Unpacking identity, care & healing: An IBPOC-only wellbeing workshop series

Online/Virtual Event

Self-care. Resilience. Trauma. Healing. These words are often brought up in conversations around wellbeing. In this 4-part series, open to IBPOC-only faculty and staff at UBC, these concepts will be contextualized in a more community-centered way. Held across 4 separate days, we will use this time to unpack the importance of identity, culture, and histories […]

Free

In Search of Home: Short Films Selection and Conversation with Filmmakers

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Co-presented by South Taiwan Film Festival and Asian Independent Cinema Showcase, this short films selection presents TOH Tze Wei’s “The Darkest Night”, WU Yu-Fen’s “There”, and KWOK Zune’s “Night is Young.” Speaking in Cantonese, Hokkien, Malay, Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Indonesian, the three award-winning short films tell stories of the underrepresented in different parts of Asia […]

Free

CGSHE Trainee Research Symposium: Spring 2024

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The Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity is proud to present our next Trainee Research Symposium! The symposium will showcase ten-minute presentations by CGSHE trainees from UBC and SFU on intersectional approaches to gender equity and sexual health, followed by a Q&A session. The CGSHE Trainee Research Symposium is co-hosted by CGSHE in the […]

2024 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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

The 2024 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture launches a new annual global speaker series on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) inclusion The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture is an annual series which highlights ongoing work in the Faculty and beyond to address some of society’s most pressing priorities. The 2024 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture will launch the inaugural event […]

Free

Gender-affirming Care in Action: Stories and Insights from the Frontline

Online/Virtual Event

Join the Faculty of Medicine's Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion virtually on Wednesday, April 3 from 12–1:30 pm (PST) for a conversation with a diverse panel of healthcare professionals and individuals with transgender lived experiences. The panel will feature Dr. A.J. Lowik (They/Them), Ari Para (They/Them), Dr. Dan Metzger (He/Him), Dr. Ingrid […]

Rooting: Sharing Our Tangled Journeys to Feel at Home

Simon K. Y. Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre 2205 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Step into the profound voyage of migration at Rooting: Sharing Our Tangled Journeys to Feel at Home! Here's how it works: YOU share your own personal experiences, and OUR actors reenact them on the spot, capturing every emotion, struggle, and triumph. This event gives you and other international students a safe space to share the […]

Free

From the Ground to the Cloud: Insights from Seven Years of Fieldwork, Training, and Data Collection

Online/Virtual Event

The FROGBEAR project is a research and training network that fosters scholarship of East Asian religions through field visits, skill building, study, and knowledge sharing. Since the project’s inception in 2016, our international teams of researchers have identified new textual and visual sources preserved in East Asia. The research clusters have surveyed key sites of […]

From the Ground to the Cloud: Insights from Seven Years of Fieldwork, Training, and Data Collection

Online/Virtual Event

The FROGBEAR project is a research and training network that fosters scholarship of East Asian religions through field visits, skill building, study, and knowledge sharing. Since the project’s inception in 2016, our international teams of researchers have identified new textual and visual sources preserved in East Asia. The research clusters have surveyed key sites of […]

Evaluating Inequities in Refugee & Im/migrant Health Service Access

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About the Talk This talk will summarize key findings and recommendations from the IRIS project, which is completing 5 years of mixed-methods data collection and analysis understand the health experiences of immigrants and migrants (im/migrants) in British Columbia. IRIS combines interviews with im/migrant community members and quantitative data from health and immigration administration to focus […]

Restorative Imperative in Health-care: Broadening the Definition of Healing

UBC Vancouver Campus Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

UBC Midwifery is hosting a free keynote lecture on restorative justice. UBC Midwifery is pleased to host this learning opportunity as part of the Elaine Carty Visiting Scholars Initiative. All are welcome, but capacity is limited. Please see the event page to register and learn more about this event.

Free

From the Ground to the Cloud: Insights from Seven Years of Fieldwork, Training, and Data Collection

Online/Virtual Event

The FROGBEAR project is a research and training network that fosters scholarship of East Asian religions through field visits, skill building, study, and knowledge sharing. Since the project’s inception in 2016, our international teams of researchers have identified new textual and visual sources preserved in East Asia. The research clusters have surveyed key sites of […]

From the Ground to the Cloud: Insights from Seven Years of Fieldwork, Training, and Data Collection

Online/Virtual Event

The FROGBEAR project is a research and training network that fosters scholarship of East Asian religions through field visits, skill building, study, and knowledge sharing. Since the project’s inception in 2016, our international teams of researchers have identified new textual and visual sources preserved in East Asia. The research clusters have surveyed key sites of […]