UBC This Week 6-March-2014

 

Recent UBC Media Releases

Mar 6 Spring Break: a time for study or play?
Mar 5 UBC grad going to Sochi Paralympics
Mar 4 Spring forward? Is Daylight Savings Time worth it?
Mar 3 Selfies are your personal brand
Feb 28 UBC announces results of sport review, confirms varsity teams
Feb 28 Researcher seeks to level playing field for Paralympians

Upcoming Event Highlights

Mar 7-8 UBC Relay for Life 2014
Mar 7 UBC Chamber Strings with Nu:BC Collective and Geronimo Mendoza, oboe
Mar 7 Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition: Ethics, Law and Muslim Discourse on Gender – Book launch
Mar 8 [CVC] Car Rally 2014: The Allstars
Mar 8 Celebrating Women at UBC
Mar 9 Triathlon Duathlon 2014
Mar 9 Opera Tea on the Stage
Mar 10 Reading the Dead – The Method of the Critique of Postcolonial Capitalism
Mar 10 The Beauty of Curves
Mar 11 Canucks Sports and Entertainment Recruitment Fair
Mar 11-13 3-Minute Thesis Competition Semi‐Final and Final Rounds
Mar 11 South Sudan: What went wrong? by Joseph Bartel
Mar 12 Mapping International Research: Big Data, Big Ethics?
Mar 12 Technology in Transit
Mar 13 Babies in Prison
Mar 13 Negotiating harmony, negotiating identities: Partner influence on health-related practices in committed gay relationships
Mar 13 Introduction to evidence-based teaching practice
Find out what else is happening at UBC this week. For sports events, visit the UBC Athletics site at http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/calendar.aspx.

UBC People


UBC People

New Arts minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies

The UBC Senate has approved the creation of a new multidisciplinary minor program in the Faculty of Arts that explores the history, culture, and contemporary development of Asian communities in Canada, and Asian migrations outside of Asia. This program was one of three measures announced by the UBC Senate in November 2011 to acknowledge and recognize the 76 Japanese Canadian UBC students who were unable to complete their studies because they were forced to leave the West Coast during the Second World War. This program will ensure that the removal of Japanese Canadians and the history of anti-Asian racism that caused it will never be forgotten.

The new minor program is distinct from the Asian Studies program because it focuses on people of Asian descent in Canada and the migration of Asian population outside of Asia. The program will bring together teaching faculty from multiple departments in the Faculty of Arts, and feature innovative interdisciplinary courses that will equip students to participate in community engagement initiatives involving Asian Canadian communities.

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UBC and Qualcomm Inc. announce innovation partnership

UBC has announced that it has entered a ten-year partnership with global semiconductor company Qualcomm, Inc. The partnership, spearheaded by Panos Nasiopoulos, director of UBC’s Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) and professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will see Qualcomm and UBC researchers collaborate on projects related to the Internet of Things. For more information, click here.

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Postcards from Sochi

Public Affairs digital editor and social media strategist Jon Azpiri was in Sochi last month on a temporary post as a reporter for the Olympic News Service. During the Sochi Games, Azpiri was stationed in the press tribune of the Bolshoy Ice Dome, watching the best hockey players in the world compete and writing stories for the  in-house wire service that provides event reports and athlete quotes from every training session and competition at the Games. Read more of Azpiri’s time in Sochi here.

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Nursing faculty announced winners of College of Registered Nurses of B.C. Awards of Excellence

Nursing associate professor Leanne Currie, senior instructor Joanne Ricci and other School of Nursing affiliate faculty members will receive Nursing Excellence Awards from The College of Registered Nurses of B.C. at its awards ceremony in September. Nurses from across B.C. were nominated by their peers and colleagues and will be recognized for their achievements in seven different categories. For more info, click here.

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UBC profs talk about family doctor shortage in B.C.

During a recent segment on CBC’s radio program B.C. Almanac, Nursing Associate Professor Sabrina Wong joined Faculty of Medicine’s David Snadden in a discussion with host Mark Forsythe about the shortage of family physicians and patients’ access to primary care in B.C. Click here to listen to the interview.

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Outweek at School of Social Work

Students and faculty of the UBC School of Social Work sent a message of solidarity to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) Russians living under the country’s anti-gay policies and practices. The solidarity stand was part of Outweek at UBC (February 8-14), intentionally scheduled to coincide with the Sochi Olympics.

Other Outweek activities at the School of Social Work included transforming the Jack Bell building into a virtual “Pride House.” For more information about upcoming events to End LGBT Violence in Russia, organized by School of Social Work Bachelor of Social Work student Chad Walters, click here.

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Shortlist unveiled: Basil Stuart-Stubbs Book Prize

The three shortlisted titles for the 2014 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia are Arthur Erickson: An Architect’s Life by David Stouck, Charles Edenshaw by Robin Kathleen Wright, Daina Augaitis, Robert Davidson and James Hart, and Inventing Stanley Park: An Environmental History by Sean Kheraj.

This prize honours the memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs, who served as the University Librarian at UBC Library and the director of UBC’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. The winning title will be announced this spring, and the $1,000 prize will be awarded at a reception on June 5, 2014 at UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

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UBC Physics Olympics

On March 8, 2014, UBC Departments of Physics and Astronomy and of Curriculum and Pedagogy will host the 36th UBC Physics Olympics. The event will attract more than 60 teams of 350 grade 11 and 12 physics students from throughout B.C. who will compete for medals in six science events. Sixty physics teachers and more than 80 faculty and student volunteers will take part in the event. Guests are invited to attend. For more information, click here.

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Rule Out Racism – March 25, 2014

On March 25, UBC will be hosting “I’m not racist, but …,” a program of speakers, discussion and workshops addressing the need for conversation about institutional racism – what it is, and the ways to work collaboratively and respectfully to end it.   The UBC Equity and Inclusion Office, in partnership with UBC Human Resources and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, invites UBC staff and faculty to attend this professional development opportunity at the UBC Vancouver campus as part of Rule Out Racism, an anti-racism campaign on both the Okanagan and Vancouver campuses in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21).

Date: March 25, 2014
Place: St. John’s College (Wayfinding at UBC)
Info: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Welcome, keynote address, panel discussion and complimentary lunch (register for lunch here).
1 – 3 p.m. Three workshops running concurrently. Register for the workshops here.

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Canadian spoken word artist Shane Koyczan performs at the Chan Centre

As part of its Beyond Words series, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts presents Shane Koyczan, a Canadian spoken word artist, poet, and writer known for tackling social and political issues. Koyczan will present his poem “To This Day” from the collection Our Deathbeds Will be Thirsty, an anti-bullying manifesto performed on TED Talks that went viral in February 2013 and now has over 12 million views. His collection of poems Visiting Hours includes “We Are More,” which he performed at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Please note that media for this event will be limited to UBC campus media outlets.

Date: March 26
Time: 12 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Place: Telus Studio Theatre, Chan Centre, 6265 Crescent Road
Info: $15 (students), $22 (UBC faculty/staff), $27 (regular)   Click here.

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Peter Wall Institute hosts The 19th Birthday Party

Peter Wall Institute is hosting The 19th Birthday Party, a media art installation that explores issues relating to youth transitioning out of government care at age 19 and youth homelessness. The installation places the viewer at the table of a birthday party where each offering is a digital story produced by youth who have experienced government care or homelessness. The Institute invites the community to the launch which will include a short presentation and will allow guests to experience the installation.

Date: March 24, 2014, 1 p.m. (launch)
Exhibition: March 24 – April 4, 2014 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday
Place: Second floor Scholar’s Lounge, Peter Wall Institute, 6331 Crescent Road
Info: click here.

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Support UBC – win a $150 UBC Bookstore gift certificate

Make a donation to UBC during the 2014 UBC start an evolution Faculty and Staff Appeal (February 18 to March 31) and be entered to win a $150 UBC Bookstore gift certificate or a UBC ticket pack that includes a season pass to 2014-15 Athletics and Theatre at UBC. Visit startanevolution.ca/facultystaff to learn more, or to enter the contest without making a donation.

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