Kids Takeover UBC
Celebrate Family Day weekend by bringing your entire family to UBC. Kids and youth will take on adult-sized roles, working alongside staff and volunteers to participate and promote arts and culture at UBC.
The Best Talk of Your Life: How to Communicate Your Research in a Memorable Way
How can you give a talk that people will remember? This workshop covers the basics of scientific storytelling – how to craft a talk, how to hook them with an exciting narrative, and how to leave them with a clear impression of your research and why it matters.
Biodiversity for Resilient Communities
Campus Biodiversity Initiative – Research & Demonstration is hosting its second-annual Biodiversity Showcase, an evening of dialogue and learning to showcase efforts towards enhancing biodiversity for resilient communities at UBC and beyond.
Development for WebVR Workshop
Ever heard of WebVR but was never sure what it was? Here’s your chance to learn about creating your own WebVR experiences! The Emerging Media Lab presents the WebVR workshop – WebVR is an experimental JavaScript API that provides support for a range of virtual reality devices, such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Rift, or the HTC Vive in a web browser.
UBC Courtside 2018
Hot on the heels of the epic annual Winter Classic hockey event, UBC Thunderbirds hosts another UBC tradition, the Courtside Basketball festival. Grab your ticket and pack War Memorial Gym with screaming fans, and show our UVIC opponents how much school pride we have in our Thunderbird Basketball teams.
Modern Slavery 101
Join Liu Institute Visiting Fellow, Dr. Karen Snyder at her talk about modern slavery. The human trafficking business affects the global economy, national policies, vulnerable communities and resilient survivors. This presentation will describe the scope of the problem around the world and here in Canada.
2018 EDGE Film Festival
The UBC School of Nursing is pleased to present their second annual film festival. This special evening features short films made in collaboration with nursing researchers and community partners that explore the socio-cultural contexts of health as points of transformation.
Official Opening: Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
The official opening of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and a Statement of Apology for UBC’s involvement in the system that supported the operation of the Indian Residential Schools.
Million Dollar Med$: Exploring Canadians’ Access to Life-saving Medicines
What if you couldn’t get medicine for yourself or someone you love? Join Global Reporting Centre founder and journalist Peter Klein as he discusses the Million Dollar Med$ project and its investigation of the impact of rare diseases on Canadian families and how Canada can increase access to treatments that could save lives.
PhDs Go Public: Health and People
How can research contribute to societal health? In the fifth event of the 2018 PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series, five doctoral students from UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative have seven minutes each to talk about how their research into matters of health may lead to healthier societies.
2018 Lunar New Year Celebration – Year of the Dog
The Department of Asian Studies will be presenting their annual Lunar New Year Celebration! To celebrate this important holiday in Asian cultures, you’re invited to come and enjoy wonderful performances, great food, interesting hands-on activities, and a meaningful seminar.
Learning Analytics Hackathon 3.0
Want to get hands-on experience exploring and analyzing learning data? Join CTLT for the 3rd University of British Columbia Learning Analytics Hackathon! At this two-day hackathon, you’ll form teams to explore an open data set, propose questions and solutions, and share what you’ve discovered with a brief presentation at the end of the weekend.
InnoHacks 2018 – Inclusive Innovation Case Competition
The InnoHacks: Inclusive Innovation case competition challenges students to work in teams to create solutions to world issues using the principles of social innovation. Through this event, we hope to build UBC students’ connections to experts’ knowledge, and help them generate ideas and insights that will be applicable for future use.
Human-Computer Interaction Research Issues in VR/AR Lecture
Are virtual and augmented realities (VR/AR) the next human-computer interaction (HCI) paradigm? This lecture examines issues in interactive VR/AR systems through a lens of HCI research. Building on his previous research, Yoon makes a case for natural user interfaces and asynchronous collaboration in VR/AR.
UBC Music Initiative: Virtuosity
Do you enjoy listening to the amazing musical talent that UBC has to offer? To all the musicians and music lovers out there, we invite you to UBC Music Initiative’s annual event: “Virtuosity”! With all the musical talent that goes unnoticed, we wish to provide a stage to showcase it. Whether you’re looking to perform yourself, or just enjoy some great music, you’re guaranteed a fun and eventful night!
Bridging the Gaps in Healthcare Practice and Policy
How can research be applied to create a healthier society? In the first event of this year’s PhD’s Go Public Research Talk Series, five doctoral students from UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative will talk about how to advance society’s health and wellbeing.
World’s Challenge Challenge Finals
The 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge Final is here! Join us as finalists present on a global issue and solution before a panel of judges. Finalists not only get a chance to win up to $2,000 for their projects, but also could get the opportunity to present their ideas at the International World’s Challenge Challenge!
Fermentation Fundamentals: Sauerkraut & Pickled Vegetables
Ever wondered what the big deal is about fermented vegetables anyways? Come find out at this fun, hands-on workshop! In this workshop, UBC Farm will make a batch of probiotic ‘rainbow’ sauerkraut together, including instructions on making traditional sauerkraut and variations using spices, herbs and other garden veggies.
Winter Foraging Workshop
How would you survive in winter without a grocery store? Chef Robin Kort will teach you how to find wild winter treasures; food like seaweeds, winter mushrooms, edible plants, and roots that you can find in our forests, meadows, and oceans. This workshop will cover everything you need to know to safely gather, prepare and cook unique flavours found only in nature.
CTRL+First Year
UBC BizTech and CUS First Year Committee Present: CTRL+First Year! A fun night dedicated to First Year students, which includes a tech-themed scavenger hunt, networking, and over $400 worth of prizes. You don’t want to miss out on one of the last events of our first year, so bring out your friends – or come meet some new ones! This event is open to First Year students from all faculties.
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry Networking Night
What is Bitcoin? What is the Blockchain? Why does anyone care? UBC Trading Group is offering you the chance to understand this industry at the beginning, we are presenting the experiences of those deeply placed within this future economic model.
Voice of Passion Winter Music Gala 2018
“Voice of Passion — Winter Music” is Kevin Li’s second benefit concert, fundraising for the Canuck Place Children Hospice. Last year, his first “Voice of Passion” concert was a huge success, having raised over $6400 and received immense support from many influential individuals, such as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former premier of British Columbia Christy Clark.
Trauma and Soul Retrieval with Dr. Patricia Vickers
Soul retrieval is the ability to return to the traumatic event to retrieve the missing part of self. Returning enables the soul–emotions, beliefs and physiological experiences–to become clear. Returning enables the individual to bring together splintered parts of spirit, body and mind.
Who We Are with Elizabeth May
Join leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament, Elizabeth May, for a riveting discussion on Canada’s role in a challenging time. 45 years after leaving the US as a teenager, she will reflect on the decline of US society, the rise of ignorance, and the challenge for Canada.
Making Art with AI
What is the state of art using cognitive inspired AI in emerging media like VR/AR and fine art? Using computational and AI techniques including Deep Learning, DiPaola will demo his research lab’s (ivizlab.sfu.ca) work, in modeling how humans are creative, how humans express themselves in systems and how a new form of art making is beginning using AI with applications for education, health, entertainment and fine art.