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Okanagan Reads Author Talk: Dr. Bill Cohen

Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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.”   

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Okanagan Reads book club | White Space

Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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 […]

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Doomsday Vibes: Feeling vs. Knowing the Anthropocene

Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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.

UBC Okanagan Department of History and Sociology Speaker Series

Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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.

Speaker Series: A Multidimensional Social Inquiry into ‘the Loneliness Problem’

Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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 […]

Speaker Series: From Rabia to Fatima: A History of Female Education in Afghanistan

Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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 […]

Speaker Series: Class, Gender and Race on Trial: An Ethnography of mental-health courtrooms in Quebec

Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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 […]

Short Story Contest: Winners Announcement

Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Join as the 2022 Okanagan Short Story Contest winners are announced at the Kelowna Downtown Library.

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Picture This: Research with a Bang! A Knowledge Mobilization Workshop

Okanagan Regional Library (Downtown Kelowna) 1380 Ellis, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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.