Spotlight

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Meet the Faculty of Arts PhD students decolonizing the future of digital humanities across disciplines

Learn how a group of PhD students across the Faculty of Arts came together to work through a common challenge in the field of digital text encoding: the lack of a diverse and inclusive framework in TEI-XML.

10 Texts by Indigenous Authors of BC to Read for Orange Shirt Day

10 Texts by Indigenous Authors of BC to Read for Orange Shirt Day

Curated by Xwi7xwa Library Information Services Librarian Karleen Delaurier-Lyle, Berens River First Nation, and Public Services Librarian Stephanie Hohn, Red River Métis – Little Shell Band and mixed settler

10 Arts courses you can take to learn about Indigenous history and culture

10 Arts courses you can take to learn about Indigenous history and culture

Place yourself “inside the story” to learn about the systems of power, social relations, structures of inequality, and diversity of cultural identities at play in Indigneous communities here and around the world.

Brushstrokes of Resilience: Insights from Every Child Matters book illustrator Karlene Harvey

Brushstrokes of Resilience: Insights from Every Child Matters book illustrator Karlene Harvey

In celebration of September 30, we connected with Karlene Harvey to learn about their experience developing illustrations for the Every Child Matters picture book, their creative journey, and tips for aspiring Indigenous artists.

Three students working together looking at laptops

Integrating Practical Learning into Arts courses

A new web resource for faculty provides support for incorporating Practical Learning into Arts courses.

Composite image of MA student Bailey Midori Hoy and PhD candidate Nicole Yakashiro. Bailey (image left), shown in three quarter profile, has long black hair worn loosely swept behind her shoulder. She wears circular black-rimmed glasses, a dangling wire earring, and a white button-down shirt with a beige cardigan. Nicole (image right) wears a black crewneck shirt. Her hair is tied in a ponytail and placed over one shoulder. She wears glasses with turtle shell rims and grins broadly at the camera.

History graduate students receive support from Japanese Canadian Students of 1942 Fund

Bailey Irene Midori Hoy and Nicole Yakashiro are expanding the field of Japanese and Asian Canadian history thanks to recent funding support.

A decorative graphic composed of purple squares, letters and words from the new Ways of Knowing breadth requirements categories

What are the new Bachelor of Arts degree requirements?

Associate Dean, Academic Dr. Stefania Burk breaks down the new BA breadth requirements and shares the rationale behind the changes.

Introducing Clare Haru Crowston, UBC’s new Dean of Arts

Introducing Clare Haru Crowston, UBC’s new Dean of Arts

Dr. Crowston discusses her research background, what drew her to the UBC Faculty of Arts, and what she is most looking forward to in her first few months as Dean.

We surveyed Arts grads about life a decade after UBC. What did we learn?

We surveyed Arts grads about life a decade after UBC. What did we learn?

1,260 Arts alumni participated in the 10+ year-out Arts alumni survey. We asked Associate Dean Laura Moss to share the biggest takeaways.

How Indigenous anthropologist Kristen Barnett is decolonizing archaeology

How Indigenous anthropologist Kristen Barnett is decolonizing archaeology

When Kristen Barnett first started university, she didn’t know anything about archaeology except that “archaeologists take things.” Today, she’s among a small group of Indigenous archaeologists who are redefining the profession.