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What Does It Mean To Be An “Immigrant” Entrepreneur in Racialized Societies: An Exploratory Study of How Racism Influences Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Yijia Zhang

[ Bio ] Yijia Zhang is a PhD candidate at the Department of Sociology of the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is a student fellow at the Centre for Migration Studies and the Institute of Asian Research. Her research examines the intersection of migration, race/ethnicity, work, and platform. In her MA program, Yijia studied the […]

Climate Change, Domestic and Foreign Investment, and Migration in Ghana

Climate Change, Domestic and Foreign Investment, and Migration in Ghana Jemima Baada Assistant Professor, UBC Department of Geography  Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Abstract: The world’s resource-poor populations bear a disproportionate burden of global climate change effects. And according to the World Bank, as of 2018, four out […]

Beyond Implementation: The Negative Consequences of Bureaucratic Innovation and Cooperation

Beyond Implementation: The Negative Consequences of Bureaucratic Innovation and Cooperation Angie Bautista-Chavez Assistant Professor at the School of Politics and Global Studies Arizona State University Co-organized by the CMS Borders Research Group and UBC Latin American Studies Group Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Abstract: Through an analysis […]

Ziegler Lecture: Max Czollek, “Radical Diversity and Deintegration”

Radical Diversity and Deintegration: Jewish Identity Formation and Agency in Contemporary Germany Join us on January 19 at 11:00am (PT) for the Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Max Czollek. This talk is co-organized by the CMS Narratives Research Group and UBC Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies. RSVP to cenes.events@ubc.ca to attend this in-person event. Abstract: Max […]

Migration & Mental Health: A Film Screening and Panel Discussion for Healthcare Providers & Settlement Workers

Please RSVP below. Migration & Mental Health: A Film Screening and Panel Discussion for Healthcare Providers & Settlement Workers Film to be screened virtually: The World is Bright (Ying Wang, 2019). Link to film will be provided upon registration. Time and place of panel discussion: MOSAIC headquarters, February 1, 2023, 6-7:30pm (doors open at 5:30pm); […]

Transnational Living and Indigeneity as Everyday Sherpa Reality

Please RSVP below. Speaker bio Pasang Yangjee Sherpa is an Assistant Professor of Lifeways in Indigenous Asia, jointly appointed to the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. She is a trained Sherpa anthropologist from Nepal. Her research, writing and pedagogy focuses on climate change and Indigeneity […]

Third World Influences on Fourth World Anti-Colonialism: Land and/as Solidarity

Please RSVP below for event, or event+lunch. Speaker bio Glen Coulthard is an Associate Professor in First Nations and Indigenous Studies and in the Department of Political Science. Glen has written and published numerous articles and chapters in the areas of contemporary political theory, Indigenous thought and politics, and radical social and political thought (marxism, […]

Broken Angel: Film Screening + Filmmaker Q&A with Jules Arita Koostachin

Broken Angel Film Screening + Filmmaker Q&A with Jules Arita Koostachin  Please RSVP below   Join us for a screening of the feature film, Broken Angel, written and directed by Jules Arita Koostachin (PhD, UBC Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice). Dr. Koostachin will be in attendance for an engaging Q&A after the film, moderated […]

Becoming Neighbours

Becoming Neighbours Workshops 2023 Saturday, March 25 9:00 am – 12:00 pm UBC Robson Square and on Zoom Becoming Neighbours is a 5-part community-engaged dialogue series, organized by Kinbrace Community Society and Worn Words Media. Each interactive workshop explores one of Kinbrace’s time-tested values to unpack the complexities of these practices in communities of forced displacement. The series includes panels (refugee […]

‘Our Indigenous Cousins’ or Settlers-R-Us? Pacific Migration to Indigenous Places with Alice Te Punga Somerville

Please join us for the fourth and final event of our Spring Speaker Series, Decolonizing Migration. RSVP below for event, or event+lunch. Abstract What forms of connection are possible between Indigenous people in any one Indigenous site? When Pacific people move to another Pacific place, in what ways do they affirm and extend connections with […]