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Book Review: Gabor Maté
No full textReseña de: MATÉ, Gabor (2022) Quando o Corpo diz Não, Porto: Ideias de Ler, pp. 312
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture
No full textDalam buku yang meneguhkan hidup ini, Gabor Maté menghubungkan titik-titik antara penderitaan pribadi kita dan tekanan hidup modern yang tiada henti – menunjukkan bahwa kesehatan yang buruk adalah cerminan alami dari keterputusan kita dari diri kita yang sebenarny
Prescribing Heroin: The Logical Next Step for Canada?
No full textPanelists include:
Dr. Gabor Maté, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Dr. Bruce Alexander, author of Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit
Dave Murray, SALOME/NAOMI Association of Patients
Scott Bernstein, Lawyer Pivot Legal SocietyThis event is supported by the Pivot Legal Society and SFU\u27s Vancity Office of Community Engagement
The Mind/Body Connection
No full textPhysician and award winning author, Dr Gabor Mate, discusses his research at the intersection of addiction, science, psychology, and compassionhttps://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/publicprograms/1030/thumbnail.jp
Oocyclus shorti Jia & Maté, 2012, sp. n.
No full textOocyclus shorti sp. n. (Figs. 1–5) Type material. Holotype 3: CHINA: Guangdong Province: Dadongshan, 24 ° 55 ’ 68 ”N, 112 ° 42 ’ 41 ”E, 28.v. 2011, Kubecek & Yun Li lgt. (SYSU). Paratypes (81 exs.): CHINA: Guangdong Province: same data as holotype (7 exs., SYSU). Danxiashan, Zhanglao peak, 10.vi. 2011, leg. F. L. Jia [original label in Chinese]. (2 exs., SYSU). Danxiashan, Jinshiyan, wet rock, 11.vi. 2011. leg. F.L. Jia [original label in Chinese] (37 exs., SYSU, SEMC); Danxiashan, Zhanglao peak, with dense algae and duckweeds, 4.xi. 2010, leg. F.L. Jia [original label in Chinese] (9 exs., SYSU); Shenzhen, Wutongshan, Hengpailing, 15.v. 2011, leg. F.L. Jia & Junlei Liao (1 male, SYSU). Hong Kong SAR: Hong Kong Island, Tai Tam Reservoir, intersection Tai Tam Rd and Mt Parker Rd, 21.xii. 2009, rock seep, leg. J.F. Maté (5 exs., JFMC); Hong Kong Island, Jardine´s Lookout, 26.iv. 2001, leg. J.F. Maté (2 exs.); 1.v. 2001 (2 exs.); Hong Kong Island, 22 ° 16.42 ’N, 114 ° 11.71 ’E, 3.iii. 2000, Hygropetric seep, leg. J.F. Maté (1 ex.); Hong Kong Island, 22 ° 30.36 ’N 114 ° 14.16 ’E, 18.xii. 2007, Hygropetric seep, leg. J.F. Maté (1 ex.); New Territories; Tai Mo Shan C.P. Seep 500m due North from Weather Station, 7.ix. 2008 (2 exs.); Tai Mo Shan C.P., 700m, leg. P. Aston (1 ex.); Lantau Island, Mui Wo, 29.xii. 2010, pond fern in ditch, leg. J.F. Maté (9 exs.); Lantau Island, Mui Wo waterfall (on open face of waterfall), 20.i. 2009, leg. P. Aston (2 exs.). (When not indicated, specimens are deposited in BMNH, JFMC, PAC, and BASC). Diagnosis. From most regional species, O. shorti can be distinguished from most species of the genus except O. fikaceki and O. dinghu by its small to medium size, its rounded posterolateral margin of the pronotum, lack of procoxal spines, with sparse and long setae on abdominal ventrites 1–4, lack of distinct elytral systematic punctures, and the metafemora without microreticulation. It is extremely close to O. fikaceki Short & Jia and O. dinghu Short & Jia. It can be separated from both species by the aedeagus (Fig. 4) with the outer margin of parameres distinctly curved inwards and clearly narrowed apically; the median lobe abruptly narrowed at apical one-fourth; and with the gonopore situated one and half times of its length below it. Description. Size and Form. Total body length= 3.6 –4.0 mm. Oval, strongly convex. Elytra slightly longer than wide. Color. Dorsum black; head, pronotum and often elytra with a subtle green iridescent sheen. Maxillary and labial palps yellow, with apex of maxillary palpomere slightly darkened. Legs, epipleura, lateral margins of prosternum and posterior half of each ventrite yellowish brown, with remainder of venter slightly to moderately darker reddish brown. Head. Ground punctation on labrum, clypeus and frons slightly variable in size from almost undetectable to fine; fairly densely distributed, distance between punctures 0.5–1.5 x the width of one puncture. Systematic row of punctures on the labrum very dense, more or less forming a lateral, shallow median groove, and set with a dense row of long erect yellow setae. Frons with an irregular row of systematic punctures mesad of each eye, bearing a few fine setae. Clypeus with a few nearly undetectable systematic punctures along anterolateral margins, slightly larger than surrounding punctation and usually bearing short setae. Maxillary palps very short, subequal in length as width of labrum; segment 2 slightly bulbous, apical segment slightly longer than penultimate. Labial palps three-fourths as long as width of mentum. Mentum quadrate, anterior margin slightly convex; anterior half portion bearing very fine and scattered punctures, including two small clusters of punctures mediolaterally that bear fine setae; posterior half portion almost glabrous, sometimes with a few nearly undetectable punctures. Thorax. Ground punctation on pronotum and elytra very irregular in size, composed of both extremely fine and moderately coarse punctures, which are generally mixed and evenly distributed. Pronotal systematic punctures present, but blending with larger general punctures, usually not more than 1.5 x the size of general punctation and set with a fine recumbent seta. Lateral margins of pronotum appearing without setiferous punctures. Posterolateral corners of pronotum evenly rounded. Sutural punctation on elytra absent or unmodified from general punctation. Elytra without distinct rows of larger punctures, as they blend uniformly with the largest of the ground punctures; these rows (of systematic punctures) can be detected by the presence of a fine, short seta. Prosternum with median carina along entire length, with a small blunt tooth anteriorly; without long spines or hairs anteriorly. Mesosternal process with lateral extensions sloping evenly downward; apex set with a few long fine setae. Metasternum with small oval glabrous area posteromedially, slightly longer than wide, length of glabrous area about two-fifths the total length of the metasternum. Pro- and mesocoxae densely pubescent; without spines. Protibiae with 6–7 spines on dorsal face. Protarsal segments 1–4 small, subequal in length, apical segment slightly shorter than segments 1–4 combined. Metafemora without microreticulation. Abdomen. Ventrites 1–4 with two lateral rows of very long, fine setae; longest setae longer than the setae around the metasternal glabrous area. Fifth ventrite entire, with dense, uniform setae over entire surface. Aedeagus (Fig. 4) with outer margin of parameres distinctly curved inwards and clearly narrowed apically, not expanded on inner face apically; median lobe abruptly narrowed at apical one-fourth, appearing bilobed at apex, with gonopore situated one and half times its length below it. Etymology. Named in honor of Dr. Andrew Edward Z. Short, Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, and avid hydrophilid specialist who has collaborated with first author. Distribution. China (Guangdong & Hong Kong). Biology. Living on wet rock face (Fig. 5), sometimes living with Cymbiodyta orientalis Jia & Short together.Published as part of Jia, Fenglong & Maté, Jason F., 2012, A New Species of Oocyclus Sharp From Southeastern China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), pp. 81-84 in Zootaxa 3509 on pages 81-83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28250
Oocyclus shorti Jia & Maté, 2012, sp. n.
No full textOocyclus shorti sp. n. (Figs. 1–5) Type material. Holotype 3: CHINA: Guangdong Province: Dadongshan, 24 ° 55 ’ 68 ”N, 112 ° 42 ’ 41 ”E, 28.v. 2011, Kubecek & Yun Li lgt. (SYSU). Paratypes (81 exs.): CHINA: Guangdong Province: same data as holotype (7 exs., SYSU). Danxiashan, Zhanglao peak, 10.vi. 2011, leg. F. L. Jia [original label in Chinese]. (2 exs., SYSU). Danxiashan, Jinshiyan, wet rock, 11.vi. 2011. leg. F.L. Jia [original label in Chinese] (37 exs., SYSU, SEMC); Danxiashan, Zhanglao peak, with dense algae and duckweeds, 4.xi. 2010, leg. F.L. Jia [original label in Chinese] (9 exs., SYSU); Shenzhen, Wutongshan, Hengpailing, 15.v. 2011, leg. F.L. Jia & Junlei Liao (1 male, SYSU). Hong Kong SAR: Hong Kong Island, Tai Tam Reservoir, intersection Tai Tam Rd and Mt Parker Rd, 21.xii. 2009, rock seep, leg. J.F. Maté (5 exs., JFMC); Hong Kong Island, Jardine´s Lookout, 26.iv. 2001, leg. J.F. Maté (2 exs.); 1.v. 2001 (2 exs.); Hong Kong Island, 22 ° 16.42 ’N, 114 ° 11.71 ’E, 3.iii. 2000, Hygropetric seep, leg. J.F. Maté (1 ex.); Hong Kong Island, 22 ° 30.36 ’N 114 ° 14.16 ’E, 18.xii. 2007, Hygropetric seep, leg. J.F. Maté (1 ex.); New Territories; Tai Mo Shan C.P. Seep 500m due North from Weather Station, 7.ix. 2008 (2 exs.); Tai Mo Shan C.P., 700m, leg. P. Aston (1 ex.); Lantau Island, Mui Wo, 29.xii. 2010, pond fern in ditch, leg. J.F. Maté (9 exs.); Lantau Island, Mui Wo waterfall (on open face of waterfall), 20.i. 2009, leg. P. Aston (2 exs.). (When not indicated, specimens are deposited in BMNH, JFMC, PAC, and BASC). Diagnosis. From most regional species, O. shorti can be distinguished from most species of the genus except O. fikaceki and O. dinghu by its small to medium size, its rounded posterolateral margin of the pronotum, lack of procoxal spines, with sparse and long setae on abdominal ventrites 1–4, lack of distinct elytral systematic punctures, and the metafemora without microreticulation. It is extremely close to O. fikaceki Short & Jia and O. dinghu Short & Jia. It can be separated from both species by the aedeagus (Fig. 4) with the outer margin of parameres distinctly curved inwards and clearly narrowed apically; the median lobe abruptly narrowed at apical one-fourth; and with the gonopore situated one and half times of its length below it. Description. Size and Form. Total body length= 3.6 –4.0 mm. Oval, strongly convex. Elytra slightly longer than wide. Color. Dorsum black; head, pronotum and often elytra with a subtle green iridescent sheen. Maxillary and labial palps yellow, with apex of maxillary palpomere slightly darkened. Legs, epipleura, lateral margins of prosternum and posterior half of each ventrite yellowish brown, with remainder of venter slightly to moderately darker reddish brown. Head. Ground punctation on labrum, clypeus and frons slightly variable in size from almost undetectable to fine; fairly densely distributed, distance between punctures 0.5–1.5 x the width of one puncture. Systematic row of punctures on the labrum very dense, more or less forming a lateral, shallow median groove, and set with a dense row of long erect yellow setae. Frons with an irregular row of systematic punctures mesad of each eye, bearing a few fine setae. Clypeus with a few nearly undetectable systematic punctures along anterolateral margins, slightly larger than surrounding punctation and usually bearing short setae. Maxillary palps very short, subequal in length as width of labrum; segment 2 slightly bulbous, apical segment slightly longer than penultimate. Labial palps three-fourths as long as width of mentum. Mentum quadrate, anterior margin slightly convex; anterior half portion bearing very fine and scattered punctures, including two small clusters of punctures mediolaterally that bear fine setae; posterior half portion almost glabrous, sometimes with a few nearly undetectable punctures. Thorax. Ground punctation on pronotum and elytra very irregular in size, composed of both extremely fine and moderately coarse punctures, which are generally mixed and evenly distributed. Pronotal systematic punctures present, but blending with larger general punctures, usually not more than 1.5 x the size of general punctation and set with a fine recumbent seta. Lateral margins of pronotum appearing without setiferous punctures. Posterolateral corners of pronotum evenly rounded. Sutural punctation on elytra absent or unmodified from general punctation. Elytra without distinct rows of larger punctures, as they blend uniformly with the largest of the ground punctures; these rows (of systematic punctures) can be detected by the presence of a fine, short seta. Prosternum with median carina along entire length, with a small blunt tooth anteriorly; without long spines or hairs anteriorly. Mesosternal process with lateral extensions sloping evenly downward; apex set with a few long fine setae. Metasternum with small oval glabrous area posteromedially, slightly longer than wide, length of glabrous area about two-fifths the total length of the metasternum. Pro- and mesocoxae densely pubescent; without spines. Protibiae with 6–7 spines on dorsal face. Protarsal segments 1–4 small, subequal in length, apical segment slightly shorter than segments 1–4 combined. Metafemora without microreticulation. Abdomen. Ventrites 1–4 with two lateral rows of very long, fine setae; longest setae longer than the setae around the metasternal glabrous area. Fifth ventrite entire, with dense, uniform setae over entire surface. Aedeagus (Fig. 4) with outer margin of parameres distinctly curved inwards and clearly narrowed apically, not expanded on inner face apically; median lobe abruptly narrowed at apical one-fourth, appearing bilobed at apex, with gonopore situated one and half times its length below it. Etymology. Named in honor of Dr. Andrew Edward Z. Short, Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, and avid hydrophilid specialist who has collaborated with first author. Distribution. China (Guangdong & Hong Kong). Biology. Living on wet rock face (Fig. 5), sometimes living with Cymbiodyta orientalis Jia & Short together.Published as part of Jia, Fenglong & Maté, Jason F., 2012, A New Species of Oocyclus Sharp From Southeastern China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), pp. 81-84 in Zootaxa 3509 on pages 81-83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28250
Peyote Panel and Double Book Launch
No full textWebcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Dr. Maté joins in on this sneak preview and discussion of the film The Peynote Chronicles (work in progress), directed by Ellen Spiro and based on Labate and Cavnar's book.
This event took place on April 7, 2016.
Speaker bio
Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them.Non UBCUnreviewedFacultyPostdoctoralOthe
The nomadic war machine of Gabor Maté\u27s Compassionate Inquiry
No full textIn this article it will be argued that Gabor Maté’s published/online works, along with Maurizio and Zaya Benazzo’s documentary film The Wisdom of Trauma (2021), collectively comprise a digital nomadic war machine; one that works to heal the trauma otherwise precipitated by the State Apparatus’s majoritarian channelling of certain desires for profit. As will be discussed, Maté’s analysis of trauma not only rhizomatically connects Michel Foucault’s theorisation of disciplinary/bio-power society with Gilles Deleuze’s conception of control society, but also extends an earlier minoritarian vector of healing – ranging from Jean-Martin Charcot’s to Francine Shapiro’s works. And while this vector initially sought to address the increasing trauma deriving from disciplinary/bio-power’s normalising judgement, and more recently has focused on vestiges thereof in our neoliberal/digital societies of control, its extension has a bearing on democracy, because the persistence of such trauma inhibits the agency required for the functioning and development of this political system
Carvalho en construcción: Yo maté a Kennedy
No full textYo maté a Kennedy (1972) se ha leído principalmente como una crítica al capitalismo consumista americano surgido después de la segunda guerra mundial y también como una novela experimental fruto del tiempo en el que está escrita. En mi artículo propongo una lectura en clave de estructura de sentimiento (R. Williams), en la que Vázquez Montalbán crea una obra neo-avant-garde para cuestionarse no solamente el estatus quo estadounidense, sino para cuestionarse a sí mismo como un intelectual comunista de izquierdas. Se establece un guiño irónico entre el escritor y el protagonista que (no) coincidirán en una vivencia problemática de su ideología en la que los ideales van quedando para diatribas verbales y la pragmática vital se impregna cada vez más de ese capitalismo criticado. En una gestión manipulada de las tensiones internas y externas del protagonista, el detective Pepe Carvalho, y en el entorno directo de JFK, la narración construye un texto que muestra la relevancia de la otredad en el patriarcado capitalista en el formato de la gran América que se impone como estructura económico-social y de sentimiento en todo occidente y que terminará transformando al personaje y el tono del resto de veinticuatro novelas de la saga Carvalho.Yo maté a Kennedy (1972) has been mostly read as a harsh critique of post-world war II American capitalism and as well as an experimental novel that exemplifies the neo-avant-garde movement of its time. In this article, I defend a reading of the text based on the application of R. Williams’ concept ‘structures of feeling’ on artistic social recreations. I propose that beyond challenging the American status quo of the sixties, Vázquez Montalbán explores how this particular form of capitalism impacts his main character, Pepe Carvalho, and also himself as a communist author. In the narration, the writer recreates an ironical game between Carvalho, the author and many intellectuals of the time wherein the invasion and acceptation of capitalism is unstoppable. In a manipulated control of internal and external tensions, the narration builds a novel that shows the importance of a specific approach to Otherness in American patriarchy capitalism as a key piece of the specific structure of feeling that guides the novel’s characters development and its influence in the western world. In this sense, the changes based on the implementation of this structure will impact the rest of the Carvalho saga. 
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