Thrive Research Roundtable: Creating Caring Communities
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) 2260 West Mall, Vancouver
Diversity in Storytelling and in Newsrooms: Have We Smashed the Glass Ceiling?
Sing Tao Building 6388 Crescent Road, Vancouver
Week of Events
Meditation on Twin Hearts
Join weekly 30-minute online meditation sessions led by Iris Escuer Riera, Lecturer of Spanish at UBC. Open to all. Zoom access link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94414244817?pwd=OGFPK1FrSXZIQ1dzc25Cd05UUjY5UT09
Thrive Research Roundtable: Creating Caring Communities
Join us for the first-ever Thrive research roundtable! We are bringing together some of the leading minds on mental health to deliver Creating Caring Communities: Exploring the Future of Social Wellbeing and Mental Health at UBC and Beyond. Register here This year’s event will discuss the intersections between mental health, social wellbeing, loneliness, and connection. […]
Introduction to Machine Learning: Neural Networks
In this workshop, participants will dive into the fascinating world of neural networks. Neural networks have emerged as powerful models for solving complex and nonlinear problems. This workshop begins with an introduction to neural networks, covering their architecture, activation functions, and training algorithms. Participants will gain insights into how neural networks can effectively capture and […]
Our Language and Stories are Far Too Complex for Them to Understand: An Excavation of Sorts About Who We Are and Where We Come From
In this Indigenous Speaker Series session, we will have a conversation with Dr. Paulette Steeves, an Indigenous mother and scholar, and author of The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere (featured in this CBC Ideas Radio interview). We will learn about the rewriting of Indigenous histories, framed through Indigenous knowledge. This talk is about reclaiming […]
Diversity in Storytelling and in Newsrooms: Have We Smashed the Glass Ceiling?
The UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media (JWAM) is pleased to present a talk and Q&A with Jason Pires, Co-Anchor of Global News Morning, on Thursday, November 23, 2023, from 4:30pm to 6pm (Sing Tao 204). Join us for this exciting and informative hybrid event as part of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in […]
Python for simple data visualizations
Abstract: Building on our two previous Python workshops, today we will look at various packages to do simple plotting and data visualization in Python. In the hands-on part, we will focus on matplotlib which is a well-established Python plotting library for for creating static and animated visualizations in Python. Setup & Software Installation: You need […]
UBC Farm Saturday Farmers’ Market
Join us on Saturday, June 3 for the beginning of the UBC Farm Farmers' Market season. Don't miss Vancouver's only multi-vendor farmers' market located on a working farm! In addition to certified organic and farm-fresh produce, fruits, herbs, and seeds from the UBC Farm, the Saturday multi-vendor Farmers' Market also features a variety of other […]