Faculty Highlights

UBC historian talks “China and the pandemic”

UBC historian talks “China and the pandemic”

UBC China historian Timothy Brook is interviewed by teacher Louise Doucet in a one-hour video discussion. “I neither support nor oppose China,” says Brook. “My role is to be concerned about China and to analyze China.”

UBC English prof discusses Indigenous communities and COVID-19

UBC English prof discusses Indigenous communities and COVID-19

Co-authors Gina Starblanket and Dallas Hunt highlight the unique vulnerabilities Indigenous communities face in the wake of COVID-19 that are not remedied in a one-size-fits-all approach.

ASL prof communicates COVID-19 to deaf community

ASL prof communicates COVID-19 to deaf community

Nigel Howard is a UBC adjunct professor and American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter who has been tasked with conveying the public health details around COVID-19 to the deaf community locally and across the country.