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Recent Events
Wall Theme Development Workshop
Tuesday, May 15, 2012Cartographies of Knowledge & Power in the Academy (Part I)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Margot Young, UBC Law.
Location: PWIAS Conference Rooms
Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Wall Theme Development Workshop
Friday, May 11, 2012Assistive Robotics
Organised by Dr. Machiel Van der Loos, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Time: 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute Conference Rooms
Wall Early Career Scholars' Retreat
Wednesday, May 9, 2012Location: PWIAS Lounge
Time 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
Wall Colloquium Abroad
Thursday, May 3, 2012The Role of Gap Junction Proteins in Health and Disease
Principal Investigators Dr. Christian Naus, Director, Life Sciences Institute and Professor, Cellular and Physiological Sciences, UBC, and Dr. Christian Giaume, Director, CIRB, College de France, Paris.
Wall Exploratory Workshop
Wednesday, May 2, 2012An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on the Arctic Ocean
Principal Investigator Dr. Philippe Tortell, Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences & Botony.
Wall Exploratory Workshop Public Event
Wednesday, May 2, 2012The Big Melt: What Climate Change Means for the Arctic
Location: Vancouver Aquarium, Goldcorp Theatre
Doors open: 6:00 pm
Panel discussion: 6:15 to 7:15 pm
Three expert panelists will engage a public audience on a current pressing issue of vital importance to Canada: What are the most significant implications of climate change in the Canadian Arctic?
RSVP: Maureen Soon at: msoon@eos.ubc.ca
Download the event poster (PDF 152 KB)
Wall Early Career Scholars' Half day meeting
Monday, April 30, 2012Lab Crawl
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Fairness in Financial Markets
Thursday, April 26, 2012Two Dance and Dialogue events in Montreal April 27 & 29, 2012
Dance and Dialogue with Margie Gillis and Dr. Janis Sarra
Original composition by Alfredo Santa Ana
Friday April 27, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur
100 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal
And on International Dance Day - Sunday April 29, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Place des Arts
Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme
175 Sainte-Catherine Street West, Montreal
Download the Fairness Booklet (PDF 4.16MB)
Wall Special Talk and Reception at Steamworks Brewing Company
Wednesday, April 25, 2012Beer: A Postmodern Concept
Talk by Dr. Richard Unger, UBC Department of History
Wall Theme Development Workshop
Tuesday, April 24, 2012Fairness: Exploring the Complexities
Organised by Principal Investigator: Professor Michelle LeBaron, UBC Law
Wall Distinguished Scholars in Residence Research Retreat
Friday, April 13, 2012Wall Distinguished Scholars in Residence Transition Lunch
Tuesday, April 3, 2012Location: PWIAS Conference Rooms
Time: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
PWIAS Scholars Café
Monday, April 2, 2012What Should We Do About Boys?
Talk by Dr. Nicole Fortin
Location: PWIAS Lounge
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
PWIAS Scholars Café
Tuesday, March 27, 2012What does it take to be a good friend, and what can this teach us about other relationships?
hosted by Dr. Max Cameron, UBC Political Science, and Dr. Ken Sharpe, Political Science Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
PWIAS Scholars Cafe
Monday, March 26, 2012How much should the government pay for a lottery ticket to extend your life?
hosted by Dr. Larry Lynd, UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Dr. Marit Rehavi, UBC Economics
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
PWIAS Special Event: Documentary Film Presentation
Wednesday, March 21, 2012Acting Together on the World Stage, Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict
Cynthia Cohen Film Presentation. Director Allison Lund. Producer Cynthia Cohen.
Commentators: Dr. Michelle LeBaron, UBC Faculty of Law; Professor Rena Sharon, UBC School of Music; Professor James Stewart, UBC Faculty of Law, and Professor Maureen Maloney, Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
Location: PWIAS Conference Rooms
Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Discussion and a reception to follow the film presentation.
PWIAS Scholars Café
Tuesday, March 20, 2012Is music a nexus for interdisciplinary collaboration and research?
hosted by Dr. Richard Kurth, UBC School of Music
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
PWIAS Scholars Café
Monday, March 19, 2012Is trust a thing of the past?
hosted by Dr. Christopher Mole, UBC Philosophy
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
PWIAS Scholars Café
Tuesday, March 13, 2012Were the Luddites right? Is technology forever destroying employment?
hosted by Dr. Guy Dumont, UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
PWIAS Scholars Cafe
Monday, March 12, 2012When medical practices, like Traditional Chinese Medicine, travel across cultural borders, how is the body translated?
hosted by Dr. Amy Hanser, UBC Sociology, and Dr. Carla Nappi, UBC History
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
Wall Institute Fireside Chat
Thursday, March 8, 2012Murder, Medicine and Motherhood
A fireside chat with Professor Emma Cunliffe, UBC Faculty of Law and 2010-2011 Wall Early Career Scholar.
Location: Peter Wall Institute
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Attendance is free, please RSVP to: initiatives@pwias.ubc.ca
Wall Public Talk co-sponsored with Green College
Thursday, March 8, 2012Morality Before Religion: Empathy, Fairness and Prosocial Primates
Talk by Dr. Frans de Waal, C.D. Candler Professor of Psychology & Director of the Living Links Centre at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University.
Location: UBC Frederic Wood Theatre
Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Wall Early Career Scholars Meeting
Thursday, March 8, 2012Location: PWIAS
Time: 4:30 pm to 6:15 pm
Wall Theme Development Workshop
Wednesday, March 7, 2012Deepening interdisciplinary explorations of fairness
Principal Investigator Michelle LeBaron, UBC Faculty of Law
This theme development workshop will be in the form of three conversations with local participants of the previous PWIAS Fairness conferences and a few others identified in the course of the workshops. The ultimate objective is to develop a Wall Major Thematic Grant or other significant grant proposal on the fairness theme to build on the momentum already generated. Some of the questions we will consider are:
What have the kaleidoscopic explorations of fairness yielded in terms of new conceptualizations, interdisciplinary theories, research designs, or new questions?
Which processes for exploring fairness have yielded rich observations and complex insights?
How might a major thematic grant on fairness be oriented?
What unanswered questions remain related to fairness following the January 2012 workshop?
How might a major thematic grant be structured so that empirical scholars and social science/law/humanities scholars dialogue about fairness in productive ways?
Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence Public Talk
Tuesday, March 6, 2012Chamber Music as a Metaphoric Model of Conflict Resolution
Professor Rena Sharon, UBC School of Music and 2011 Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence is joined by Professor of Violin and Chamber Music, David Gillham, Political Science Professor Maxwell Cameron, Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions and Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence, and Professor of Law Michelle LeBaron, Director of the Dispute Resolution Program and CRANE project, for this thought-provoking 90 minutes of ideas and music.
Location: Vancouver School of Theology Chapel
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
Attendance is free, please RSVP to: initiatives@pwias.ubc.ca
PWIAS Scholars Cafe
Tuesday, March 6, 2012Is fairness hard-wired in our brains?
hosted by Dr. Lawrence Ward, UBC Psychology
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
PWIAS Scholars Café
Monday, March 5, 2012The future of Medicare: run by artificial intelligence?
hosted by Dr. Holger Hoos, UBC Computer Science
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
Wall Institute Fireside Chat
Friday, March 2, 2012The Role of the Microbiota (Normal Flora) in Health and Disease
A fireside chat with Professor Brett Finlay, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Microbiology & Immunology, and the Michael Smith Laboratories, and Wall Distinguished Professor.
Location: Peter Wall Institute
Time: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Attendance is free, please RSVP to: initiatives@pwias.ubc.ca
Wall Public Talk
Thursday, March 1, 2012Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reason: Why Incentives Are No Substitute for Character
Talk by Dr. Barry Schwartz, Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore College
Location: PWIAS Conference Rooms
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Wall Associates Dinner Talk
Wednesday, February 29, 2012Between Rules and Practice: Practical Wisdom in Constitutional Democracies
Talk by Professor Maxwell Cameron, UBC Political Science and 2011 Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence
This event will involve small group discussions beginning at 6:15 pm.
PWIAS Scholars Café
Tuesday, February 28, 2012What gets lost in translation?
hosted by Dr. Susanna Braund, UBC Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
PWIAS Scholars Cafe
Monday, February 27, 2012Is Economic Theory Ready for an Overhaul?
Hosted by Dr. Margaret Schabas, UBC Philosophy
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
Peter Wall Exploratory Workshop
Thursday, February 23, 2012Living through Violence: Transitional Justice Considers Everyday Memory Practices and Performances of Social Repair
Organised by principal investigator Dr. Pilar Riaño-Alcalá, Professor, UBC School of Social Work and the Liu Institute for Global Issues.
Wall Exploratory Workshop Public Talk
Wednesday, February 22, 2012Living Through Violence: Indigenous Ceremony, Story and Art
Location: Liu Institute for Global Issues (6476 NW Marine Dr, UBC)
Time: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
This special panel brings together Indigenous elders, scholars, and practitioners to consider how Indigenous peoples in Canada use their own culturally specific ceremonies, protocols, storytelling, and art to address the violent history and legacy of Canada's Indian residential school system. Living through violence in this context involves reclaiming and revitalizing memory practices and performances of social repair that are rooted in Indigenous knowledge and governance systems, law ways, and oral traditions.
Panelists:
Dr. Andrea Walsh (Associate Professor at the University of Victoria, Anthropology).
Sulsa'meeth (Cultural Protocol Liaison, First Peoples House)
Tousilum (Elder in Residence, First Peoples House)
Qwul'sih'yah'maht, Dr. Robina Thomas (Associate Professor at the University of Victoria, School of Social Work).
Gregory Younging (Assistant Professor at UBC, Indigenous Studies, and Assistant Director of Research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada).
Opening by: Rose Point (Musqeum elder).
Moderated by: Brenda Ireland (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Research Manager).
Comments by: Elizabeth Jelin (Senior Researcher, National Council of Scientific and Technological Research, CONICET - IDES, Argentina) and Jeff Corntassel (Associate Professor at the University of Victoria, Indigenous Governance)
PWIAS Scholars Café
Tuesday, February 14, 2012Following the heart's lead: how does passion shape my scholarship?
Hosted by Dr. Michelle LeBaron, UBC Faculty of Law
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
PWIAS Scholars Cafe
Monday, February 13, 2012The science of human movement: can we see the forest for the trees?
Hosted by Dr. Dinesh Pai, UBC Computer Science
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
Wall Public Talk co-sponsored with Green College
Thursday, February 9, 2012Practical Wisdom and Its Enemies: Nurturing Good Character in an Age of Rules and Incentives
Talk by Dr. Kenneth Sharpe, William R. Kenan Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College, and UBC Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor
Location: PWIAS Conference Rooms
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
PWIAS Scholars Café
Tuesday, February 7, 2012What Are Our Biggest Research Challenges and Opportunities Related to Water Security, in Canada and Globally?
Hosted by Dr. Karen Bakker, UBC Geography
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
PWIAS Scholars Cafe
Monday, February 6, 2012What Happened to Feminism?
Hosted by Dr. Patrician Vertinsky, UBC Kinesiology
Time:3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute
Wall Theme Development Workshop
Friday, February 3, 2012The culture of cooperation in humans: from theory to implementation
Principal Investigator, Michael Doebeli, UBC Zoology and Mathematics
Location: PWIAS Conference Rooms
Time: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
PWIAS Strategic Planning Panel Discussion
Thursday, February 2, 2012Looking Over the Wall, the Future of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute Conference Rooms
Wall Early Career Scholars Meeting
Thursday, February 2, 2012Location: PWIAS Conference Rooms
Time: 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Distinguished Scholars in Residence Alumni Dinner
Wednesday, February 1, 2012Location: Peter Wall Institute
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Wall Public Talk co-sponsored with Green College
Saturday, January 28, 2012Morality and the Brain
Talk by Dr. Patricia Churchland, Professor Emerita, Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, and UBC Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor.
Location: The Vancouver Institute
Time: 8:15 pm
Wall Public Talk co-sponsored with Green College
Thursday, January 26, 2012What is the Role for Rules in Social Behavior
Talk by Dr. Patricia Churchland, Professor Emerita, Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, and UBC Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor.
Location: PWIAS Conference Rooms
Time: 10:00 am – 12 noon
PWIAS Associate Dinner Talk
Wednesday, January 25, 2012Art Song as an Endangered Species
Performance by Professor Rena Sharon, UBC School of Music and 2011 Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence.
Location: Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel (1088 Burrard Street)
Time: 6:00 pm
Free Hotel Valet Parking available.
Wall Public Talk co-sponsored with Green College
Tuesday, January 24, 2012Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality
Talk by Dr. Patricia Churchland, Professor Emerita, Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, and UBC Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor.
Location: Cecil Green Park Coach House
Time: 5:00 pm
Followed by a fireside chat at Green College, 8:00 pm.
Peter Wall Institute Management Committee Meeting
Tuesday, January 24, 2012Time: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute Boardroom
PWIAS Scholars Café
Monday, January 23, 2012What should we do about boys?
hosted by Dr. Nicole Fortin, UBC Economics
Location: PWIAS lounge
Time: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Peter Wall Exploratory Workshop Public Talk
Friday, January 20, 2012The Evolution of Fairness
Talk by Dr. Joe Henrich, Canada Research Chair in Culture, Cognition and Co-evolution, Department of Psychology, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia
Location: Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Grand Ballroom A, North Tower, 1088 Burrard Street
Time: 9:00 am to 10:00 am
(Please register at jrforbes@shaw.ca)
Peter Wall Exploratory Workshop Public Talk
Friday, January 20, 2012The Principle of Fairness and Obligation
Talk by Dr. George Klosko, Henry and Grace Doherty Professor of Politics, Political Philosophy, Policy and Law, University of Virginia.
Location: Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Grand Ballroom A, North Tower, 1088 Burrard Street
Time: 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm
(Please register at jrforbes@shaw.ca)
Peter Wall Theme Development Workshop
Friday, January 20, 2012Protecting Conflicting Rights in the Digital Environment
Principal Investigator: Dr. Luciana Duranti, UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: Peter Wall Institute Conference Rooms
Peter Wall Exploratory Workshop
Thursday, January 19, 2012Explorations of Fairness
This Workshop is part of a an interdisciplinary, multi-stage initiative at the Peter Wall Institute led by Dr. Janis Sarra that explores the basic values of fairness.
Peter Wall Exploratory Workshop Public Talk
Thursday, January 19, 2012Fairness, Neuroscience and the Brain
Talk by Dr. Elizabeth Tricomi, Rutgers University, Psychology Departmnt
Location: Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Grand Ballroom D North Tower, 1088 Burrard Street
Time: 4:45 pm to 5:30 pm
(please RSVP jrforbes@shaw.ca)
Wall Exploratory Workshop Evening Event
Thursday, January 19, 2012Fairness in Movement
Talk by Margie Gillis, 2011 laureate of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, solo dancer and choreographer; and Dr. Alfredo Santa Ana, Peter Wall Composer in Residence PWIAS, will premiere his Composition on Fairness, with musicians Karen Gerbrecht (violin), Olivia Blander (cello) and Mark McGregor (flute).
Location: Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Grand Ballroom A, North Tower, 1088 Burrard Street
Time: 5:45 pm to 8:00 pm
6:30 pm dinner ($25). The cost of dinner will be collected at the door, but you must register in advance of your attendance with Joanne Forbes at jrforbes@shaw.ca.
Wall Early Career Scholars Meeting
Monday, January 16, 2012Peter Wall Institute Conference Rooms
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Wall Associates Drop-in Strategic Planning Session
Thursday, January 12, 2012chaired by Michelle LeBaron
Peter Wall Institute Lounge
8:00 am - 9:00 am
(RSVP reservations@pwias.ubc.ca)
Wall Associates Drop-in Strategic Planning Session
Wednesday, January 11, 2012chaired by Max Cameron
Peter Wall Institute Lounge
9:00 am - 10:00 am
(RSVP reservations@pwias.ubc.ca)
Wall Associates Drop-in Strategic Planning Session
Wednesday, January 11, 2012chaired by Margaret Schabas
Peter Wall Institute Lounge
12:30-1:30 pm
(light lunch, RSVP by January 6th, reservations@pwias.ubc.ca)
Wall Associates Drop-in Strategic Planning Session
Tuesday, January 10, 2012chaired by Peter Reiner
Peter Wall Institute Lounge
8:00 am - 9:00 am
(RSVP reservations@pwias.ubc.ca)
Wall Early Careers Scholars Strategic Planning Lunch
Monday, January 9, 2012chaired by Emma Cunliffe
Peter Wall Institute Conference Rooms
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Wall Associates Drop-in Strategic Planning Session
Monday, January 9, 2012chaired by Leah Keshet
Peter Wall Institute Lounge
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
(RSVP reservations@pwias.ubc.ca)
Wall Associates Open House
Wednesday, January 4, 2012Wall Associates are invited to drop in and meet the new PWIAS Director
Peter Wall Institute Lounge
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Farewell Reception
Thursday, December 8, 2011Farewell Reception in honour of Institute Director, Dianne Newell
Location: Sage Bistro at University Centre, UBC
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Holiday Party
Friday, December 2, 2011PWIAS Holiday Party
Location: Peter Wall Institute Conference Rooms
Time: 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Early Career Scholars Meeting
Tuesday, November 29, 2011Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence Conference co-sponsored with the UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Thursday, November 24, 2011Why Don't More Good People Enter Politics? (And what can be done about it)?
Organised by Maxwell Cameron, UBC Political Science and Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence
Free and open to the public.
Register at: www.democracy.arts.ubc.ca
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies 6331 Crescent Road Tel: 604.822.4782 Fax: 604.822.4222