Technology + Art: How the Golden Age of TV Drama Came About
The Vancouver Institute Public Lecture Series John Doyle, The Globe and Mail’s television critic Location: P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver. Time: 8:15 pm Accessible […]
Guatemala Global Seminar Info Session
Learn more about our upcoming Global Seminar taking place in Guatemala! Philosophy 335 and Sociology 430 begin together by examining classical theories of oppressive power and civil society offered by […]
Guatemala Global Seminar Info Session
Learn more about our upcoming Global Seminar taking place in Guatemala! Philosophy 335 and Sociology 430 begin together by examining classical theories of oppressive power and civil society offered by […]
Guatemala Global Seminar Info Session
Learn more about our upcoming Global Seminar taking place in Guatemala! Philosophy 335 and Sociology 430 begin together by examining classical theories of oppressive power and civil society offered by […]
Climate Stories from UBC
On October 27, climate researchers from UBC will gather to tell stories about their work for climate justice, their partnerships with communities from around the world, and how their work […]
NECESSITY: Documentary Screening and Discussion
Please join the Centre for Law and Environment (CLE) and Green College for a screening of Jan Haaken’s NECESSITY, a two-part documentary on legal strategies, allyship & climate resistance. This […]
A Sense of an Ending: Chinese Buddhist Eschatology Reconsidered
In 1976, Dan Overmyer published Folk Buddhist Religion, a volume that drew attention to apocalyptic visions of some popular groups influenced by Buddhist conceptions, amongst others, of global disaster. This […]
Buddhist Self-Immolation and Climate Change
In recent years, a number of climate activities have self-inflicted auto-cremation in a drastic response to climate change. Though Inspired by Buddhist auto-cremators of the late twentieth and early twenty-first […]
Ikkyū and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: Then and Now
This lecture will explore selected translations of the Kyōunshū 狂雲集 (Crazy Cloud Anthology), an anthology of poems in literary Chinese by medieval Rinzai monk Ikkyū Sōjun 休宗純 (1394-1481). The readings […]
A New Translation and Study of The Zhuangzi (Sayings of Master Zhuang)
This lecture will explore the Western reception of the Zhuangzi, a foundational text of the Chinese philosophical tradition and the cornerstone of Daoist thought, and how the early European encounters […]
The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present
The unprecedented number of global crises is casting a shadow on the future of humanity, all of which seem to augur that the dharma-ending age (mofa 末法) described in Buddhist […]
The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present
The unprecedented number of global crises is casting a shadow on the future of humanity, all of which seem to augur that the dharma-ending age (mofa 末法) described in Buddhist […]
The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present
The unprecedented number of global crises is casting a shadow on the future of humanity, all of which seem to augur that the dharma-ending age (mofa 末法) described in Buddhist […]
23 and me(n) with Elijah Buffalo
A discussion based on anecdotal and personal observations of the representations of men in the healthcare field and how Call to Action 23 is being addressed by institutions with Elijah […]
Book Discussion – High-Risk Feminism in Colombia by Dr. Julia Zulver
The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and the Latin American Studies program at UBC are co- hosting the presentation of Dr. Julia Zulver´s new book: High-Risk Feminism […]
Hawaii Field Course Global Seminar Info Session
Travel to Hawaii during your reading week while getting credits towards your degree! This 9‐day 3‐credit intensive course offers students an opportunity to visit and experience Hawaiian land, ecosystems, and […]
Nocturnal: Preventing Extinctions – An evening with Island Conservation
Hosted by Penny Becker, Chad Hanson, and Andrew S. Wright! Preventing Extinctions: Architecting the Accretocene is an exhibit on habitat restoration and rewilding that has been a decade in the […]
Keynote Lecture: Prof. Susan Andrews, “Co-creating Learning Experiences at the Peripheries”
We are delighted to welcome Professor Susan Andrews (Mount Allison University), who will give a public lecture entitled: Fizzing and Popping with Possibility: Co-creating Learning Experiences at the Peripheries About […]
Keynote Lecture: Prof. Jay L. Garfield, “Buddhism and Nonviolence in the Contemporary World”
We are delighted to welcome Professor Jay L. Garfield (Smith College and the Harvard Divinity School), who will give a guest lecture entitled: Buddhism and Nonviolence in the Contemporary World […]
Keynote Lecture: Prof. Jin Y. Park, “What Is Ethics For? A Minimalist Approach to Buddhist Ethics”
We are delighted to welcome Professor Jin Y. Park, who will give a guest lecture entitled: What Is Ethics For? A Minimalist Approach to Buddhist Ethics About this Event What […]
Joy of Feeding
Join 12 local chefs, including some from Vancouver’s most beloved restaurants, preparing their favourite family recipes in the fields of Vancouver’s local organic farm, the UBC Farm. Featuring UBC Farm […]
Metro Vancouver Feast of Fields
Feast of Fields is FarmFolk CityFolk’s annual local food celebration and signature fundraising event, held each year on a different farm in the Okanagan Valley, on Southern Vancouver Island, and […]
ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire)
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with Musqueam, are thrilled to announce the new, inaugural festival, ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire). Held on September 17 […]
Indigenous Giant Floor Map Event!
Join us on September 12 from 11AM-3PM in the Sty-Wet-Tan (Great Hall) in FNHL Longhouse (1985 West Mall) for this special event! Check out our giant Indigenous Peoples Giant Floor […]
Summer Pop-Up Concert Series
Join us for our Summer Pop-Up Concerts at UBC Robson Square! We’re bringing our most talented students to perform for you right in the heart of downtown every Thursday in July.