Word Vancouver 2023

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Join Word Vancouver for their main festival day on September 16th at UBC Robson Square! This festival will feature a special session with UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections and look at how its archival materials were used in the work of poets Rina Garcia Chua and Carolyn Nakagawa.

The Floating Man: Canadian Film Premiere

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This Canadian premiere of The Floating Man by Michael V. Smith is an intimate memoir that unpacks Smith's journey as a radical drag performer and genderqueer.

The Age of Disruption in Public Policy: DRIPA and Social Media

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dive into the latest trends and strategies in public policy, with a special focus on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) and the influential role of social media.

Postcards: Trans Narratives on Stage

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A panel of trans theatre artists and UBC graduate students explore arts-based research to consider the affordances of theatre to centre trans voices, drawing on strategies from theatre-as-research approaches.

Let’s Talk About Your Data: A Discussion of Public Health Data

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Engage in a discussion of sharing public health data and technological advances that assure security with health professionals, researchers, and patient representatives presenting their community health research endeavours.