Event Category Archives: Research Group

‘Less than human’: Examining the Representation of Refugees through the Lens of Decoloniality with Dr. Roger Bromley

“Less than human”: Examining the Representation of Refugees through the Lens of Decoloniality with Dr. Roger Bromley (University of Nottingham)    Co-sponsored by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies Mobilities and Narratives Groups Thursday, November 18, 2021 11:00am – 12:30pm Pacific Time Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out […]

Dr. Marie Sandberg: Troubling Borders and Melancholic Subjectivity: European Welcome Culture in the ‘Order of the Border’

Troubling Borders and Melancholic Subjectivity: European Welcome Culture in the ‘Order of the Border’ with Dr. Marie Sandberg Friday, November 19, 2021 2:00 – 3:15pm 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. […]

The Co-Created Story Project with Andrea Solnes and Diana Jeffries

“The Co-Created Story Project” with Andrea Solnes and Diana Jeffries Tuesday, November 23, 2021 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific Time (PT) Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Co-sponsored by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies Community-University Partnerships Group   [Options Storytelling ToolKit] Please click […]

Sami New Media and Digital Games with Dr. Outi Laiti

“Sami New Media and Digital Games” with Dr. Outi Laiti (University of Helsinki) This event is part of the Indigenous Presence Lecture Series. Friday, November 26, 2021 10am – 11:00 am PT Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. [Abstract] In her presentation Outi Laiti will discuss, based on her research, the aspects […]

Radical Diversity: An International Discussion of Transformative Narratives from an Indigenous, Jewish and Immigrant Perspective

“Radical Diversity: An International Discussion of Transformative Narratives from an Indigenous, Jewish and Immigrant Perspective“ A panel with Jules Koostachin, Kristi Pinderi, Mohamed Amjahid, and Max Czollek. Thursday, January 20, 2022 11:00 – 12:30 PM Pacific Time Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. […]

Virtual Talk with Dr. Renae Watchman “Indigenous Literary Presence in Europe”

“Indigenous Literary Presence in Europe” with Dr. Renae Watchman This event is part of the Indigenous Presence Lecture Series. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of this series of events from the Waterloo Centre for German Studies. Friday, January 28th at 1pm Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the […]

Re-storying Higher Education: Toward Indigenous Resurgence & Settler Decolonization with Dr. Shauneen Pete

“Re-storying Higher Education: Toward Indigenous Resurgence & Settler Decolonization” with Dr. Shauneen Pete (University of Victoria) Friday, February 4th, 2022 1:00pm- 2:30pm — 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 […]

Extending the reach of academic research through photovoice: The Lived Experience of Aging Immigrants project with Dr. Sharon Koehn

The UBC Centre for Migration Studies presents: “Extending the reach of academic research through photovoice: The Lived Experience of Aging Immigrants project” Monday, February 7, 2022 10:30 am – 12:00 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. This event is […]

Ethnic Identity as a Strategy for Dealing With Uncertainty Darfurian – Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel as a Case Study with Dr. Lisa Richlen

“Ethnic Identity as a Strategy for Dealing With Uncertainty Darfurian – Sudanese Asylum Seekers in Israel as a Case Study” with Dr. Lisa Richlen Friday, February 11, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM — Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. […]

Public Talk by Colin Browne: “What is Thinkable is Also Possible: Surrealists on the Northwest Coast”

Colin Browne will reflect on the journeys of surrealists Kurt Seligmann (Swiss), Wolfgang Paalen (Austrian), Alice Paalen (French), and Eva Sulzer (Swiss), to Alaska and British Columbia in 1938 and 1939 to experience firsthand the monumental and ceremonial arts of the Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Coast.