Articulations: ACAM Creative Showcase
Jan. 29, 2016, 12-1pm | IKBLC Lillooet Room (301) | RSVP for lunch | 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.
How is Gender Associated with “Good” Learning and Perceptions of “Good” Teaching
Jan. 20, 2016 | 1:30-3:00pm | IKBLC, Seminar (Room 2.22 A/B) | Registration required | Female, male and LGBT*TQIA+, instructors, TAs and students all experience some levels of gender stereotypes in the classrooms. As educators, how do we use gender to conform to or challenge expectations and assumptions about the look and conduct of “the person in charge” through how we look, act, and sound?
One Day @ UBC Centennial Lecture: Ready-to-Wear Electronics
January 23, Saturday | 1:00-3:30pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Room 182 | Learn how wearable technologies – fabrics and garments with built-in sensors or solar panels – could drastically change the way we interact with and use electronics in consumer and health care applications.
One Day @ UBC Centennial Lecture: Interactive Digital Media
January 23, Saturday 2016 | 9:30am-12:00pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Room 182 | Learn how digital audio works, how sensors and smartphones can be used to control audio and video software in interactive musical performances.
Imagine BC Community Innovation 2015-2016 Contest
Receive funding of up to $7000 for a creative, innovative idea that addresses identified community needs or interests. Submissions are accepted until December 30, 2015. The jury will select and contact successful submissions by mid-February, 2016.
Welcome to World Poetry Canada International Peace and Human Rights Exhibition
This exhibition features a blend of photography, poetry, and films. World Poetry began in 1997. Its goal was to give recognition and support to multicultural and multilingual poets and writers and those in artistic disciplines. It is a unique group with the goal of bringing out the voices of those who need to be heard, in […]
Decolonize or Indigenize?: Transitionising for the information profession
Library and information institutions are colonial constructs that have collected and organized indigenous knowledge, but are they really inclusive? Using examples from Canada and New Zealand, this talk considers whether the answer to this question is to decolonize these institutions or to focus on indigenizing them. Speaker As Dodson Visiting Professor at the UBC iSchool […]
Fostering Student Wellbeing in the Learning Environment: You Have a Vital Role to Play
December 10, 2015 10:30am-12:30pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Lillooet Room 301 | Registration required. Event is free of charge.
Vast Ocean, Vast Heaven: A multi-site exhibition at IKBLC, Asian Centre/Library, Rare Books & Special Collections
When: December 3, 2015 – January 31, 2016 | Where: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (Level 2, Main Foyer art gallery), Rare Books and Special Collections (IKBLC level 1), and Asian Centre and Library. Exhibit is free and open to the public.
Public Talk: Personal Health Data Sharing for Personalized Medicine
When: December 2, Wednesday 6-8pm | Where: Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level, Vancouver Public Library Central Branch