Water and Ecopoetry

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Writer in Residence at Green College Daphne Marlatt, poet; annie ross, poet; Fred Wah, poet; and Rita Wong, poet; hosted by Jaspreet Singh, Writer in Residence at Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Tuesday, February 11, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow “What is water in the eyes of water?” asks the […]

Centring Communities of Knowledge: Beading Histories in Tlingit Aaní and Beyond

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Green College Special Event Megan Smetzer, Art History, Capilano University; and Green College Society Member Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Tuesday, February 4, 5-6:30 pm From the initial explorations of an artistic practice little known beyond Tlingit Aaní (Southeast Alaska) to the writing of an award-winning book, my research has been grounded in […]

Jaspreet Singh’s “Dreams of the Epoch the Rock”: A Book Launch and Readings

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Writer in Residence at Green College Jaspreet Singh, 20th Writer in Residence at Green College; with Daphne Marlatt, poet and novelist; and surprise musical guests Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, January 29, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow In Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock, Singh deepens his exploration of climate, […]

Marc Perez Reads Dayo

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

An elegant debut collection that illuminates the contours of un/belonging. Dayo: a Tagalog word referring to someone who exists in a place not their own. A wanderer, migrant worker, exile or simply a stranger. At its core, the poems in Dayo interrogate whether belonging can exist in a society suffused with violence. Here, the poet, […]

Applied Critique

Green College 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Green College Special Lecture Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson, Renison University College, University of Waterloo; Julia Bullard, School of Information, UBC; Hannah Kia, School of Social Work, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, January 21, 5-6:30 pm Social justice and related terms are notoriously unstable objects of analysis and intervention. Liberal responses to […]

Astrophysics Over Time

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Disciplines Over Time: Making, Keeping and Breaking the Boundaries of Knowledge William H. McCutcheon, Professor Emeritus, Physics and Astronomy; Jess McIver, Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy; and Pedro Villalba González, PhD Candidate, Physics and Astronomy, and Green College Resident Member Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Thursday, January 16, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to […]