Announcing Issue #5 of decomp journal
We are delighted to announce the publication of Issue #5 of decomp journal, the in-house literary + art journal at The Social Justice Institute. This issue represents five months of work by eighteen student editors from all over UBC, and it would not have been possible without their energy and dedication. decomp journal is also now open to submissions for Issue #6 until the end of July!
GRSJ Ph.D. Student David Ng wins UBC Public Engagement Award
Congratulations to GSRJ Ph.D. student David Ng and his co-winner Henry John (History) on receiving the 2022 UBC Public Engagement Award. The Public Engagement Award is given to individuals who have exhibited outstanding public humanities engagement in the past two years, and whose work has contributed to the expansion of the range of voices in […]
Congratulations to the GRSJ Graduating Class of 2022!
The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice would like to share heartfelt congratulations to all our graduating students! Undergraduate Bachelor of Arts, Major in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Birch Fikar, Katrina Black, Alex Brown, Kaiya Chand, Kriveena Dosanjh, Amneet El-Mikati, Marianne Flanigan, Morgan Fleck, Kate Gavina, Taigen Hirose, Kayley Kumeran, Crisangi Lelievre, […]
APSC Recognizes Nora Angeles with Dean’s Service Award
Congratulations to GRSJ Associate Professor Nora Angeles who is the recipient of the 2021 Faculty of Applied Science Dean’s Award. The Award for Excellence in Service recognizes faculty who, through leadership, service, and administrative activates, make substantial positive high-impact contributions to their Departments, Schools and the Faculty as a whole. It is through these efforts […]
The Conversation Lab Podcast with GRSJ PhD Students Don Shafer and David Ng
GRSJ Ph.D. Students Don Shafer and David Ng sit down to talk in an episode of the Conversation Lab Podcast.
GRSJ Professor Dr. Pilar Riano-Alcala Announced as an Arts-led Research Excellence Cluster Lead
GRSJ Professor Dr. Pilar Riano-Alcala Memory has been annouced as the lead for the Transformative in the Afterlives of Mass Violence research cluster. Eight Arts-led research excellence clusters will be funded through the Research Excellence Clusters initiative in 2022/23. These clusters are inter-departmental networks of researchers at UBC who collectively represent leaders in a particular […]
GRSJ Professor and Wall Scholar Annette Henry Celebrated in New Book
Dr. Annette Henry is featured in the new book, 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women, co-authored by the Honourable Dr. Jean Augustine, Dauna Jones-Simmonds, and Dr. Denise O’Neil Green. The book highlights, documents, acknowledges, and supports the accomplishments of Black Canadian women in recognition of their social, educational, political, and professional successes. The book grew out […]
Decomp Journal Issue #3 now available
It includes 8 works of #Fiction, 4 works of #nonfiction, 2 art & media pieces, and a whopping NINETEEN poems! Our third e-zine is also our most ambitious yet.Nine Filipin/x volunteer editors curated the zine “TRANSLATE ME NOT: New Filipin/x Writing and Art,” which features 12 poems, 2 pieces of short fiction, one nonfiction work, and 3 mixed media artworks.
New PWIAS Pedagogy Video Series with GRSJ Associate Professor Dr. Tara Mayer
On Feeling and Knowing Asks Leading Academics to Share Their Insights About the Role of Emotion in the Classroom.
Join Dr. Tara Mayer in a series of candid and wide-ranging conversations with seasoned scholars.
Celebrate Pride this year with film screenings by GRSJ PhD Student David Ng and Love Intersections co-founder Jen Sungshine
Celebrate Vancouver Pride 2021 at MOA with an exploration of underrepresented queer stories from Indigenous, Black and people of colour through film! Featuring short films by David Ng (GRSJ PhD Student) and Jen Sungshine.