This workshop uses Tableau Public software to introduce data visualization concepts and basic skills. Tableau Public is available at no cost and provides a user interface that is accessible to beginners. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Recognize the characteristics of an effective visualization Format data for visualization Create a […]
Join us for the kick off coffee hour on Thursday, April 18. The Anthropology Department is happy to host this ongoing opportunity for BIPOC students in Anthropology and other units to make connections and get to know one another. Light refreshments will be provided. The BIPOC coffee hour will be a recurring event, happening the […]
VanBUG Bioinformatics Seminar Date: Thursday, April 18 Time: 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM (PT) Please fill out our RSVP form if you are interested in attending this seminar at either location. Speaker Location: SFU (Big Data Hub, ASB 10900) Live Stream: UBC (Michael Smith Laboratories, MSL 102) Featured Speaker: Dr. Sean Gibbons Associate Professor, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle Talk title: You […]
Do you have questions and challenges about creating meaningful and successful learning experiences for your students? Maybe you want help in the process of teaching your course in online, hybrid or blended modes. Request a virtual one on one course consultation with a Learning Designer to explore ways to enhance your students’ learning experience. This […]
Erin Cherban, M.Sc. Chief Clinical Research Officer, Advancing Health Clinical Trials Working Group Lead Beth Snow, PhD, MBA, CE Program Head — Evaluation, Advancing Health Dry Research Working Group Lead Scott Tebbutt, PhD Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Principal Investigator, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation Wet Lab Working Group Lead Planning for the Clinical Support […]
Join photo-based artist Christine Fitzgerald for a walk through Vanishing, an exhibition of new images of bird eggs and nests from historical museum collections paired with specimens from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. Learn how early photography techniques combine with modern practice, and how natural history collections inform us about the biodiversity we see today.
St John's College, UBCV From adaptation and mitigation to education, the 2023/24 Solutions Scholars have been exploring climate solutions related to urban environments, extreme heat, and fires. Come hear their research updates and join table discussions to advance the dialogue. Refreshments included Over the past eight months Solutions Scholars have been working on projects related […]
This panel discussion will consider innovative approaches to creative collaboration across disciplines and how activating aesthetic reconsideration of scientific collections addresses our present moment of ecological precarity. The event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Vanishing, presenting new work by 2023 Karsh Award photo-based artist Christine Fitzgerald. Integrating historical and current photographic technologies, Fitzgerald […]
Critically acclaimed gender-fluid drag queen, visual artist, speaker and author Sasha Velour has been a force in the international drag scene long before her scene-stealing, rose-petal-filled win on season nine of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Her Phil Lind Initiative talk titled The Big Reveal: Why Drag Matters, delves into queer history and the importance of drag […]
UBC Midwifery is hosting a free keynote lecture on restorative justice. UBC Midwifery is pleased to host this learning opportunity as part of the Elaine Carty Visiting Scholars Initiative. All are welcome, but capacity is limited. Please see the event page to register and learn more about this event.
Join the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and Ch’nook Indigenous Business Education for a JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar on “Storytelling MMIWG2S & Extraction” by Shelley Price, Associate Professor at Acadia University's Manning School of Business Administration and Adjunct Professor at University of Victoria's Gustavson School of Business.
The FROGBEAR project is a research and training network that fosters scholarship of East Asian religions through field visits, skill building, study, and knowledge sharing. Since the project’s inception in 2016, our international teams of researchers have identified new textual and visual sources preserved in East Asia. The research clusters have surveyed key sites of […]