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African Studies
- Panel: Sustaining Multilingualism: Heritage Language Education in Diverse Communities ( Feb 10, 2025)
- Learn Swahili in a Fun Way: A Linguistic Approach – Book Launch Event ( Feb 10, 2025)
- International Art Competition 2024-25: African Diasporas, Migrations, and Mobilities. Submit your artwork by February 17, 2025 ( Jan 16, 2025)
Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies
- Congratulations to Talia Neelis: Winner of the Governor General’s Silver Medal Award in Arts ( Jun 02, 2025)
- AMNE’s Dr. Matt McCarty awarded Killam Teaching Prize ( Apr 09, 2024)
- Congratulations to Hannah Stengler on receiving the Outstanding Student Leader in the Faculty of Arts award! ( Apr 05, 2024)
Anthropology
- Jonathan Eaton wins University of Colorado Student Paper Competition ( May 20, 2025)
- Sara Shneiderman and co-authors receive Royal Asiatic Society Award ( Apr 15, 2025)
- Jonathan Eaton receives Erve Chambers Heritage and Tourism Student Paper Award ( Jan 28, 2025)
Art History, Visual Art, and Theory
- AHVA Members Recipients of RCA Awards ( Mar 04, 2025)
- Congratulations to Euan Woznow, Cansbridge Fellow! ( Feb 10, 2025)
- 2024 Audain Travel Award ( Sep 20, 2024)
Arts Co-op
- Congratulations to our 2020 Arts Co-op students of the year! ( Mar 12, 2021)
- Time Warner & Arts Co-op Set Students on a Path to Success ( Mar 18, 2020)
Arts ISIT
- New Arts Tableau report for course enrolment student trends ( Jun 02, 2025)
- Be on alert: Phishing emails requesting credentials ( Jun 02, 2025)
- Arts ePortfolios scheduled maintenance on June 26 ( Jun 11, 2025)
Arts One
- Meet the 2021-22 Straker Prize winners Alexei Villareal and Adam Mah ( Aug 18, 2023)
- Meet the 2022-23 Straker Prize winners Hannah Madar and Rory Maddinson ( Aug 18, 2023)
Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies
- Statement of Support and Solidarity (Lapu-Lapu Day Block Party) ( Apr 27, 2025)
- Sessional Teaching for 2024W Term 2 ( Nov 05, 2024)
- Statement of Solidarity with the “People’s University For Gaza” encampment at UBC ( May 04, 2024)
Asian Studies
- Dr. Colleen Laird awarded SSHRC Connection Grant ( May 14, 2025)
- 2025 Korean Speech Contest: Celebrating All Participants and Their Achievements ( Apr 07, 2025)
- Meet the 2023/2024 Lecturers of the Year ( Oct 23, 2024)
BC Studies
- Place and Power: BC Studies Conference 2025 ( Apr 30, 2025)
- Place and Power: BC Studies Conference 2025 Registration ( Mar 18, 2025)
- The Mount Polley Mine Disaster: Root Causes and Reparative Futures Panel ( Mar 17, 2025)
Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies
- CENES Alumni Stories: UBC German Studies Alum Translates for Musical Actress Annemieke van Dam ( Mar 31, 2025)
- Dr. Nijdam Receives AMS UBC OER Champion Award ( Mar 31, 2025)
- Dr. Bowers publishes article on collaboration, in collaboration ( Jan 31, 2025)
Centre for Climate Justice
- Recap: CCJ Strategic Plan Launch ( Mar 11, 2024)
- Professor Naomi Klein named to Vancouver Magazine Power50 List ( Feb 07, 2025)
- Now Available: CCJ’s Strategic Plan ( Mar 05, 2024)
Centre for Computational Social Science
- Connecting Minds: Exploring the Intersection of AI and the Social Sciences ( Aug 31, 2024)
- CCSS Co-sponsored Event ( Jul 28, 2024)
- Register for Text Analysis Pedagogy (TAP) Institute 2024 ( Jul 05, 2024)
Centre for European Studies
- Research Spotlight: Dr. Bonnie Effros ( Jun 09, 2025)
- Find your next summer read on our Affiliate Bookshelf! ( May 22, 2025)
- Check out our Spring 2025 Newsletter! ( May 16, 2025)
Centre for Migration Studies
- Dr. Kashif Raza awarded SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant 2025 ( Apr 10, 2025)
- Prof. Sofia Noori receive the 2024-25 Killam Teaching Prize ( Apr 14, 2025)
- Prof. Amanda Cheong recognized by ASA section awards ( Jun 13, 2025)
Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions
- How to Fight Disinformation, According to a Historian of Media ( Jun 13, 2025)
- Webinar Report Launch of Municipal Matters: Building Capacity for Local Climate Conversations ( Apr 15, 2025)
- Protecting elections in the age of generative AI: Q&A with Chris Tenove ( Sep 20, 2024)
Children’s Literature
- Conference Registration Open! ( Jun 04, 2021)
- Jieun Lee & Logaine Navascues Receive the 2020 Ronald Jobe Scholarship in Children’s Literature ( Jul 15, 2016)
Cognitive Systems
- Sessional Lectureship (2025/26 Academic Year) ( Mar 10, 2025)
- COGS Applications are OPEN (September 2025 Entry) ( Feb 14, 2025)
- 2025W TA Applications are OPEN! ( Feb 13, 2025)
Coordinated Arts Program
- Dr. Kashif Raza awarded SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant 2025 ( Apr 10, 2025)
- Prof. Sofia Noori receive the 2024-25 Killam Teaching Prize ( Apr 14, 2025)
- Prof. Amanda Cheong recognized by ASA section awards ( Jun 13, 2025)
School of Creative Writing
- Meet our most recent MFA grads ( Jun 09, 2025)
- MFA alums Dora Prieto and Jess Goldman win $10K RBC Bronwen Wallace Awards ( Jun 18, 2025)
- UBC professor Keith Maillard wins the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence ( Oct 11, 2024)
Critical Indigenous Studies
- CIS Names New Director ( Jun 12, 2025)
- Congratulations to Dr. Candis Callison on Her Promotion to Professor ( Jun 07, 2025)
- Practicum Student Reflection: Cecilia Raweater (2024) ( Apr 24, 2025)
Economics
- Gallery: Congratulations class of 2025! Friday, May 23rd ( May 27, 2025)
- Réka Juhász Selected by the Bank of Canada for the 2025 Governor’s Award ( Mar 17, 2025)
- VSE Student Jane Platt Awarded UBC’s Premiere Wesbrook Scholarship ( Mar 07, 2025)
English
- Dr. Danielle Wong Celebrates Among Colleagues at Dean’s Awards Recognition Reception ( Jun 17, 2025)
- Dr. Mo Pareles Awarded 2025 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize ( Jun 16, 2025)
- Meet Sophie Pavey, Winner of the 2025 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research ( Jun 19, 2025)
French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
- Three Arts faculty receive 2025 Dean of Arts Educational Leadership and Innovation Award ( Apr 17, 2025)
- Ximena Osegueda Prize Winners for Best Graduate Essay 2025 ( Feb 21, 2025)
- FHIS graduate students win Centre for European Studies Research Fellowships ( Feb 19, 2025)
Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice
- JP Catungal Receives Killam Teaching Prize ( Apr 10, 2025)
- Celebrating the Graduating Class of 2025 ( May 22, 2025)
- Elder Margaretta James: Coming Home ( May 15, 2025)
Geography
- Siobhán Wittig McPhee named an AMS UBC Open Education Resource Champion ( May 23, 2025)
- Professor Jessica Dempsey receives 2025 Dean of Arts Mentorship Award ( May 22, 2025)
- Raju Ahmed Receives 2024 Sandy Lapsky Award ( Mar 31, 2025)
History
- Drs. Benjamin Bryce and Crystal Webster Celebrate Among Colleagues at Dean’s Awards Recognition Reception ( Jun 17, 2025)
- Dr. Richard Menkis Awarded the Pinksy Givon Family Prize at the 2025 Western Canada Jewish Book Awards ( Jun 09, 2025)
- Dr. Crystal Webster Awarded 2024/2025 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award ( May 26, 2025)
School of Information
- Candice Taylor is the 2025 ASIS&T Pratt-Severn Best Masters Student Research Paper Award Recipient ( Jun 06, 2025)
- Lily Liu, Christina Luo, and Lauren Lok Man Wong receive iSchool Co-op Student of the Year Awards ( Apr 15, 2025)
- Dr. Elizabeth Shaffer’s project with the Refugee Law Project’s Digital Archive receives funding under the Seed Funding for Cooperation with the Global South program ( Mar 27, 2025)
Interdisciplinary Studies
- UBC Interdisciplinary Studies Class of 2024 ( Jun 13, 2025)
- Alumni Interview with Sofia Glavas ( May 30, 2025)
- Get to Know Dr. Clayton Ashton: Part 1 ( Feb 26, 2025)
School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
- Husein Haveliwala wins 2025 Hal Straight award for outstanding journalism ( Jun 18, 2025)
- Digital media pioneer Alfred Hermida wins UBC Killam Research Prize ( Mar 11, 2025)
- UBC Journalism’s Alfred Hermida celebrated for fostering student success ( Feb 25, 2025)
Language Sciences
- Q&A with Dr. Xin Sun on exploring infant & toddler minds (lexico-semantic representations) ( Jun 11, 2025)
- Language Sciences Welcomes Interim Communications Specialist ( Jun 10, 2025)
- Language Sciences welcome Interim Research, Engagement, and Operations Manager ( Jun 10, 2025)
Linguistics
- PhD Student Julia Schillo Co-Authors Study Linking Indigenous Language Revitalization to Improved Health Outcomes ( Jun 17, 2025)
- Linguistics Faculty Honored at Dean of Arts Reception ( May 21, 2025)
- Congratulations to This Year’s TA Award Recipients ( May 21, 2025)
Media Studies
- 2025 Winter Courses Offered by the Medieval Studies Program ( Jun 12, 2025)
- 2025 Summer Latin Program – University of Toronto Centre for Medieval Studies ( Apr 16, 2025)
- 2025 Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School ( Nov 21, 2024)
Middle East Studies
- Dr. Pheroze Unwalla Awarded 2024 UBC Killam Teaching Prize ( Apr 30, 2024)
- Mental health under occupation: Palestinian psychiatrist Dr. Samah Jabr speaks at UBC webinar ( Apr 30, 2024)
- UBC finally has Modern Standard Arabic and more! ( Jul 11, 2022)
School of Music
- PhD Student, Holly Bergeron-Dumaine receives Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. ( Apr 16, 2025)
- Announcing the UBC Concerto Competition winners! ( Jan 21, 2025)
- UBC Music student Linda Ruan wins First Prize in the 2025 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition ( Apr 28, 2025)
Office of Regional and International Community Engagement
- Dr. Pheroze Unwalla Awarded 2024 UBC Killam Teaching Prize ( Apr 30, 2024)
- Mental health under occupation: Palestinian psychiatrist Dr. Samah Jabr speaks at UBC webinar ( Apr 30, 2024)
- UBC finally has Modern Standard Arabic and more! ( Jul 11, 2022)
Pacific Affairs
- June issue is out and we’re off to Kathmandu ( May 26, 2025)
- Pacific Affairs at International Studies Conference ( Feb 25, 2025)
- New Editor and a New Look ( Oct 28, 2024)
Philosophy
- Professor Carrie Jenkins’ Sad Love Now Available in Arabic ( Apr 23, 2025)
- Dr. Fatema Amijee receives Global Philosophy of Religion Project Grants ( Jun 06, 2025)
- Professor Dominic McIver Lopes Awarded the 2025 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize ( May 15, 2025)
Political Science
- Congratulations to our 2025 Award Winners! ( May 28, 2025)
- PhD alum Pascale Massot wins Peter Katzenstein Book Prize ( Jun 09, 2025)
- PhD student Charlotte Hook presents statement to UN Committee on coordination among actors in space ( May 30, 2025)
Psychology
- Class of 2025: Meet our graduating MA and PhD students ( May 20, 2025)
- Eduardo Ayala receives 2025 Tara Nash Award ( Jun 06, 2025)
- Celebrating our 2025 Undergraduate Student Research Award Recipients ( Jun 11, 2025)
Public Humanities Hub
- New Scholar Spotlight Story – Dr. Bernard Perley ( Oct 09, 2024)
- New Scholar Spotlight Story – Dr. Kavita Philip ( Oct 09, 2024)
- Statement of Solidarity ( Oct 24, 2023)
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
School of Social Work
- Celebrating Excellence: Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim – 2024 Michael Smith Scholar Award Recipient ( Sep 19, 2024)
- The Inspiring Social Worker of the Year Award 2024 ( Sep 05, 2024)
- 2023/24 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award Recipient ( May 23, 2024)
Sociology
- PhD candidate Rose Xueqing Zhang receives FHSS Congress Student Merit Award ( Jun 18, 2025)
- Prof. Amanda Cheong recognized by ASA section awards ( Jun 13, 2025)
- PhD candidate Rose Zhang receives Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award ( Jun 05, 2025)
Theatre and Film
- Mila Zuo Awarded 2024 Killam Research Fellowship ( Mar 13, 2025)
- BFA Acting Student Skylar Somnus Awarded Hnatyshyn Developing Artist Grant ( Oct 04, 2024)
- New Anthology Co-Edited by Dr. Lindsay Lachance Showcases Indigenous Dramaturgy ( Jul 15, 2024)