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Indigenous Literatures from Coast to Coast: Round table with Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui, Nathan Adler and Sarah Henzi

Buchanan Tower 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) for a conversation on contemporary Indigenous literatures with authors Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui and Nathan Adler, and Sarah Henzi, Assistant Professor at SFU. Following their most recent publications, we will talk about the current exchanges, challenges, and barriers that exist for English- and French-speaking Indigenous writers in […]

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Screening & Exhibition of Leslie Cheung—Hong Kong Icon

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

We are proud to present the screening 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.

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Screening & Exhibition of Leslie Cheung—Hong Kong Icon

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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.

How the Newborn Graphic Novel Found the Librarians It Needed

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

End the semester with a bang by attending iSchool's final colloquia of the year, a thrilling talk on the history of comic books, graphic novels and teen librarians by Dr. Joe Sutliff Sanders (Cambridge). Special case study: Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Snacks provided! Where: Dodson Room (302), Irving K. Barber Learning Commons When: April 19, […]

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Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Hearts of Freedom exhibition featuring stories of Southeast Asian refugees in Canada will be hosted at UBC Robson Square for free public viewing from May 13 to May 31.

[Screening+Conversation] To Be Continued 尚未完場: A Documentary about the State Theatre in Hong Kong

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Date: Saturday, 13 May 2023 Time: 15:00 – 17:00 PDT Venue: Labatt Hall, Room 1700, SFU Harbour Centre (555 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, V6B 4N6) The documentary unfolds the story of the iconic State Theatre 皇都戲院 in Hong Kong and its legendary founder Harry Odell, a Cairo-born, Shanghai-bred Russian Jew who stamped his mark on the cultural […]

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The Empress of Vancouver: Film Screening and Q&A

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join us for a celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia at a free, public screening of the TELUS original film The Empress of Vancouver.

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Big Fight in Little Chinatown: Film Screening and Discussion

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Big Fight in Little Chinatown will be available for a free screening on June 5th at UBC Robson Square, followed by a panel discussion featuring filmmaker Karen Cho and other UBC and community experts.

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Towards Responsible AI – Leveraging Multi-partner Engagement

Online/Virtual Event

A discussion on taking steps towards responsible Al and leveraging multi-partner engagement featuring various speakers from the fields of digital and AI policy, the digital sector, law and economics.

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Trauma, Storytelling and Respect: A Journalist’s Perspective

Online/Virtual Event

Join us for the next webinar in the “Ethics of Trauma-informed Research” series, co-hosted with the University of Victoria’s Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project, in partnership with the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma. Journalists strive to report traumatic stories in the public interest, without exploitation or harm to their subjects or themselves. This discussion […]

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Word Vancouver 2023

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join Word Vancouver for their main festival day on September 16th at UBC Robson Square! This festival will feature a special session with UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections and look at how its archival materials were used in the work of poets Rina Garcia Chua and Carolyn Nakagawa.