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Documentary Film Screening and Book Discussion: Escape from Tibet

Documentary Film Screening and Book Discussion: Escape from Tibet

Nick Gray, an author and television producer who has been making award-winning documentaries for more than 30 years, captured the journey of Tibetan refugees trying to escape political oppression in his risky 1997 film “Escape from Tibet”.

(Critically) Re-imagining the PhD in Education

(Critically) Re-imagining the PhD in Education

The Department of Educational Studies and The Centre for Culture, Identity & Education (in UBC’s Faculty of Education) present the Critical Dialogues on Education and Society Seminar Series, two interrelated colloquia on the future of the PhD in Edu

Foundations for Sustainable Indigenous Environmental Education and Community Re-Vitalization in Response to Global Climate Change

Foundations for Sustainable Indigenous Environmental Education and Community Re-Vitalization in Response to Global Climate Change

A presentation by Indigenous scholar Dr. Gregory A. Cajete, Director of Native American Studies and Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico College of Education.

Changing Nature of Australian Multiculturalism and its Implications for Ethnic Minorities and Education: Critical Reflections

Changing Nature of Australian Multiculturalism and its Implications for Ethnic Minorities and Education: Critical Reflections

This paper by Dr. Siri Gamage focused on how Australian multiculturalism and associated political discourses and policies have undergone substantial changes in emphasis and direction in the last decade compared to the previous decades under the liberal-nation federal government.

Identity Conversion, Citizenship, and Social Studies: Asian-Australian Perspectives on Indigenous Reconciliation and Human Rights

Identity Conversion, Citizenship, and Social Studies: Asian-Australian Perspectives on Indigenous Reconciliation and Human Rights

This presentation by Professor Michael Singh explored Asian-Australian perspectives on Indigenous Reconciliation in Australia, providing both an overview of the colonialist legacy of White Australia that continues to sustain a problematic relationship between Indigenous- and Asian-Australians, and a discussion on how Indigenous Australians have sought to publicly reclaim their humanity and sense of dignity.

Youth and Media: Literacies Old and New

Youth and Media: Literacies Old and New

This paper by Dr. Michael Hoechsmann focused on how changes in access to technology have facilitated new conditions for young people to shoot, cut and mix multimodal texts, and the emergence of the Internet as ’home theater’ for a global audience has enabled youth to communicate across borders and across the street.

Multiculturality, Multiculturalism and the Phenomenon of Cross-Cultural and Interfaith Marriage in Canada and the United States

Multiculturality, Multiculturalism and the Phenomenon of Cross-Cultural and Interfaith Marriage in Canada and the United States

In this keynote address paper, Dr. Handel Wright explores the phenomenon of cross-cultural and interface marriage in Canada and the United States.

Teaching Whiteness in a Multicultural Context and Color-blind Era

Teaching Whiteness in a Multicultural Context and Color-blind Era

This presentation by Dr. Zeus Leonardo centered around the critical theme of whiteness.

Creating a Multicultural Nation: The Educational Role of Media

Creating a Multicultural Nation: The Educational Role of Media

Professor Ien Ang discusses how the media can play a constructive role in promoting the creation of a multicultural nation.

Hello Kitty: the Work of Nature in the Age of Digital Communication

Hello Kitty: the Work of Nature in the Age of Digital Communication

This presentation by Dr. Jody Berland addressed the increasing visibility of animals in contemporary image culture.