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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

IKBLC Gallery Presents Gina Botelho & Artists on Creative Outlets

Gina Botelho & Artists on Creative Outlets (June 26-July 30, 2010)

Ike Barber profile in the South Delta Leader

An in-depth portrait of Irving Barber appears in the June 24, 2010 issue of the South Delta Leader. You can view the profile here.

Ananya Roy's "Poverty Capital – Microfinance and the Making of Development" IKBLC Webcast Online

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted and co-sponsored by the Departments of Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, and the Liu Institute for Global Issues, Dr. Ananya Roy is Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning where she teaches in the fields of comparative urban studies and international development. The turn […]

Judy Fong-Bates' "Year of Finding Memory" IKBLC Webcast Online

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. In partnership with Random House Canada, UBC Community Partners for Learning, the Chinese Canadian Historical Society (CCHSBC), the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW), the North American Association of Asian Professionals (NAAAP), and ExplorAsian