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Inclusive Teaching: Inclusive Syllabus Studio – April 19, 2023

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

Please note, this session will be held in-person in the IKBLC Seminar Room 2.22. Pre-registration is required.  Teaching inclusively involves supporting the success of a diverse mix of learners, with different social identities, life experiences and ways of knowing. A key aspect of inclusive teaching is supporting student’s sense of belonging within a program of […]

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Gender/Sex/ual Diversity: Towards More Liberatory Theory & Measurement

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About the Talk Many scientific approaches to gender/sex/uality rely on binaries, and are limiting, inaccurate, and a cause of harm, especially to marginalized groups. In this talk, Dr. Sari van Anders discusses new research about gender/sex/uality that is built for and from gender/sex/ual diversity. These approaches include “the gender/sex 3×3” – a new and simple framework for asking […]

UBC Pre-Med Diversity Symposium

Online/Virtual Event

​​The UBC Pre-Med Diversity Symposium is an annual faculty-sponsored event designed to encourage people from all walks of life to apply to medical school. This event is tailored to potential applicants who may face additional barriers to applying for medical school for reasons that may include, but are not limited to, having a non-science background, […]

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CGSHE Spotlight Series | Decolonizing Research & Practice with Rachel Olson

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About the speaker: Rachel Olson is a citizen of the Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation from the Yukon territory. She is a founding director of the Firelight Group, where she co-leads the traditional knowledge/traditional land use program area and leads the Indigenous health research team. Rachel has a Master of Research in Social Anthropology from the […]

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UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety: Creating Excellence in the Arenas of Truth, Reconciliation and Academia

Online/Virtual Event

Join the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) on Thursday, April 27 for UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety: Creating Excellence in the Arenas of Truth, Reconciliation and Academia. Part of the REDI Indigenous Speaker Series, this virtual session features Dr. Nadine Caron, Co-Director of the UBC Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health, […]

Increasing the Accessibility of Video

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. How to make video more accessible? Captions, ASL, descriptive video…. it can be overwhelming. During this presentation, Educational Media Producer Michael Sider from UBC Studios will reveal solutions from free and do-it-yourself to professional. You’ll find practical tips, guidance and […]

UBC’s RESPECT Magazine: Power of Place

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. This student panel will feature student editors and contributors to UBC’s RESPECT Magazine, which captures UBC students’ perceptions of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) through essays, interviews, multimodal, and interactive presentations. After an overview of the magazine’s history, goals, and […]

Nurse Angélique Presents….!

AMS Nest 6133 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In 1734, a Black Portuguese-born woman Marie-Joseph Angélique was publicly executed in Montréal for setting a fire to escape enslavement. This drag-burlesque performance by local queer artists, developed by Kyra Philbert, re-imagines the historical figure as a contemporary registered nurse to explore Blackness in Canadian nursing.

$22.63 – $33.28

Queer Worldmaking in Mental Health

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About the Talk Dr. Meera Dhebar will review traditional cis-heteronormative colonialist assumptions embedded within the discourses and professional practice of mental health systems. She will discuss the centering of queer of colour cultural knowledge, queer theory, and queer of colour critiques to move beyond the current models of LGBT competencies and affirming therapy to a […]

Transformation, Inspiration and Guidance: Celebrating 20 Years of Indigenous Excellence in Medicine

Online/Virtual Event

The Faculty of Medicine Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion invites you to join us for a conversation with James Andrew, a member of Lil’wat Nation’s Mount Currie Band and the Associate Director of Indigenous Initiatives at the Faculty of Medicine. In this this Indigenous Speakers Series session we will learn about the […]

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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.

Black gallery wall with “Today’s Special / 今日特餐” lettered above three display cases holding contemporary and older condiment and food vessels and words, translucent, on the plexiglass front, including “Traditions / 傳統” (in Traditional Chinese); “Solidarity”; “Racism / 种族 主义” (in Simplified Chinese). Detail from A Seat at the Table exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver.
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Making Space: Asian Heritage Month

Museum of Vancouver (MOV) 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

Join us in learning from four individuals and activists who are working for their communities in mindful and intersectional ways through cultural food justice. Register early as space is limited. Light refreshments will be served. Masks, while not mandatory, are recommended. Hosted by the Museum of Vancouver, in partnership with Heritage Vancouver Society and the […]

$10 – $30