Events

The Learning Centre hosts an exciting program of events including academic lectures and seminars, symposiums and conferences, workshops, presentations and much more.

Latest Events Events Calendar

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  Aug

  28

  Create the UBC Pride Installation!

  , 11:00 am

  Together, we need to fold 2000 paper cranes of 13 different colours, and we need YOUR help!

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  Jul

  11

  The Public Knowledge project at 21: Activism, Scholarship, Security Patches

  Lillooet Room (301) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 2:00 pm

  Join us in conversation on July 11 with the creator of the Public Knowledge Project, Professor John Willinsky. Co-hosted by UBC Library and UBC iSchool.

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  Jul

  9

  Join us for an introductory tour of the Puban Collection at Rare Books and Special Collections

  Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Level 1, 1:30 pm

  In honour of the 60th anniversary of the Library’s acquisition of the Puban Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections will be hosting bi-weekly tours highlighting items from the Puban Collection throughout the summer. Tour Dates: July 9, 2019 (1:30-2:30 pm) July 23, 2019 (1:30-2:30 pm) August 6, 2019 (1:30-2:30 pm) August 20, 2019 (1:30-2:30 pm)...

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  Jun

  1

  Indigenous (Un)History Month Exhibition: RavenSpace – Digital Publishing in Indigenous Studies

  Irving K, Barber Learning Centre Foyer,

  June is recognized as Aboriginal History Month but at UBC Library we hold a tradition of (Un)History Month -- a celebration and acknowledgement of the importance of Indigenous Peoples – not only in history – but in the present and future.

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  Jun

  1

  A Queer Century, 1869-1969

  Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Level 1,

  The exhibit, hosted in Rare Books & Special Collections located on Level 1 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, will run until July 31, 2019.

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  Jun

  1

  Photography exhibition brings diverse views about Vancouver’s DTES to the UBC community

  Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Ike's Cafe,

  UBC Library has partnered with local non-profit 2 Paycheques Away to bring an exceptional and striking photography exhibit to two library locations.

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  Mar

  1

  Across Enchanted Lands

  Irving K, Barber Learning Centre Foyer,

  Across Enchanted Lands: Universal Motifs in Illustrated Fairy Tales is on display from March 1 through May 30, 2019. The exhibition is free and open to the public, and people of all ages are encouraged to attend.

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  Sep

  18

  Cultural Safety and Addressing Systemic Racism with Harley Eagle, in partnership with UBC Learning Circle

  Dodson Room (302) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 10:00 am

  We welcome Harley Eagle to the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health, presenting from the UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology, and live streaming through the UBC Learning Circle for a conversation on cultural safety and addressing systemic racism. Indigenous people experience racism in health and educational settings. This webinar will focus on why understanding the dynamics of Indigenous specific racism is essential to ensuring Cultural Safety.

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