Were you unable to attend the Canadian Library Association Conference, held in Victoria from May 28-31? Were you following the Twitter-sphere and want more info on some of your favorite sessions? Come hear from UBC Library staff about the hottest sessions they attended and key messages taken home with them.

The Positive Space Campaign is a UBC Vancouver campus-wide initiative to increase the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, transgender, transsexual, gender variant, two-spirit and intersex (LGBQTTI) communities, individuals and issues on campus. Workshops aim to foster a welcoming atmosphere and inclusive, respectful dialogue on campus for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities by […]

There is a long history of culture wars in the United States. In the 1920s, Americans were split on the issue of creationism versus evolution and social conservatives regularly attacked liberal lifestyles. In the 1960s, Americans were divided over Cold War policies, Vietnam, Black Civil Rights, and feminism. America’s current culture wars are driven by […]

“Designing and Evaluating Selection-Based Crowdsourced Contextual Help” Parmit Chilana from the University of Waterloo Abstract:Web-based technical support such as discussion forums and social networking sites have been successful at ensuring that most technical support questions eventually receive helpful answers. Unfortunately, finding these answers is still difficult, since users’ textual queries are often incomplete, imprecise, or […]

Join Susan Juby, author of the Alice MacLeod series and The Woefield Poultry Collective(among others) for an evening of reading and fun.  Doors will open at 4:15pm. Light refreshments and snacks will be served. Note: This event is open to Summer Institute participants only. Brought to you by UBC Continuing Services. Learn more and RSVP here.

The Positive Space Campaign is a UBC Vancouver campus-wide initiative to increase the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, transgender, transsexual, gender variant, two-spirit and intersex (LGBQTTI) communities, individuals and issues on campus. Workshops aim to foster a welcoming atmosphere and inclusive, respectful dialogue on campus for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities by […]

Unconference at UBC, folks.  Lightning talks and breakout sessions as per the library camp m-o. This time the focus is education and technology. Join the event for: open-everything (access,textbooks, source); a smattering of Arduinos and a piece on Raspberry Pi;  MOOCs; Maker Spaces and more.  If you have an idea, add it to our open […]

The Positive Space Campaign is a UBC Vancouver campus-wide initiative to increase the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, transgender, transsexual, gender variant, two-spirit and intersex (LGBQTTI) communities, individuals and issues on campus. Workshops aim to foster a welcoming atmosphere and inclusive, respectful dialogue on campus for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities by […]

In this workshop, student leaders receive training for upcoming orientation and student leadership groups. This program has campus-wide impact for student development, leadership and community building.