Past Events

View some of our and others' previous events.

  1. September 14, 2018

    Welcome Back to Language Sciences!

    Language Sciences welcomes new and returning members back to UBC this fall! At the Welcome event, we will provide a summary of what the LangSci Initiative at UBC has been up to, and then host roundtable introductions and updates where every member is invited to say a few words, and then leave…

  2. June 23 - June 24, 2018

    Fourth Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics (WICL-4)

    The 4th Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics (WICL-4) Cantonese Linguistics in the Pacific Rim: Theory and Applications The 4th Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics (WICL-4) will take place on June 23 and 24, 2018, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver,…

  3. June 22, 2018

    Cantonese Worlds 2 Workshop

    Cantonese Culture and Language in the World: What’s Next? The Cantonese Program of the University of British Columbia Department of Asian Studies is hosting the Second Cantonese Worlds (CW2) Workshop at UBC St. John’s College and the Richmond Public Library. First held in April…

  4. June 21, 2018

    Cantonese Worlds 2 Workshop

    Cantonese Culture and Language in the World: What’s Next? The Cantonese Program of the University of British Columbia Department of Asian Studies is hosting the Second Cantonese Worlds (CW2) Workshop at UBC St. John’s College and the Richmond Public Library. First held in April…

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.


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