May 3–31 It’s About Time: A Retrospective of Asian Presence at UBC
Located on the Main Floor (level 2) of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
To commemorate UBC’s Centennial, the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program invites you to celebrate 100 years of Asian communities at UBC. The exhibition is a relational project that showcases various stories from the Hong Kong Canada Crosscurrents Project, a trailer and photos from the upcoming film All Our Father’s Relations, creative work done by students for the ACAM Student Journal, and narratives from the ACAM Centennial Alumni Project: Retelling UBC’s History from an Asian Canadian Lens. By engaging with these existing projects, ACAM hopes to foster dialogue that includes alternative histories around the UBC community. We ask how these different yet intertwined Asian diasporic histories influence the ways in which the current student body interacts with the unceded territory upon which we live and work.
To commemorate a century of Asian communities at UBC, the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration (ACAM) Program presents a screening of vignettes made from the ACAM Centennial Alumni Project: Retelling UBC’s History from an Asian Canadian Lens. An inter-generational conversation will follow, featuring UBC alumnus and former UBC Chancellor, Dr. Robert H. Lee, and Carol Lee. The afternoon begins with a celebration of the graduating class of UBC’s new Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program with keynote speaker Elder Larry Grant, followed by a community reception.
This event was funded by the Centennial Initiative Fund and organized by the UBC Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program and took place on May 24, 2016.
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
Goh, R. B. H., Wong, S., & Project Muse University Press Archival eBooks. (2004). Asian diasporas: Cultures, identities, representations. Hong Kong: Honk Kong University Press. [Link]
Ma, S. (2012;2014;). Asian diaspora and east-west modernity. West Lafayette, Ind: Purdue University Press. [Available at Koerner – DS12 .M3 2012] [Link]
Zhang, B. (2008). Asian diaspora poetry in north america. New York: Routledge. [Available at Koerner – PS153.A84 Z63 2008]
“[…] I was essentially just a little simple players’ clubber who used their experience in the players club…
To go on and ‘play around’ for the rest of my life in theatre.”
Norman Young
1948-1952 Players Club Alumni
Centennial Documentary Transcript
On November 2nd 1915, a group of students formed the Players Club, an avenue for theatre on the new University campus. Under the guidance of Prof. F. G. Wood, the club rose to prominence as a leading theatre company on campus and in the city.
This exhibit is a celebration of the various aspects of the club. It provides a look at the various events we have hosted over our 100 years. Most importantly, it provides a glimpse into the community that is the Players Club.
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Event Details
When: April 6, Wednesday | 6-8pm Where: Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch)
UBC Librarians Without Borders presents a Speaker Series panel featuring notable UBC staff working in international librarianship. The panel will be an hour of inspiration to hear about staff projects and to get students thinking about the possibilities of partnerships and improving access to information resources ‘beyond’ borders, as per the ethos of Librarians Without Borders.
Speakers include:
Ingrid Parent, current UBC University Librarian and past President of the International Federation of Librarians Abroad (IFLA).
Elizabeth Jordan, Senior Tenured Instructor, the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS) within the UBC Faculty of Education. She has worked with a literacy project in the Daadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya educating teachers.
