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.
Join us on Thursday, May 8 from 6 to 7 pm at the Okanagan Regional Library downtown Kelowna for a free author talk by Emelia Symington-Fedy.
Weekend of free readings and workshops
Weekend of free readings and workshops
The History and Sociology Series is back with another public lecture featuring Tiffany Willoughby-Herard from the University of California, Irvine.
Join us for the exciting launch of a new book about Tibetan children in China's borderlands.
As part of the Okanagan Reads program, UBC Okanagan Library and Okanagan Regional Library have partnered to offer a presentation by Dr. Bill Cohen, co-author of the first chapter of the collection White Space titled "Emerging from the Whiteout: Colonization, Assimilation, Historical Erasure, and Syilx Okanagan Resistance and Transforming Praxis in the Okanagan Valley.”
Join the first Okanagan Reads book club on October 21 at 6 pm. Attendees can join in-person at the Okanagan Regional Library (downtown location) or online via Zoom. The first book that will be discussed is White Space: Race, Privilege, and Cultural Economies of the Okanagan Valley edited by UBC Okanagan Professors Dr. Daniel J. Keyes […]
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.
Join guest speaker Dr. Ania Zbyszewska on March 14th as she explains how “just transition” from fossil fuels is understood and operationalized in specific contexts.
Join guest speaker Dr. Marius Kothor for an engaging presentation about the Nana Benz, a group of Togolese women entrepreneurs who have influenced both the batik textile industry and the political landscape of West Africa.
Join Dr Keith Carlson for an insightful presentation on how BC’s settler colonial systems were developed and the path toward building a respectful new relationship between Indigenous and settler societies.
The Department of History and Sociology invites the public to attend a Multidimensional Social Inquiry into ‘the Loneliness Problem’ a lecture from Dr. Tara Milbrandt and Dr. Ondine Park. Dr. Tara Milbrandt is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta, Augustana campus. Dr. Ondine Park is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in […]
The Department of History and Sociology invites the public to attend From Rabia to Fatima: A History of Female Education in Afghanistan, a lecture from Dr. Lauryn Oates. Dr. Lauryn Oates is the Executive Director of Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. She is also an Adjunct Professor at UBC, and teaches graduate students in […]
The Department of History and Sociology invites the public to attend Class, Gender and Race on trial: An ethnography of “mental-health courtrooms” in Quebec, a lecture from Dr. Emmanuelle Bernheim. Dr. Emmanuelle Bernheim is a Professor in the Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, at the University of Ottawa and holds the Canada Research Chair in Mental […]
The Department of History and Sociology invites the public to attend Frontier Caravans: Protest Performativity and the Making of Transnational Political Subjects, a lecture from Dr. Martha Balaguera Cuervo.
Join as the 2022 Okanagan Short Story Contest winners are announced at the Kelowna Downtown Library.
Writer in Residence, John Lent, will announce the winners of this year’s short story contest, with a chance to hear readings by the winners.
Join us for a lively discussion about the walls we do not see right in front of us.
The workshop will explore the aesthetics, tools, requirements, value and limits of works that mix spoken word and sound.
Want to learn engaging ways to share research? Come to an interactive workshop about using comics, graphic novels, chapbooks to share your research results or community messaging.
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