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“Archives as Past, Present, and Future”: Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Archives shape the past, they shape the way in which we access the past and write for the future. But archives are connected to colonial pasts, erasures, and harm, relegating marginalized communities and racialized communities invisible. We know this is untrue – we know archives of these communities exist and there are many, many stories […]

Free

Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile – Profile Tools

Online/Virtual Event

The growth of social media and networked technologies has allowed for new and interactive ways for scholars to circulate their research, expand their scholarly networks, and track their research impact. Understanding how your academic identity and your research outputs (articles, books, patents, conference proceedings, posters, data contributions, videos, blog posts, etc.) are tracked and showcased is […]

Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile – Profile Tools

Online/Virtual Event

The growth of social media and networked technologies has allowed for new and interactive ways for scholars to circulate their research, expand their scholarly networks, and track their research impact. Understanding how your academic identity and your research outputs (articles, books, patents, conference proceedings, posters, data contributions, videos, blog posts, etc.) are tracked and showcased […]

“Finding Joy and Staying Alive: Maintaining Balance in the Push for EDI” with Ky Sargeant

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is hard work. Harder than most give it credit for. Though the mandate for EDI has grown across both public and private institutions, the gap between what is asked and the resources provided regularly places the burden of change upon those most affected by its absence. In the wake of the […]

Free

“A Closer Look at the Role of Microaggressions in Racism” with Hieu Pham-Fraser

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Microaggressions continue to be the most pervasive and undetected contributor to racism in many institutions, including educational settings. However, microaggressions are not micro. For those who are the target of microaggressions, severe consequences on mental well-being and life trajectories can result. In this presentation, Hieu will use her children’s picture book, The Little Girl to examine ‘What […]

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