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Wishing everyone joy and peace!
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Justice Dialogues screens and discusses the documentary “Thus Departed Our Neighbors” with the filmmaker.
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St. John’s College Dining Society present the menu for the week of November 24 – 28, 2013.
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St. John’s Dining Society presents the menu for the week of November 17 – 21, 2013
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Mr. Yung, accountant, political figure and owner of celebrated racehorse Silver Lining, dies at the age of 86.
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The Dining Society presents the menu for the week of November 3 – 7, 2013.
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Elder-in-Residence at the First Nations House of Learning and St. John’s College Faculty Fellow, Elder Larry Grant, was the featured speaker in the College’s Ingram Visiting Lecturer Series on October 25, 2013.
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Rumana returns to St. John’s College for an inspiring conversation
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St. John’s Dining Society presents the menu for the week of October 20 to 24th, 2013.
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Honourable Dr. Vivienne Poy’s book signing and launch
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Presentation on the Pyongyang Project in North Korea
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Welcome to the 2013 academic year from Johannean, Dr. Stanley Kwok.
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Welcoming new residents to St. John’s College
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Displayed in the SJC Alumni Hall
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“The World Around Our Table”
SJC provides a home to international graduate students, guest room accommodation, meeting rooms and catering, and public events.
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Dear newest members of our SJC family and friends of SJC interested in learning more about our community, Warmest welcome to you all! Welcome to your new home, your new […]
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St. John’s College Dining Society present the menu for the week of August 11 – 15, 2013.
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The Fairmont Social Lounge at St. John’s College was transformed into a hospital chapel for a scene for the TV show Supernatural. More photos to follow!
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The St. John’s Dining Society presents the menu for the week of July 21 to 25, 2013.
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St. John’s Dining Society presents the menu for the week of June 23 – 27, 2013.
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New SJC mission statement reflecting our diversity.
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Alumni Spotlight – Fond memories of St. John’s College
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Alumni Spotlight – SJC alumnus working in Haiti.
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SJC connection to the opera”Carmen” at UBC!
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Congratuations to our Junior Fellows and Alumni who graduated in 2012/13!
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St. John’s Dining Society presents the menu for the week of June 2 to June 6, 2013.
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The clocktower acts a meeting place for residents on their various journeys.
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St. John’s Dining Society present the menu for the week of April 28 – May 2, 2013
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“Waterscapes: Johannean Journeys”… SJC’s art installation featuring over 1,000 paper boats!
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Artist Statement from Professor Gu Xiong on the St. John’s College Art Installation.
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UCLA Environment Justice Initiative presents: “The Poaching of our Wildest Dreams: Indigenous Peoples, Predation and the Law”. View live online streaming and discussion at SJC.
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St. John’s Dining Society present the menu for the week of April 14 to 18th, 2013.
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Around the dinner table at SJC.
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In 1999, when a student of Professor Oliver Vornberger of the northern German University of Osnabrück asked him for a reference, little did he realise that this routine service […]
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Gung Hay Fat Choy! Lion Dance at St. John’s College at the Lunar New Year Formal Dinner.
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Teaching machines how to learn and how to think.
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Celebrating fifteen years!
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