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a photograph from the Lesbian Collection at UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections. two women are embracing, one in a dress and the other in a suit.

Celebrating lesbian identities and gender performance in UBC Library’s newest archival collection

Select items from the Lesbian Collection are on view in the RBSC and University Archives Reading Room through the summer. Learn more about the collection and how it came to be here.

Screenshot of Naomi Klein's substack article "Welcome to my Substack," with a video of Naomi Klein.

Patterns by Naomi Klein

Join the community of over 50,000 readers of Naomi Klein’s new substack Patterns, where she seeks to build intellectual scaffolding for our age of serial shocks and deliberate discombobulation. Read her first article here!

Headshots of Jasbir K. Puar, Renisa Mawani, and Farheen Haq on the bright teal blue and red background.

Indian Summer Festival Tiffin Talk: Grammars of Return

July 12th, 2026 | Join Farheen Haq and Renisa Mawani in a conversation moderated by Jasbir K. Puar, as they explore what grammars of return through language, water, and intergenerational inheritances might look like. Register here!