Visit Hillel BC from January 29 - February 2, 2024 to visit the Yad Vashem Exhibit, Shoa: How Was It Humanly Possible? The exhibition deals with major historical aspects of the Holocaust, beginning with Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Europe and ending with the liberation of Nazi concentration and extermination camps across the continent and the […]

New to citation management, don't know where to start, or trying to get familiar with the free tools supported at UBC? This workshop compares the two citation management tools supported at the Research Commons, Zotero and Mendeley, including a discussion of the similarities and unique features of each tool. We will also go over some commonly encountered challenges, […]

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 […]

UBC supports the Qualtrics survey tool. Qualtrics is a powerful tool that offers UBC faculty, and staff new functionality in survey creation, data analysis, and reporting. Join us for the monthly Qualtrics studio virtual workshop and drop-in session. The session is geared towards UBC faculty and staff using Qualtrics as a teaching and research tool. […]

Join Hillel to hear Rachel Mines, an expert on her family's Holocaust history, who will passionately recount her parents' survivor experiences, weaving in insights from her extensive research and teaching background. Gene Homel, renowned for his expertise in Lithuanian history, particularly during the Holocaust, will provide a comprehensive perspective on the region's historical landscape, engaging […]

Visit Hillel BC from January 29 - February 2, 2024 to visit the Yad Vashem Exhibit, Shoa: How Was It Humanly Possible? The exhibition deals with major historical aspects of the Holocaust, beginning with Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Europe and ending with the liberation of Nazi concentration and extermination camps across the continent and the […]

Hear the unique life story of an Afro-Indigenous, 2 Spirit Entrepreneur. Her perspective of the world will change and inspire yours.

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 […]

Ryan Sun is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at UBC working with Prof. Leo Shin and Prof. Richard Menkis. His transnational project expands the geography of Jewish exile outside Europe and onto the British colonies of Hong Kong and Singapore. He is particularly interested in Jewish refugees’ ship-bound experiences, especially how transiting […]

Visit Hillel BC from January 29 - February 2, 2024 to visit the Yad Vashem Exhibit, Shoa: How Was It Humanly Possible? The exhibition deals with major historical aspects of the Holocaust, beginning with Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Europe and ending with the liberation of Nazi concentration and extermination camps across the continent and the […]

Are you working on a media project? Planning to produce video content for your course but don’t know where to start? UBC Studios is offering a drop-in media support session where professional media specialists are available to provide answers to your questions.  If you are wondering: Where do I start? What resources are available on […]

The Centre for Law and the Environment’s four-part series, In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Speak About Leading Youth Climate Cases, covers four leading cases from Canada and the US in which youth are demanding climate accountability and action from their government. Each session in the series will delve into a particular case […]

Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for file formatting. Join us to learn more about data formats, data access, and preservation. Location: ONLINE (A Zoom link will be sent to registrants 3 hours before the event starts.)

The Generative AI Drop-In clinics are open for all faculty and staff at UBC and UBC Okanagan on teaching and learning topics to do with the use of tools such as ChatGPT, Stability AI, Google Bard and others. The sessions will be in an open-hours format where the questions will be answered such that all […]

In partnership between Hillel, the Brothers of The AEPi Chapter of Vancouver, and Chabad UBC, join us for The Reading of The Names of those who were murdered in the Holocaust. We will be meeting at Hillel at 5:00pm and walking over to the fountain at the main mall, the reading of the names will […]

Visit Hillel BC from January 29 - February 2, 2024 to visit the Yad Vashem Exhibit, Shoa: How Was It Humanly Possible? The exhibition deals with major historical aspects of the Holocaust, beginning with Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Europe and ending with the liberation of Nazi concentration and extermination camps across the continent and the […]

If you have opened RStudio before, know what packages are, and know how to read files into R but not much beyond that, this workshop is for you! If your expertise is not at this level yet, please register for Beginner R Part 1 first (January 18, 2-3pm). The workshop is one hour, followed by […]

Join us virtually on February 1 at 11 am on a journey into the world of green laboratories as we showcase ingenious projects that are reshaping the scientific landscape. These teams are turning small grants from UBC Green Labs into big sustainability wins for their labs. Delve into energy conservation, waste management, and resource optimization […]

This workshop offers an introduction to georeferencing historical maps with QGIS. Georeferencing is the process of taking a digital image or map and connecting it to a real world geographic coordinate system, allowing you to overlay historical and current maps, and to analyze relationships between them using GIS tools. We will begin by exploring Koerner […]

Are you interested in making your course materials more accessible to all learners? Or do you have specific questions about formatting your Open Educational Resources (OER) to be accessible for everyone? Join us at the Accessibility Studio, where you can drop in for a one-on-one chat with our specialists. Gain valuable insights into designing accessible course materials or creating and adapting […]

Marie (Mariette) Rozen Doduck was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1935. She immigrated to Canada in 1947 as a war orphan with three of her siblings and settled in Vancouver. She is actively involved in Holocaust education and is a cofounder of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. Dr. Lauren Faulkner Rossi has taught modern German […]

Visit Hillel BC from January 29 - February 2, 2024 to visit the Yad Vashem Exhibit, Shoa: How Was It Humanly Possible? The exhibition deals with major historical aspects of the Holocaust, beginning with Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Europe and ending with the liberation of Nazi concentration and extermination camps across the continent and the […]

Join the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and the Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources division for a JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar on “Enduring Work: Experiences with Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program”.

Do you speak French and want to meet/hang out with other french-speaking folks at UBC? Come celebrate the new year with the Centre de la Francophonie de UBC ! Join us on February 2 at 4 p.m. at the auditorium of the Asian Center at UBC. We'll have live music, wine and hors-d'oeuvres. The best […]

Join us for a Shabbat Dinner, where we will pay tribute to the resilience and strength of Holocaust Survivors. This event promises to be a heartfelt gathering where cherished guests, survivors of an indelible chapter in history, will be honored. we’re creating an atmosphere of love, appreciation, and solidarity as we honor these remarkable individuals […]

The John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies is an annual public lecture launched in 2012 in Professor Emeritus John Howes' honour. Each year, we invite prominent scholars from around the world to speak to the university community and alumni on topics in Japanese Studies with a focus on humanities. This year's lecture features guest speaker […]

The short films selection “Away From Home” features three award winning short films, all produced in Hong Kong between 2022 and 2023. The three short films are Sze-wai HO’s “Before the Box Gets Emptied”, Chi-him YUEN’s “The Reticent Wave”, and Chi-yan SIU’s “About Simon Says, Simon Says”, all sharing the theme of diaspora and exploring the city’s […]