Event Tag Archives: In-Person Events

Community Luncheon

UBC Centre for Migration Studies Community Luncheon February 28, 2022 12:15 – 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. To […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fall Workshop Series – Racialization and settler complicity: The complicated interface of migration, colonization, and Indigeneity in Canada

A workshop series held by the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Well-being, in partnership with the Centre for Migration Studies. This fall, we are excited to partner with the David Lam Chair and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Well-being to hold a series of […]

Fall Workshop Series – Racialization and settler complicity: The complicated interface of migration, colonization, and Indigeneity in Canada

A workshop series held by the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Well-being, in partnership with the Centre for Migration Studies. This fall, we are excited to partner with the David Lam Chair and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Well-being to hold a series of […]