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Coffee Hour with the CMS Grad Mentor in Residence: Rima Wilkes

Coffee Hour with the CMS Grad Mentor in Residence Tuesday, March 29, 2022 12:30 – 1:30 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Choi 351 (Multipurpose Room) Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Join fellow Centre for Migration Studies student affiliates for a coffee hour with UBC Sociology Professor […]

Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou: The Global Governance of Migration: Towards a ‘Messy’ Approach

The UBC Centre for Migration Studies Speaker Series 2021-2022 presents: The Global Governance of Migration: Towards a ‘Messy’ Approach Thursday, March 31, 2022 12:45 – 2:15 PM— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, 6476 NW Marine Drive, V6T 1Z2. For directions and parking, see here. […]

Grad Student Power Hour on “Exploring Systemic Barriers to Economic Security of Racialized Newcomer Women and their Overcoming Strategies”

Her Own Boss! (HOB) is a community-based participatory research project that provided Racialized Newcomer Women (RNW) in Ottawa, Metro Vancouver, and St. Johns with weekly training sessions on entrepreneurship along with increased facilitated connections between services and immigrant women, relevant mentorship, and other relevant support.

Amanda Cheong: What’s “Vital” About the Registration of Vital Events?

The UBC Centre for Migration Studies Speaker Series 2021-2022 presents: What’s “Vital” About the Registration of Vital Events? Thursday, April 7, 2022 11:30 am – 12:45 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Liu Boardroom, Room 316 Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Please note that although BC has lifted […]

The Power of Narrative Storytelling: How podcasts as an arts-based practice enhance solidarity and social activism in adult education

This presentation emerges from a podcast hosted by the Centre for Migration at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2021. In this discussion, we explore how podcasts offer a unique and often under-researched arts-based medium that can be used as a form of creative expression to tell stories, build dialogue, and create solidarity.

Afro-Chinese and Sino-African Media Flows in the Digital Space: A Story of Asymmetrical Proportions with Dani Madrid-Morales

Afro-Chinese and Sino-African Media Flows in the Digital Space: A Story of Asymmetrical Proportions Friday, April 29, 2022 11:00 am – 12:15 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Abstract Starting in the mid-2000s, Chinese State- and privately-owned media companies […]

Workshop: Public Views of Immigration and Diversity: Causes and Consequences for Policy

Workshop: Public Views of Immigration and Diversity: Causes and Consequences for Policy In cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Ottawa Office Location: Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), University of British Columbia, Vancouver. The workshop is by invitation only. However, the afternoon session from 2:30 – 4:30pm is open to the public and will be held in the […]

(Hybrid) Drawing Threads: Comics, Graphic Reportage, and Mass Migration

Drawing Threads: Comics, Graphic Reportage, and Mass Migration Friday, May 27, 2022 10:45 am – 12:15 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), University of British Columbia, Vancouver. The event will be held in the Place of Many Trees (formerly Liu Multipurpose Room) at The Liu Institute for Global Issues: 6476 NW […]

(In-person Workshop) Diversity Work as Organizational Learning

Diversity Work as Organizational Learning  AN IN-PERSON WORKSHOP WITH EDI PRACTITIONERS/RESEARCHERS  Friday, June 3rd, 2022 10:00 am – 2:30 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120 To succeed in the context of diversity and immigration, it is important for organizations to engage in long-term, sustainable organizational learning that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion […]

Canada-US Border Issues and Impacts post-Covid

CMS Borders Research Group, Speaker Series Speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly Topic: Canada-US Border Issues and Impacts post-Covid Wednesday, September 21, 2022 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm— Pacific Time (PT) Location: Case Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Hosted by the UBC CMS […]