The biennial, international, and multi-disciplinary BC Studies Conference will be held from 2-4 May 2025 on the unceded ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) People at the campus of UBC-Vancouver. As conference organizers, we humbly recognize xʷməθkʷəy̓əm rights, title, and jurisdiction over their territory on which we work as uninvited guests. The program includes panels, roundtables, and individual papers that […]
An workshop with Dr. Gareth Higgins, internationally-renowned peacemaker, writer and activist at the intersections of spirituality, justice and art. Since communication began, human beings have woven together experiences and interpretations of those experiences in attempts to make meaning–we call these attempts “stories”. Stories can be told through words, images, and sounds; they can be written […]
The UBC Peter A. Allard School of Law and Youth Justice Link will be hosting a conference for youth on the topic of bridging the gap between youth and BC’s legal system. This event will include Q&A sessions with law school admissions officers and students, insights from experienced lawyers leading interactive case study activities, and […]
This year marks a decade since the Mount Polley mine disaster, that released 25-million-cubic-metres of heavy metal-laden waste into Te T7iweltk (Quesnel Lake). While the disaster was unprecedented in its scale and speed of contamination—recognized as largest mining disaster of its kind in Canadian history—this catastrophe is tied to longer pattern of social and ecological devastation […]
Experts have long observed that hyper-local decision-making means more exclusive, less equitable decisions. When only a small geographic area is considered, narrow interests are more likely to be overrepresented. One manifestation of this phenomenon is ‘NIMBYism’ — or the pernicious problem of ‘not in my backyard’ thinking — where neighbourhood residents may oppose supportive or […]
On November 19, 2024 at 5:00 pm PT, the UBC Department of History and the History Holocaust Education Committee are pleased to invite you to “Jewish History and Theresienstadt: How should we write a history of prisoner society?,” a 2024 Rudolf Vrba Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr. Anna Hájková (University of Warwick). Talk Abstract Where […]
Curiosity moves us. Determination gets us there—because progress doesn’t happen on its own. See how we push forward.
