Black History Month 2025
Hello and welcome to February’s blog post! This month’s theme is Black History Month. To commemorate this occasion, we will learn what Black History Month is and why it is celebrated, then highlight ways you can get involved in Black History Month events here in Vancouver. What is Black History Month? Black History Month […]
Orange Shirt Day: History and 2024 Commemorations at UBC
This month’s blog post will explore the history and significance of Orange Shirt Day.
Aboriginal (Un)History Month 2017
The fifth annual Aboriginal (Un)History Month exhibit is now on display at UBC Library’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Across the nation June is recognized as Aboriginal History Month, but the tradition of (Un)History Month is a celebration and acknowledgement of the importance of Indigenous Peoples – not only in history – but in the […]
Double Exposure Japan-Canada: Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan
Take a rare glimpse into Japan in the 1890s-1920s through the photographs taken by a Canadian missionary, John Cooper Robinson. We can only begin to understand Cooper Robinson’s photographs by overlaying both Canadian and Japanese historical contexts and perspectives. Join our symposium led by art historians and historians who specialize in Japan and Canada, to […]
Reconciling Difficult Colonial Truths: Literature for Children and Youth
Given the legacy of 500 years of colonization, sharing and telling stories for children and young adults about difficult truths is important in moving forward towards reconciliation. As part of the journey, increased sensibilities and approaches are needed and give rise to many questions. How can children’s literature be decolonized and made appropriate for 21st […]
Henry Yu and Zoe Lam – The Past, Present, and Future of Cantonese Language and Culture
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Is Cantonese a “dialect” or a “language”? Is it a “culture” or a distinct “society”? Or is Cantonese something both more and less than all of these? The keynote for this workshop introduces how we might think about “Cantonese Worlds” both historically and in the present. […]
Red Tails and Dragon Tales
Webcast of Friday, June 28 event at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre now available (image courtesy: Vincent Chan)
Charles Prebish – The Swans Came to Canada Too: Looking Backward and Looking Forward
Program sponsored by Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, the Institute of Asian Research, and the Department of Asian Studies. Following the change in immigration law by Canada and the United States in the mid-twentieth century, Buddhism exploded on the North American continent. Buddhism is now found everywhere: from […]
2nd Canadian Learning Commons Conference
Visit the conference website for links to presentations and more.