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The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable presents Julie Flett, Julie Morstad & Richard Van Camp in Conversation October 19th, 2013
Join us on Saturday October 19, 2013 for a morning of words and images, entertainment and delight as three rising stars in Canadian children’s publishing talk about their craft.
University Golf Club
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Includes breakfast | Book sales by Kidsbooks | Art sales
Early bird rates end September 30, 2013.
Click here for more information and to register.
Reminder: ‘Orientation to Connect’ TODAY!
Connect unavailable Saturday, September 28th from 7am to noon due to system upgrades
Please be advised that Connect will be unavailable on Saturday, September 28th from 07:00-12:00 PT due to system upgrades. For further information and updates, please see UBC IT bulletins at http://bulletins.it.ubc.ca/.
If you have any questions about the outage, please contact UBC IT at 604.827.4357 (7-HELP), or via the UBC IT Contact Form:
Food for Fines Oct. 21 to Nov. 3, 2013: Clear your fines while helping those in need
Photo Credit: Brenda Wallace
UBC Library users who wish to donate non-perishable food items may have $2 in fines paid for each food item donated up to a limit of $30. Food donations will be given to local food banks.
The Food for Fines program will take place in all UBC Library branches from October 21st to November 3rd, 2013. Acceptable food donations include any non-perishable canned or packaged food. Perishable items or anything requiring refrigeration cannot be accepted.
People who do not owe library fines, but who still wish to donate food, may do so – but we cannot credit their Library account.
Celebrate Science 2013: An event for parents, teachers, writers, and librarians
A celebration of science! An event for parents, teachers, writers, and librarians! Want to engage youth in science and math? Why not use interesting books, simple hands-on activities, scientific collections, quests and above all make it fun!
9:30-12:30 pm Beaty Biodiversity Museum 2212 Main Mall, UBC Saturday, October 26, 2013
Featured Scientist—Dr. Andrew Trites, Professor & Director,
Marine Mammal Research Unit, Fisheries Centre at UBC
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Dr. Trites’ research on pinnipeds (Steller sea lions, northern fur seals, and harbor seals) is designed to further the conservation and understanding of marine mammals. In 2007 as part of the Big Blue Project team, he unearthed a blue whale skeleton in PEI. This experience plus his driving passion to resolve conflicts between people and marine mammals are compelling. “I don’t know what questions will raise their heads tomorrow, that’s partly what makes this so interesting”. Find out more about this awesome scientist. |
Featured BC Science Writers
Claire Eamer , author The World in Your Lunch Box, Lizards in the Sky, Spiked Scorpions & Walking Whales and more; Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone, hands-on science writers with over 70 science books including the Dirt Book, Kitchen Science, and Hockey Science; Carol McDougall, creator of Salmon Sky View; Lori Sherritt-Fleming, artist, aRYTHMetic poet; Ashley Spires, illustrator of Scary Science and Blinky the Space Cat books and E.Paul Zehr, writer of books using superheroes to improve scientific literacy, Becoming Batman & Inventing Iron Man.
Special Tribute to science educator, Gordon Gore and founder of the Big Little Science Center in Kamloops.
Go on a guided tour of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and learn about their fascinating collections and exciting programs. Did we mention the best part? Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors this year’s event is FREE! Who could turn down a fun-filled morning featuring the skeleton of a blue whale?
Register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8344455491/eivtefrnd