Congress Researcher of the Day: Tom Scholte
As the director of Conflict Theatre at UBC, Scholte uses the tools of forum theatre to help participants approach workplace conflict. He is offering a conflict theatre workshop at Congress 2019.
Congress Researcher of the Day: Minelle Mahtani
Mahtani will be asking questions about voice, storytelling, marginalization and equity through four open events at Congress 2019.
Candis Callison named 2019 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow
Dr. Callison’s research and teaching focus on changes to media practices and platforms, journalism ethics and the role of social movements in public discourse.
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.
2019 YWCA Women of Distinction
Dana Claxton (Head of Art History, Visual Art and Theory) and Margot Leigh Butler (Director of Humanities 101) were honoured at the Women of Distinction Awards.
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.
Trevor Barnes awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s Founder’s Medal
The geography professor won the medal for “sustained excellence and pioneering developments in the field of economic geography.”
2018-2019 Killam Teaching Prize Winners
The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching.
Candis Callison elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UBC Journalism professor Candis Callison has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious learned societies in the United States.
2019-2020 Wall Scholars
Five faculty members from Arts have been selected to spend one year in residence at the Peter Wall Institute.