Event Category Archives: featured-news-event

“At the Margins: Borders in the age of a Pandemic” with Dr. Hortense Spillers

The Social Justice Institute Noted Scholars Series presents: Dr. Hortense Spillers Professor, Department of English, Vanderbilt University “At the Margins: Borders in the age of a Pandemic” Co-sponsored by the President’s Office and the Centre for Culture, Education, and Identity WHEN & WHERE Zoom February 9th, 12-1 PM  RSVPs for this event are now closed. […]

“Being with Water” Rita Wong in conversation with Aimée Craft

The Social Justice Institute Noted Scholars Series presents: Dr. Rita Wong Associate Professor, Emily Carr University & Dr. Aimée Craft Associate Professor, University of Ottawa “Being with Water” Co-sponsored by the Transformative Memory Network WHEN & WHERE February 16th, 12 PM to 1:00 PM Venue: Michael Smith Laboratories, Room 102 & Livestreamed Seating is limited […]

“A Tunnel to a Sacred Place: Resistance to the Carceral Geographies of Militarism in Hawai’i.” with Dr. Laurel Mei Singh

The Social Justice Institute Noted Scholars Series presents: Dr. Laurel Mei Singh Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment & Centre for Asian American Studies, University of Texas at Austin “A Tunnel to a Sacred Place: Resistance to the Carceral Geographies of Militarism in Hawai’i.” Co-sponsored by the Transformative Memory Network WHEN & WHERE Zoom […]

“From the Center to the Margins: Decolonial Intersectionality” with Dr. Mara Viveros

The Social Justice Institute Noted Scholars Series presents: Dr. Mara Viveros Professor, National University of Colombia “From the Center to the Margins: Decolonial Intersectionality” Co-sponsored by the UBC’s President’s Office & the Centre for Culture, Identity & Education WHEN & WHERE Zoom March 16th, 12-1 PM  RSVP for this event are now closed.   All […]

Resilient Cartographies Symposium

2022 Art + Memory + Justice Symposium Presents: Resilient Cartographies: Everyday strategies of social justice that (re)emerged during pandemic times WHEN & WHERE March 19, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Online Event All events are free and open to the public. This symposium explores the contingent, emergent, resilient, gestures of care that have emerged during […]

“When Things Fall Apart: Conflict, Crisis, & Collective Healing in Activist Movements” with Kai Cheng Thom

The Social Justice Institute Graduate Student Association Presents: Kai Cheng Thom “When Things Fall Apart: Conflict, Crisis, & Collective Healing in Activist Movements” WHEN & WHERE March 21, 5:00-6:30pm Green Collage, The University of British Columbia All events are free and open to the public. In this time of intense global crisis, political unrest, and […]

“Anaformative Impulse. Chest Punch. A Working Paper on Bass” with Dr. Katherine McKitrick

The Social Justice Institute Noted Scholars Series presents: Dr. Katherine McKitrick Professor in Gender Studies and the Graduate Program in Cultural Studies, Queen University   “Anaformative Impulse. Chest Punch. A Working Paper on Bass” Co-sponsored by the UBC President’s Office & Centre for Culture, Identity & Education WHEN & WHERE Zoom March 30th, 12-1 PM  […]

Nimrods: A Conversation

Join us for the first Noted Scholar Lecture of 2024. Speaker: Dr. Christopher B. Patterson in conversation with Dr. Mila Zuo  Wednesday, January 17, 2024 12:00-1:30 PM Pacific Time DUE to weather, this event is now online only Dr. Christopher B. Patterson will discuss his newly released prose-poetry book, Nimrods, in a conversation with Dr. […]