- Events
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- No events scheduled for April 1, 2024.
From Yuquot to Leicester Square: Indigenous Northwest Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver“Can We Laugh Together? The Role of Humour in Building Inclusive Connections” with Ky Sargeant
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver- No events scheduled for April 5, 2024.
- No events scheduled for April 6, 2024.
- No events scheduled for April 7, 2024.
Week of Events
2024 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
2024 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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 […]
From Yuquot to Leicester Square: Indigenous Northwest Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain
From Yuquot to Leicester Square: Indigenous Northwest Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain
The Department of English Language & Literatures is pleased to invite you to the 2024 Garnett Sedgewick Lecture, featuring Professor Robbie Richardson (Department of English and Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative, Princeton University). Dr. Richardson, who is a member of the Pabineau First Nation (Mi’kmaw), will present a talk entitled “From Yuquot to Leicester […]
“Can We Laugh Together? The Role of Humour in Building Inclusive Connections” with Ky Sargeant
“Can We Laugh Together? The Role of Humour in Building Inclusive Connections” with Ky Sargeant
In the world of EDI, we are often acutely aware of how humour and laughter can become forms of marginalization. We talk a lot about the microaggression experience of having “jokes” told at your expense or having your experience be represented through dismissive or reductive stereotypes. When we think about creating inclusive and psychologically safe […]
2023/24 Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture: The Allegorical American: Positioning the United States in Chinese-Language Cinema
2023/24 Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture: The Allegorical American: Positioning the United States in Chinese-Language Cinema
The Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lectures are made possible by the generous support of Messrs. Alex and Chi Shum Watt in honour of their mother, the late Mrs. Wat, and her passion for Chinese literature and culture. Cinema can play many roles, from entertainment to escapism, and from the pedagogical to the propagandistic. Within […]