Matt Browning Featured in MOMA PS1 Exhibition
GRSJ PhD student, Matt Brown is part of the group exhibition “Hard Ground” at the MOMA PS1 gallery in New York City. The exhibition opened on May 16 and will run through until October 14, 2024. From the gallery’s website: Hard Ground brings together work by seven New York-based artists who employ processes of erosion, […]
Nora Angeles and Dorothee Leesing Participate in CMS Conference
The CMS Reseearch Conference is on May 15-16, 2024. This annual conference serves as a platform for scholars and practitioners to explore the intricate dynamics of migration and mobility in today’s interconnected world. The 2024 theme, Belonging and Mobility in a Transnational World, encapsulates the complex interplay between identity, movement, and connectivity across borders. May 15, 2:00 […]
GRSJ Statement in Solidarity with the UBC Student Encampment for Palestine
We, the faculty of The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at UBC-Vancouver, strongly and unequivocally support the rights of students to protest Israeli-state violence against civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, which include the occupation and dispossession of land, as well as the debilitation, arrest, and genocide of Palestinian people. We […]
2024 Call for Applications: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
These fellowships “are awarded to the very best postdoctoral researchers, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to Canada’s economic, social and research-based growth.” The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at the University of British Columbia invites applications from interested researchers and supervisors to be considered for the premier Banting […]
Visiting International Research Scholar Sandra Bomfim de Queiroz
GRSJ is pleased to welcome Sandra Bomfim de Queiroz, VIRS Fellow, under the supervision of Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva. Sandra is a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Public Health at the University of São Paulo-USP. Sandra is a professor at the University of Health Sciences of Brazil and works with curricular Decoloniality, and […]
GRSJ Faculty Associate Farah Shroff Appointed to Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Board
Congratulations to GRSJ Faculty Associate Dr. Farah Shroff on her appointment to the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCH) Board of Directors. The board of directors is responsible for setting VCH’s Vision, Values, Pillars, and the strategic direction of the organization. Dr. Farah Shroff is a public health professional with expertise in international health policy, and […]
Call for Proposals: Coloniality, Race, Punishment and Reparation in the Americas
GRSJ is proud to support the upcoming International Conference “Coloniality, Race, Punishment and Reparation in the Americas” being held in São Paulo, Brazil, November 27-30, 2024. The conference is being held both virtually and on location at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of São Paulo (IEA-USP), Brazil. Conference co-organizer, Diana Mendes Machado […]
Speaking Our Mother Tongue Makes Us Stronger
UBC University-Community Support Funding has been secured for a new project and partnership with the National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre (NPC3) Society. Speaking our Mother Tongue Makes Us Stronger: Empowering Heritage Language Teaching and Learning Through the Cultural-Creative Performative Arts is co-led by GRSJ Director, Dr. Nora Angeles and NPC3’s Erie Maestro. This project leverages […]