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UBC Creative Writing Anthology Reading – Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts

July 11, 2016

Together with UBC Bookstore, Caitlin Press, and the UBC Creative Writing Alumni Association, the UBC Creative Writing Program is hosting a reading and book signing of the anthology Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts edited by Ruth Daniell.

“The stories represent the diverse experiences that surround breasts: the coming of age stories, the struggles with gender, the trauma, the self-love, the experience of motherhood, the early sexualisation, the struggles of not feeling like enough or feeling like too much–too much of a woman, not enough of a woman, too much cleavage, too little. […] But no matter what your personal experiences with them, Boobs will engage you and make you feel things–in the breast possible way.” –Ljudmila Petrovic, Sad Mag

At turns heartbreaking and hilarious, Boobs is a diverse collection of stories about the burdens, expectations and pleasures of having breasts. From the agony of puberty and angst of adolescence to the anxiety of aging, these stories and poems go beyond the usual images of breasts found in fashion magazines and movie posters, instead offering dynamic and honest portraits of desire, acceptance and the desire for acceptance.

Event details:

When: Wednesday, July 13th, 2pm
Where: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 182

This event is free and open to the public.

Readings by:

Francine Cunningham
Dina Del Bucchia
Miranda Pearson
Laura Ritland
Esther Griffin
Ruth Daniell
Sara Graefe
Nancy Lee

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Rare Books and Special Collection Tours

July 1, 2016

Attend a personalized tour of the Rare Books and Special Collections department at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre! Experience rare and highly valuable items from the library’s collections up close. Join in on the weekly drop-in tour every Wednesday at 11am.

Rare Books and Special Collections is located on level 1 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Email rare.books@ubc.ca for more details.

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Remote Community Based Learning Fund 2016/2017 Submissions Now Open!

June 21, 2016

For the 5th consecutive year, The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and the Centre for Community Engaged Learning are pleased to offer funding to instructors teaching courses that include remote community based experiential learning (CBEL) opportunities for their students. This funding is intended to support collaborations between UBC students and organizations located in communities outside of the Lower Mainland.

Faculty members are invited to apply online for up to $5,000 per course for the 2016/2017 academic year.

For more information, please visit the Student Services website or click here for answers to some of the most frequently asked questions on our site.

Apply online today!

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alumni UBC – Master Mind Master Class with Hubert T. Lacroix

June 8, 2016

Change or start over? The challenge of transforming large institutions.

All broadcasters are adapting to revolutionary changes to their business; from the content they provide, to the way Canadians use their services. But how do you transform your organization when you are an iconic public institution, one as revered and sometimes maligned as Canada’s public broadcaster? Join Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada as he talks about the challenges and opportunities of change at Canada’s largest cultural institution, and what the Government’s reinvestment in public broadcasting will mean for Canadians.

Master Mind Master Class is a new alumni UBC event series, offering an unprecedented look into the minds of modern thinkers making a unique impact on the world, and the lessons they’ve learned.

This event took place May 24, 2016, in Vancouver, BC.

Moderator

Valerie Casselton, BA’77 – Managing Editor, The Vancouver Sun and The Province

Biographies

Hubert T. Lacroix

Hubert T. Lacroix was appointed President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada on November 5, 2007, for a five-year term and reappointed until December 31, 2017.

As President and CEO, Mr. Lacroix is responsible for overseeing the management of CBC/Radio-Canada in order to ensure that Canada’s national public broadcaster can deliver on the various aspects of its mandate and continue to offer Canadians a broad spectrum of high quality programming that informs, enlightens and entertains, and that is created by, for and about Canadians.

Before joining CBC/Radio-Canada, Mr. Lacroix was a special counsel in the law firm Stikeman Elliott. Before that, he acted as Executive Chairman of Telemedia Corporation, and was a senior partner at McCarthy Tétrault for nearly 20 years. He also sat on the boards of directors for several major corporations and non-profit organizations.

Valerie Casselton, BA’77

Valerie Casselton is the Managing Editor of The Vancouver Sun and The Province, publishing with a combined newsroom of more than 140 journalists and staff. She is responsible for news gathering, projects and strategic initiatives that promote audience engagement over all publication platforms.

As a senior editor, she works with the management team to achieve the news gathering, readership and financial goals of the paper as it presses its competitive position as a national leader in multi-platform publication.

As two of the largest publications in Postmedia’s national network, and operating the largest newsroom in Western Canada, The Vancouver Sun and Province together reach more than 1.4 million readers every week on all platforms — mobile, tablet, desktop and in-paper.

Valerie has been a newspaper manager for 20 years and has worked at four major Canadian dailies and three television networks in both eastern and western Canada. Earlier in her career she was a reporter, editorial writer and columnist.

Valerie has served on the alumni UBC board of directors since 2013, chairs the Alumni Achievement Awards committee, serves on the TREK advisory committee and has been a UBC mentor for 15 years.

She has served as a member or chair of the boards of the Langara College Journalism School, the Centre for Investigative Journalism (now CAJ), The American Association of Sunday and Features Editors, The Pacific Paper Industry Credit Union (now VanCity), the Vancouver Biennale, and a range of community associations.

A UBC graduate with a BA(Hons) in English, Valerie also holds a degree in Journalism form Carleton University, and a CHRP designation.

Select Books and Articles Available at UBC Library

Canadian Public Policy Collection, & Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. (2008). CBC/Radio-canada: Deﬁning distinctiveness in the changing media landscape Canada. Parliament. House of Commons.

Champagne, A., Tardif, C., Canada. Parliament.Senate.Standing Committee on Official Languages, & Canadian Government EBook Collection. (2014). CBC/Radio-canada’s language obligations: Communities want to see themselves and be heard coast to coast! : Report of the standing senate committee on official languages. Ottawa, Ontario: Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages.

Ménard, M., & desLibris – Documents. (2013). CBC/Radio-canada: Overview and key issues Parliamentary Information and Research Service. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Arts, Media & Entertainment Industries

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Aboriginal (Un)History Month 2016

June 4, 2016

June is Aboriginal (Un)History Month!

The “un” in “Aboriginal (Un)History Month” represents the continuing importance and relevance of Aboriginal peoples in Canada and around the world. Join us in June on the main floor of UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, located on unceded Musqueam territory, for this year’s Aboriginal (Un)History Month exhibit.

This year’s exhibit is introduced by DAr. Linc Kesler, Associate Professor of English and First Nations and Indigenous Studies; the Director, First Nations House of Learning; and Sr Advisor to the President on Aboriginal Affairs:

This year’s exhibits focus on some of the programs for Aboriginal youth that take place each spring and summer at UBC, operated by a range of UBC programs and departments, but all to a single objective—giving younger Aboriginal students a great experience, and a taste of university life.

One of the requisites of having goals is having imagination—the ability to imagine oneself in a different circumstance, and imagine the steps that would lead to it. Often that act of imagination is made possible by knowing someone who has been in that circumstance and hearing how they got there. For many people, imagining themselves in university begins with parents’ or other family members’ experience, the knowledge that they were able to get there, and the expectation that they may have that other family members will follow. The ability to imagine and the expectation that one will be able to follow are parts of what forms social capital—the hidden forms of wealth and support that help people move forward towards success.

While circumstances are now changing, many Aboriginal families are still emerging from a long and difficult history in which formal education was denied and expectations of success were low. Programs that bring Aboriginal students to campus to learn about science or other subjects, help students imagine higher education and a future that includes them. A program such as the Native Youth Program at the Museum of Anthropology gives Aboriginal students the chance to learn more about the many Aboriginal cultures represented in MOA’s vast collection, and develop the confidence and skill to lead tours and share their knowledge with visitors. Not only can they develop their capacity to imagine themselves as knowledgeable future leaders, they become knowledgeable leaders right now, before the summer ends.

Featured programs include:

Bridge Through Sport

Summer Science Program

Summer Science prepares you for college or university. It helps you discover an educational vision for your future! It exposes you to campus life at UBC and the facilities available on several campuses in the Lower Mainland. Students attend workshops or classes sponsors by science-related faculties at UBC. These include faculties or departments such as medicine, anatomy, forestry, engineering, physics, biology, rehabilitation sciences, etc. Students get a chance to meet First Nations role models studying at UBC and those working in science-related professions.

The Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health has hosted the annual Summer Science Program since 2014. The program first started in 1988, overseen by the Institute for Aboriginal Health. The Summer Science Program brings together Indigenous high school students from urban and rural communities throughout British Columbia and other parts of Canada for a culturally relevant and holistic learning opportunity designed to encourage the pursuit of post-secondary education, particularly in the science and health fields.

The Summer Science Program aims to stimulate students’ interest in health and science careers. It provides them with information on post-secondary pre-requisites, course planning, and admissions processes, as well as offering a holistic educational experience that considers and includes Aboriginal cultural practices. The Summer Science Program provides Aboriginal role models in the health care and science fields and incorporates cultural knowledge into daily activities. In addition to gaining valuable insight into future academic and career choices, students make friends and memories that will last a lifetime.

Based on the concepts of the Medicine Wheel, the Summer Science Program integrates Aboriginal cultural values into its curriculum by providing students with a balanced and holistic educational experience.

Emotional: Elders facilitate daily talking circles to incorporate emotional awareness and well-being into daily activities. ese circles allow students to express emotions in a safe space surrounded by traditional teachings, songs, and wisdom. Students also write in journals daily.

Mental: Academic programming focuses on the students’ intellectual needs. They are encouraged to challenge themselves mentally and develop critical skills through interactive presentations and conversations about career options with staff and volunteers.

Physical: Students participate in daily physical activity every morning as well as additional sports throughout the day. Students are encouraged to help staff and volunteers prepare nutritious meals, while Elders share teachings about food, meals, and cooking with the students.

Spiritual: Students attend workshops about topics such as healing properties of traditional medicines. Drum workshops have allowed students to bond non-verbally and feel pride in their Indigenous heritage. They have also been taught to smudge with abalone shells, sage, and sweet grass.

The majority of staff and volunteers at SSP are Indigenous, and most volunteers are current or former UBC students. This is important as it provides the youth with a group of diverse Indigenous role models including Elders and post-secondary students and graduates.

Academic programs that the students have been exposed to in the past include:

Biology
Medicine and Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Dentistry
Phlebotomy
Engineering
Midwifery
Mathematics
Microbiology and Immunology
Pharmacy
Kinesiology
Forestry

Ch’nook Indigenous Business Education

Ch’nook Cousins is a mentorship program for Aboriginal youth from across British Columbia who have an interest in pursuing post-secondary business studies. We equip high school students with the basic self-advocacy skills needed to successfully plan out, enroll, and fund their education, while also introducing these students to the vast array of career options available to them by pursuing business education.

Early Engagement: We facilitate Cousins Events for students from grades 9 – 12. Early interaction with high school students fosters increased skills acquisition and allows for early-goal setting and greater ease for meeting targets.

Skills Development: We provide mentoring workshops to teach multi-faceted skills, allowing for life-skill development as well as introductory knowledge of business education. Skills to time-management, scholarship application letters and budgeting.

Self-advocacy: As many Aboriginal youth are still First Generation (the first generation of their immediate family to go to post-secondary) it is essential that these students begin learning about student support services that can help to ensure their success, and how to access these services before they arrive at post-secondary.

Mentorship resources through Ch’nook Scholars: We foster a family-like relationship between high school students and post-secondary students. The Ch’nook Scholars are still of an age where they can relate to Ch’nook Cousins’ questions and concerns, and are able to provide them with first-hand answers and advice. Ch’nook Cousins are encouraged by the knowledge that others have faced and overcome the same challenges.

Relationship Development: Ch’nook has a trusted relationship with Secondary Schools across BC. We assist with youth career development and life-skills development as well as providing moral support to youth who see the potential in business education.

Useful Resources: We provide a range of career development resources on the Ch’nook website, including videos on leadership, and updates on events and opportunities all across BC. Ch’nook Cousins are also encouraged to participate in the Ch’nook Facebook page, where they can post questions regarding their post-secondary education planning.

Cedar Science Program

img_20150723_134603-768x432 For 10 years the Cedar Science Camp has provided an opportunity for Aboriginal youth between the ages of 8-12 to explore the UBC Vancouver campus through fun and interactive programming. This camp is made possible by the generous support of various partners on campus including the Faculties of Science and Land
and Food Systems; as well as the First Nations House of Learning. Cedar focuses on preparing Aboriginal youth for futures in post-secondary science education.

Cedar campers get a tour of the education and research being conducted by students and faculty around campus. They also take part in daily arts & crafts and outdoor recreational activities. All the while, campers learn about the wealth of post- secondary educational opportunities that exist right in their own backyard. Cedar programming focuses on balance and respecting the spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical parts of ourselves. Activities will focus on con dence building, teamwork, and self-re ection to help campers realize their own potential both within and outside of the classroom.

The Native Youth Program (NYP) at the Museum of Anthropology

The Native Youth Program (NYP) is a youth summer program that has been in place at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) since 1979. Each year, six urban Aboriginal youth (15-18 years old) from the Greater Vancouver area are selected to participate. They learn various aspects of working within a museum environment, including giving public tours, completing research projects, and participating in presentations and workshops by MOA staff.

NYP youth make use of museum resources and collections to explore their own identities and gain workforce skills. Through an arts-based curriculum, the program integrates various art forms, such as performance, poetry, visual arts, music, and folk art, for the youth to use as a tool for expression, communication, and self-motivation. Indigenous guest speakers and artists also work with the interns to help them complete arts- and media-related projects. Most importantly, the youth have an opportunity to connect with each other in a supportive environment as they develop new skills.

NYP is the longest running Aboriginal youth program in BC, with 182 students over the last 36 years. Learn more on the NYP Blog.

In 2015 as a final project, the NYP produced a podcast with CiTR Radio. Listen below.

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Health History Lecture: “Curing Queers” Mental Nurses and Their Patients 1935-1974

May 30, 2016

Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, this paper examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive ‘treatment’ for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them.

Tommy Dickinson, PhD, RN, is Senior Lecturer (Nursing) at the University of Manchester, UK. He recently published “Curing Queers,” winning the prestigious American Association for the History of Nursing Lavinia L. Dock Research Award for the book. His research interests include nursing history; patient experience, particularly LGBT patient experiences; intimacy/sexual citizenship within care homes for older people; acute & secure inpatient mental health nursing. Dr. Dickinson joins the Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry at the UBC School of Nursing as a visiting scholar June 13-15, 2016.

This event took place on June 14, 2016.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Dickinson, T. (2010). Nursing history: Aversion therapy: Tommy dickinson is looking for nurses who were involved in the ‘treatment’ of homosexuality and transvestism from the 1930s to the 1980s. Mental Health Practice, 13(5), 31 [Link]

McCrae, N., & Taylor & Francis eBooks. (2016). Story of nursing in british mental hospitals [Link]

Vail, D. J. (1965). The british mental hospital system. Springfield, Ill: Thomas. [Available at Woodward Library – WM27.FA1 V35 1965 ]

UBC Library Research Guides

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Nursing

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Emily Drabinski – Intersections with Power: Critical Teaching and the Library Catalogue

May 30, 2016

As teaching librarians, we introduce our students to knowledge organization structures that enable inquiry and curiosity in the library, but also use language and logic that we might otherwise contest. Students researching gender and sexual identities in our library catalogs, for example, must confront a controlled vocabulary that represents bias against them more than it does the reality of their own lives. These are pivotal moments, where students intersect with structures of power. Librarians engaged in critical work against dominant knowledge formations can both help students perceive the structures of power that enable some ways of knowing and not others, and help them understand those structures as subject to change. We can begin by understanding how librarians are produced in part by intersections with structures of power.

The Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) is Canada’s only conference devoted to library instruction, information literacy, and information fluency. Sessions explore both research-based and applied subject matter, and are attended by librarians from Canada, the United States, and beyond with a variety of teaching and learning interests. It is notable that WILU is not affiliated with any association or organizing body – instead, since its inception in 1972, it has been sustained and passed on from year to year through the collaborative efforts of hosting institutions.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Accardi, M. T., Drabinski, E., & Kumbier, A. (2010). Critical library instruction: Theories and methods. Duluth, Minn: Library Juice Press. [Available at Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – Z711.25.C65 C75 2010]

Drabinski, E. (2012). Forum:Radical teacheras an online and open access journal. The Radical Teacher, (94), 3-13. doi:10.5406/radicalteacher.94.0003 [Link]

Drabinski, E. (2013). Queering the catalog: Queer theory and the politics of correction. The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, 83(2), 94-111. doi:10.1086/669547 [Link]

Drabinski, E. (2014). Toward a kairos of library instruction. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 40(5), 480-485. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2014.06.002 [Link]

Drabinski, E. (2016). Valuing professionalism: Discourse as professional practice. Library Trends, 64(3), 604-614. [Link]

Langholt, J. (2012). Critical library instruction: Theories and methods. edited by maria T. accardi, emily drabinski, and alana kumbier. duluth, MN: Library juice press, 2010. pp. xvi+341. ISBN 978–1-936117-01-7. The Library Quarterly, 82(1), 93-96. doi:10.1086/662949 [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Learning Technology

Library, Information, and Archival Studies

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alumni UBC100 What’s Next? : Elizabeth Croft – Future of Robotics

May 11, 2016

Great things happen when our brightest minds have the freedom to explore. When we pursue our unique interests, the resulting collective capacity for innovation is limitless. The issues of the future will require these creative solutions as the need to build connections between people, nations and disciplines has never been greater.

On May 28th, UBC closed out the Centennial year with some great minds providing perspectives on topics of the future.

The topic of ‘human-robot interaction’ will still be a hot one in 100 years. The tools may change but the problems, such as “How do people and robots get along?” will remain the same. Questions surrounding what robots should do; and how we can share, operate safely, communicate, take turns, teach robots, and generally get along together will continue to be problems requiring solutions. The efforts we make to establish the ‘rules of engagement’ now will certainly be foundational to our future relationships.

Elizabeth Croft was featured in the video “A Robot in Every Home” in the February 2015 online issue of Trek Magazine.

@ecroft

Moderated by Marc Parlange – Dean and Professor, UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Bartneck, C., Kulić, D., Croft, E., & Zoghbi, S. (2009). Measurement instruments for the anthropomorphism, animacy, likeability, perceived intelligence, and perceived safety of robots. International Journal of Social Robotics, 1(1), 71-81. doi:10.1007/s12369-008-0001-3 [Link]

Kulić, D., & Croft, E. (2007). Pre-collision safety strategies for human-robot interaction. Autonomous Robots, 22(2), 149-164. doi:10.1007/s10514-006-9009-4 [Link]

Luu, B. L., Inglis, J. T., Huryn, T. P., Van der Loos, H. F. Machiel, Croft, E. A., & Blouin, J. (2012). Human Standing is Modified by an Unconscious Integration of Congruent Sensory and Motor Signals: Vestibular-Motor Pathways in Standing. The Journal of Physiology, 590(22), 5783-5794. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2012.230334 [Link]

Sheikholeslami, S., Moon, A., & Croft, E. A. (2015). Exploring the Effect of Robot Hand Configurations in Directional Gestures for Human-Robot Interaction. Paper presented at the 3594-3599. doi:10.1109/IROS.2015.7353879 [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Mechanical Engineering

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alumni UBC100 What’s Next? : Meeru Dhalwala – Future of Food Sources

May 11, 2016

On May 28th, UBC closed out the Centennial year with some great minds providing perspectives on topics of the future.

What will we eat when we need to feed 11 billion people globally by 2100?* With rapid population increase and climate change coupled with the focus on cash crops and loss of food diversity, is a fundamental shift in our diets and the way our food is supplied essential for us to be able to feed ourselves equitably worldwide? Hear from chef, restauranteur and climate change activist, Meeru Dhalwala, on her insights on these and other aspects of our future food sources.

*Sources: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/18/world-population-new-study-11bn-2100

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6206/234

@MeeruDhalwala

Moderated by Rickey Yada, BSc’77, MSc’80, PhD’84 – Dean and Professor, UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Dyson, Tim. Population and Food: Global Trends and Future Prospects. London: Routledge, 1996. Print. [Available at Koerner Library – HD9000.5 .D97 1996]

Murphy, Elaine M. Food and Population: A Global Concern. Washington, D.C. : Population Reference Bureau, Inc., 1984. Print. [Available at Koerner Library – HD9000.5 .M87 1984]

on Agriculture, S., & Forestry. (2014). Innovation in agriculture: The key to feeding a growing population Canada. Senate Committee Reports. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Dietetics and Nutrition

Food Science

Health Statistics & Data

Population and Public Health

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alumni UBC100 What’s Next? : Tzeporah Berman – Future of the Planet

May 11, 2016

On May 28th, UBC wclosed out the Centennial year with some great minds providing perspectives on topics of the future.

We are living a turning point in history, the moment when we are re-envisioning industrial society. We now know that the cumulative impacts of our fossil fuel economy threaten the air we breathe, the water we drink and even a stable economy and climate. The good news is that major advances in technology and the dramatic drop in the price of renewable energy make the scale of change necessary within our grasp.

@Tzeporah

Moderated by Kathryn Harrison, PhD’93 – Senior Associate Dean, UBC’s Faculty of Arts; Professor of Political Science

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Berman Tzeporah, Christopher Hatch; Maurice Gibbons; Ronald B. Hatch; Gordon Brent Ingram; Loys Maingon (1994). Clayoquot & Dissent. Ronsdale Press. [Link]

Berman, T., & Leiren-Young, M. (2011). This crazy time: Living our environmental challenge. Toronto: Knopf Canada. [Available at Okanagan Library – GE195.9 .B47 2011]

UBC Library Research Guides

Natural Resources Conservation

Sustainability

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