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BC History Digitization Program: 2019-2020 Call for applications

BC History Digitization Program: 2019-2020 Call for applications

The B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP) is now accepting submissions for project funding. The program, launched by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in 2006, provides matching funds to support projects that make unique British Columbia content freely available. The BCHDP will be accepting applications for 2019 – 2020. Applicants can receive up to $15,000 […]

ACAM Dialogue: Queer Asian Canadians

ACAM Dialogue: Queer Asian Canadians

Does the metaphor for coming out work out cross-culturally? What does or can family look like to LGBTQ Asians? What does it mean and how can one be an ally to the LGBTQ+ Asian community? This month’s ACAM Dialogue is focused on LGBTQ+ and non-heteronormative sexualities as well as what it means to be a […]

Engaging Education for Public Good

Engaging Education for Public Good

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. How can education go beyond the classroom to reach the lives of the public? In the first event of the 2017 PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series, seven PhD students from UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative have seven minutes to talk about their education research, and how […]

BCLA is now accepting applications for Professional Development Awards

BCLA is now accepting applications for Professional Development Awards

This year BCLA is pleased to announce that the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is providing funding up to a $2400 to help with the travel and hotel costs for up to six BC Library Conference delegates from rural and northern libraries. Applicants are asked to provide a short written piece articulating how the Irving […]