Janusz Korczak: His Legacy and Children’s Rights
The conference “Janusz Korczak: His Legacy and Children’s Rights” is organized by the UBC Department of Education and the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada. The event is dedicated to the famous Polish-Jewish educator and champion of children’s rights Janusz Korczak (1878-1942), whose ideas inspired the authors of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (1989).
First Nations House of Learning Cross-Cultural Understanding Series
First Nations House of Learning Cross-Cultural Understanding Series October 29 – November 2, 2012 Building on last year’s Dialogue on the Indian Residential School System, a series of events will be held at the First Nations Longhouse to provide the University community a chance to learn more about this history, promote dialogue, and plan future […]
UBC’s Dialogue on the History of Indian Residential Schools in Canada, One Year Later
This event will be by invitation to past participants, those who could not attend last year’s session, and students.
UBC’s Strategic Planning Session: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, West Coast National Event
This Strategic Planning Session is an opportunity for senior administrators, faculty, student leaders, and other interested parties to plan for a meaningful engagement with this event, and to think about ways in which awareness of the Residential Schools and their significance can be developed and integrated into curricula, and into the planning of faculties, departments, and organizations.
Musqueam: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
The Community Partners: Cross-Cultural Learning series highlights a variety of community lead initiatives and resources. Each session offers insight into the history and development of the project or resource, and the benefits of cross-cultural learning. Participants are invited to take part as personal learning experience or as a rewarding professional development opportunity.
Sharing Our Stories, The Vancouver Dialogues Project
The Community Partners: Cross-Cultural Learning series highlights a variety of community lead initiatives and resources. Each session offers insight into the history and development of the project or resource, and the benefits of cross-cultural learning. Participants are invited to take part as personal learning experience or as a rewarding professional development opportunity.
Circles of Understanding Banner Project – Cultural Awareness Training
This session offers a Cultural Awareness Training program, developed in partnership with Aboriginal community Elders, youth and the Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre Society. The Circles of Understanding Project invites participants to visually connect with 10 full-sized educational panels that depict the on-going impacts of the Indian Residential School system on Aboriginal people. A guided dialogue and interactive session about the panels will offer understanding and compassion as important contributions to the healing needed between our peoples, our communities and our nations. The Banner Project also offers on-line youth/Elder mentorship and public engagement activities to promote community healing and recovery.
UBC Aboriginal Online Learning Resources: Get Connected!
This day-long focus offers various informative sessions highlighting numerous UBC Online Learning Resources that have been developed to assist students, professors and instructors at UBC and elsewhere in strengthening their understandings of Aboriginal topics, issues, and thought.
Faculty Speaker Day
Vancouver School of Theology is featuring its high profile faculty in a day of mini-lectures at the Chapel of the Epiphany on the UBC Campus. Faculty will speak on their areas of expertise and research in a thought-provoking and inspiring manner.
This event is open to the general public, and will particularly appeal to those who are interested in studying at VST – come see what we have to offer you in terms of our excellent faculty and cutting edge programs! There will also be an opportunity to meet with the staff from the Registrar’s Office to discuss academic requirements and your program options.
For more information, visit www.vst.edu. This is a free event, but we ask that you RSVP to 604-822-9427 or email shannonl@vst.edu.
TEDx Terry Talks
Now in it’s fifth year, the TEDx Terry talks provides a venue for UBC’s most fascinating students share their ideas and their visions for UBC and the world. Hosted in the Life Sciences Institute, this annual conference draws students, faculty, staff, and alumni for a day of idea sharing.