Walk for Joy

UBC Vancouver Campus Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Walk for Joy (formerly Walkabout), is a 9 week walking, rolling and physical activity challenge designed to get people moving and reduce sedentary time. This challenge is open to all UBC students, staff, faculty, and community members. A large emphasis is placed on being social while completing physical activity, so find a friend to get […]

Free

2025 Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference

Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre 6163 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) is a conference for UBC undergraduate students to present their research to fellow UBC students, family, and friends.  For MURC 2025, we wish to challenge everyone to “Dare to Discover, Dare to be Different.” We would like to encourage researchers to embrace individuality and innovation, pushing beyond traditional boundaries. […]

Free

Is There a Crisis of Narration? Narrative Imagination on Chinese Social Media

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Amidst the rising concern about a crisis of narration in global digital culture, this talk reclaims the work of narrative imagination, with a focus on civic storytelling on Chinese social media. In today’s platform society, social media platforms often obstruct the telling and sharing of some stories while promoting others. In response, social media users […]

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BIG25 Research Day

Life Sciences Centre 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The BIG Research day is an annual tradition of Bioinformatics, Interdisciplinary Oncology and Genome Science + Technology graduate programs at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Over 100 graduate students from all three programs gather to present their research projects and attend seminars and workshops by academic and industry professionals. Undergraduate students interested […]