Hussein Janmohamed – Choral Music: The Road to Harmony and Peace – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Hussein Janmohamed is a dynamic choral conductor, composer and community music educator. He has performed with some of Canada’s finest choirs including Chor Leoni Men’s Choir,…
Read articleNumb to the Numbers
Research is simply not enough. Although R&D is the root of discovery and innovation, it in and of itself does not exact the change we want…
Read articleSauder Africa: Building Entrepreneurial Success in Kenyan Slums
It has already been 6 years since the first team of UBC students started teaching basic business skills courses in the poorest slums of Nairobi, Kenya. We…
Read articleUBC Polar Club Seminar Series
There’s a new club on campus, the UBC Polar Club, that I think will interest many of you folks out there in the Terry-verse. The club…
Read articleEven preschoolers know how to save the Earth
Image courtesy Georgia, of http://www.chrisroberson.net With World Water Day and Earth Hour both happening this week, I’ve been reflecting on the personal actions I’ve made towards cutting down…
Read articleKilling Bill C-393 would be a facepalm of the highest possible order.
(Reprinted from Boingboing) Access to life-saving medicines is not a luxury, but a human right. ~Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network To me, the above statement is one…
Read articlePower to the People: Bringing electricity to rural Tanzania – Naeem Mawji
Name: Naeem Mawjii Talk Title: “Power to the People: Bringing electricity to rural Tanzania” Notes: Faculty: Applied Science, Department: Chem. Engineering, 4th year Topic: This talk…
Read articleA conference on counter intuition?
Lisa says: One of the main objectives of modern science is to improve the welfare of society. We strive to accomplish this by various means: disease…
Read articleSt. Matthew’s Island
Working in a microbiology lab, I’ve seen my fair share of bacterial growth curves. They all follow the same pattern: a lag phase or period of…
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SENSibility: O Sole Rio
By Allen Sens,
Vancouver, 28 June, 2012. The Rio+20 conference has come and gone, and it is time to engage in punditry. As the dust settles over yet another…
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