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.
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.