Political Science Prof receives Canada Research Chair
Research at the University of British Columbia has received a $20-million boost with the appointment and renewal of 29 Canada Research Chairs (CRC) last week. Richard Johnston, a professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts, is among the 15 new appointees.
Meet Dr. Gage Averill: Part detective, part ethnomusicologist
Haitian scholar and UBC Dean of Arts Gage Averill didn’t receive his recent Grammy nomination from singing Bad Romance alongside Lady Gaga. He’s being recognized for a mammoth project unearthing the extensive recordings of Alan Lomax, a famed folklorist and ethnomusicologist.
Arts Insights: Happiness under a microscope
By Lorraine Chan UBC helps lead a new scholarly focus on wellbeing. With the world gathered to admire those faster, better and stronger, many of us would assume that “richer” tops that list of desired traits. New evidence from leading UBC happiness scholars, however, cautions against equating more money with more happiness. If anything, the […]
Meet Dr. Geraldine Pratt: The caregiver’s children
The Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) allows foreign caregivers with a temporary work visa to apply for permanent residence status after completing 24 months as a live-in caregiver. But for many women taking advantage of this program the trade-offs are enormous. “They come to Canada with the best intentions of making a better life for themselves and their families,” says UBC Geography professor and researcher Dr. Geraldine Pratt. “But the dream and the reality are often not one and the same.”
Meet Dr. Edward Slingerland: Taoism with a twist
Dr. Edward Slingerland, parallel to many of his students, was motivated to study Taoism by its influence on pop culture icons, like the celebrated 1950s and 1960s American writers of the “Beat Generation” troupe. Having studied it formally, he’s found that his initial motivation was somewhat misdirected as these influences are basically mistaken about Taoism and Zen.
UBC gains $900,000 federal award for unique Chinese Canadian history web portal
A bilingual website featuring the legacies of Chinese Canadians who helped shape this country will soon be a reality thanks to an ambitious project led by the University of British Columbia and a $900,000 grant from Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP). The CHRP award was announced today by Alice Wong, Parliamentary […]
Meet BA ’05 grad Nadine Power: A career in painting conservation
After graduating from the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, Nadine Power (BA ’05) has embarked on a career in art conservation. Currently a post-graduate student in the Conservation of Easel Paintings program at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, art historical research is a crucial aspect of her work.
Meet MFA ’07 grad Liz Park: Highlighting local art
An accomplished curator, Liz Park (MFA ’07) wants to highlight art made in Vancouver. Liz entered UBC’s BFA Visual Art program with the intention of becoming a practicing artist. When she finished the program in 2005, she decided to pursue a master’s degree in curatorial studies.
Meet BA ’05 grad Michelle Kuen: Pursuing a career in visual arts
Michelle graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2005 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art and English Literature. Now devoted to her artistic practice full-time, she divides her time between her personal artistic pursuit and the commercial sector.
Meet MFA ’08 grad Jesse Gray: Transforming science to art
She makes the everyday world into a work of art. Jesse Gray uses collecting and archiving to investigate the invisible histories of discarded consumer objects and of systems in the natural world. She engages in labour-intensive processes of rebuilding, reconstructing, and reworking objects that have been abandoned to the peripheries of urban consciousness, re-presenting aspects […]