Future Speaker Series - Daryl Baldwin: "toopeeliyankwi, kati myaamiaataweeyankwi: We Succeed At Speaking The Myaamia Language"

Future Speaker Series – Daryl Baldwin: "toopeeliyankwi, kati myaamiaataweeyankwi: We Succeed At Speaking The Myaamia Language"

February 11, 2016

Abstract

The Myaamia language was labeled an extinct language by the mid 20th century. After 25 years of reconstruction and revitalization, the Myaamia language is spoken once again among a younger generation of tribal youth who are using language learning opportunities to reconnect to each other and their Indigenous knowledge system. It is through the creation of a holistic well-designed educational effort that cultural knowledge and language proficiency will increase over time. This talk will explore the strategies employed by the Myaamia community in their attempts to rebuild community through language and cultural education.

Daryl Baldwin, Director, Myaamia Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Daryl Baldwin is a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The Myaamia Center is a unique collaborative effort supported by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for the purpose of advancing the language and cultural needs of the Myaamia people. Daryl received an MA in linguistics from the University of Montana. He has worked with the Myaamia people developing language and cultural materials since 1995. For an update on the projects currently under development through the Myaamia Center please visit the web site at www.myaamiacenter.org.

This event took place on February 22, 2016 in the First Nations Longhouse.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Bekerman, Z., & Kopelowitz, E. (2009). Cultural education– cultural sustainability: Minority, diaspora, indigenous, and ethno-religious groups in multicultural societies. New York: Routledge. [Available at Xwi7xwa Library – E B45 C85 2009]

Obonyo, V., Troy, D., Baldwin, D., & Clarke, J. (2011). Digital smartpen technology and revitalization of the myaamia language. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH), 4(4), 1-11. doi:10.1145/2050096.2050097 [Link]

Tsunoda, T., & Ebrary Academic Complete (Canada) Subscription Collection. (2006;2013;). Language endangerment and language revitalization: An introduction Mouton de Gruyter. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Aboriginal Languages

First Nations and Aboriginal Studies

First Nations Languages of British Columbia

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iSchool@UBC Colloquia Series: Research Day 2016

February 10, 2016

The iSchool@UBC, the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, will hold its sixth annual Research Day on March 11, Friday 2016 in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Golden Jubilee Room. Research Day showcases the contributions of the iSchool students and faculty working at the intersections of archival, information, library, and children’s literature studies.

This year, Research Day will focus broadly on perspectives on providing access to analogue and digital cultural heritage, records and information, considering the many various factors that work to enable and/or constrain access in different contexts, and the potential and challenge of new access environments.

Event Details

When: March 11, Friday 2016 | 11:00am-12:00pm
Where: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Golden Jubilee Room (level 4)

The event is free, but please RSVP here. We look forward to welcoming you for a day of engaging and inspiring short talks, conversations, and poster presentations.

Keynote Presentation by Dr. Mark Warren: “The Participedia Project: Using an Open Source Platform to Mobilize Knowledge about Democratic Innovations”

Abstract: The Participedia Project responds to a transformation of democratic governance, one possibly as revolutionary as the development of representative, party-based democracy that evolved out of the universal franchise. The transformation involves hundreds of thousands of new channels of citizen involvement in government, often outside of the more visible politics of electoral representation, and occurring in most countries in the world. Given this rapid and extensive development, we need to know what kinds of processes exist, and we need to know what kinds work best for specific problems and issues, for specific goals, under specific circumstances. We need to map this rapidly developing domain of political institutions. We need to explain why these processes are developing as they are. We need to assess their contributions to democracy and good governance. And we need to transfer this knowledge back into practice. But these needs exceed the capacities of traditionally-organized research teams. The Participedia Project meets this challenge by combining an extensive partnership with new information technologies to create the information base necessary for high quality research and evidence-based practice. At its heart is an open source research platform (www.participedia.net) that enables decentralized, collaborative creation and mobilization of knowledge from thousands of contributors.

Bio: Mark Warren holds the Harold and Dorrie Merilees Chair for the Study of Democracy in the Department of Political Science at UBC. He was the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at UBC, and the co-founder of the Center for Democracy and Civil Society at Georgetown University. A political theorist, Warren is especially interested in democratic innovations, civil society and democratic governance, and political corruption. He is author of Democracy and Association, editor of Democracy and Trust and co-editor of Designing Deliberative Democracy: The British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly. He is currently directing the project funded by a SSHRC Partnership Grant entitled Participedia (www.participedia.net), which uses a web-based platform to collect data about democratic innovation and participatory governance around the world.

Questions about Research Day can be directed to: ischool.researchday@ubc.ca

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One Day @ UBC Centennial Lecture: Defences in Canadian Criminal Law

February 4, 2016

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One Day @ UBC Centennial Lecture: Insect Jurisprudence

February 4, 2016

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Using and Remixing Open Resources in Your Courses

February 1, 2016

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ACA @ UBC 8th Annual International Seminar & Symposium

February 1, 2016

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Public Talk: Patient Centered Care – Wrapping Personalized Medicine Around the Patient

January 25, 2016

A panel of patients and doctors come together for a discussion on personalized medicine from patients’ perspectives. What tests are available now? For what disorders? How do I talk to my doctor about personalized medicine? Explore a richer understanding of patients’ needs and wants to inform the implementation of personalized medicine for all British Columbians.

Join a conversation with people who have experiences with cancer, diabetes and a dangerous but preventable reaction to a drug, a student who is exploring the power of language to bridge the gap between patients and healthcare providers, a pharmacist who is bringing “pharmacogenomics” to rural and urban community pharmacies across British Columbia and an oncologist involved in “personalized oncogenomics” who can address the question: How do I talk to my oncologist about personalized treatment for my cancer?

This event took place on February 10, Wednesday 2016, 6-8pm.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Jain, K. K., SpringerLink (Online service), & SpringerLINK ebooks – Biomedical and Life Sciences. (2015). Textbook of personalized medicine (2nd 2015.;2; ed.). DE: Springer New York. [Link]

Multiple Vendors, & EBSCOhost.Personalized medicine in oncology. Personalized Medicine in Oncology, [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Family Practice

Pharmacy / Pharmaceutical Sciences

LSI, Vancouver Public Library, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

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AABC: Outreach, Fundraising, and Donor Relationships

January 21, 2016

The AABC (Archives Association of British Columbia) is pleased to partner with the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC to present our 4th webcast roundtable on “Outreach, Fundraising, and Donor Relationships”.

Building and maintaining donor relationships is a key aspect of daily archival work for many organizations. This can happen through simple outreach activities or grand fundraising events that shine attention on our archival treasures and our need for funding to preserve them.

Topics discussed include:

What building blocks need to be in place to foster strong relationships with donors?
How can we leverage our time and (sometimes limited) resources to manage a successful outreach program?
What are the steps to a solid fundraising strategy?
How to nurture a positive “Friends of the Archives” partnership

This event took place on February 26, Friday 2016.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Archival studies. (2008). The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 89(2), 231-231. doi:10.1111/j.1745-8315.2008.00064.x [Link]

Cox, R. J., & Larsen, R. L. (2008). iSchools and archival studies. Archival Science, 8(4), 307-326. doi:10.1007/s10502-009-9092-3 [Link]

Finch, E. F. (1994). Advocating archives: An introduction to public relations for archivists. Metuchen, N.J: The Society of American Archivists and Scarecrow Press. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Library, Archival, and Information Science

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Articulations: ACAM Creative Showcase

January 20, 2016

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. Join us for an afternoon of readings and performances, good company, and general all around good times!

Event details:

When: January 29, 2016, 12-1pm
Where: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Lillooet Room (301)
Registration: RSVP now to save your seat, as there is limited capacity

Featuring:

Yulanda Lui
Yulanda is a queer Chinese Canadian settler born on Anishnabe territory, and dreams through her writing and her organizing. She is in her third year of the Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice program with a minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration studies. A Virgo Libra cusp, Yulanda is a fierce believer in collectivity and possibility and can be found learning and playing in spaces of magic, community, and utopia.

MARY CHEN
Mary Chen (she/her/hers) is a 3rd year Creative Writing student who has grown up in the cradle of unceded Coast Salish land. She is part of the Editorial Board for The Talon, UBC’s alternative press, and The Garden Statuary, UBC’s undergraduate literary journal. She spends most of her time outside of class reading comic books and chasing after her rascal dog.

AMANDA WAN
Amanda Wan is a third year majoring in honours literature with a minor in ACAM. She likes to daydream through reading, writing, and taking pictures.

MICHAEL NGUYEN
Michael is in his last (4th) year of History and minor in ACAM. With these two he is currently working on pursuing oral history as a way of reinterpreting past histories, especially of the Vietnamese diaspora. Even though he lives between the two worlds of Vietnamese traditions and Canadian society, on the side he enjoys folk and country music and hopes to bring in some good tunes of the two in the showcase for all to enjoy!

JANE SHI (with photography by Eric Tsui)
Jane Shi is an editor at The Garden Statuary and The Talon UBC. She currently lives on Kingsway, a thoroughfare occupying an Indigenous trail of the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Her family and ancestors are from Zhoushan and Pujiang; she was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu province and came to live in Richmond, BC a year before she began writing. Poetry will always be both weapon and shelter for her, a matter of survival.

Eric Tsui is a photographer who majors in English Literature and minors in Asian Area studies. His photographs can be found at flickr.com/ricesuit.

CAROLYN NAKAGAWA
Carolyn is a 2015 ACAM grad currently working at the Nikkei National Museum in Burnaby. She is a poet and playwright, with poems published in the Alliterasian: 20 Years of Ricepaper magazine anthology, The Puritan, and forthcoming in Room magazine. A staged reading of her full-length play The Girl with No Face is being presented by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre on February 21.

*Accessibility info:

From East Mall, enter the Learning Centre through the main doors. Lillooet Room is on level 3 in The Chapman Learning Commons.

There are two good sized elevators on the lobby level (east mall entrance) that access all levels of the Learning Centre.

*Lunch (meat and vegetarian options) will be provided for those who RSVP. Please let us know if you have any special dietary needs.

If you have any questions, please email acam.events@ubc.ca

We hope to see you there!

This event will be taking place on the traditional, unceded, ancestral homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation.

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How is Gender Associated with “Good” Learning and Perceptions of “Good” Teaching

January 11, 2016

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