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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
- 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)
- ‘On the Coast’ with Gloria Macarenko, and Dr. Matt McCarty! ( Sep 29, 2023)
Anthropology
- Sara Shneiderman and co-authors receive Royal Asiatic Society Award ( Apr 15, 2025)
- Congratulatons to Alison Wylie on being awarded honorary doctorate by Erasmus University Rotterdam ( Jan 27, 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
- UBC support for Mattermost ending on May 5 ( Apr 24, 2025)
- CLAS scheduled maintenance on May 28 ( Apr 30, 2025)
- Start-of-Term Checklist for Arts Instructors ( Apr 25, 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
- 2025 Korean Speech Contest: Celebrating All Participants and Their Achievements ( Apr 07, 2025)
- From Classroom Assignment to Published Legacy: A Grandmother’s Bilingual Storybook Journey ( Oct 21, 2024)
- 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
- Interested in studying subjects related to Europe and the languages spoken there? Check out these summer courses! ( Mar 10, 2025)
- New article alert!: Past CES Student Research Fellow, Cheuk Him Ryan Sun, publishes in the Journal of Holocaust Research! ( Jan 21, 2025)
- Announcing the 2025 UBC Centre for European Studies Undergraduate/Graduate Research Fellowship Winners! ( Jan 09, 2025)
Centre for Migration Studies
- Graduate Certificate student Adam Arca awarded in Briarpatch Magazine contest ( Apr 02, 2025)
- Dr. Megan Daniels awarded UBC Killam Research Fellowship ( Mar 12, 2025)
- Prof. Irene Bloemraad joins the Statistics Canada Advisory Committee on Ethnocultural and Immigration Statistics ( Mar 08, 2025)
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
- Graduate Certificate student Adam Arca awarded in Briarpatch Magazine contest ( Apr 02, 2025)
- Dr. Megan Daniels awarded UBC Killam Research Fellowship ( Mar 12, 2025)
- Prof. Irene Bloemraad joins the Statistics Canada Advisory Committee on Ethnocultural and Immigration Statistics ( Mar 08, 2025)
School of Creative Writing
- UBC professor Keith Maillard wins the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence ( Oct 11, 2024)
- Winner of the HarperCollinsPublishersLtd / UBC Prize for Best New Fiction announced ( Sep 27, 2024)
- Announcing the 2024 HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize Shortlist ( Sep 13, 2024)
Critical Indigenous Studies
- Statement in Support of Our Trans+, Two-Spirit, and Indigiqueer Community Members ( Jan 22, 2025)
- CIS Faculty Highlighted in UBC Arts Top 5 Stories of 2024 ( Jan 02, 2025)
- Murray Sinclair Passes at 73 ( Nov 05, 2024)
Economics
- 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)
- The Econometric Society Elects Paul Beaudry as 2024 Fellow ( Oct 12, 2024)
English
- Dr. Kimberly Bain Awarded 2025/2026 Eccles Institute Visiting Fellowship ( May 01, 2025)
- Interview with Killam Award Winners Dr. Danielle Wong and Robyn Peers ( Apr 29, 2025)
- Dr. Moberley Luger Awarded 2025 Dean of Arts Educational Leadership and Innovation Award ( Apr 17, 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)
- Simran Garcha’s TedX talk: How to Confront Domestic Abuse ( Apr 03, 2025)
- Margaretta James Receives King Charles Coronation Medal ( Mar 28, 2025)
Geography
- Raju Ahmed Receives 2024 Sandy Lapsky Award ( Mar 31, 2025)
- Dr. Naomi Schwartz awarded 2024 UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship ( Mar 11, 2025)
- Congratulations to our 2024 Teaching Assistant Award recipients ( Mar 08, 2025)
History
- 2024/2025 Term 1 History Undergraduate Scholarship Winners ( Feb 12, 2025)
- Shifts in the Shifting Tides History Conference ( Feb 12, 2025)
- Dr. Anne Murphy and Dr. Tamara Myers Win SSHRC Insight Grants ( Sep 27, 2024)
School of Information
- 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)
- Robert Gore (MLS ’89) named UCLA’s 2024 Librarian of the Year ( Mar 18, 2025)
Interdisciplinary Studies
- Get to Know Dr. Clayton Ashton: Part 1 ( Feb 26, 2025)
- Alumni Interview with Shaun Olafson ( Dec 20, 2024)
- Go Global exchange with Izzie Bjonness-Jacobsen ( Nov 15, 2024)
School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
- 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)
- UBC journalism students triumph in Canadian Online Publishing Awards ( Feb 13, 2025)
Language Sciences
- LSURC 25' - Best Oral Presentation Q&A ( Apr 02, 2025)
- LSURC 25' - 2nd Place in Poster Presentation Q&A ( Apr 02, 2025)
- LSURC 25' - Best Poster Presentation Q&A ( Apr 01, 2025)
Linguistics
- Jess Tse wins the Edna Dharmaratne Award ( Apr 29, 2025)
- Kathleen Hall Receives 2024–25 UBC Killam Teaching Prize ( Apr 08, 2025)
- Prof. Henry Davis awarded prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal ( Jan 22, 2025)
Media Studies
- 2025 Summer Latin Program – University of Toronto Centre for Medieval Studies ( Apr 16, 2025)
- 2025 Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School ( Nov 21, 2024)
- Student Highlight: Encountering Chaucer at UBC and Beyond ( Jul 09, 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
- Pacific Affairs at International Studies Conference ( Feb 25, 2025)
- New Editor and a New Look ( Oct 28, 2024)
- 2023 Journal Impact Factor Report Now Available ( Jun 27, 2024)
Philosophy
- Professor Carrie Jenkins’ Sad Love Now Available in Arabic ( Apr 23, 2025)
- Congratulations to our fellow graduate students on successfully defending their PhD dissertations! ( Apr 08, 2025)
- David Ricardo Essay Prize 2024W ( Apr 22, 2025)
Political Science
- Prof. Emeritus Richard Johnston elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences ( May 02, 2025)
- Prof. Andrew Owen appointed as Associate Dean Academic in the Faculty of Arts ( Apr 28, 2025)
- PhD student Kim Beaulieu awarded Fox International Fellowship for 2025-26 ( Apr 25, 2025)
Psychology
- Congratulations to the 2025 PURC award winners! ( Apr 22, 2025)
- UBC Arts recognizes Psychology student leaders in the class of 2025 ( Apr 14, 2025)
- Dr. Simon Lolliot earns Killam Teaching Prize for teaching excellence ( Apr 09, 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
- Trinity Western University announces UBC SOCI PhD alum Todd Martin as sixth president ( May 01, 2025)
- MA students awarded funding from Canada Graduate Scholarships program ( Apr 10, 2025)
- Silencing science: PhD candidate Mark Shakespear examines disinformation in public discourse in new report ( Mar 28, 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)