Wall Stories
Series
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Catalyst Program
Read about the collaborative projects and initiatives of the 2022 Wall Catalyst Scholars aimed at addressing the Climate and Nature Emergency
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PWIAS Impact
Learn more about how the interdisciplinary environment at PWIAS enriches UBC and impacts society through ground-breaking research, influential public policy, artistic collaborations and award-winning publications.
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Chromatic - The Book
Read excerpts and other stories related to “Chromatic”, a new collaborative art book produced by the 2020 Wall Scholars.
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Scholar Q & A
A series of thought-provoking and inspiring short interviews with our Wall Scholars and PWIAS community members.
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Alcoholics Unanonymous opens conversation and safe space
“When people are listening it allows you to unpack traumas that you might have been carrying for years and eventually you can begin to heal,” said William Greenland of the Gwich’in First Nation in the North West Territories. Greenland is an addictions counsellor and a community partner in the Wall…
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Mushroom database project aims to reduce poisoning
By David Morrison “Fungi are the interface organisms between life and death.” ~ U.S. mycologist and author, Paul Stamets In October 2016, a three-year-old boy tragically died after ingesting a mushroom picked from a road verge in a residential area of downtown Victoria, British Columbia. While fungi are a common…
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It’s not just in your head
Award-winning novelist, musician and former Canadian poetry slam champ Brendan McLeod shares his experiences with obsessive compulsive disorder in “Brain.” Toronto writer gets real about mental health By Jackie Wong In recent years, an expanding national public conversation about mental illness has done much to de-stigmatize a health condition that…
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Anonymous Explained: Q&A with Gabriella Coleman
The Peter Wall Institute is presenting Dr. Gabriella Coleman in free a Wall Exchange lecture at The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver on October 20th. By John Hughes Who is behind the online actions of ‘Anonymous’? How do they organize? And why do they do what they do?…
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War Stories brought to life
Watch the video of War Stories. By Frederick Blichert “War is complex and messy. Tonight we are embracing that complexity and messiness,” said Peter Klein, moderator of War Stories, an evening of thoughtful and moving explorations of war and its aftermath hosted by The Peter Wall Institute…
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Philippe Tortell: Scholar and flamenco guitar player
By John Hughes A classical Spanish guitar occupies a corner in Dr. Philippe Tortell’s office. It sits on a rack just below an image of a tall ship etched into a piece of driftwood. Music and nautical themes hold a central place for the oceanographer and new…
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