, Charles; Andrew, Geoffrey C. | Panel on the Doukhobor Question (a) |
| Nov. 8 | Wilson, Ethel | An Approach to Some Novels |
| Nov. 15 | Soward, F.H. | International Review |
| Nov. 22 | Bryner, Cyril; Wainman, A.W.; St Clair-Sobell, J.O. | Russia Today |
| Dec. 6 | Goldschmidt, N. | The Arts in the World Today |
| Dec. 13 | Ireland, Willard | The B.C. Centennial in Retrospect |
1959 | ||
| N.B. The program for the 1959 Spring series of Vancouver Institute lectures is not in Folder 6 of Box 4 of the Archives. The following listing is derived from The Ubyssey. | ||
| March 21 | Hlavaty, Vaclav | The Structure of Our Space, or From Euclid to Einstein |
| Oct. 10 | Robb, Douglas | Medical Care in New Zealand Today |
| Oct. 17 | Fay, C.F. | From Empire to Commonwealth |
| Oct. 24 | Alsbury, Thomas | Problems Facing Municipal Government |
| Oct. 31 | Robbins, John E. | Canada Between Covers |
| Nov. 14 | Belshaw, Cyril | Politics and Economy in the Islands of Fiji |
| Nov. 21 | Thomas, Alan | Audience, Market and Public: An Examination of Canadian Broadcasting |
| Nov. 28 | Rose, William J. | Education in Britain |
| Dec. 5 | Verner, Coolie | Mr Jefferson's Notes |