Mission
To provide a forum for inspiring speakers and conversations that promote ethical practices in business and everyday life.

When        
2nd Wednesday of every month -- 7:15 to 8:30 am.

Where
BC Hydro, 333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C.
(please check monthly announcements for room number)

Cost:  Members $7.00   Non-Members $10.00

Please RSVP to:  604-685-6560 or email: rsvp@workplacecentre.org 

Ethics for Breakfast Chair, Conrad Guelke
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March 2010

Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, March 10, 2010             7:15 - 8:30 am   Rich or Poor: Do circumstances change our ethics?   with Floyd Murphy, Businessman and Financial Planner, CFP, CLU, CHFC  Do people in flophouses and those in penthouses                  live by the same ethical code? When Floyd Murphy arrived in Vancouver in 1968, at the age of 20, he had no money, job, family or other support. From his single room in the Regal Hotel on Granville Street, he knew only alcoholics, drug addicts, "working women" and other troubled individuals. Since then, he has established a successful business, travelled the world, and no longer has to worry about how to pay the bills. But today, he finds parallels between his old and new life: Has the ethical behaviour of his acquaintances changed that dramatically? Join Floyd as he shares his compelling personal and work stories, and challenges common misperceptions about success and morality. Just because you have money, does that mean you are ethical?               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, March 10th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION      CHANGE:       1500 West Georgia St., Suite 975 -- Meet in building lobby                       Corner of Cardero/Georgia  (the building with the waterfall)                       Parking is best on Alberni St. COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)                             ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Floyd Murphy is a Vancouver chartered financial consultant and certified financial planner. He and his wife Gloria own and operate five insurance companies. He is a founding member and president of the Nakamun Group and has an extensive background in the financial and retirement industries, estate planning and risk management. Floyd served on the national board of the Life Underwriters Association of Canada (now Advocis) for nine years, including a year as chair and CEO... [Read more]                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560

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January 2010

Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, January 13, 2010                7:15 - 8:30 am   2010 Winter Olympics: When ethics, spending and civil liberties collide       with David Eby, Executive Director, B.C. Civil Liberties Association                 Have authorities suppressed free speech,             personal rights & opposition to the Olympics? With glossy new sports venues and millions of dollars' worth of ads and merchandising, Vancouver looks poised to make the 2010 Winter Olympic Games a global success. But as the city prepares to host this mega-event, are Canada's democratic traditions and ethics under threat? How do Olympic spending and initiatives relate to free expression, free assembly and democratic rights? Join us as David Eby addresses the ethical implications of hosting the 2010 Olympic Games... [Read more]               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, January 13th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION      1500 West Georgia St., Suite 975 -- Meet in building lobby CHANGE:       Corner of Cardero St. -- (the building with the waterfall)                       Parking is best on Alberni St. COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)                             ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: David Eby is Executive Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and an adjunct Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia. He also serves as President of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and was one of ten members of the Vancouver Mayor's Homeless Emergency Action Team, which opened 400 temporary shelter beds last winter... [Read more] (For more on David, also see www.bccla.org and davideby.blogspot.com.)                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560

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December 2009

Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009              7:15 - 8:30 am Ethics of Water Conservation: Why we need change     with Hans Schreier, Expert in International Water Resources Management and Professor, Faculty of Land & Food Systems,WestWater Research Unit, UBC Canada is one of the highest users of domestic water in the world. How long can this last? Canadians seem to believe that we have unlimited water supplies. Most people don’t want to meter their water consumption and won’t pay an appropriate price for its use. At the same time, consumers gladly spend money on bottled water while their community drinking water remains of high quality and is mostly safe. How ethical is our use of water? Join water management expert Hans Schreier as he outlines why we urgently need a water conservation ethic. He’ll offer water conservation tips and answer questions such as... [Read more]               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, December 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk (Main floor lobby) COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)                             ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Hans Schreier is a Professor in the Faculty of Land & Food Systems and the Institute for Resources and Environment at UBC's WestWater Research Unit. His specialty fields include the land-use impact on water and climate change, and he recently spent four years as co-leader of the Watershed Strategy Program at Canada’s National Centre of Excellence on Clean Water. For almost three decades, Hans has taught training courses in water resources management in 17 countries. He has received numerous related awards, including the 2004 Science in Action Award from the United Nations... [Read more]   "Hans Schreier has spent a career making a difference in the lives of Canadians and people around the world. ...[His] contribution to water issues is too great to ever be measured." Dr. Mark Servos, Scientific Director, Canadian Water Network                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560

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November 2009

*Note Change to Thursday -- Due to Nov. 11 Holiday*

 

Ethics for Breakfast presents

Thursday, November 12, 2009              7:15 - 8:30 am Mediation & HR: The Ethics of Confidentiality     with Laura Reid, CRC, CHRP, Mediator and Partner, Arlyn Reid (HR firm)                      Do you know confidential information                           that puts you in moral conflict? As any whistleblower knows, going public with confidential business information can have huge implications, from arrests to lawsuits. Whether it’s revealing corporate wrongdoing or excessive overspending, it takes courage to speak out about company secrets. Join Laura Reid as she discusses what social and business expectations we hold around the issue of confidentiality and how this affects the choices we make... [Read more]               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            THURSDAY, November 12th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk (Main floor lobby) COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)                             ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Laura Reid is a mediator, senior management consultant, Senior HR Advisor and Partner of the HR firm Arlyn Reid, where she provides human resources, mediation and training services to organizations. Laura has worked in law firms since 1979, most recently as HR Manager at McCarthy Tetrault. Besides a business administration degree, she has received mediation training through the Justice Institute of B.C... [Read more] (Also see www.arlynreid.net)                 click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560

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October 2009

Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009              7:15 - 8:30 am Ethics and Happiness     with Charles Montgomery,  Award-winning Journalist, Photographer and Author of The Shark God (aka The Last Heathen, winner of two book awards) Ours is one of the most beautiful, vibrant, and livable cities in the world. Why aren’t we happy? -Sad City, Vancouver Magazine, 09/08 A groundbreaking study last year found that despite our glorious mountains and ocean, mild weather, good health and Olympic future, Vancouverites are just not as happy as people in St. John or Winnipeg. So what makes a "happy city," and an ethical one? Is it wealth, new condos, waterfront views and faster transportation? Is it kindness and seeking a common good? How much do family, knowing our neighbours and meaningful work matter? Join us as Charles shares insights he’s gained from research for his upcoming book, Happy City... He'll also talk about "Home for the Games," a project that connects rental accommodation during the Olympics with raising funds for Vancouver's most vulnerable citizens... [Read more]               click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, October 14th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk (Main floor lobby) COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)                             ___________________________________                 About Our Speaker: Charles Montgomery is an award-winning author, journalist and photographer who tells stories about people, cities, science and myth. His next book, Happy City, will look at how urban planners are using the emerging science of happiness to fix broken cities around the world. His research has taken him to cities as diverse as Kabul, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Portland and Mexico City. Charles' first book, The Last Heathen, was published in Canada to enthusiastic praise (and several awards), and re-published internationally as The Shark God. He has also written award-winning articles for... [Read more]  Charles is also one of the moving spirits behind Home for the Games, a collective of Vancouver-area residents who want to help the city’s homeless...[Read more] (and see http://homeforthegames.com).                click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560

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September 2009

Note: Ethics Breakfasts are now on the second Wednesday of each month...
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Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009              7:15 - 8:30 am Ethics, Carbon & Politics in B.C.          with James Tansey, President and Co-founder, Offsetters,          a leading carbon offset organization in Vancouver, and Executive Director,          Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation, UBC Are you tracking and reducing your climate impact? What ethical and political challenges lie ahead in B.C., with only three months to go before the United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen? Join James Tansey as he steers us through the climate change debate, both locally and globally, and discusses how each of us can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He’ll provide leading insights gleaned from his role as president and co-founder of Offsetters, a Vancouver-based organization that helps individuals and companies understand, reduce, track, and offset their climate impact...  [Read more]                 click here to RSVP   or  call:  604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, September 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       2nd Floor Auditorium                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)   About Our Speaker: James Tansey co-founded the carbon offset organization, Offsetters, in 2005 and is currently its President. He is also the Executive Director of the Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation at UBC, and an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. He has taught MBA, MSc and EMBA courses, executive education, and undergraduate programs in the United Kingdom and Canada... [Read more]             click here to RSVP   or  call:  604-685-6560

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Past Events


June 2009

Note: Ethics Breakfasts are now on the second Wednesday of each month...
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Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, June 10, 2009           7:15 - 8:30 am Ethics & the Conservation Economy                   with Ian Gill, President of Ecotrust Canada How can we establish new ethical codes of conduct in our economy and society? Too often, economic development models ignore environmental sustainability and social benefits to communities, particularly First Nations... [Read more]   Join Ian Gill as he discusses ways in our current economic crisis to build an ethical conservation economy based on what people need, and what the environment will sustain.                click here to RSVP   -or-  phone: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, June 10th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)        click here to RSVP   or  call: 604-685-6560   About Our Speaker: Ian Gill is president and founder of Ecotrust Canada in Vancouver, B.C. and a director of Ecotrust in Portland, Ore. These non-profit organizations promote the emergence of a conservation economy in the coastal temperate rainforests of North America. Before creating Ecotrust Canada, Ian spent seven years as a television reporter with the CBC, and seven years as a senior reporter/editor with the Vancouver Sun. He is the author of the best-selling book... [Read more]

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May 2009

 

Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, April 8, 2009         7:15 - 8:30 am Ethics & Youth: Strategies to Foster Change            with Ann Naymie, Leadership Development Coordinator,                          School Superintendents Association How can older generations guide the moral compass of today’s youth -- and what can we learn from them?  From combating global warming to the challenges of unemployment and a major recession, today’s young people face overwhelming problems and ethical dilemmas. Some don’t trust those who created these problems. But many hold positive visions of a better world, searching for ways to create and maintain a sustainable future through their values, environment and economy. Join speaker Ann Naymie as she explores: How can ethical leaders of older generations share their wisdom and experience to assist youth with much-needed guidance? What lessons from the past can help inform the future? How can elders connect with young people to support their hopes and dreams... and what can they teach us?                click here to RSVP   or phone: 604-685-6560                              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DATE:            Wednesday, April 8th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                      333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                      Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)                              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - About Our Speaker: Ann Naymie administered the Ethics Education Initiative for the BC School Superintendents Association’s (BCSSA). She has also taught ethics courses at the Justice Institute of BC, Royal Roads University, and through the Institute for Global Ethics (Canada). As BCSSA’s Coordinator for Leadership Development, Ann designed, managed and implemented educational programs, including online training for prospective superintendents and a leadership program for First Nations educators. She also co-designed a program to facilitate meaningful parent-teacher dialogue for the School Leadership Centre at UBC which was piloted in several elementary and secondary schools in BC. Ann also co-teaches mentoring for the Justice Institute of B.C., and gives film courses at the Vancouver Film School and Emily Carr University of Art & Design.                 click here to RSVP   or phone: 604-685-6560

 











































































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March 2009


Note: Ethics Breakfasts are now on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.
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Ethics for Breakfast presents

20th Anniversary Event Wednesday, March 11th, 2008             7:15 - 8:30 am  20 Years   of Ethics:     How have things  changed?                     with Terry Anderson and Conrad Guelke,                two of the pioneers of the "Ethics for Breakfast" program,                              and moderator Brian Fraser                                  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Do your ethical standards stay the same at home and at work, regardless of the issue?  As children, many of us learned that "white lies" are okay. In recent years, we’ve seen corporate fraud and corruption (from Enron to mortgage lenders) taint the practice of business ethics at the highest levels. Has our notion of ethics, both at the individual and societal level, grown too malleable in the last few decades? Is ethics now a one-size-fits-all approach? Are we more -or- less ethical in business than we were in the 1980s? Twenty years ago, the Workplace Ministry Society and the Vancouver School of Theology launched "Ethics for Breakfast," a series on ethical issues designed for the downtown business community. Our speakers today helped pioneer that program. Join panelists Terry Anderson and Conrad Guelke, with moderator Brian Fraser, as they explore how ethics have changed in the past 20 years.                click here to RSVP   or phone: 604-685-6560                              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DATE:            Wednesday, March 11th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                      333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                      Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)                              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - About Our Speakers: Terry Anderson is an emeritus professor from the Vancouver School of Theology where his academic specialty was ethics. Currently, he is ethics consultant to the Tataskweyak Cree Nation in Manitoba on hydro development and serves on the Richmond Hospital Ethics Committee and the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Ethics Committee... [Read more]. Conrad Guelke, P. Eng., is principal of CSP Enterprises, a consulting business with a focus on strategy, planning and communications. He is a director of the Pacific Energy Innovation Association (PEIA) and a member of the Council of Elders of the David Suzuki Foundation. He has organized the Workplace Centre’s Ethics for Breakfast program since its inception in 1989... [Read more]. Moderator Brian Fraser is the Lead Provocateur of Jazzthink. He does professional speaking, consulting and executive coaching aimed at helping people and organizations achieve exceptional performance. Prior to launching Jazzthink, Brian served 16 years as Dean of St. Andrew’s Hall and Professor of History at Vancouver School of Theology... [Read more].                 click here to RSVP   or phone: 604-685-6560

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February 2009


 

Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, Feb. 11th, 2008             7:15 - 8:30 am Obama, Ethics and the Environment with Bob Worcester, Psychologist and Instructor (Ret.), Langara College, and President, Multi-Faith Action Society Can we move beyond self interest  -to-  what's good for all human beings, and the planet as a whole? In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama made reference to the biblical passage in Corinthians: "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but now it is time to put away childish things." His politics also represents an emergence of the civil society model ("it takes a village to raise a child") and beyond the individualist-nationalist-free enterprise approach of George Bush. So what might ethical and environmental "maturity" look like? And how will this shift to civil society values change the way we deal with the environmental and ethical dilemmas that face us? Join us as Bob Worcester explores some of these dilemmas – from choosing among nuclear power, biofuels, wind/solar energy...  [Read more]             click here to RSVP   or phone: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, February 11th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                      333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                      Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included) About Our Speaker: Bob Worcester has an MA in Psychology and was an instructor in Psychology at Langara Community College for the past 35 years. A long-time member of Christ Church Cathedral (Anglican), he is the Chair of the Anglican Environmental Taskforce of the Diocese of New Westminster – and President of the Multi-faith Action Society, which sponsored the 2008 "Faith and the Environment" conference. ...[Read more]                 click here to RSVP   or phone: 604-685-6560

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January 2009

Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, Jan. 21st, 2008            7:15 - 8:30 am Rogue Traders: The canaries in the mine(field) of the Economic Meltdown with Dr. Mark Wexler, Endowed University Professor of Business Ethics, Segal Graduate School of Business Administration, SFU If we had interpreted the signs better...                                              could we have seen this coming? In this session, Dr. Mark Wexler will look at Conrad's Heart of Darkness -- a famous story about a rogue ivory trader -- as a parable for considering our recent economic meltdown, and navigating through the ethical quagmire and ongoing excuses about what caused it. Loosely based on his paper, "Financial edgework and the persistence of rogue traders" (forthcoming in Business Ethics: A European Journal), Mark will look at:      • the relationship between speculative brokers and the brokerage houses that employ them      • trading and loss limits -- deemed "immutable" by brokerage houses to their customers, but "negotiable" to their star traders      • inducements to traders, provided by brokerage houses, that frame "betting as a form of risk;" and      • why he believes that rogue traders can be seen as the "canaries in the mine(field)" of our present economic situation. Join us for a lively and thought provoking talk/discussion with our "resident Ethics expert," Dr. Mark Wexler. In Heart of Darkness, Kurtz (played by Marlon Brando in the film Apocalypse Now) was an ivory trader who "went rogue." Employed by the Company and admired by all the traders, he was given increasing autonomy to 'do as he would' as long as he continued to rack up stupendous profits...[Read more]                click here to RSVP   or phone   604-685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, January 21st -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                      333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                      Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included) About Our Speaker: Dr. Mark N. Wexler is Endowed University Professor of Business Ethics at the Segal Graduate School of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, as well as Executive Director of the Perimeter Group of Ethics Consultants and Vice President of the Canadian Jewish Congress. The author of eight books, Mark is a four-time teaching award winner, a recipient of the PricewaterhouseCoopers "Leadership in Management Education" Award, and... [Read more]                click here to RSVP   or phone   604-685-6560 Note: For those not able to attend or uncomfortable with raising questions during the session, Mark will make copies of his discussion available and invites you to contact him at wexler@sfu.ca.

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December 2008 EVENT 

Ethics for Breakfast presents

Bringing Values to Work         with Rob Safrata, CEO, Novex Delivery Solutions                         (Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 -- 7:15 - 8:30 am)                                             - - - - - - - - - -           "It's easier telling the truth, that way you don't                have to remember anything." - Mark Twain Respect, service, care, honesty, communication and higher order – these are all important elements of operating a "triple bottom line" business, according to Novex CEO Rob Safrata. Novex Delivery Solutions (aka Novex Couriers) is one of the largest local same-day couriers in the Lower Mainland, with over 100 delivery vehicles making over 2000 deliveries per day. Winner of the 2008 ecoFREIGHT Transportation Award (one of the GLOBE Foundation Awards for Environmental Excellence), the company is also committed to becoming a truly sustainable organization, by creating a triple bottom line that includes a social, economic and environmental focus. [Read more here] Join us as Rob Safrata talks about Novex's commitment to Sustainability and Ethical Business practices, and the alignment of its associates to its cause.                                        - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -                        click here to RSVP   -or-  phone: 604-685-6560 DATE:            Tuesday, Dec. 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)                click here to RSVP   -or-  phone: 604-685-6560 About Our Speaker: Robert Safrata was an established and successful corporate leader, visionary and investor prior to buying NOVEX Couriers and becoming the company’s CEO. Since then, he has turned the company into Canada’s first environmentally responsible courier. It is now being heralded as the company that is raising the bar and setting new standards of environmental ethics – in a business not historically known as being environmentally sensitive. In 1996, Safrata founded Eaglequest Golf Centers Inc., and built this into a chain of golf centres across North America. He acted as CEO until 1998, at which time the business revenues had reached $40 million with 450 employees. Safrata and his partners sold Eaglequest to the US market leader for $105 million, providing returns of over 300% to shareholders. An Al Gore-trained speaker for An Inconvenient Truth, Safrata remains an active partner of Paradigm Partners, a corporate investment group comprised of the former executive management team of Eaglequest Golf Centers. Rob Safrata is a Member of the Young Presidents Organization and a past Chairman of Outward Bound Canada. As a member of the Canadian Ski Team from 1973 to 1978, he competed in the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. [More on this speaker]

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November 2008 EVENT

**NOTE:  Ethics for Breakfast is on WEDNESDAY this month...** Ethics for Breakfast presents

Wednesday, November 12, 2008                7:15 - 8:30 am Ethics and the Fishbowl of Public Life   with Stephen Owen, QC, Vice President, External, Legal & Community    Relations at UBC, and Former Member of Parliament & Cabinet Minister                            With all the public scrutiny,                     would you be willing to be a politician? Most of us have the tendency to perform more ethically and to a higher standard when we are being observed. Yet the harsh scrutiny by the news media of those in public life can cause individuals and organizations to act secretively. This in turn can lead to misfeasance and malfeasance. What principles and processes can assist public officials to rise above the risks and fray? What is it like to live and work in this "fishbowl"? Join us for this rare look into the challenges of being an elected official, with someone who's seen it from the inside out.                click here to RSVP   -or-  phone: 604.685-6560 DATE:            Wednesday, Nov. 12th-- 7:15-8:30 am LOCATION:     BC Hydro Building                       333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver                       Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby COST:           Members - $7.00     Non-Members - $10.00                       (muffins, tea and coffee included)                            click here to RSVP   or phone: 604.685-6560 About Our Speaker: Stephen Owen has held many prestigious public service positions ranging from Ombudsman of British Columbia to Member of Parliament and Federal Cabinet Minister. His professional activities have included a two-year term as Chair of the Ethics and Education Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and numerous consulting assignments with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Amnesty International and other international organizations. In April 2007, he was appointed Vice President, External, Legal and Community Relations at the University of British Columbia. [More about this Speaker] Full details on Mr. Owen's biography can be found at: http://www.external-affairs.ubc.ca/cv/.

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October 2008 

Our October Ethics for Breakfast has been cancelled
- due to the long weekend, the Election, and our speaker having to postpone!

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September 2008