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UBC Arts researchers receive New Frontiers Research Fund

UBC Arts researchers receive New Frontiers Research Fund

Fifteen UBC-led projects, including several involving Arts faculty members, received funding support through two NFRF initiatives: the 2023 Exploration Stream and the 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.

$5.4M gift from Stone Foundation establishes Canada’s first Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics

$5.4M gift from Stone Foundation establishes Canada’s first Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics

UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics will be home to Canada’s first Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality, one of 11 such centres around the world focused on research, teaching and knowledge mobilization around wealth inequality.

How Pasang Yangjee Sherpa honours Indigenous wisdom on her quest for climate justice

How Pasang Yangjee Sherpa honours Indigenous wisdom on her quest for climate justice

As an Indigenous woman from the Himalayas, anthropologist Pasang Yangjee Sherpa learned to keep her expectations low in academic and research spaces. Now, she is internationally recognized for her invaluable contribution toward discussions on Indigeneity in the Himalayas and the human dimensions of climate change.

Three Arts faculty receive Dean of Arts Educational Leadership and Innovation Award

Three Arts faculty receive Dean of Arts Educational Leadership and Innovation Award

Arts faculty members Dr. Hessam Dehghani, Dr. Bronwen Tate and Dr. John Vigna have received the Dean of Arts Educational Leadership (EL) and Innovation Award.

Composite image of MA student Bailey Midori Hoy and PhD candidate Nicole Yakashiro. Bailey (image left), shown in three quarter profile, has long black hair worn loosely swept behind her shoulder. She wears circular black-rimmed glasses, a dangling wire earring, and a white button-down shirt with a beige cardigan. Nicole (image right) wears a black crewneck shirt. Her hair is tied in a ponytail and placed over one shoulder. She wears glasses with turtle shell rims and grins broadly at the camera.

History graduate students receive support from Japanese Canadian Students of 1942 Fund

Bailey Irene Midori Hoy and Nicole Yakashiro are expanding the field of Japanese and Asian Canadian history thanks to recent funding support.

Image of Dr. Chris Patterson crouched in front of a wall of graffiti

Gaming the system

Dr. Christopher B. Patterson examines video gaming through lenses of race, Asian identity and gender studies.

CMS awarded $12.4 million in Canada First Research Excellence Funds

Major funding awarded to The Centre for Migration Studies

The Centre for Migration Studies, with Arts researchers and other partners, has been awarded $12.4 million in Canada First Research Excellence Funds for its Bridging Divides project.

Richard Menkis named recipient of the 2022/2023 Dean of Arts Award

Richard Menkis named recipient of the 2022/2023 Dean of Arts Award

Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr. Richard Menkis from the Department of History, who is the recipient of the 2023 Dean of Arts Award for his outstanding contributions to the Faculty of Arts.

Eight community organizations receive CUES funding to partner with Arts researchers on refugee support, post-climate disaster healing and more

Eight community organizations receive CUES funding to partner with Arts researchers on refugee support, post-climate disaster healing and more

This year’s projects focus on community-based dialogue and storytelling, support for new immigrants and those experiencing homelessness, post-climate disaster healing for Indigenous peoples, and more.

Six Arts scholars receive 2022 UBC Faculty Research Awards

Six Arts scholars receive 2022 UBC Faculty Research Awards

Celebrating Arts scholars among the recipients