View some of our and others' previous events.
Past Events
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February 22 - February 23, 2022H5P Symposium
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) is hosting a two-day event to introduce H5P, a free open-source html tool, that can be used to create flexible, interactive practice questions as well as opportunities for interactive content delivery for instructors. This symposium includes…
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February 22, 2022Project GAMEPLAY: Can the application of machine learning to literacy gameplay data improve identification of struggling readers?
As part of the Literacy and Technology & New Media Speaker Series by the SSHRC Ensuring Full Literacy project, Dr. Jenny Thomson, Co-Lead of Technology and New Media from Sheffield University, will introduce project GAMEPLAY Feb. 22, 2022. About the talk This virtual talk will introduce…
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February 18 - February 19, 2022Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (LSURC)
UBC’s Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (LSURC) is an interdisciplinary language-focused research conference that was established through the partnership between UBC’s Speech and Linguistics Student Association (SALSA) and the UBC Language…
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February 18, 2022AAAS Panel - Transmission of Airborne Pathogens through Expiratory Activities
Join Language Sciences Co-Director, Bryan Gick, as he moderates the AAAS Scientific Sessions panel, 'Transmission of Airborne Pathogens through Expiratory Activities'. Panel Synopsis The COVID-19 pandemic has made research into virus transmission a top scientific priority. SARS-CoV-2, the…
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February 3, 2022
Mixed Messages: Mediating Native Belonging in Asia Russia - Talk with Dr. Kathryn Graber
Join the Eurasia Research Cluster and the Department of Anthropology on February 3, 2022 at 12:30 pm PT, for the virtual Sawchen Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Kathryn Graber of Indiana University. Register here via Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VSYsyydYQzWihJQX3JFMqg …
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January 28, 2022Language Sciences Q&A (virtual)
Register Here Join Language Sciences for a virtual lunchtime Q&A where we'll answer all your questions about available funding, grant possibilities and more. This is also your opportunity to share what you'd like to see for upcoming events and who you think we should invite…
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November 29 - December 3, 202118th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
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November 19, 2021Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Research Day
Join UBC Language Sciences for the third Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Research Day on November 19th 2021, showcasing the work of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the diverse fields of language sciences. Register to attend The theme for this…
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November 18, 2021UBC Reads Sustainability with Dallas Hunt - A reading from CREELAND
Attend an online reading by Dallas Hunt from 'CREELAND', a collection of poetry concerned with connections to home and language, even from great distances, and the power of these connections as part of a process of creating, living and flourishing. The reading will be followed by a moderated…
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October 29, 2021
African Studies Global Virtual Forum 2021-2022: Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies
About the Forum The Africa Studies Virtual Forum 2021-22, led by Dr. Sinfree Makoni, seeks to decenter hegemonic epistemologies and to decolonize the Western canon to facilitate other ways/waves of knowing. Through a series of online conversations, participants in the forum will challenge…