EDI Speaker Series – Leigh Joseph – Ethnobotanist

01 February 2024 12:30 pm

Venue: Online
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Tags: EDI speaker series, ethnobotanist, journalism, leigh joseph, Writing and Media

Indigenous Ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph will explore her research and writing practices that examine the ways that culturally important plants help support culturally grounded wellness practices and also the wider cultural and political Indigenous resurgence taking place.

Scholarly Diversions Talk with Dr. Alexis McGee: “Gossip: A Sonic Technology of Black Women’s Rhetoric”

09 February 2024 3:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 241
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Tags: Alexis McGee, Black Women, Diversions, gossip, intersectionality, rhetoric, sonic

A hybrid event celebrating Dr. McGee’s new book: “From Blues to Beyoncé”.

Scholarly Diversions with Dr. Andrew Connolly: “Queen of the New Age: How Booksellers, Publishers, and Journalists Used Shirley MacLaine to Rebrand the Occult”

01 March 2024 12:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 241
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Tags: Andrew Connolly, Neoliberal spirituality, New Age, Public discourse, Publishing

Dr. Connolly is presenting at the next Scholarly Diversions event on 1st March.

A Language Sciences Talk featuring Dr. Alfred Hermida

30 October 2024 1:00 pm

Venue: 302 Dodson Room, Irving K Barber Learning Centre
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Tags: Alfred Hermida, journalism

Prof. Hermida to talk on AI and jouranlism as part of the Language Sciences’ “Reimagining Public Discourse Series”.

Master of Journalism September 2025 Admissions Information Session

20 November 2024 5:00 pm

Venue: Online
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Tags: Graduate Info Session

JWAM Work in Progress Lecture Series: Dr. Jennifer Cowe

29 November 2024 2:30 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 241
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Tags: Jennifer Cowe

With Friends Like These… Understanding the Fraught Professional Relationship between George Orwell and Henry Miller Join us on November 29th for an insightful talk as Dr. Jennifer Cowe delves into her upcoming publication in the Handbook of George Orwell (OUP 2025). This presentation will explore the complex relationship between Orwell and Miller, highlighting how Miller’s […]

Vancouver Institute Lecture Series: “Conversation in an Age of Rage” by Ms. Carol Off

15 February 2025 8:15 pm

Venue: P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre (IRC)
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Tags: The Vancouver Institute Lecture Series

Award-winning author and broadcast journalist, Ms. Carol Off, will present the next lecture as part of The Vancouver Institute Lecture Series. Driven by volunteer membership and donations, the Institute hosts influential academics and political leaders from around the world. The Global Reporting Centre is a proud partner of The Vancouver Institute.

Live Podcast Recording: Don’t Call Me Resilient

05 March 2025 5:30 pm

Venue: 302 Dodson Room, Irving K Barber Learning Centre
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Tags: Don't Call Me Resilient, Podcast, The Conversation

A live podcast recording in conversation with UBC education scholars, Annette Henry and Michelle Stack.

Screening of Bribe, Inc.,

14 March 2025 5:30 pm

Venue: The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Royal Bank Cinema
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Tags: journalism, Peter Klein, Screening

Join three-time Emmy Award-winning director and producer, and Professor at JWAM, Peter Klein, as he presents “Bribe, Inc.”, his latest investigative documentary.

JWAM Work in Progress Lecture Series: Dr. Katie Fitzpatrick

19 March 2025 3:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower 241
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Tags: Katie Fitzpatrick

This presentation will consider both the explicit ways that Jennifer Haigh engages the American history of eugenics, racism, and reproductive control, and the more subtle ways that eugenic thinking persists within her novel.