Crystal Hall (University of Washington) will be sharing research from her new book, Antiracist by Design: Behavioral science has been celebrated as a field whose insights can help design a better world, but its color-blind approach has often perpetuated unjust systems. A more equitable approach can make the field more efficient and effective, even in […]
UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is holding an upcoming information session on its flagship program which offers up to $20,000 in funding to PhD students. Are you curious about the Public Scholars Initiative and want to apply for the upcoming 2025 year? Come to this information session to learn more about the program and how […]
This year marks a decade since the Mount Polley mine disaster, that released 25-million-cubic-metres of heavy metal-laden waste into Te T7iweltk (Quesnel Lake). While the disaster was unprecedented in its scale and speed of contamination—recognized as largest mining disaster of its kind in Canadian history—this catastrophe is tied to longer pattern of social and ecological devastation […]
The EDI Scholars-in-Residence program is hosting a Disability Justice Book Club across Winter Term 2. The club, led by Dr. Jennifer Gagnon, will explore themes of disability justice, ableism, allyship, and what it means to be disabled in academia. We will read a selection of texts each month before meeting to discuss takeaways. This club […]
Led by Dr. Sophia Frangou, this IMH PROGRESS Webinar will (a) review emerging AI tools that are transforming the way researchers draft, edit, refine and publish scientific manuscripts; and (b) discuss how researchers can leverage these technologies without compromising the core principles of academic scholarship.
The Nettle Dress is a poetic 2023 documentary by Dylan Howitt that follows the seven-year activity of artist Allan Brown to glean, process, spin, weave, and sew a dress of local stinging nettles. We will be screening it as an opening to the Slow Fashion Show at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA), opening at 7 pm the […]
