Pride Programming and the Black Student Success Program invite you to join us for the 2025 Black History Month Scavenger Hunt! Across campus you will find ten posters with […]
A community read-in is part book club and part coffee-house event, where a book is selected and folks gather to read and discuss it together. This year, we’ve selected two books that have been challenged in many libraries and schools recently: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe.
**CANCELLED Whether you are new to UBCO or have been around awhile, you are invited to join us for networking and community building with other IBPOC faculty, staff and postdoctoral […]
An opportunity to connect with fellow members of the UBC Black community, participate in engaging discussions, and enjoy a meal.
To mark the International Day of Transgender Visibility (TDOV), the Equity & Inclusion Office, Queer Independent Student Club, Pride Resource Center and Pride Programming will host an interactive resource booth […]
In anticipation of a public talk by the author Phanuel Antwi on April 23, the Equity & Inclusion Office and Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies invite you to join […]
The Equity & Inclusion Office welcomes the campus community to hear from recent recipients of the StEAR Enhancement Fund and celebrate their impactful projects. Light refreshments provided, no registration required. […]
Looking to meet other LGBTQIA2S+ faculty and staff at UBCO? Join the Queer Faculty and Staff Collective for an informal, bring-your-own-coffee meet-up. No agenda — just a chance to connect, chat, and learn a bit about the QFSC if you’re interested. All are welcome!
Join the Equity & Inclusion Office and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies for a Public Talk by Phanuel Antwi, Canada Research Chair in Black Arts and Epistemologies and […]
Whether you are new to UBCO or have been around for a while, you are invited to join us for networking and community building with other IBPOC faculty, staff and […]
Speaker: Shweta Jaiswal Thakur, Human Resources at UBC Okanagan In this session, faculty and staff will be guided through the 2025 Workplace Experience Survey data, exploring practical applications and engaging in […]
If you are a UBC Okanagan faculty member, staff or postdoctoral scholar who identifies as Indigenous, Black, and/or a Person of Colour, or as a member of another racialized group, […]
This virtual session will provide an opportunity to connect with colleagues across campus doing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) work and engage with an important and timely theme. Context: We […]
Delve into the foundational concepts of equity, power and privilege.
Pride Picnic is an annual celebration of gender and sexual diversity, hosted in partnership with the Equity and Inclusion office, Pride Programming, and campus community members. We invite members of […]
For the first installment of the EDI Fall Learning Series, join us for a conversation on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL). We will discuss what it is, how we […]
This documentary addresses the nexus of culture and science examining how historically zoology has suppressed evidence of queer animal behaviours.
Join this one-hour virtual session to review the Workplace Experience Survey (WES) results specific to the Okanagan campus. Learn how these results connect to UBC’s overall findings and explore next […]
In the spirit of Ubuntu—“I am because we are”—we invite Black students, faculty, staff, and alumni to join us on October 10. This gathering offers a dedicated space to connect, […]
Join this one-hour in-person session to review the Workplace Experience Survey (WES) results specific to the Okanagan campus. Learn how these results connect to UBC’s overall findings, and explore next […]
Join us for the second installment of the EDI Fall Learning Series, and join a group discussion about the impact of AI technology on the planet and its people, and […]
Join The Sankofa Book Club at The Black Student Space for a discussion on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s, The Thing Around Your Neck, a powerful collection of short stories exploring identity, […]
You're invited to connect with fellow IBPOC faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows across campus! Share experiences and stories in a welcoming, supportive environment and celebrate community, joy and belonging at […]
Join us in community as we commemorate transgender and non-binary (TGNB) lives who have been disproportionately lost to, and continue to experience, violence as a result of transphobia. This event […]
Join us in community as we commemorate transgender and non-binary (TGNB) lives who have been disproportionately lost to, and continue to experience, violence as a result of transphobia. This event […]
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