arts

Exhibition Panel – Vanishing

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 […]

Artist Tour – Vanishing

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 […]

Rooting: Sharing Our Tangled Journeys to Feel at Home

Step into the profound voyage of migration at Rooting: Sharing Our Tangled Journeys to Feel at Home! Here’s how it works: YOU share your own personal experiences, and OUR actors […]

Games for Decolonization Workshop

The Games and Decolonization Workshop is an interdisciplinary forum dedicated to examining the intersections between board games and discourses of settler colonialism, decolonization, Indigenous sovereignty, and social justice. This two-day […]

“Can We Laugh Together? The Role of Humour in Building Inclusive Connections” with Ky Sargeant

In the world of EDI, we are often acutely aware of how humour and laughter can become forms of marginalization. We talk a lot about the microaggression experience of having […]

Sustainability Photo Pop-Up Exhibition

*IN PERSON – FREE – DROP IN* This winter the Sustainability Hub embarked on an exploratory photography project asking participants to consider biodiversity, resilient communities, circular economy, or climate by […]

Arts Multilingual Week

Get ready to celebrate the beauty of multilingualism! Join us at the Arts Student Centre from March 4 to 8 for our annual Arts Multilingual Week! This event is the […]

Discussion of Maya Wind’s New Book, Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom

Please join us for a discussion of Dr. Maya Wind’s new book, Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom (Verso Press), exploring how Israeli institutions of higher education […]

Educate & Create : Legend of Turtle Island

Learn about the Legend of Turtle Island with James Groening, a Cree artist who specializes in the Woodland Art style. This guided painting workshop is an introduction to the story […]

In Search of Home: Short Films Selection and Conversation with Filmmakers

Co-presented by South Taiwan Film Festival and Asian Independent Cinema Showcase, this short films selection presents TOH Tze Wei’s “The Darkest Night”, WU Yu-Fen’s “There”, and KWOK Zune’s “Night is […]

Saint Joan of the Stockyards by Bertolt Brecht

by Bertolt Brecht Adapted and directed by MFA Candidate Jacob Zimmer Embark on an epic journey into the heart of capitalism, philanthropy, and the struggle for solidarity. Follow Joan Dark, […]

Screening of LEAVING IN SORROW and Conversation with Director VINCENT CHUI

Friday, 12 April 2024 18:00-20:15 PDT AERL 120, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory, UBC Direction: 2202 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver | Map Parking: UBC Health Sciences Parkade, 2250 Health […]

Knowledge Circles 知識界 in Colonial Hong Kong 1945-1997: From Offshore Publics to Civic Communities

Speaker: Prof. Sebastian Veg, School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris Monday, 11 March 2024, 17:30-19:00 PDT Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, UBC 1855 West Mall, Vancouver, BC […]

[Asian Independent Cinema Showcase] Away From Home: Short Films Selection and Conversation with Filmmakers

The short films selection “Away From Home” features three award winning short films, all produced in Hong Kong between 2022 and 2023. The three short films are Sze-wai HO’s “Before […]

The Phil Lind Initiative: Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste

Celebrated artists and life partners, Academy Award-winning musician Jon Batiste and Emmy Award-winning writer Suleika Jaouad gave the world an intimate look into their life in the 2023 Netflix documentary […]

The Phil Lind Initiative: Sasha Velour

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 […]

The Phil Lind Initiative: Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s writing is bold, elegant, and fiercely honest. His remarkable debut novel, The Sympathizer, won the Pulitzer Prize, was a Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner, and made the […]

The Phil Lind Initiative: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (first name pronounced Shoe-Tez-Caht) is an advocate, leader, activist and hip hop artist with Indigenous Mexica roots. Now 23 years old, he has been on the frontlines of […]

TomorrowLove by Rosamund Small

UBC Theatre and Film presents TomorrowLove, a captivating blend of heart and humour exploring futuristic love directed by Camyar Chaichian and Ming Hudson, featuring the talents of UBC student actors […]

Lunar New Year Market at UBC Botanical Garden

Welcome back to UBC Botanical Garden’s Lunar New Year market celebrating the year of the dragon! We’ve expanded our market to feature over 30 local makers, artists, crafters and food trucks. UBC Botanical Garden […]

Diversity Makes Beautiful Music with DJ O SHOW

Hear the unique life story of an Afro-Indigenous, 2 Spirit Entrepreneur. Her perspective of the world will change and inspire yours.

North American Premiere of DRIFTING PETALS and Conversation with Director Clara Law

Join us for the North American Premiere of DRIFTING PETALS 花果飄零, followed by a virtual conversation with Director Clara Law 羅卓瑤 and producer/writer Eddie Fong 方令正. Shot in Australia, Hong Kong and Macau, DRIFTING […]

Head Over Heels by Peter Anderson

Step into a timeless world as the UBC Players Club presents Head over Heels by Peter Anderson! Embark on a whimsical journey where Shakespeare meets the surreal. Lose yourself in […]