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Honouring Indigenous Writers: March 1 – 31
Honouring Indigenous Writers seeks to increase awareness of Indigenous literature and improve the coverage of Indigenous writers on Wikipedia. Join us for an exciting schedule of free events throughout the month of March!
Join UBC Library for an international celebration of data during Love Data Week
Join UBC Library for an international celebration of data during Love Data Week dedicated to spreading the awareness and importance of research data through a series of workshops held online between February 14th and 18th.
I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians
Join this online public panel event inspired by the Joan Gillis fonds, a remarkable collection of letters that recount the lives of a group of Japanese Canadian teenagers after their forced dispersal from the coastal regions of British Columbia in 1942.
Forest(Reads): A Virtual Book Club on Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Join Forest(Reads), a virtual book club on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, co-sponsored by the Faculty of Forestry, the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC Library and the Simon KY Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre.
Download the Birds in Nature digital colouring book: calendar edition
Experience history and #BeautifulBC at the tip of your pencil crayons. Our new digital colouring book features illustrated birds in nature that doubles as a calendar.
Open Scholarship in Practice 2021
Join this week of webinars and workshops exploring the practice of open scholarship, and hear from UBC colleagues who are incorporating “openness” in innovative ways to enhance teaching, research, and public impact.
Open Access Week runs October 25-31
RSVP for events and learn more about what Open Access, Open Education and Open Research mean for researchers, students and faculty.
New Scholarly Communications webinar series to focus on open publishing and building scholarly profiles
Scholarly Communications is launching a new webinar series that will focus on the open publishing process and practices in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Generations Lost: Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools exhibits
Starting September 30, view two groundbreaking exhibits on the residential school system, presented by the UBC Faculty of Education in partnership with UBC Library and with thanks to the generosity of the Legacy of Hope Foundation, creator of the exhibits.
Science Literacy Week 2021
Science Literacy Week (September 20-26, 2021) at UBC Library will explore climate change through virtual workshops, activities, and resources like curated book lists, streaming film recommendations, and research guides.