UBC Centennial Sessions
To celebrate UBC’s remarkable achievements over the past 100 years, UBC is delivering open Centennial Sessions during the 2015/16 school year on topics ranging from economics and the arts, to climate change and global health. To learn more about these sessions, visit the News & Events page.
Jeffrey Sachs
- economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University on October 22, 2015. Webcast: Inequality and the Sustainable Development Goals
Jill Abramson
- former executive editor of the New York Times in conversation with CBC's Anna Maria Tremonti on October 30, 2015. Webcast: The Gap: Five Reasons Why Gender Inequality Persists
Teju Cole
- author of Open City and Every Day is for the Thief on November 6, 2015.
Elizabeth May
- MP and leader of the Green Party of Canada on November 10, 2015. Webcast: Climate Change & Climate Justice
Elizabeth May
- MP and leader of the Green Party of Canada on November 10, 2015. Webcast: Climate Change & Climate Justice
Joseph Stiglitz
- Nobel-prize winning economist and leading thinker on inequality on November 20, 2015. Webcast: The Great Divide: The Causes & Consequences of Inequality
Joseph Stiglitz
- Nobel-prize winning economist and leading thinker on inequality on November 20, 2015. Webcast: The Great Divide: The Causes & Consequences of Inequality