Events at: Dodson Room (302) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Introduction to Academic Reading and Writing

This is part two of a two-part workshop is for first-year undergraduates who are new to the types of scholarly communication they are expected to engage with at a research institution like UBC. Participants will be taught how to recognize and read different types of academic texts, and how to begin to produce their own versions of those texts for their classes. Registration required.

Lay Summaries: Writing Workshop

This workshop helps researchers understand how lay summaries differ from abstracts, the multiple purposes of lay summaries, and how lay summaries enhance science communication and increase research visibility. Participants will write or revise a lay summary (thesis, dissertation, research article), and receive feedback from the workshop facilitators and other participants. Registration required.

Doctoral Writing Retreat

Doctoral students from across the disciplines are invited to participate in a daylong writing retreat. The retreat will feature an opening panel discussion between graduate students, CWSC staff, and faculty, as well as one-on-one writing consultations with CWSC staff and dedicated writing time. Registration required.

Lay Summaries: Writing Workshop

This workshop helps researchers understand how lay summaries differ from abstracts, the multiple purposes of lay summaries, and how lay summaries enhance science communication and increase research visibility. Participants will write or revise a lay summary (thesis, dissertation, research article), and receive feedback from the workshop facilitators and other participants. Registration required.

Abstracts: Writing Workshop

This workshop introduces researchers to the typical structure of the abstract, while accounting for disciplinary differences. Participants will write or revise an abstract (thesis, dissertation, research article), and receive feedback from the workshop facilitators and other participants. Registration required.

A Look at the World of Japan’s 2.5 Dimensional Musicals

This year’s Salon Series takes us into the realm of Japanese pop culture. Costumer, performer, and long-time TomoeArts member Evelyn Leung shares her experiences during her two-year research project at Ritsumeikan Kyoto where she was doing research on textiles, studying odori, tea ceremony and kimono dressing – and seeing lots of amazing performances including 2.5D Musicals.

Change the Subject Screening with Q+A

Change the Subject tells the story of students whose singular effort at confronting an instance of anti-immigrant sentiment in their library catalog took them all the way from Baker-Berry Library to the halls of Congress. This film shows how an instance of campus activism entered the national spotlight, and how a cataloging term became a flashpoint in the immigration debate on Capitol Hill.

Locating Difference in Paris Museums

The Paris Museum Pass provides cardholders a way to make whirlwind tours of art, history, science, and splendour, as well as sewers and crypts beneath the city streets. This presentation explores how these are situated in dialogue through an urban geography that establishes a framework mirroring a dominant image of French national society both expressing and containing difference within it.

Honours Thesis Writing Retreat

Join fellow undergraduates writing their honours theses for a daylong retreat in the beautiful historic core of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. In addition to an opening panel discussion between undergraduates, graduate students, CWSC staff, and faculty, the retreat will feature opportunities for one-on-one writing consultations and dedicated writing time. Registration required.