2021

"borderstory" in cursive written with red crayon against a grey mottled background

Worn Words: Engaged research-creation and stories of ordinary words

DATE: March 17, 2021 TIME: 12:00pm – 1:00pm LOCATION: Online via Zoom This event includes a screening of Borderstory, a 24-minute film on the word ‘border,’ followed by a discussion of its production process as a form of research creation. Humanitarian communication is notorious for shaping a popular imaginary around refugee ethics that dehistoricizes the cultural figure of the refugee and focuses […]

Event details in white text on dark blue background. Wikipedia as Public Scholarship, Friday March 12, 11am - 12:30 pm PST, co-hosted by UBC Library and UBC Public Humanities Hub.

Wikipedia as Public Scholarship

DATE: March 12, 2021 TIME: 11:00pm – 12:30pm LOCATION: Zoom This moderated conversation will focus on Wikipedia as a form of public scholarship. Panelists will reflect on and consider a range of topics: This panel is co-hosted with the UBC Library as part of the March 2021 Honouring Indigenous Writers Wikipedia Edit-a-thon happening at UBC. […]

Two books from UBC authors: Rewriting Stories by Derek Gladwin, and Contact! Unload edited by George Belliveau and Graham W. Lea (U of Manitoba)

Massy Reads: Arts-based approaches to well-being education

DATE: March 11, 2021 TIME: 4:30pm – 5:30pm LOCATION: Zoom A Public Humanities Hub Conversation with Derek Gladwin, George Belliveau, and Graham W. Lea Books can be purchased through Massy Books. This event is free and open to the public. Please join us for a book launch and conversation with UBC authors, moderated by Dr. Karen […]