Marc Perez Reads Dayo

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

An elegant debut collection that illuminates the contours of un/belonging. Dayo: a Tagalog word referring to someone who exists in a place not their own. A wanderer, migrant worker, exile or simply a stranger. At its core, the poems in Dayo interrogate whether belonging can exist in a society suffused with violence. Here, the poet, […]

Real Stories from the Front Lines: Research with Impact

Online/Virtual Event

Stories from the Front Line: Universities and Global Citizenship Richard Lester, Medicine, UBC, and Director, Neglected Global Diseases Initiative; Jason Nickerson, Law, University of Ottawa, and Humanitarian Representative, Doctors without Borders Online Event Tuesday, January 28, 5-6:30 pm Please note that this event is scheduled to be online only. Neglected Global Diseases (NGDs) are infectious […]

Leading in a Time of Uncertainty: My Road to Kindness

Hebb Building 2045 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Precarity and Uncertainty: A Green College Leading Scholars Series Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer HEBB Building, Room 100, 2045 East Mall, UBC Thursday, January 30, 5-6:30 pm and livestreamed This […]

Centring Communities of Knowledge: Beading Histories in Tlingit Aaní and Beyond

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

Green College Special Event Megan Smetzer, Art History, Capilano University; and Green College Society Member Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Tuesday, February 4, 5-6:30 pm From the initial explorations of an artistic practice little known beyond Tlingit Aaní (Southeast Alaska) to the writing of an award-winning book, my research has been grounded in […]

Water and Ecopoetry

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

Writer in Residence at Green College Daphne Marlatt, poet; annie ross, poet; Fred Wah, poet; and Rita Wong, poet; hosted by Jaspreet Singh, Writer in Residence at Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Tuesday, February 11, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow “What is water in the eyes of water?” asks the […]