Green College Special Lecture Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson, Renison University College, University of Waterloo; Julia Bullard, School of Information, UBC; Hannah Kia, School of Social Work, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, January 21, 5-6:30 pm Social justice and related terms are notoriously unstable objects of analysis and intervention. Liberal responses to […]
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, […]
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 […]
Writer in Residence at Green College Jaspreet Singh, 20th Writer in Residence at Green College; with Daphne Marlatt, poet and novelist; and surprise musical guests Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, January 29, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow In Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock, Singh deepens his exploration of climate, […]
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 event requires registration and attendance is limited to the UBC community. Registration: https://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D1810%26reset%3D1 Dr. Bonnie Henry was appointed as Provincial Health Officer for the Province […]
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 […]
