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Dr. Abdoulaye Kane: Villages gone digital: Villages’ WhatsApp groups and Migrants’ New Forms of Intervention in Sending Communities

Abdoulaye Kane is an Associate Professor in Anthropology and the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida. His teaching and research interest is on the transnational practices of Haalpulaar migrants in Europe and the United States and their impacts on the sending communities in the Senegal River Valley.

Dr. Carl Knappett: Mobility, Creativity, and Social Change in the Ancient Aegean

Mobility, Creativity, and Social Change in the Ancient Aegean Friday, March 25th, 2022 3:00pm -4:30pm — Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Place of Many Trees (formerly Liu Multipurpose Room), Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, 6476 NW Marine Drive, V6T 1Z2. For directions and parking, see here. Free & open to the public. To […]

The Guitar in the Ceiling with Susan McDonald & Meer Mahmoud

  “The Guitar in the Ceiling” with Susan McDonald & Meer Mahmoud Monday, March 28, 2022 10:30am — Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. This event is co-sponsored by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies Community-University Partnerships [Abstract] The Guitar […]

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 […]