Event Tag Archives: In-Person Events

Knowledge “transfer” as sociocultural and sociomaterial practice: Immigrants expanding engineering practices in Canada with Hongxia Shan

Knowledge “transfer” as sociocultural and sociomaterial practice: Immigrants expanding engineering practices in Canada Dr. Hongxia Shan Associate Professor UBC Department of Educational Studies [ Abstract ] Research on migration and knowledge transfer predominantly focuses on expatriate and return migrants, who are acclaimed for transferring knowledge from the west to the rest of the world. Not only […]

Two-Day Research Workshop at S.U.C.C.E.S.S.Experimental Evidence and Community-Relevant Knowledge Workshop at S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Theme: Experimental evidence and community-relevant knowledge. [ Program Schedule ]  Thursday, January 16, 2020 [ 9:30 – 10:00 ] REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST [ 10:00 – 10:45 ] OPENING & WELCOME [ 10:45 – 12:15 ] POLICYMAKERS’ PERSPECTIVES > Ümit Kiziltan (IRCC) – Data Partnerships:  Amplifying the Value of IRCC Data for Trusted Insight to Inform Policy with: Dan Hiebert (University […]

Community Luncheon

UBC Centre for Migration Studies Community Luncheon September 20, 2021 12:00 – 1:45 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: C.K. Choi Lobby (Room 130) Please join us for food and networking with fellow Centre for Migration Studies faculty, students, staff, visiting scholars, and community partners. This is an opportunity to re-connect face-to-face and make new friends after […]

Community Luncheon

UBC Centre for Migration Studies Community Luncheon October 20, 2021 12:00 – 1:30 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: C.K. Choi Lobby (Room 130) Please join us for food and networking with fellow Centre for Migration Studies faculty, students, staff, visiting scholars, and community partners. This is an opportunity to re-connect face-to-face and make new friends after […]

Migration Grad Student Power Hour: Mathias Kruse

The Prospects and Perils of Intergroup Integration Mathias Kruse PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark Thursday,  October 21 from 12-1pm Liu Institute for Global Issues – Boardroom 316   [ Abstract ] What are the consequences of immigration and increasing ethnic diversity? In this talk, I will give a broad introduction to […]

(In-person) Migration Grad Student Power Hour: Gabriele Woolever

Poised for resonance: a lexical current of sonic knowing Gabriele Woolever MA student, Department of Geography, UBC Monday,  November 15 from 3-4pm Liu Institute for Global Issues – Boardroom 316   [ Abstract ] This presentation draws from my master’s thesis, Sanctuary sound & fugitivity: Negotiating stories and publics beyond citizenship. The project as a […]

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. […]

Migration Grad Student Power Hour: Louisa-May Khoo

Ageing in a Neuropolis: Growing Old as Diaspora Chinese in Global-City Singapore Louisa-May Khoo PhD Candidate, School of Community and Regional Planning, UBC Monday,  November 22 from 3-4pm C. K. Choi Building– Room 351   [ Abstract ] My research examines the ageing experience of diaspora Chinese seniors in Singapore to discern the social toll […]

Community Luncheon

UBC Centre for Migration Studies Community Luncheon December 7, 2021 12:15 – 1:30 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: C.K. Choi Lobby (Room 130)   Join us on our festive, year-end community luncheon for food and networking with fellow Centre for Migration Studies faculty, students, staff, visiting scholars, and community partners. To keep everyone safe and […]

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.