Human(e) Interactions with the Environment
In collaboration with the Public Scholars Initiative (PSI), the IKBLC Community Engagement & Programs division presents the “PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series,” which showcases doctoral students telling their community-engaged research stories in just under seven minutes. In “Human(e) Interactions with the Environment,” nine PhD students from UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative engage the public by […]
Mexico Fest 2016: Mexiquense Popular Art
September 1-30 | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Level 2 | Mexiquense Popular Art | The Mexiquenses Artisans are renowned as popular artists of profound sensibility and creativity that, despite the passing of time and external influences, have kept in their products the distinctive characteristics and cosmology of the five ethnic groups of the state: Matlazincas, Mazahuas, Otomíes, Nahuas y Tlahuicas. It is a cultural heritage that a significant number of mexiquenses strive to preserve and spread.
Health History Lecture: “Curing Queers” Mental Nurses and Their Patients 1935-1974
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | June 14, 2016, 12-1pm | Room T182, 3rd Floor, UBC Hospital | Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, this paper examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive ‘treatment’ for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them.
ACAM Program: Celebrating a Century of Asian Communities at UBC
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | May 24, 2016 | 4-6pm | Jack Poole Hall, 2nd floor, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre | To commemorate a century of Asian communities at UBC, there will be a screening of vignettes made from the ACAM Centennial Alumni Project: Retelling UBC’s History from an Asian Canadian Lens.
LSI Public Talk: Your Microbiome – How the Bugs Living in You and on You Affect Your Health
What is my microbiome? How can microbes change the future of human health? What role does technology play? How do microbes affect women’s health? Can they lower my child’s risk of asthma? Join the discussion and learn the answers from our expert panel of UBC researchers. Event Details When: April 6, Wednesday | 6-8pm Where: […]
UBC ACAM Program: Sexual Violence in Asian Communities in Canada
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | March 18, 2016 | 12-1pm | Lillooet Room (301) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. | Join Dr. Nora Angeles, Dr. JP Catungal, and K.Ho as they discuss sexual violence in Asian communities in Canada. The audience will engage in a facilitated dialogue with the panelists as we explore how sexual violence impacts Asian communities in Canada through the context of colonization and racism.
Health History Lecture: Capturing the History of Public Health Nursing and its Transformation from Nurses’ Work Experiences
March 9, 2016, 12-1pm | UBC School of Nursing – 3rd Floor, UBC Hospital Room T206 | All are welcome to join the lecture. Feel free to bring your friends and colleagues! In this lecture Ranjit Dhari, Lecturer for the UBC School of Nursing, reflects on a recent oral history project on Public Health Nursing in the Lower Mainland.
Public Talk: Patient Centered Care – Wrapping Personalized Medicine Around the Patient
Feb. 10 Wednesday 2016 | 6-8pm | Alice MacKay Room, lower level, Vancouver Public Library Central Branch | A panel of patients and doctors come together for a discussion on personalized medicine from patients’ perspectives.
Articulations: ACAM Creative Showcase
Jan. 29, 2016, 12-1pm | IKBLC Lillooet Room (301) | RSVP for lunch | Looking to escape the rain this January? The ACAM (Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies) program warmly invites you to its first Creative Showcase event featuring ACAM students and alumni.