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Evolution in a Rapidly Changing World — Dr. Sally Otto

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AI Art and Artists: A Conversation with Dr. Dominic McIver Lopes

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Strengthening X̱aad Kíl: Haida Language Immersion with Dr. Jasḵwaan Bedard

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Stella Harvey: The Writing Life and Her New Novel, Disruption

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Dr. Leigh VanHandel on How Music Works — and How We Understand It

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Hrishabh Srivastava: Probing Dark Matter with Nature’s Magnifying Glass

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The Psychology of Climbing — Patrick Boudreau on Flow, Performance and Nature

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Perpetual Evolution — A Conversation with Federica Mingolla, One of Italy’s Most Renowned Climbers

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Why We Climb: Sophie Alexander on Identity and Belonging

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Why Consumers Reject Cheaper, Cleaner Cars — Dr. Werner Antweiler on the Economics of Electric-Vehicle Adoption

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Dr. Jennifer Kramer on Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun

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Inside the Audain Art Museum: In Conversation with Dr. Curtis Collins

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In Conversation with Dr. Sonia Del Re: The Intimate Life of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Canada

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In Conversation with Professor Philip Stamp: Superfluid Helium and Quantum Vacuum Tunnelling

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When Bells Spoke: A Conversation with Musicologist Dr. Alex Fisher

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In Conversation with Dr. Paul Bartha: Precautionary Reasoning and Analogical Reasoning

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Opera, Vienna, and Cultural Exchange: In Conversation with Claudio Vellutini

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A Life in Motion: In Conversation with Dr. Tom DeMarco

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In the Words of Dr. Jasḵwaan Bedard: X̱aad Kíl, Memory, and the Resurgence of the Haida Language

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Dr. Ève Podrier on Francophone Folk songs

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Dr. Jaymie Matthews on Stars, Exoplanets, and Canada’s MOST Telescope

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Dr. Michelle Kunimoto: Kepler, TESS, and the New Age of Exoplanet Discovery

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Dr. Robert Komaniecki - UBC School of Music

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Tina Loo - On Canadian History

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Rashid Sumaila - On Fisheries and Economics

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Dominique Weis on Geochemistry

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Janice Eng on Stroke Recovery

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Janice Eng - On Stroke Recovery

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Katherine Bowers - On Dostoevsky

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Jerilynn Prior on Perimenopause & Menopause

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Shari Forbes - On Forensic taphonomy

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Bonny Norton - On multilingual literacy and identity

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Dolph Schluter

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Leslie Anthony

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Carlo Rovelli

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Dr. Nora Angeles

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Dr. Nora Angeles

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Dr. Jaymie Matthews

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Dr. Jaymie Matthews

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Dr. Dietrich Jung

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Dr. Dietrich Jung

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Dr. Julio Montaner

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Dr. Julio Montaner

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Dr. Rosie Redfield

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Dr. Rosie Redfield

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Dr. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

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Andrew Wallace-Hadrill - On Herculaneum

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Dr. Rashid Sumaila

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Rashid Sumaila - On fisheries and economics

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Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl

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Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl

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Dr. Mark Vessey

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Dr. Mark Vessey

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Dr. Courtney Booker

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Courtney Booker - On medieval history

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Dr. Werner Antweiler

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Dr. Werner Antweiler

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Dr. Alejandra Bronfman

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Dr. Alejandra Bronfman

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Dr. Erica Frank

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Dr. Erica Frank

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Dr. James Tansey

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James Tansey - On social innovation and sustainability

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Dr. Emilio Gonz?lez Ferr?n

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Emilio González Ferrín - On Al-Andalus

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Dr. Robert Daum

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Robert Daum - On the Iona Pacific Inter-Religious Centre

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Dr. Rumee Ahmed

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Dr. Rumee Ahmed

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Dr. Sunera Thobani

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Sunera Thobani - On the UBC Centre for Women's and Gender Studies

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Dr. Don Baker

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Dr. Don Baker

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Dr. Gerald Marquette

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Dr. Gerald Marquette

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Professor Daniel Vickers

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Daniel Vickers - On the UBC department of history

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Professor Jeffrey James Byrne

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Professor Jeffrey James Byrne

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Professor Mauricio Drelichman

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Professor Mauricio Drelichman

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Dr. Pascal Lavoie

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Dr. Pascal Lavoie

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Professor Carlos Ventura

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Professor Carlos Ventura

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Dean of Arts and Haitian Scholar Gage Averill

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Dean of Arts and Haitian Scholar Gage Averill

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Professor Perry Adebar

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Professor Perry Adebar

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Dr Denise Gomes, Visiting Scholar from Sao Paolo, Brazil

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Dr Denise Gomes, Visiting Scholar from Sao Paolo, Brazil

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Professor Brandon Konoval

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Professor Brandon Konoval

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Professor Marilyn Chapman

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Professor Marilyn Chapman

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Professor Neil Safier

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Neil Safier - On the history of the Amazon

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Professor Ken Bryant

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Professor Ken Bryant

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Professor Gu Xiong