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.

UBC historian explains the evolution of hand-washing

Peter Ward talks about the history of hand-washing as a social responsibility.

Operatic Redress: The Appropriation of Indigenous Song in the Opera Louis Riel

March 12, 2020 | Join Stó:lō scholar Dr. Dylan Robinson as he discusses his collaboration with the National Arts Centre and Canadian Opera Company on a newly commissioned aria that replaces a misappropriated Nisga’a song in Harry Somers’ Louis Riel. The talk includes a performance with composer Ian Cusson and soprano Melody Courage.