Celebrating the Graduating Class of 2025
We’re proud to recognize the achievements of this year’s graduates from the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. Throughout your time at UBC you’ve engaged deeply with complex issues and contributed to important conversations around equity and justice. Your hard work matters, and we’re excited to see how you carry it forward in […]
JP Catungal Receives Killam Teaching Prize
Congratulations to Dr. JP Catungal who has received the prestigious Killam Teaching Prize. The award recognizes excellence in teaching and Dr. Catungal joins a celebrated circle of committed and talented instructors at UBC. Dr. Catungal is an interdisciplinary scholar of critical geography and feminist and queer of colour theorizing. He has taught in the Institute […]
Simran Garcha’s TedX talk: How to Confront Domestic Abuse
GRSJ student Simran Garcha recently delivered an inspiring TedX Talk where she shared her transformative journey from a childhood marred by domestic violence and silence to a life of healing and advocacy. Raised in a South Asian family where silence was equated with strength, Simran unpacks the personal and cultural costs of suppressing truth. Through […]
V. Pauahi Souza Receives Most Impactful Paper Award
Congratulations to GRSJ PhD Candidate V. Pauahi Souza who recently received the Most Impactful Paper Award at the 2025 International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC) at University of Hawai’i Mānoa. Pauahi was a recipient of the award with UBC Linguistic Department PhD Candidate Michelle Kamagaki-Baron for their presentation called “Access to ‘ōlelo Hawai’i […]
Open Call: GRSJ’s Yao Xiao co-edits Critical Arts Journal Special Issue
GRSJ sessional instructor, Dr. Yao Xiao, is co-editing a special issue of Critical Arts: North South Cultural Media Studies. The deadline for abstract submission is April 15, 2025. This special issue is an international collaboration, co-edited by Dr. Yao Xiao at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia, with Aizada Arystanbek at the Department […]
CSIS Pedagogy Project Receives OER Rapid Innovation Grant
Congratulations to GRSJ PhD candidate Allen Baylosis and GRSJ faculty member Dr. Isabel Machado, who have received an OER (Open Educational Resources) Rapid Innovation Grant to support the development of an open pedagogy project in Machado’s CSIS 450 course. The project involves students writing and producing illustrated essays as part of an open-access digital book. […]
The Anthropology of White Supremacy: A Reader
Congratulations to Dr. Jemima Pierre on the publication of The Anthropology of White Supremacy: A Reader (Princeton University Press). The book is an anthology of original essays that examine white supremacy around the globe through the lens of anthropology and is co-edited by Dr. Jemima Pierre, Dr. Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús (Princeton University) and Dr. […]
Education is key to Elder Margaretta James’ diabetes wellness journey
GRSJ Grad Student and Elder Margaretta James from Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation, also has Type 2 Diabetes. As part of Diabetes Awareness Month (November) she was invited by the First Nation Health Authority to share her experience of living with disease in order to help others. The following is an excerpt: I have found it helpful […]
2024-25 Noted Scholars Speakers Series: Term 2 Line Up Announced
We’re excited to announce the line up of talented speakers we have planned for the 2024/25 Noted Scholars Speakers Series in Term 2.
Christina Lennox presents at Indigenous Wellbeing Gathering Conference
GRSJ Grad Student Christina Lennox presented at the Indigenous Wellbeing Gathering Conference in Kelowna, BC (Syilx Territory) earlier this month. The three-day Indigenous Wellbeing Gathering Conference is a multidisciplinary event dedicated to fostering collaborations and knowledge sharing that prioritize the wellbeing of Indigenous Communities. Lennox’s presentation was titled Beading as Part of the Research Ceremony. […]