Lissa Paul's "Keywords For Children's Literature" Webcast Online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and hosted by the Master of Arts in Children’s Literature (MACL) program, the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies.
Stanley Coren's "Animal Communication: How to Speak Dog" webcast online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and event hosted by UBC Alumni Weekend 2010, this lecture features Dr. Stanley Coren.
Gwynne Dyer's Geopolitics in a Hotter World IKBLC Webcast Online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and hosted by the Vancouver Institute.
IKBLC Presents Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' Red: A Haida Manga
In collaboration with the Robson Reading Series and UBC Robson Square Bookstore, IKBLC presents Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas.
Pilot program featured in UBC Reports
The latest issue of UBC Reports features an article on a community service-learning pilot program that involved various UBC units, including the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. You can view the article here, and the entire issue of UBC Reports here.
Terrence Deacon – "Language and complexity: Evolution inside out" IKBLC Webcast Online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and hosted by the Department of Language and Literacy Education and the Faculty of Education as part of the plenary session at the 37th International Systemic Functional Congress
CHRP-funded project at UBC noted in the Georgia Straight
A recent article in the Georgia Straight about an online exhibit dedicated to Chinese Canadian history also cites UBC Library’s recent news about a $900,000 contribution from the Community Historical Recognition Program. This funding supports an English-Chinese Web portal entitled “Chinese Canadian Stories: Uncommon Histories from a Common Past.” You can view the the Georgia […]
Christian Matthiessen – "Language evolving: Notes towards a semiotic history of humanity" Webcast Online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and hosted by the Department of Language and Literacy Education and the Faculty of Education as part of the plenary session at the 37th International Systemic Functional Congress
Michael Halliday – "Language evolving" IKBLC Webcast Online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and hosted by the Department of Language and Literacy Education and the Faculty of Education
Friends newsletter – Summer 2010
The Summer 2010 issue of Friends is now available – you can view a PDF version at Friends Summer 2010.