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Welcome to UBC Connects at Robson Square.
Get funding to host your next event at Robson Square
Get up to $5,000 plus promotional and logistical support to bring your event to life at UBC Robson Square.
UBC Connects at Robson Square supports innovative, public engagement programming at UBC Robson Square. Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver and minutes away from the Skytrain and the Canada Line, Robson Square is the perfect venue to bring people together and connect communities with UBC.
Get help planning your next workshop, film screening, public talk, or even pop-up concert. Recipients will receive venue space and A/V equipment free of cost, as well as up to $5,000 worth of subsidies that can be used to cover speaker fees, honoraria, catering, and more. Additionally, UBC staff can help you with event promotion, event planning, program design, and on-the-day support to ensure your event runs smoothly.
This initiative is open to UBC students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as community partners who are working in collaboration with UBC.
Applications will remain open until October 31, 2023 or until available funds are exhausted. Our programming schedule for January to May 2023 is currently full. We are accepting applications for events taking place in June 2023 and onward.
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Questions? Contact Crystal Lau, Public Engagement Specialist at connects.robsonsquare@ubc.ca
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March 30, 2023
A UBC public dialogue event centered around the importance of peer-led work, with formerly incarcerated lived-experience speakers.
March 27, 2023
UBC experts explore the subject of how youths can cope with and develop healthier approaches to social media, cyberbullying, and more.
March 25, 2023
We are proud to present the screening of the 4K digital restoration of Rouge, accompanied by a special exhibition “Leslie Cheung—Hong Kong Icon” to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the passing of the legendary Hong Kong actor, singer, and performer, Leslie Cheung.
March 15, 2023
A free screening of Fail to Appear, a film from UBC professor Antoine Bourges, followed by a discussion featuring the filmmaker.
February 24, 2023
Join us for the launch of Sue Big Oil's campaign.
February 16, 2023
A free screening of Rewind and Play, followed by a discussion and Q&A led by UBC scholars and local experts.
January 23, 2023
A free screening of The Goddess (1934), followed by a discussion by Professor Christopher Rea.
December 17, 2022
An end-of-year townhall for Africans in the diaspora to come together to network, connect, and discuss how to give back to the development of the continent.
November 25, 2022
A free screening and discussion of Mariupolis, a documentary made in 2016 by Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius about the contested Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
October 18, 2022
Join a panel of UBC Political Science faculty and alumni as we break down the results of the province’s municipal elections and their consequences for future policy and the future of local government.
October 11, 2022
A free screening and discussion of the 1989 film, Coming Out.
September 15, 2022
A free screening of Olivier Assayas’ meta-cinematic masterpiece, Irma Vep (France, 1996).
August 25, 2022
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.
August 18, 2022
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.
August 17, 2022
Calling all students! Join us for a hands-on, social night of building community and learning how to use your power to make local change.
July 28, 2022
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.
July 21, 2022
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.
July 14, 2022
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.
July 7, 2022
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We're bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.
June 14, 2022
In a special partnership with the UBC AMS Indigenous Committee, The Ismaili Centre, Vancouver and UBC Connects at Robson Square will be hosting a FREE, exclusive screening of All Our Father’s Relations, followed by an in-person talkback with Elder Larry Grant and filmmakers, Alejandro Yoshizawa and Sarah Ling.
May 14, 2022
A half-day symposium all about the intersection of music and the brain presented by UBC Faculty of Science, Faculty of Applied Science, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, UBC Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Thank you for supporting UBC Connects.
