Scholars @ Work

Universities should respond to cuts and corporate influence with co-operative governance

Universities should respond to cuts and corporate influence with co-operative governance

Dr. Michelle Stack (EDUC) and Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein (U of T) advocate for moving existing educational models from a rankings-based system to a cooperative framework.

Graphic novel depicting history of relocated Vancouver Island First Nation nears completion

Graphic novel depicting history of relocated Vancouver Island First Nation nears completion

With support from the UBC Comics Studies Cluster, a forthcoming graphic novel illustrated by Indigenous artists shares the history of the Homalco First Nation (HFN) as remembered by Elders.

The enduring appeal of a century-old German film about queer love

The enduring appeal of a century-old German film about queer love

Dr. Ervin Malakaj discusses the silent German movie Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others), which hoped to dispel public misconceptions of same-sex relations and abolish Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code.