Updates!
Dec 2, 2011 First, a big thanks to Roxana, Roger, and everyone else who helped make our last class of the semester a delicious success. Hopefully we can make this happen again in the future. Here’s a video created by your fellow GRS student Hayley Pipher, inspired by our class visioning exercise: A Vision for […]
Final Fall Class
Nov 30, 2011 Tonight will be our last class for the semester. Come early (5pm) to share some tasty food and socialize with your classmates before we all part ways for the winter break. Our presenters, Jen and Sarah, will describe their experience in Cuba while taking LFS 302 with Wendy Holm. Don’t forget: The […]
Tonight: Chris Bennett
Nov 23, 2011 This evening we will be joined by UBC professor, Dr. Chris Bennett. Continuing on the theme of “aid” from Dr. Haimanot’s discussion of food aid, Chris will discuss the concept of “transformative aid”. While there are numerous challenges to giving aid, with appropriate monitoring and evaluation there is also the potential to […]
Visionings
Nov 16, 2011 You may remember our visioning activity earlier this semester, and the challenge I proposed to each of you to articulate a collective vision statement for the class. Well, one GRS student took this to the next level and created a stop motion video. Check out Hayley Pipher’s video on the GRS Vimeo […]
Updates
Nov 8, 2011 The blogroll has been updated big time! All new blogs can be found under GRS Blogs, while outdated blogs from our previous students have been relocated to Alumni Blogs. So take a look around, and notify me if you find any errors. Other updates include: a more comprehensive method for dealing with […]
Final Class of October
Oct 25, 2011 We only have one class left for the month of October, and it looks like a good one. Join us tomorrow evening for a presentation from Ze Soryal. Ze Soryal is a leadership consultant and conference speaker whose passion for global change is grounded in his uncompromising commitment to internal, personal transformation. […]
No Class Tonight
Oct 3, 2011 A quick reminder that there will be no GRS class this week. Enjoy your evening off, maybe take a few minutes to update your blog with how the semester is going for you.
Spammings
Seems like there’s a bit of spam going around in the comments. I’ve added a new “How to” page for dealing with spam. Hope that helps!
Tonight: Community Build
September 28, 2011 Tonight’s class will be focused on defining ourselves as a GRS community. Check out the discussion boards later to continue the conversation. Also, on Saturday, Oct 1 from 2-4pm there is a workshop at the UBC Farm that you may find interesting: Three Sisters in the Kitchen: a Traditional Mayan Cooking Class. Learn […]
Welcome back, Fall 2011
September 19, 2011 Welcome (back) to GRS! I hope you are all well settled into your new semester. This week we will be splitting up into two rooms. We will all meet at the usual time and place to get started, and then new students will head over to the computer labs in room 192 […]