Experts have long observed that hyper-local decision-making means more exclusive, less equitable decisions. When only a small geographic area is considered, narrow interests are more likely to be overrepresented. One manifestation of this phenomenon is ‘NIMBYism’ — or the pernicious problem of ‘not in my backyard’ thinking — where neighbourhood residents may oppose supportive or […]

The Open UBC Working Group, which is composed of faculty, students, and staff, meets regularly to advise, communicate, and partner on open scholarship activities and projects happening at UBC. In addition to serving as a place of community for those interested in various areas of open scholarship, the working group develops projects and events and […]

Topic: Guest Speaker Series: Chat with Noah Senecal-Junkeer Time: Nov 25, 2024 (Monday) 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM PST Vancouver Where: This is a virtual event. Zoom Link https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68988048118?pwd=E7ecIn3DScrNTqwhk4JZ9obZCZzp9v.1 We invite you to join Noah Senecal-Junkeer for a conversation surrounding his academic and entrepreneurial journey with a disability! Noah is proudly the co-founder of Easy […]

Learn the basics of using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration.  Git is widely used version control software that tracks changes to a group of files, referred to as a repository.  GitHub is a popular website for hosting and sharing Git repositories, making it easier to collaborate and share your work.  Together, Git and GitHub provide a […]

In this Indigenous Speakers Series session, we will have a conversation with Melody Charlie, a Nuu-Chah-Nulth photographer and guest curator of the Matriarchs Seen and Unseen exhibition at the Bill […]

Everyone is welcome to come along to a free screening of Les Filles du Roi, the acclaimed musical written and directed by Corey Payette. The screening takes place on Tuesday, November […]

Truth and Imagination: A Green College Leading Scholars Series Chase Joynt, filmmaker; Gender Studies, University of Victoria Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, November 26 4:30-6 pm: film screening; 6-7 […]

Deloitte will be hosting an event focused on providing students with information about the firm, consulting, and the work that consultants do on a daily basis. While Deloitte is not […]

Join the CMS Mobilities Research Group and UBC Asian Studies for “Why Do Chinese Women Seek Western Men? The Case of China’s Email-Order Brides” with Dr. Monica Liu. Join our […]

Are you ready to elevate your job search and unlock the power of LinkedIn to land your dream job? Join Mher Mardoyan for an interactive LinkedIn Profile Workshop where he'll walk you […]

French Scientist in Residence at Green College Benjamin Matthews, Zoology; Roenick P. Olmo, Centre national de la recherche scientifique and French Scientist in Residence at Green College; and Selena Sagan, […]

Join Grapes to Glass – a four-session Wine Education and Tasting Series presented by the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Learn about the important elements of wine production, […]

Ready to level up your career? Join Huan Ho, VP of Product and Engineering at Workday for a workshop that will provide you with the tools and techniques to supercharge […]

Join PhD students Raey Costain and Cal Smith as they present their research on how visual methods such as comic drawing have a unique capacity to explore and document human […]

Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for creating a README file. A README is a guide to your data and assists other researchers to understand your dataset, its contents, provenance, licensing and how to interact with it. Location: ONLINE (A Zoom link will be sent to registrants 3 […]

This workshop will first give an introduction to web maps, including the differences between digital maps and web maps, their structure, and how they work. The second part of the workshop will be a short hands-on session where we will create our own web map showing UBC campus buildings – with clickable with popups – […]

The UBC Vision Health Volunteers teams is hosting a fun-filled info session on rare and common eye diseases! During this event, you will be able to learn about vision health, listen to guest speakers, play games, and win prizes! Come join us on November 28 at 5pm in Orchard Commons Room 4004.

Speaker: Dr. Kieran Cox, Liber Ero and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University The diversity of biotic and abiotic sounds that fill marine ecosystems has become polluted by anthropogenic noise in recent decades. Yet, there is still uncertainty surrounding how different acoustic stimuli influence non-mammalian taxa and how changing ocean conditions may exacerbate the […]

Don’t miss the only multi-vendor farmers’ market in Vancouver located on a working farm! It’s our biggest weekly event on the Farm, bringing in dozens of vendors selling local fruits, vegetables, meats, baked goods, beverages, mushrooms, coffee and food trucks, alcohol, treats, crafts and prepared foods, as well as – of course! – the certified organic, […]