Mandy Len Catron, Congress 2019 guest blogger
All of this year’s Big Thinking events consider how the arts function as a platform to engage with scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Organizers were inspired by three big questions: Who speaks for whom?...
Mandy Len Catron, Congress 2019 guest blogger
All of this year’s Big Thinking events consider how the arts function as a platform to engage with scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Organizers were inspired by three big questions: Who speaks for whom? Whose stories get told? And who gets left out?
This event, moderated by Dr. Lindsay Lachance, brought together a group of award-winning Indigenous performers, writers and directors to share songs and stories. This event was videotaped, and a full recording will be available soon!
Margot Kane, Cree-Saulteaux Founder and Artistic Managing Director of Full Circle: First Nations Performance, opened the event with a Cree mourning song. Kane spoke about how, as a young Indigenous actor working in mostly-white productions, she was...
Mandy Len Catron, Congress 2019 guest blogger
All of this year’s Big Thinking events consider how the arts function as a platform to engage with scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Organizers were inspired by three big questions: Who speaks for whom? Whose stories get told? And who gets left out?
Activist David Suzuki and filmmaker Ian Mauro came to Congress to screen their latest film, Beyond Climate. The film, which was made over the course of several years, focuses on the increasing impacts of climate change across British Columbia, what Suzuki and Mauro refer to as “a sentinel province” for the crisis. The filmmakers toured the province to find those on the front lines of climate change—cherry farmers, firefighters, local...
Mandy Len Catron, Congress 2019 guest blogger
At Congress 2019, the Big Thinking lecture series considers how the arts function as a platform to engage with scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Organizers were inspired by three big questions: Who speaks for whom? Whose stories get told? And who gets left out?
Monday’s Big Thinking event featured a talk from Simon Brault, the Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts. Brault spoke about the Council’s efforts to protect artistic freedoms while maintaining an ethic of civic responsibility. “Citizens,” he argued, “must be able to relate to and see themselves in the actions of organizations.” After his talk, Brault was interviewed by by Mirelle Langlois,...
Mandy Len Catron, Congress 2019 guest blogger
At Congress 2019, the Big Thinking lecture series considers how the arts function as a platform to engage with scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Organizers were inspired by three big questions: Who speaks for whom? Whose stories get told? And who gets left out?
In the first of what will be five events at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre, writer Esi Edugyan sat down with Minelle Mahtani, Associate Professor in UBC’s Institute for Social Justice. After reading an excerpt from her Giller Prize winning third novel, Washington Black, Edugyan spoke about her process as a writer, but also about the many ways the act of crafting a novel can speak to larger personal and political questions....
Blogueuse invitée du Congrès 2019 : Mitacs
Comment les jeunes gens d'aujourd'hui peuvent-ils être éduqués par rapport aux périls de l'utilisation des drogues sans utiliser la peur? Comment pouvons-nous les aider à explorer leurs questions sur les drogues et à développer leur capacité à survivre dans une société où les gens utilisent des drogues?
Mahboubeh Asgari, une chercheuse postdoctorale qui étudie à la faculté de psychologie de l'éducation et du counseling et de l'éducation spécialisée de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique souhaite aborder ces questions pendant son stage Mitacs Élévation de deux ans auprès d'ARC Programs, un organisme communautaire à Kelowna, C.-B...
Blogueur invité du Congrès 2019 : Mitacs
Enfant, Alina Fisher rapportait à la maison des oiseaux blessés et d’autres bestioles. Ainsi, elle a développé une passion pour aider la faune, et c'est une passion qui l’a finalement menée à devenir biologiste. Toutefois, pendant ses études, Alina a ressenti l’urgente nécessité que des chercheurs motivent le public.
Elle a donc fait une maîtrise en communications professionnelles à l’Université Royal Roads. Maintenant, grâce à un stage de Mitacs, Alina aide la Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team (GOERT) à obtenir le soutien du public pour sauver les terrains boisés en danger.
« Je savais que de nombreux chercheurs et organismes disaient que quelque chose doit être fait, mais personne ne semblait écouter, » affirme-t-elle. Elle s'est demandé pourquoi...
Blogueuse invitée : Laura Moss, responsable universitaire du Congrès 2019
Je me souviens parfaitement de mon premier Congrès. C’était en 1994, à la University of Calgary. J’étais alors jeune étudiante au doctorat et terrifiée à l’idée de livrer mon premier exposé, consacré au réalisme magique dans Le dernier soupir du Maure. J’en avais des papillons dans l’estomac. En fermant les yeux, je peux revoir la salle où j’ai livré cet exposé, mais me souviens surtout des sourires d’encouragement de mes collègues étudiants et des professeurs. C’est la première fois où j’ai vraiment senti que je pourrais appartenir au milieu universitaire.
J’ai assisté à 16 autres Congrès depuis 25 ans. Les souvenirs que j’en garde sont en partie...
