Weyman Chan – Chinese Blue
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre as part of the Robson Reading Series. Drawing on more than two thousand years of ancient Chinese tradition that present diverse philosophical...
View ArticleRobson Reading Series Presents Andrew Kaufman, Camille Martin and Barry Webster
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre as part of the Robson Reading Series. Andrew Kaufman’s Born Weird tells the tale of the Weird family who have always been a little off, but...
View ArticleRobson Reading Series Presents Al Hunter (Beautiful Razor: Love Poems and...
As part of the Robson Reading Series, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and the UBC First Nations House of Learning hosted Anishinaabe writer Al Hunter to an author reading of his latest book of...
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Richard Wagamese – Reading of "Indian Horse"
“Wagamese pulls off a fine balancing act: exposing the horrors of the country’s residential schools while also celebrating Canada’s national game.” – James Grainger, Globe & Mail “Wagemese’s...
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Photo-Poetics / Photo-Politics: Visualizing Social Transformation
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by by Centre A and the UBC Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies (ACAM) program. This event was held on Thursday, October 16,...
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Assert, Defend, Take Space: Aboriginal Youth Conference on Identity, Activism...
Join us for an exciting daylong conference on issues of concern to Aboriginal youth. Artists from the Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth exhibition are joined by young filmmakers and...
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Asian Canadian Studies with Terry Watada, Jim Wong-Chu, and Glenn Deer
This event took place on November 27, 2014 at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. An afternoon event with Terry Watada and Jim Wong-Chu, two pioneers of Asian Canadian writing, and moderated by Dr....
View ArticleMACL Colloquia presents: Kit Pearson, An Open Book: The Redemption of Story
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS). The colloquium is sponsored by the UBC Master of Arts in...
View ArticleSteven Galloway – The Confabulist
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Creative Writing Department. Presented by the Chan Centre as part of the Beyond Words series. Multi-award winning novelist...
View Articlealumni UBC – Master Mind Master Class with Atom Egoyan
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by alumni UBC. One of the most respected filmmakers of his generation and a true artist, Atom Egoyan is the director behind modern...
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