Kristen Wong
Program Services Assistant
Background
Kristen Wong is the Community Engagement Program Services Assistant at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC). An alumna of UBC, she received her Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Myth and Literature of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. In addition to having been a student at UBC, Kristen has also worked at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Administration and at the Faculty of Graduate Studies with PhD Candidates. An active member of the community, Kristen has volunteered as a literacy tutor for school-aged children, a copy editor for Ricepaper Magazine, and as treasurer for the Vancouver Historical Society.
Current role and responsibilities
Kristen is responsible for the training and supervision of student staff, coordinating administrative activities for IKBLC led initiatives such as the Small Business Accelerator and the BC History Digitization Project.
Contact
Email: kristen.wong@ubc.ca
The Indigitization Tool Kit for First Nations Community Digitization Projects (June 25, 1.30pm)
The Indigitization Tool Kit is a how-to resource for First Nations communities digitizing cultural materials, such as open reel audio tapes from oral histories. Special guest Khelsilem will also speak about his involvement in the project.
Event hosted by Mimi Lam (UBC Librarian, Digital Projects), Gerry Lawson (Oral History Lab Coordinator, Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives at MOA), and special guest Khelsilem (formerly Dustin Rivers), a Squamish/ Kwakwaka’wakw student, cultural educator and language enthusiast.
This event is part of the Aboriginal (Un)History Month events, coordinated by UBC Library, in partnership with the Musqueam Indian Band, the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology and the Museum of Anthropology.
Location: Dodson Room (302), Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall, University of British Columbia
Date: June 25, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
For more information, please visit website.
For more information about the Indigitization Toolkit, please find here.
Nursery Rhymes and Calligraphy : when poetry meets art
Image Credit: Westcoast Calligraphy Society
Please join us for an exciting afternoon lecture by Judi Saltman on July 26, 5.00-6.00pm at the Lillooet Room (Rm #301) of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Judi Saltman is Professor at the School of Library, Archival & Information Studies, at the University of British Columbia and Chair of the Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program at the University of British Columbia. Judi teaches courses in children’s and young adult literature and public library services for youth. Her research areas include Canadian and international literature for children and young adults, publishing and the book trade for children in Canada, illustrated books, and services for children and young adults in public libraries.
In this talk, Judi will present nursery rhymes and the art of calligraphy, when poetry meets art, as part of program that celebrates the month-long exhibition at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre titled, “A Pocketful of Rhymes.”
The Westcoast Calligraphy Society is an enthusiastic group of people with a common bond–a love of all things calligraphic. Members share their knowledge of design, colour, illustration, bookbinding, paper making and our other talents with everyone interested in the art of letters. Many of its members teach beginning and more advanced calligraphy throughtout the Lower Mainland. The Society began life in September 1978 as the Society for Italic Handwriting, B. C. Branch. As the Society grew and its members’ interests expanded, the focus broadened to all types of calligraphy and in June 1986, the name was changed to Westcoast Calligraphy Society.
“A Pocketful of Rhymes” has been shown at venues in the Lower Mainland. Between October 4 to 30, 2011, at the Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, B.C. Between January and February 2012, at the Fleetwood Library, 1986 – 84th Avenue, Surrey, B.C.
Website for registration: http://nursery.eventbrite.com/
For more information, please contact: Susan Andrews (susan.andrews@ubc.ca) or Allan Cho (allan.cho@ubc.ca)
Pocketful of Rhymes
The Westcoast Calligraphy Society is an enthusiastic group of people with a common bond–a love of all things calligraphic. Members share their knowledge of design, colour, illustration, bookbinding, paper making and our other talents with everyone interested in the art of letters. Many of its members teach beginning and more advanced calligraphy throughtout the Lower Mainland. The Society began life in September 1978 as the Society for Italic Handwriting, B. C. Branch. As the Society grew and its members’ interests expanded, the focus broadened to all types of calligraphy and in June 1986, the name was changed to Westcoast Calligraphy Society.
“A Pocketful of Rhymes” has been shown at venues in the Lower Mainland. Between October 4 to 30, 2011, at the Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, B.C. Between January and February 2012, at the Fleetwood Library, 1986 – 84th Avenue, Surrey, B.C.
For more information, please contact Allan Cho