The Crash of the International Student ‘Market’: Causes, Consequences, and the Future of Canadian Higher Education

Online/Virtual Event

Join us to discuss the impact of recent policy changes on international students in Canada and how they intersect with colonial dynamics and the future of higher education. For decades, Canadian higher education turned to international student recruitment to make up for stagnant public funds. However, growing public concern that international students were competing for […]

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Critical Thinkers Talk – The Melodramatic Pop Diva: Mariah Carey, Music Video, and Vocal Ornamentation

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

Presented by the Centre for Cinema Studies and Cinema Thinks the World, the Critical Thinkers Series features research talks by notable and emerging scholars in Cinema and Media Studies. Next up for Fall 2024 is a talk by PhD candidate Angela Morrison, “The Melodramatic Pop Diva: Mariah Carey, Music Video, and Vocal Ornamentation". This event is […]

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Joyelle McSweeney Reads Death Styles

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Whole Cloth Reading Series Joyelle McSweeney, poet Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, November 20, 5-6:30 pm In this follow-up to her award-winning collection, Toxicon and Arachne, Joyelle McSweeney proposes a link between style and survival, even in the gravest of circumstances. Setting herself the task of writing a poem a day […]

Political Science Over Time

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Disciplines Over Time: Making, Keeping and Breaking the Boundaries of Knowledge Co-organized with the UBC Emeritus College Richard Johnston, Professor Emeritus of Political Science (and Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation); Afsoun Asahi, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Henrik Jacobsen, Society Member of Green College and PhD Candidate, Political Science Coach […]