Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies

"Rising from the Ashes: Resilience, Arts and Social Transformation"
Principal Investigators: Dr. Michelle LeBaron, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada; and Dr. Cynthia Cohen, Brandeis University International Centre for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, Massachusetts, United States

May 1 - May 4, 2013
"Creating a Knowledge Hub in Health Literacy and Chronic Disease Management"
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark FitzGerald, Institute for Heart and Lung Health, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada

May 1 - May 4, 2013
"A Biocultural Hinge: Theorizing Affect and Emotion Across Disciplines"
Principal Investigators: Dr. Adam Frank, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, The University of British Columbia, Canada; and Dr. Shelly Rosenblum, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia, Canada

May 5 - May 10, 2013
"Bonding through Bars - Incarcerated Mothers and their Children"
Principal Investigators: Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin, UBC Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education SIFP, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Canada; Kirsten Hargreaves, Centre for Environmental Health Equity; Samantha Sarra, Centre for Environmental Health Equity; and Tara Zupancic, The Centre for Environmental Health Equity

May 6 – 10, 2013
"Place, Belonging and Promise: Indigenizing the International Academy"
Principal Investigator: Dr. Shelly Johnson, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts, The University British Columbia, Canada

May 7 - 10, 2013
"Speculative Cities"
Principal Investigators: Dr. Shelly Rosenblum, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia, Canada; Professor Keith Wallace, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia, Canada; and Professor Scott Watson, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia, Canada 

"Life and Time in the Universe"
Principal Investigators: Dr. Harvey Richer, Department of Pysics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia, Canada; and Dr. Douglas Scott, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia, Canada  

"Ocean Acidification: Global Implications for the Marine Environment" 
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Harley, Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia, Canada

"We Are Our Brains"
Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Reiner, National Core for Neuroethics, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Canada