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“Where Are You From?”: Growing Up African-Canadian in Vancouver
Dr. Gillian Creese new book published by University of Toronto Press “Where Are You From?” recounts the unique experience of growing up in a place where the second generation seldom sees other people who look like them, and yet are inundated with popular representations of Blackness from the United States. This study explores how the second generation in […]
Dr. Gillian Creese new book published by University of Toronto Press “Where Are You From?” recounts the unique experience of growing up in a place where the second generation seldom sees other people who look like them, and yet are inundated with popular representations of Blackness from the United States. This study explores how the second generation in […]
Ignite Undergraduate Journal – Call for Essay Submissions
Ignite Undergraduate Journal of Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice is now accepting academic essay submissions for Volume X: Feminist Futurities, slated for publication in Spring 2020. Please send submissions to igniteundergraduatejournal@gmail.com. For more information please visit the Feminist Futuries: Call for Essay Submissions event page. SUBMISSION DEADLINE January 27th, 2020
Ignite Undergraduate Journal of Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice is now accepting academic essay submissions for Volume X: Feminist Futurities, slated for publication in Spring 2020. Please send submissions to igniteundergraduatejournal@gmail.com. For more information please visit the Feminist Futuries: Call for Essay Submissions event page. SUBMISSION DEADLINE January 27th, 2020
Peter Wanyenya: A Celebration of Life at the Longhouse on April 23, 2019
On Tuesday, April 23 at 4:00 pm, members of the UBC community are invited to a celebration of life for Peter in the Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall in the UBC First Nations Longhouse (1985 West Mall). All are welcome. Everyone who met, knew, Peter, loved him. His beautiful, warm, and gentle smile, his kindness, and his […]
On Tuesday, April 23 at 4:00 pm, members of the UBC community are invited to a celebration of life for Peter in the Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall in the UBC First Nations Longhouse (1985 West Mall). All are welcome. Everyone who met, knew, Peter, loved him. His beautiful, warm, and gentle smile, his kindness, and his […]
Dr. Becki Ross receives the Angus Reid Practitioners/Applied Sociology Award
Congratulations to Professor Becki Ross and Jamie Lee Hamilton who are the co-winners of the Canadian Sociological Association’s Angus Reid Practitioners/Applied Sociology Award for 2019. They are delighted, and most appreciative of the nomination prepared by colleagues Catherine Corrigall-Brown and Rima Wilkes. “This award recognizes sociologists who undertake community action projects that bring social science […]
Congratulations to Professor Becki Ross and Jamie Lee Hamilton who are the co-winners of the Canadian Sociological Association’s Angus Reid Practitioners/Applied Sociology Award for 2019. They are delighted, and most appreciative of the nomination prepared by colleagues Catherine Corrigall-Brown and Rima Wilkes. “This award recognizes sociologists who undertake community action projects that bring social science […]
The Last Suffragist Standing: Dr. Veronica Strong-Boag’s latest book released March 8th
Dr. Veronica Strong-Boag’s new book was published on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2019. The Last Suffragist Standing tells the story of B.C. suffragist and politician Laura Marshall Jamieson. Dr. Strong-Boag was recently interviewed in the Vancouver Sun about the book (click post title for the link). Dr. Strong-Boag is a UBC professor emerita, a […]
Dr. Veronica Strong-Boag’s new book was published on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2019. The Last Suffragist Standing tells the story of B.C. suffragist and politician Laura Marshall Jamieson. Dr. Strong-Boag was recently interviewed in the Vancouver Sun about the book (click post title for the link). Dr. Strong-Boag is a UBC professor emerita, a […]
A.J. Lowik gives keynote address at NAF Canada Regional Meeting
PhD Candidate A.J. Lowik gave the keynote speech at the National Abortion Federation of Canada Regional Meeting in Toronto, Sept. 30, 2018. The audience included about 100 people working in abortion services provision and addressed the need for trans-inclusive policies and practices in abortion care. A.J. was invited to speak because of the manual they […]
PhD Candidate A.J. Lowik gave the keynote speech at the National Abortion Federation of Canada Regional Meeting in Toronto, Sept. 30, 2018. The audience included about 100 people working in abortion services provision and addressed the need for trans-inclusive policies and practices in abortion care. A.J. was invited to speak because of the manual they […]
