Welcome to the second episode of Governance Hack. Governance Hack is the podcast series for the Unsettling University Governance project. We’re an interdisciplinary team of minoritized faculty members with deep leadership experience, who work at Canadian public universities. The team brings bad attitudes and radical daydreams to the project of problematizing the university as we know it. […] Read More
Online webinar: “Virtual Justice”: How Indigenous Courtworkers supported clients during COVID and why it matters. Co-Sponsors: Indigenous Research Support Initiative, Peter A. Allard School of Law, Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of BC PDF: Indigenous Courtworkers Poster PDF: ICW Virtual Hybrid Research Project Final Report Tues September 27 2022 Read More
Internship on Cultural Studies and Alternative Knowledge Mobilization The Centre for Culture, Identity and Education (CCIE): https://ccie.educ.ubc.ca/ is inviting applications from graduate students in the Department of Educational Studies to fill a 12 month (60 hours) position as Intern in Cultural Studies and Alternative Knowledge Mobilization. The field of cultural studies is notable for being […] Read More
May 14, 2022 | 2:00–5:45 pm PDT In-person at UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street or Virtually via Livestream Poster On May 13 and 14, the University of British Columbia (UBC) will be hosting the inaugural Inter-Institutional Forum of the Scarborough National Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education. The forum […] Read More
After a year of intensive work, the UBC President's Task Force on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence (ARIE TF) has concluded its work and submitted its final report which includes 54 comprehensive recommendations for addressing various forms of racism and related forms of discrimination. The event featured remarks from the Task Force co-chairs and UBC leadership, as well as a panel discussion about the recommendations. Read More
CCIE was established in 2005 as part of a Canada Research Chair. It operates a cultural studies research centre that focuses on exploring various facets of and developments in the comprehensive issue of identity and its educational implications in local and international cultural contexts. Located in the Faculty of Education, with Handel Kashope Wright and André Elias Mazawi as co-directors, the CCIE is a collaborative, cultural studies glocal praxis centre. It emphasizes utilizing cultural studies and related discourses in the promotion of local cultural and activist work as well as collaborative research undertaken at the local, national and global levels.