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Julie Robillard, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Dr. Robillard is an affiliated researcher of the AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence and Vice-chair of the Ethical, Legal, Social Impacts Committee of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging.

The neoliberal movement is broad and impacts on the global to local context within in an education system and university research and innovation environment. One unintended consequence of the neoliberal movement and logic which impacts on university life is how it changes research practice and the resulting creativity and innovation.

Monday, May 8, 2017 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Applied Health Sciences 50th Anniversary Celebration

The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences' (AHS) 50th Anniversary Celebration marks the beginning of our celebratory year. AHS students, faculty, staff, alumni and donors are invited to join us for lunch followed by celebratory remarks and a public lecture featuring Honourable A. Anne McLellan, P.C., O.C., A.O.E.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Hallman Lecture - Chronic disease prevention: "upstream" and "downstream" revisited

The Hallman Lecture Series presents John Frank, Director of the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy for a discussion of the notions of “upstream” and “downstream” prevention in public health practice, examples and their respective pros and cons. Panel and reception to follow.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 11:30 am - 12:20 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Alumni talk: "It's about the science, stupid"

Dr. Patrick Brill-Edwards, recipient of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences' 2017 Alumni Achievement Award, will discuss aspects of the initial development of Gardasil – the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) – and the on-going tension between the science and the pseudo-science of its implementation.

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Hallman Lecture: Measuring the Future We Want

Mike Salvaris, Director of the Australian National Development Index, will discuss defining social progress "beyond GDP" and feature Australian initiatives informed by the Canadian Index of Wellbeing based at University of Waterloo.