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Peña Room (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Level 3) Date & Time: Thursday, October  1 – 3.00-4.30PM PT

Content Warning: discussion of residential schools, child abuse What is Orange Shirt Day – Every Child Matters? Phyllis Webstad is a Northern Secwépemc (Shushwap) woman from the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation and a residential school survivor. When she was six years old, Phyllis had her new orange shirt stolen on her first day at school. […]

Peña Room (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Level 3) Thursday, October 1 – 3.00-4.30PM PT

UBC Library is pleased to share the call for applications for the EDI Scholars-in-Residence. The deadline for submission of applications is October 31, 2026, 5.00pm.

Saturday, September 19, 12.30pm-1.30pm at HSBC Hall, UBC Robson Square (800 Robson St, Vancouver)

The UBC Library–iSchool Mentorship Program is the first initiative of its kind in Canada. Developed by UBC Library, the program pairs librarians and archivists from the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses with graduate students in the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) and Master of Archival Studies (MAS) programs at the School of Information. It is designed for students aspiring to careers in academic libraries. The application deadline is September 30, 2026.

Kevin Spenst is a poet, editor, teacher, and community arts organizer, who brings a deep commitment to poetry as a public, participatory, and place-based practice.

An individual’s experiences are based on not just their individual identities, but the intersection these identities create. Discrimination can be based on one’s race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and more. When these identities often overlap with one another, unique experiences of discrimination or privilege will occur rather than experiences based on each factor in […]

Thursday, August 20, 12.00-3.00PM PT, at the Peña Room (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Level 3)

Since 2012, we have celebrated International Non-Binary People’s Day on July 14th, the halfway point between International Women’s Day and International Men’s Day. The term “non-binary” does not have one definition but refers to individuals whose gender identity is neither female nor male. Other terms such as “gender non-conforming”, “genderqueer”, or “agender” are similar. Gender […]

In collaboration with Word Vancouver, UBC Library is pleased to announce Kevin Spenst as its next Writer-in-Residence. A poet, editor, teacher, and community arts organizer, Spenst brings a deep commitment to poetry as a public, participatory, and place-based practice.

The University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. In fact, anywhere you step in Canada is land on which Indigenous people have lived and stewarded since time immemorial. June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time to learn […]

Sunday, July 5, 2026, 4:30pm to 6:30pm at the UEL Community Gardens

July 31, 2026, 2.00-4.00 pm at the UEL Community Gardens

Sunday, May 31, 2026, 2.00-4.00 pm at the Wesbrook Community Centre Outdoor Space (3335 Webber Lane)

Each year in May, Canada celebrates Asian Heritage Month to recognize the ways Canadians of Asian descent have helped shape Canadian identity today. Many Asian Canadians have made contributions that mark historical and cultural milestones in the development of the country. To read more about noteworthy Canadians of Asian heritage, see here. Though this yearly […]

Deadline for applications: May 30, 2026

In 2007, the United Nations designated April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day to not only raise awareness, but to promote acceptance, appreciation, and inclusion of autistic individuals as well as recognizing the positive contributions they have made to the world. Recently, there has been an increased movement to understand and advocate for neurodivergent communities. […]

EDI Scholar-in-Residence 2025/2026

Thursday, March 26, 2026 – 3.00-4.00PM PT

Content warning: This post discusses and describes the Canadian Residential School System and the Chinese Exclusion Act. Please take care when reading. What is the International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination? The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is recognized each year on March 21st to call attention to the ongoing injustices […]

Pink Shirt Day is a day to recognize and raise awareness of bullying, a major problem in schools, workplaces, and online. It began in 2007 in Nova Scotia, when a group of teenagers organized a protest to wear pink in solidarity with a boy who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. The […]

Thursday, February 26, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Pena Room (Rm 301)

Thursday, February 12 – 3.00-4.30PM, at the Peña Room (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Level 3)