The Department of History and Sociology presents the first installment of its speaker series featuring guest speaker Cristina Mejia Visperas, who will be speaking about the effects of climate change on mental health.
Ricardo Villegas Solano will defend their dissertation.
Dr. Vince Miller from the University of Kent explores the evolving integration of humans and technology by investigating the relationships between mood apps and their users.
Join us for an engaging philosophy lecture and enjoy some pizza and beverages while you listen!
Attend an in-person screening of select short and feature films from the 2024 Society for Visual Anthropologists Film and Media Festival (SVAFMF).
Attend an in-person screening of select short and feature films from the 2024 Society for Visual Anthropologists Film and Media Festival (SVAFMF).
Join us for a collaborative art project, using wildfire ash as a painting material to explore our thoughts and emotions related to climate anxiety, ecological grief, and our continued love and care for the world around us.
The 2025 Public Anthropology Speaker Series opens with an engaging lecture featuring Dr. Emily Christina Murphy from UBC Okanagan's Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.
Join us for a lecture exploring Canada-Palestine relations through a settler colonial lens.
As the climate changes, both the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events is also increasing Heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods and other extreme events present serious hazards that may result in either loss or damage to people and infrastructure. The Insurance Bureau of Canada recently announced that 2024 shattered records for the costliest year for severe […]
Join us for the exciting launch of a new book about Tibetan children in China's borderlands.
The Public Anthropology Speaker Series gets underway with an engaging presentation by Dr. Amelia Fiske from the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine at the Technical University of Munich.
This lecture introduces the methodological and theoretical challenges of multimodal anthropology in a digital world.
Join HIST495B students as they share their findings on the history of First Nations reserves in the Okanagan region.
Join us for Arc of Justice, a powerful evening of dialogue exploring caste, race, and justice in Canada.
Can we build a digital defense against the erasure of culture? Learn more about how technology, communities, and diplomacy all intersect in the pursuit to save cultural heritage.
This documentary addresses the nexus of culture and science examining how historically zoology has suppressed evidence of queer animal behaviours.
Anthropology students showcase a series of short films and presentations at the Social Media & Me Film Festival.
Please join the MFA Program at UBC Okanagan for our annual open house.
This event is for students interested in working in careers in government, public policy and diplomacy to meet with career professionals from those fields. Students are encouraged to meet and learn from professionals across disciplines whose careers span elected office, government policy making, diplomacy, economic development and political thought at this session. This event will […]
Find out how Tibetan monastic scholars in 1980s China used scientific discourse to navigate political pressures and reshape modern Tibetan Buddhism.
Join us for a conversation on caste, settlement, and solidarity between South Asian and Indigenous communities.
Considering a career in allied health? Come talk to a panel of experienced professionals representing physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology. Thes professionals are here to take questions and provide insight into what these jobs look like day to day and the rewarding careers offered in the alloied health space. Stop in and find […]
Considering a career in urban development and infrastructure? Come talk to a panel of experienced professionals representing urban development, real estate, infrastructure and construction. These professionals are here to take questions and provide insight into what these jobs look like day to day and the rewarding careers offered in the urban development and infrastructure space. […]
Join us for the special launch of That's What Said, an annual issue of creative works!
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