Chinese Canadian portal/funding in the news
The recent announcement on federal funding worth $900,000 for a Chinese Canadian portal project that involves UBC Library has received ample media coverage. Here are pieces from the Vancouver Sun, the Province and the Xinhua News Agency. And here’s a great photo of a tour of the Chung Collection, held after the formal announcement, in […]
UBC gains $900,000 federal award for unique Chinese Canadian history web portal
MEDIA RELEASE | AUGUST 9, 2010 UBC gains $900,000 federal award for unique Chinese Canadian history web portal A bilingual website featuring the legacies of Chinese Canadians who helped shape this country will soon be a reality thanks to an ambitious project led by the University of British Columbia and a $900,000 grant from Citizenship […]
Digitization project featured in the Langley Advance
A project involving the digitization of community newspaper photo archives appears in the Langley Advance. This project received funding from the BC History Digitization Program, an initiative that was launched by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in 2006. You can read the article here.
"Moving Words, Moving Images" Conference Webcasts Online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and hosted by the Centre for Chinese Research at the Institute of Asian Research, the inaugural annual BC China Scholars’ Forum was held on April 9th & 10th, 2010.
Digitization project, Ike Barber featured in Victoria Times Colonist
The Victoria Times Colonist recently published an article on the Colonial Despatches project, which involved the digitization of letters between Vancouver Island and the Colonial Office in London. This project was supported by the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative launched by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in 2006. The article also pays tribute […]
UBC Library's strategic plan featured in BCLA Broswer
The new issue of the BCLA Browser features a story on UBC Library’s strategic plan. Links to the article, and other pieces about BC’s library community, can be found here.
Institute for European Studies' "Global Currency Conference" Keynote Webcast Online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and hosted by the Institute for European Studies (IES) at the University of British Columbia, the “Global Currency Competition & Exchange Rate Arrangements: Present & Future” international conference took place on June 11 and 12 at the C.K. Choi Building. Benjamin Cohen is Louis G. Lancaster […]
Heather Spears' 'Required Reading' Webcast Online
Required Reading: a witness in words and drawings to the Reena Virk Trials, 1998-2000. The talk is part of the IKBLC Gallery art exhibition programming.
SPARC Community Developers' Conference IKBLC Webcasts Online
Webcasts sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre can be viewed here.
Richard Epp's "Physics of Innovation" IKBLC Webcast Online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Alumni Weekend