New UBC Global Seminar uncovers Indigenous London
A Global Seminar launching this month brings eight undergraduate students to London, England to explore the city through the experiences of Indigenous captives, performers and diplomats who left behind significant cultural and political legacies.
History prof leads team to explore and protect historic BC gold mining sites
Dr. Henry Yu is an Associate Professor of History and a co-chair of the Legacy Initiatives Advisory Council (LIAC), which advises the Province of British Columbia on projects recognizing the contribution of Chinese Canadians to its history. He also led a research team formed to explore and assess the heritage value of historic gold mining sites along British Columbia’s Fraser Corridor. The Faculty of Arts spoke to Dr. Yu about the forgotten stories behind these mining sites, and how we can protect these sites for future generations.
UBC English professor brings Game of Thrones to the classroom
Associate Professor of English Dr. Robert Rouse is spurring an interest in medievalism – the study of how the Middle Ages is recreated in modern literature – with a course based on George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones.
Meet Alan Morrison: Creating UBC’s first improv course
Allen Morrison is a UBC Fine Arts alumnus, an actor with Vancouver TheatreSports, and the instructor of UBC’s first-ever improv course, THTR 440. ArtsWIRE spoke with Morrison and one of his students, Ivanna Besenovsky, about the challenges of performing improv, and what improv has taught them about life.
Meet Curtis Kuznecov and Leighton Hay: From the classroom to City Hall
When economics students Curtis Kuznecov and Leighton Hay sat down next to each other in Professor Robert Gateman’s ECON 210: Microeconomic Policy class, they didn’t expect to enact tangible policy changes in the City of Vancouver by the end of term.
Meet Jen Sung: Out in schools
Public speaker and program coordinator of the Out in Schools program, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ).
Thilini Leitan receives the 2013 Outstanding Leader in the UBC Community award
Recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Leader in the UBC Community, Thilini Leitan is a fifth-year human geography major who has demonstrated a strong commitment to helping students transition into UBC and build connections on campus.
Salima Hirji: Education Beyond the Classroom
Salima Hirji, a fourth-year sociology major and commerce minor, is the 2013 recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Leader from the UBC Community to Beyond award. During her four years at UBC, she has taken part in Go Global, presented at the Student Leadership Conference, co-coordinated a Student Directed Seminar, and brought Relay for Life to campus.
Meet Clarissa Forbes and Michael Schwan: Preserving language through research
Linguistics students Clarissa Forbes and Michael Schwan spent much of 2012 working on the documentation and linguistic analysis of Gitxsan, an aboriginal language spoken in the northern interior of British Columbia. Over the course of 8 months, they were given the opportunity to work directly with Gitxsan speakers to help document the language. Through elicitation sessions, in which they recorded stories told in Gitxsan, as well as other grammatical exercises, they were able to gather new knowledge about this endangered language.
Student Directed Seminars
By Shannon O’Rourke Tailor a course specific to your academic interests. Apply now to coordinate a Student Directed Seminar. This is your opportunity to propose, plan and facilitate a 3-credit seminar course for your peers. To coordinate a Student Directed Seminar, students propose a course not currently available at UBC. If a professor agrees to sponsor […]