Embodied Teaching and Situated Knowledge: A Pedagogy Roundtable

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

in the series Embodiment as Knowledge Translation Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed A reception follows this event In this first event of the Embodiment as Knowledge Translation series, Green College Leading Scholars discuss how embodiment, care, positionality and relationality are valued in their respective disciplines and enacted in their pedagogical approaches. Join Sara Ann Knutson, History; […]

From a Memory War to a War over Memory: The Past and Society in Ukraine and Russia during Soviet Times, and Beyond

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

in the series The Russia-Ukraine War and Memory Politics Coach House, Green College, UBC Serhy Yekelchyk, Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Victoria Ukraine had been part of the Russian-dominated Soviet Union, but after gaining independence in 1991, the Ukrainian state and society developed in a direction markedly different from that of Russia’s. What in […]

Unveiling Cosmic Origins: The Inflationary Universe

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

in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Coach House, Green College, UBC Pedro Villalba González, Physics and Astronomy There is much we have learned in the last century about our universe—its age, its composition, its expansive nature—but one of the most important questions in cosmology still remains unsolved: did the universe undergo a period of […]

One Ocean, Many Currents: Three Perspectives on Pacific Research Methodologies

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

In “Lo(o)sing the Edge”, the late Teresia Teaiwa (I-Kiribati) quoted Vince Diaz’s description of a “motley group” of Pacific Islanders at UC Santa Cruz as “ caught different waves, all of us, only to find ourselves, beached, temporarily, out here” (Teaiwa et al., 2021, p. 60). In this interdisciplinary panel at Green College, speakers explore the […]

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Accelerating Discovery: Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship Lectures

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

Each year, UBC’s Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships (KARF) support six exceptional early career researchers to pursue research projects with the potential for significant impact in their field of study. Join us over two special evenings of lectures to hear how the inaugural cohort of KARF recipients, funded in 2020, have advanced their research and scholarship. […]

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Accelerating Discovery: Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship Lectures

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

Each year, UBC’s Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships (KARF) support six exceptional early career researchers to pursue research projects with the potential for significant impact in their field of study. Join us over two special evenings of lectures to hear how the inaugural cohort of KARF recipients, funded in 2020, have advanced their research and scholarship. […]

Free