Arts recipients of the 2024 Peter Wall Legacy Awards
Dr. Kathryn Harrison (Professor, Political Science), Dr. Todd Handy (Professor, Psychology) and Jay Hilsden (MA student, Anthropology) are among the inaugural recipients of the Peter Wall Legacy Awards.
Indigenous-led solutions to health crises: UBC Research Cluster tackles pandemic inequities
UBC sociologist Dr. Kimberly Huyser recently launched a new research cluster focused on centering Indigenous-led solutions in public health crises.
Meet the Arts recipients of the Summer 2024 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund
Four community-university projects co-led by Arts faculty and staff have received funding from the Summer 2024 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund (PRE Fund).
Over 40 Arts scholars awarded SSHRC Insight and Insight Development Grants
Over 40 projects led by UBC Arts researchers were awarded funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s 2024 Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants competition.
Protecting elections in the age of generative AI
Dr. Chris Tenove, Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions’s assistant director, discuss the risks and potential positive uses of generative AI in elections.
New and renewed Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Arts
Dr. Amori Mikami has been appointed as the new Canada Research Chair, and Dr. Luke Bergmann has been reappointed as a Research Chair, both in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields of research.
Same-sex couples now live in 99.5 per cent of U.S. counties, study finds
Sociology Professor Dr. Amin Ghaziani co-authored a study showing that 99.5 per cent of U.S. counties have become home to same-sex couples—a significant increase from 93 per cent just a decade earlier.
Signs of high school dropout and troubled adulthood appear as early as Grade 4
Dr. David Green and Dr. William Warburton co-authored a study which showed that data collected routinely by the B.C. government can predict who is likely to drop out of high school.
UBC professor emeritus George McWhirter receives largest international award for poetry
UBC School of Creative Writing professor emeritus George McWhirter recently won the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize for his English-language translation of Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence, written in Spanish by Mexican poet Homero Aridjis.
Eight Arts faculty receive funding from SSHRC grants competition
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council has awarded funding to eight Faculty of Arts researchers in the Partnership Grants and Partnership Development Grants competition.