In celebration of UBC’s Alumni Weekend 2013, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will host a program featuring UBC alumnus Dr. Laifong Leung. Professor Leung will talk about the Chinese community in Canada in the 20th century as part of “Chinese Canadian Stories: From Early Literature to Modern Archives.”
Tours of UBC’s cultural collections at the Museum of Anthropology and the Chung Collection at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) will complement this talk. The Chung Collection, located on level one of the Learning Centre, will also be open for self-guided tours from noon to 4 p.m. Visitors will receive limited edition Chung Collection magnets.
Date: May 25
Time: 1:15 – 3:15 p.m.
Place: Learning Centre’s Chilcotin Room (Room 256)
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The Learning Centre also presents author and nurse JY Kwon, who will discuss his latest book, A Lonely Bee in the Land of Flowers – a true story about the experiences of an Asian male student in nursing school. After spending most of his life in a world dominated by men in an all-boys’ residence and the Korean army, Kwon suddenly finds himself transported to the female-dominated world of nursing. As he tries to survive in the “Land of Flowers,” he finds that nursing is not just a career but a humbling profession that reaches people at their most vulnerable, regardless of gender, culture or ethnicity.
Date: May 17
Time: 2 – 3 p.m.
Place: Chilcotin Room (Room 256)
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall
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