Meet Jennifer Wolowic: Facebook top tool for First Nations
Facebook is becoming the number one way for on-reserve and off-reserve members of First Nations to connect with each other. Jennifer Wolowic, a PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies, is currently exploring the different practices that help people connect, including cell phones, social media, and photography. One aspect of her research focuses on the daily use of Facebook in the First Nations community in Prince Rupert.
Apply now to run a Student Directed Seminar
By Mary Leong Tailor a course specific to your academic interests. Apply now to coordinate a Student Directed Seminar, where students get the opportunity to propose, plan and facilitate a 3-credit seminar course for their peers. To coordinate a Student Directed Seminar, students propose a course not currently available at UBC. If a professor agrees […]
Dr. Karen Bakker named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40
Karen Bakker, associate geography professor and director of the Program of Water Governance at UBC, has been named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. She is also the founder and director of the Program of Water Governance at UBC, which examines issues ranging from water security to water in developing countries to water privatization.
Meet April Dutheil: Research takes Arts undergrad to the high Arctic
By Mary Leong Participating in research is not only a great way to expand your resume; it also takes you far beyond the classroom – as fourth-year Sociology student April Dutheil can attest to. Her work with the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project brought her to Arviat, Nunavut last summer, and she’s returning again this year. […]
Librarians embrace the Digital Age
By Erin Catherall What do you picture when you think of a librarian? Is it the popular stereotype of a lady with large glasses, hair tied tightly in a bun, stamping dusty old books? If it is, perhaps you should take a second look. Assistant Professor, Heather O’Brien, provides a contemporary view of librarians and […]
Meet Dr. Ernest Mathijs: Giving cult cinema a second look
What springs to mind when you think of cult cinema? Reruns of The Rocky Horror Picture Show during Halloween? Or perhaps the iconic “I’m with Pedro” shirts, courtesy of Napoleon Dynamite? Ernest Mathijs’ new book, Cult Cinema, examines this wildly popular, yet hard-to-define genre of film.
Dr. Derek Gregory appointed Peter Wall Distinguished Professor
Geography professor Derek Gregory has been conferred the title of Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, effective starting July 1, 2011. This distinction is reserved for scholars who are expected to have major research impact at UBC.
Meet Scott Watson: Curating the Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery
By Erin Catherall Have you ever wanted to learn the role of a university art gallery and how it displays contemporary artworks? Scott Watson, Curator of the Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery at UBC, investigates these questions in a recent Arts Wednesdays Lecture at Robson Square. What is contemporary art? For some, contemporary art […]
Meet Brian Cochrane: Directing Anton Chekhov’s ‘Wild Honey’
The mere mention of Russian playwright/author Anton Chekhov brings to mind titles such as The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, and The Seagull. However, UBC Theatre director Brian Cochrane instead chose to stage Wild Honey, an obscure posthumously discovered Chekhov play.
Going a different kind of global
UBC Professors travel with students to Guatemala as part of a new Term Abroad program.