Join us for a celebration of the poetry and essays of Canadian poet and translator Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Anne Carson’s writings are steeped in ancient Greek literature, and she tests the limits of what a translation can be. Through a selection of readings from her earlier work, this […]
The first session of NOISE brings together three Indigenous individuals: lecturer and senior manager, EDI and Indigeneity, Dana-Lyn Mackenzie from the Hwlitsum First Nation; Cree medicine gatherer, trapper, and drummer Mitchell Tourangeau; and bear dancer Aileen Lil Bear Michel. Together, these three will explore how they engage with the antithesis of noise and listen to […]
In the last five years, actors in the far-right have been shaping contemporary climate agendas worldwide to the detriment of progress towards a just transition. Our team has been asking questions such as: How is climate change addressed and presented in far-right policy agendas; and, how successfully are these agendas gaining ground in our climate […]
Four early-career UBC researchers were given two years to focus on a challenge that could advance their vastly different fields of study. Hear what they discovered and sample the incredible breadth of research and scholarly activity across our two campuses. The questions they tackled may be ones you have pondered already—or things you never thought […]
The novel emerged in lockstep with the nation-state, serving as the cultural counterpart to political form in the modern era. However, these dynamics are unraveling as the raison d’être of the contemporary state veers from its people to the neoliberal market. In Novel Distortions, Dr Tamara L Mitchell analyzes recent (1996–2019) Mexican and Central American fiction […]
This first workshop in The Critical Play Speakers' Series focuses on how the interactive, dynamic experiences at the heart of games can be used as new kind of teaching experience. Christopher Kawika Guillermo (Dr Christopher B Patterson) of UBC’s Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, and Vancouver-based game designer and programmer Tim Bellefleur […]
Curiosity moves us. Determination gets us there—because progress doesn’t happen on its own. See how we push forward.
