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 Margaret Coe: Teaching with a love of English literature
By Arash Ehteshami Margaret Coe graduated with a BA in English Literature. As a transfer student from University of Victoria (UVic), Margaret came to UBC having taken a sampling of university courses in a variety of disciplines. At UVic, she took courses ranging between invertebrate zoology, political science, computer science and English literature. After graduating […]
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.
Grammy Nomination for Gage Averill
UBC Dean of Arts Gage Averill has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award for his project, Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings For The Library of Congress, 1936-1937. Nominated in the category of Best Album Notes, the nomination reflects the work Averill did to compile, edit the set and write the comprehensive book of interpretive notes. […]
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.
Judy Brown honoured with Canada’s top teaching award
By Mary Leong A passion for teaching and a commitment to her students earned Professor Judy Brown, who teaches in the Dept. of English, Canada’s top teaching award. Teaching always felt like the right thing to do, says Brown, recently recognized with a 3M National Teaching Fellowship Brown, who started at UBC as a teaching […]
Meet Professor Catherine Rawn: Training your brain
By UBC Public Affairs Teaching the fundamentals of academic success Procrastination. Anxiety. Distractions. Bad habits. They are the four horsemen of academic apocalypse, and Jeremy Butt learned about them all too well in his freshman year. Grades-wise, the UBC Arts student survived his first year at university with mostly B’s and C’s. But he knew […]
Dr. Becki Ross receives Clio award for uncovering Vancouver with Burlesque West
By Katie Fedosenko WAGS/SOCI prof wins Clio award for researching the striptease entertainment industry and contributing to Vancouver history Stanley Park, Gassy Jack, logging, Expo 86-these are some typical topics in the history of Vancouver. The study of exotic dancing, although very economically and socially prominent in the west coast city during the twentieth century, […]