The promise and perils of artificial intelligence (AI) have captured a lot of attention in recent years. As a law professor who has recently been teaching and researching about this topic, I’ve learned a lot from reading a range of…
The Peter A. Allard School of Law on the UBC campus will host a Faith & AI event next Wednesday (March 19). Speaking will be law professor Benjamin Perrin, who will address the topic ‘A Christian Contribution to Ethical AI.’…
This is my first local books round-up of 2025, covering 10 newly published books from the local Christian community. Again there is a range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. Benjamin Perrin, editor: Artificial…
Many conservative politicians in Canada and the United States have long championed what they term as ‘tough on crime’ policies. This approach, characterized by more police, harsher punishment and greater incarceration (including discredited mandatory minimum penalties) has been criticized for…
This is my first ‘local books’ round-up of 2024, and I’m already way behind. I posted five such updates last year – Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley authors are really doing their job! This week I will look at 11…
Three Christian groups are working together with a creative community initiative. Pursuit Kitchen is designed “to empower youths and young adults by teaching them practical skills, and nourish vulnerable individuals with nutritious meals,” in collaboration with the CityReach Care Society,…
Benjamin Perrin is a particularly busy man these days, between teaching law at UBC, spending time with his young family and promoting his new book, Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial. But he made time last weekend to speak…
Sex, drugs, rock and roll – and Jesus. Rounding out the top three box office hits this week is Jesus Revolution, a true story set against the backdrop of Woodstock and the ‘summer of love’ in the late 1960s and…
When Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and his fellow ABC City Councillors were sworn in at the Orpheum Theatre November 7 he repeated some of the promises he made the night he was elected, where he said, for example: We heard…
Adults will be allowed to possess up to 2.5 grams of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA in British Columbia by early next year. That major shift in Canada’s drug policy was announced May 31 by Federal Minister of Mental Health…