Solidarities Around the World: A Black History Month Q&A with Dr. Crystal Lynn Webster
Associate Professor and UBC History faculty Dr. Crystal Lynn Webster studies the histories of childhood and youth, African American history, and carceral studies. In this Black History Month Q&A, Dr. Webster reminds us that Black excellence has always been deeply rooted in the history of Black activism, liberation, and solidarities around the world.
Let’s talk about Multilingual Week 2024
This Spring, Arts Multilingual Week returns to celebrate multilingualism through a series of events, performances, and showcases featuring students, scholars, and community members. Following its successful run of events in October 2022, Arts Multilingual Week makes a comeback with its most anticipated events and more!
The Evolution of Black Women’s Voice: From Blues to Beyoncé
When examining the politics of Black women, it’s essential to consider their resistance against the various systems of oppression. We had the privilege to interview Dr. Alexis McGee to enhance our understanding of Black women’s ongoing resistance across different media and the support UBC Community can provide to this effort.
Three Arts faculty receive Dean of Arts Educational Leadership and Innovation Award
Arts faculty members Dr. Hessam Dehghani, Dr. Bronwen Tate and Dr. John Vigna have received the Dean of Arts Educational Leadership (EL) and Innovation Award.
Defining love through the lens of Arts
Love encompasses many emotions and experiences, and everyone may have a different interpretation. We reached out to experts to help us define and illustrate this complex concept and emotion.
Arts in the Media: February 2024
Our Arts faculty members are sharing their expertise on various topics! Some of the topics that they are discussing include a Black neighbourhood of Africville, the possibility of using raccoons for weather prediction, and ways to measure happiness. We will keep updating the list throughout the month, so make sure to check back in for more interesting discussions!
How Arts and Engineering are bridging the gap to address real-world humanitarian challenges
In a pioneering move, the University of British Columbia has developed a unique course that pairs arts and engineering students together to develop solutions to humanitarian crises within B.C. and around the world. The popular and new course called ‘humanitarian engineering’ was led by Political Science professor Dr. Jenny Peterson and Chemical Engineering professor Dr. Gabriel Potvin.
The Impact of Arts Multilingual Week 2022 on Language Learning
Arts Multilingual Week has left a lasting impact on participating students and instructors alike. Dr. Biz Nijdam shares insight on the results of Multilingual Week.
Dr. Janet Werker’s Franklin Institute win spotlights lifelong passion for infancy language research
Dr. Janet Werker, University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Psychology, was selected for the 2024 Benjamin Franklin Institute Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science. This highly esteemed recognition of her prevailing research is presented by The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia.
Flawed foreign ownership narratives drove ‘housing nationalism’ in Canada
UBC sociologist Dr. Nathan Lauster and co-author Dr. Jens von Bergmann discuss “reactionary housing nationalism.” Their new paper in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies explores the trend and reveals more surprising statistics.