UBC Public Humanities Hub launches to help scholars share expertise on urgent societal issues
About 120 scholars, staff and community members gathered to celebrate the official launch of the UBC-V Public Humanities Hub and to explore new opportunities for knowledge exchange.
PhD student Sarah Fudjack is helping students on the road to addiction recovery
As the founder of UBC’s first community dedicated to recovery from addiction to alcohol, drugs, and/or behavioural addictions, Sara Fudjack, who is in her third year of a PhD in Social Work, sees first-hand how being in recovery from addiction can impact students.
UBC Linguistics grad develops dictionary app to support Indigenous language revitalization
Aidan Pine (BA ’16) is the founder of Mother Tongues, an organization providing open-source tools for language revitalization.
Humanities for the People
Newly appointed Academic Director of the UBC Public Humanities Hub, Mary Chapman strives to advance knowledge exchange and to empower humanities scholars to share their insights more widely.
Secret love letters and languages: UBC Arts exhibit provides Pride Week history lesson
A new public exhibit entitled “A Queer Century” — curated by UBC Arts professors Kyle Frackman and Gregory Mackie — tells stories about the history of sexuality and changing perceptions of gender.
UBC Arts students create free summer camp for refugee children
The BC Newcomer Camp provides a fun and immersive environment for kids aged 6-12 to learn English and play sports.
Congress Researcher of the Day: Daisy Rosenblum
A linguistic anthropologist specializing in language reclamation, Rosenblum is the co-creator of a sound installation entitled “Listening to the Land” – on display at Congress 2019.
Congress 2019 offers an overflowing menu of art and dialogue
The annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences — hosted at UBC June 1-7 — is just around the corner. We catch up with Academic Convenor Laura Moss to find out what’s in store.
Beyond the Bard
A recent partnership between Bard on the Beach and Arts researchers makes an obscure play written in the 1500s relevant in present-day Vancouver.