Alumni

25 Years, Countless Achievements: Celebrating UBC Arts Co-op Student Success
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Alumni Advice: Top 10 tips to jumpstart your career

We spoke to Arts Alumni to find out how they navigated their career paths and what tips they have for current students and recent graduates. Here are their top 10 tips and resources.

6 Career tips for international students from Arts alumni

6 Career tips for international students from Arts alumni

International Students face particular challenges with transitioning to the workforce in Canada. Two Arts alumni who have navigated this transition share their advice.

10 pieces of advice for the Class of 2024 from Arts alumni

10 pieces of advice for the Class of 2024 from Arts alumni

Discover invaluable advice to help you navigate post-grad life: find purposeful work, network effectively, embrace unexpected opportunities, and more!

From the classroom to the real world: reflections from Arts Co-op alumni

From the classroom to the real world: reflections from Arts Co-op alumni

From exploring your interests to building connections and taking care of your wellbeing, your Arts Peer Advisors share their best tips for new Arts students.

Featuring Elders from the four sister nations. Top left to right: Freddie Louie, Randolph Timothy SR, and Eugene Louie. Bottom left to right: Maggie Wilson and Elsie Paul. Image provided by Koosen Pielle.

Connecting language and land: How the ʔayʔaǰuθəm e-dictionary is for community and the next generation

Homalco, Klahoose, Comox, and Tla’amin Nations have been working on revitalizing their language, ʔayʔaǰuθəm, for over two decades. In the last seven years, an e-dictionary of First Peoples’ sounds and stories was brought to life through the efforts of community members, jehjeh Media, and UBC Linguistics alum Dr. Marianne Huijsmans.

Get to know alumna Jasmine Wilson: Musqueam Indian Band Archivist

Get to know alumna Jasmine Wilson: Musqueam Indian Band Archivist

Guided by knowledge gained from both her academic studies and her lived experiences as an Indigenous woman, History alumna Jasmine now works as the Assistant Archivist in the Archives Department of the Musqueam Indian Band.

Looking Back to Move Forward: Insights from the Shakespeare Symposium

Looking Back to Move Forward: Insights from the Shakespeare Symposium

The UBC Public Humanities Hub and Arts Development & Alumni Engagement co-hosted a symposium on November 17-18 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio in partnership with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Simon Fraser University.

Arts Student Centre now an award-winning building

Arts Student Centre now an award-winning building

The now iconic multi-purpose facility is an inspiring meeting ground for Arts students to interact across disciplines.

7 pieces of advice for the Class of 2023 from Arts alumni

7 pieces of advice for the Class of 2023 from Arts alumni

Discover invaluable advice to help you navigate post-grad life: find purposeful work, network effectively, embrace unexpected opportunities, and more!