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The Mexican Revolution at the Learning Centre Gallery

By Glenn Drexhage on November 25, 2010

Celebrating the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution, an exhibition at the Learning Centre Gallery, highlights various Mexican eras. It features a mural, painted by seven different artists, that represents a vision of modern Mexico. Meanwhile, the obsidian collection of Samuel Frid represents an ancestral tradition. Jon Bertelli’s photographic collection of the last generation of Zapatistas […]

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Ike Barber named Outstanding Philanthropist

By Glenn Drexhage on November 25, 2010

Dr. Irving K. Barber, a renowned forestry executive and long-time supporter of projects at UBC and elsewhere, has been named “Outstanding Philanthropist” by the fourth annual Giving Hearts Award Program, presented by the Vancouver Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Dr. Barber is the principal donor for the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre […]

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“my everyday” photo exhibit in Learning Centre Gallery

By Glenn Drexhage on November 10, 2010

The UBC Photosociety is proud to present my everyday – a photo exhibit that appears in the Irving K. Barber Learning Center Gallery. This exhibition displays work from members of the UBC Photosociety that deals with their daily lives, and the ways that those lives intersect with university life. Emerging photographers have captured the things […]

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November webcasts at the Learning Centre

By Glenn Drexhage on November 2, 2010

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is pleased to present its webcast schedule for November 2010. Please see below for descriptions and webcast links; all webcasts will also be archived. All events are hosted by UBC’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. Wednesday, November 3 Noon – 1 pm, Dodson Room (Room 302, Learning […]

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Director of Learning Centre featured in Vancouver Sun

By Glenn Drexhage on October 20, 2010

Sandra Singh, the Director of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is featured in a Vancouver Sun article about her appointment as the head of the Vancouver Public Library. You can read the piece here.

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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas at the Learning Centre

By Glenn Drexhage on September 21, 2010

Come join us for an afternoon of illustrative story telling, courtesy of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. The stories of the trickster Raven, as told by Yahgulanaas, are what most people would call comics – and they are also fun, humorous and sometimes rude. Yahgulanaas takes traditional Haida stories and turns them into manga (Japanese-style comics). He […]

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Digitization project, Ike Barber featured in Victoria Times Colonist

By Glenn Drexhage on July 13, 2010

The Victoria Times Colonist recently published an article on the Colonial Despatches project, which involved the digitization of letters between Vancouver Island and the Colonial Office in London. This project was supported by the B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative launched by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in 2006. The article also pays tribute […]

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“Creative Outlets” in the Learning Centre

By Glenn Drexhage on June 29, 2010

Come see the combined vision of six Vancouver artists whose photography transcends the traditional. Inspire your senses with images that include architecture, pop art, nature and the evocative beauty of remote lands. Artists include Andrew Mok, Gina Botelho, James Yip, Marek Gronowski, Pennie Lou and Ron Lee – please see below for more information on […]

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The Reena Virk Trials: An exhibition and reading at the Learning Centre

By Glenn Drexhage on June 16, 2010

The murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk by schoolmates in Victoria., B.C. aroused deep concern about violence among children in our society. Throughout the ensuing trials, courtroom artist Heather Spears recorded these children and their stories in an attempt to understand what happened and why. Spears’s sketches are now on display until June 25 in the […]

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New shows at the Learning Centre Gallery

By Glenn Drexhage on May 11, 2010

Art fans, take note: two new exhibitions are now on display at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Beyond the Words features portraits of writers by the late Carl Kohler (1919-2006), a Neo-Modernist/Abstract Swedish artist. Subjects including Franz Kafka, Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski, Günter Grass and others are featured in mediums such as […]

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