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