Meet Jordan Wilson: Bringing research back to the community
FNSP offers a research practicum in which students partner with a community and do research based on the community’s needs. Jordan worked with the Museum of Anthropology and his band, Musqueam, to research unpublished material housed in the Museum of Anthropology for the Musqueam Indian Band archives. For his research, Jordan interviewed anthropologist and UBC Professor Emeriti Michael Kew and as a result created a catalogue for Kew’s 1981 exhibit “Visions of Power, Symbols of Wealth.”
Meet Colin Miner: Captured in the moment
Absence and presence, from the cast to the negative, Colin Miner finds himself in stillness.
Vancouver looked like a promising city to develop a photographic-artistic practice with a strong visual arts and art history faculty working at UBC. Colin will continue to pursue and develop his artistic practice and theoretical research within the MFA program under the guidance of Ken Lum and John O’Brian.
Colin returned to Canada having worked for three years in Beijing China, an experience that allowed him to learn more about Chinese culture and art. “I was very fortunate to have spent that time overseas,” he says, “to see a country literally changing before my eyes, to experience parts of its immense potential for growth and cultural influence.”
The first year at UBC in the MFA program was quite challenging in a variety of ways. “My knowledge and practice, both artistic and academic, have developed in unanticipated directions. Notably, my research on the iconic figure of Dracula as represented within Bram Stoker’s novel.”
The theme of absence and presence was his next inquiry, in which he examined the different works of Rachel Whiteread, Thomas Demand, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Jeff Wall. Colin’s own work has focused and developed on the themes of stillness, an entrapment of time, the cast and the negative, and falseness.
From AHVA website.
Meet BA ’09 Josephine Fong: Picking Blackberrys – Working at RIM
Josephine Fong, BA 2009: Major Political Science & Economics I am working as a Project Coordinator for the Handheld Software Operations team at Research In Motion (RIM), located in Waterloo, Ontario. The Handheld Software Operations team was recently formed this past January. My team is responsible for looking over the operations of all software development […]
Meet BA 07′ Greg Eidsness: His first step to success was Arts Co-op
Greg Eidsness, BA 2007: Political Science In terms of helping him to find satisfying work experiences, Greg Eidsness calls UBC Arts Co-op a “game-changer.” A 2007 Political Science alumnus, Greg currently works in international trade. And yet, not content with just a day job, he and a fellow Co-op graduate, Jason Carroll, have also created […]
Meet BA ’05 Julia Harrison: Becoming part of NATO – check!
Were you one of the proud Vancouverites who rose to their feet at GM place waving your Vancouver 2010 towels with joy when you found out our city won the Olympic bid? That victory was not only exciting for the whole country but it was also a huge moment for one of our own UBC Arts […]
Meet Mark Phelps: Arts Co-op was his best decision at UBC
Mark Phelps, a recent UBC graduate with a BA in Political Science and Economics, recently finished his final Co-op position with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) focused on raising Canada’s investment profile during the Winter Games. Mark’s academic background in political science and economics prepared him well for his Co-op terms. […]
Meet Tina Wang: A taste of real life
By Stephen Satterfield Ting Wang, Visual Arts major, readily admits she doesn’t have a specific career plan. UBC Arts Co-op led her to communications-related jobs, a field she now finds interesting and rewarding. A student in the visual arts, Ting found that her design skills were a great asset to her resume. Many employers are […]
Meet Jeffery Cui: Doing Arts Co-op Olympic style
By Julia Palmiano Jeffrey Cui, BA 2011: Major Political Science, Minor International Relations When the world’s eyes were set on Vancouver, British Columbia for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Arts Co-op student Jeffrey Cui was in the thick of it all, working through a Co-op term with Olympic sponsor Jet Set Sports. […]
Meet Helen Bell: Looking to the past
Helen Bell came to UBC to pursue a bachelor’s degree, but will be walking away with much more than a piece of paper: learning to conduct research has opened the door to a wealth of knowledge — and her own identity. “The research component at this institution is excellent,” says Bell. “The respect, integrity and recognition of the uniqueness of First Nations people has really stood out for me. It’s crucial for me that we’re doing research for and with First Nations people, not studying them like specimens under a [magnifying] glass.”
Meet Jessica McIntyre: Lights, camera, beaver meat!
Jessica McIntyre is a student who completed a summer co-op placement with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) which took her to the Northwest Territories. McIntyre, a member of the Northwest B.C. coast Musgamaug Tsawataineuk First Nation, is one of a growing number of students at UBC choosing to extend their studies by a year for the chance to gain valuable work experience through co-op placements.