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Forest(Reads): A Virtual Book Club on Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Forest(Reads): A Virtual Book Club on Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

By Anna Moorhouse on February 8, 2022

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.

Posted in Events | Tagged with book club, climate, community engagement

Open Scholarship in Practice 2021

Open Scholarship in Practice 2021

By Anna Moorhouse on November 1, 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.

Posted in Events | Tagged with accessibility, community engagement, links, open access, open data, Open Education

Xwi7xwa Library highlights local experiences of Residential Schools in Canada through curated exhibit displays

Xwi7xwa Library highlights local experiences of Residential Schools in Canada through curated exhibit displays

By Anna Moorhouse on October 22, 2021

Xwi7xwa Library has curated several display cases at IKBLC feature books, photographs, archival documents and other unique materials relating to Residential Schools in Canada.

Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, exhibitions, exhibits, Xwi7xwa Library

Graphic that includes a calendar and screenshots of Xwi7xwa Library's Pharmacy Video Series.

Xwi7xwa Library brings an integrative approach and Indigenous knowledge systems to pharmacy education

By Anna Moorhouse on October 6, 2021

This year, Xwi7xwa Library and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences launched a new type of course activity which takes an integrative approach to pharmaceutical care, community research ethics, and library skills.

Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, research learning and scholarship, Teaching and Learning Stories, Xwi7xwa Library

Science Literacy Week 2021

Science Literacy Week 2021

By Library Communications on September 20, 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.

Posted in Events | Tagged with community engagement, Science Literacy Week

UBC Library 2020/21 Senate Report

UBC Library 2020/21 Senate Report

By matt patton on August 24, 2021

UBC Library’s annual Senate Report is now available. Read about our highlights from the past fiscal year, which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, inspiring with innovative spaces and services and stewarding the organization. Learn how the library’s services, spaces and collections adapted to best serve the UBC campus community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Posted in General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support

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Xwi7xwa Library launches library training course on Canvas for Indigenous teacher candidates

By Anna Moorhouse on April 8, 2021

Xwi7xwa Library has launched a new Canvas course for students in NITEP, the Indigenous Teacher Education Program in the Faculty of Education at UBC.

Posted in General | Tagged with community engagement, Teaching and Learning Stories, Xwi7xwa Library

UBC Library blog series explores personal archives of archivists, librarians and library staff

UBC Library blog series explores personal archives of archivists, librarians and library staff

By Anna Moorhouse on October 8, 2020

In a new blog series created by Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC), archivists, librarians and library staff share items from their personal collections of documents, books and ephemera.

Posted in General | Tagged with archivists, community engagement, librarians, library staff, Rare Books and Special Collections

UBC Library 2019/20 Senate Report

UBC Library 2019/20 Senate Report

By Anna Moorhouse on August 17, 2020

UBC Library’s annual Senate Report (2019/20) is now available. Read our highlights from the past fiscal year which include advancing research, learning and scholarship, engaging with communities, creating and delivering responsive collections, inspiring with innovative spaces and services, and stewarding the organization.

Posted in General, Publications, Senate Reports | Tagged with collections, community engagement, research learning and scholarship, spaces, spaces and services, student spaces, support

Visit an exhibit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Visit an exhibit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

By michelle blackwell on January 20, 2020

The exhibit runs until February 28 on Level 2 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Posted in General | Tagged with collections, community engagement, exhibitions

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