Drift: Art and Dark Matter
September 10 - December 5, 2021 

Drift: Art and Dark Matter is a residency and exhibition project at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.

Artists Nadia Lichtig, Josèfa Ntjam, Anne Riley and Jol Thoms explore the gravity of "dark" matter, an undetected yet existent observational data. At the intersection of art, physics, chemistry and engineering, this exhibition reflects on the “how” and “why” of physics and art as diverse and interrelating practices of knowledge.

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Building an Ethical Algorithmic World: Coded Bias Screening, Director Q&A and Panel Discussion
October 26 - November 4, 2021 

You’re invited to - Building an Algorithmic World: A 3-Part Series from Monday, October 26th – Thursday, November 4th, 2021.

Interested in the ethics of algorithms? Concerned with the current biases within algorithms and the dangers these biases pose to particular groups of people? Join the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Health Cluster Alliance in this three-part Algorithmic Bias event to delve deeper into this issue.

• Event 1: Screening of "Coded Bias" throughout October 26, 2021 - November 2, 2021
• Event 2: Live Q&A with the filmmaker of Coded Bias, Shalini Kantayya on November 2, 2021
• Event 3: Panel Event with Algorithmic Experts on November 4, 2021 

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Ahọn Dudu: Virtual Talk with Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hindé Olówó-Aké
November 4, 2021 

Join Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hìndé Olówó-Aké in a virtual talk that discusses black lives and racial injustice in Vancouver—and how her online exhibit, Ahọn Dudu, seeks to tell her story.

Ahọn Dudu aims at using Yorùbá storytelling frameworks to tell stories about her experience with the lack of black communal culture in Vancouver. Through oral storytelling, poetry, song, dance and garment construction, Yorùbá lens of ‘the spectacle, Ahọn Dudu teaches and entertains.

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2021 Vancouver Asian Film Festival
November 4 - November 13, 2021 

VAFF, the longest-running Asian film festival in Canada, is hosting a hybrid (on-site and online) film festival from November 4 to November 13, 2021.

Student-priced tickets are $8 per program. Don't miss out on this opportunity to screen diverse films on Asian American experiences and lives and network with industry leaders and like-minded creatives.

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UBC Connects
November 15, 2021 - February 18, 2022

UBC Connects, an annual speaker series presented by Santa J. Ono, invites you to connect with the speakers and ignite important conversations about our world today.

This year, UBC Connects has invited three speakers, Leanne Simpson, Michelle Good and Fran Lebowitz to share their talk on the topics of communication, resiliency and social commentary.

• November 15, 2021: UBC Connects Masterclass with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson—Thinking with the Land
• December 2, 2021: Education through dialogue: the human cost of colonialism
• February 18, 2022: A conversation with Fran Lebowitz and Eleanor Wachtel

Visit the link below for more information on the speaker series and registration.

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Vancouver Podcast Festival
November 20, 2021

Vancouver Podcast Festival, presented by DOXA, is hosting its fourth annual festival, virtually, on November 20, 2021.

This year, the festival's focus is on education in the form of workshops and panels, serving the local and national podcasting community. The conference-style day will feature two social/networking events, two masterclasses, and two roundtables.

The full festival pass is $25. Attend the festival to learn from podcasting professionals across Canada and become a part of the local podcasting community.

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New Media Gallery's Exhibition, Assembly
Until December 31, 2021

New Media Gallery presents an exhibition, Assembly.

Through video, sound and physical construction, artists Elizabeth Price, Fiona Tan and Zimoun in this exhibition showcase us with the rise and fall of ordered systems; excavating or exposing flaws (or perhaps truths) that explore how we try to make sense, maintain harmony, struggle or relinquish power over a chaotic world.

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Beacon is Hiring!
Deadline: October 29, 2021

UBC Beacon: Journal of Media Studies is looking for Junior Editors to join their team.

This is a unique opportunity for you to contribute to a student-run journal that showcases the works of media students with exuberant and quieter voices, from all reaches along the spectrum of media. By engaging with student artists and thinkers across years and disciplines, you will be making a lasting impact.

Learn more about the position and instructions for the application process using the link below.

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WL W21 CSFS BC Food Web Science Communication Assistant
Deadline: October 31, 2021

The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm is hiring a Communication Assistant.

Under the supervision of the BC Food Web Manager, the student will contribute to the ongoing development of the BC Food Web, an online portal dedicated to providing access to the results of university research that can help farmers, processors, and others working in the food system improve the sustainability and productivity of their operations.

In this position, the student will learn to translate multi-disciplinary research papers into brief, accessible summaries for a general public audience, and develop/enhance skills in professional verbal and written communication, online communication.

Visit the link below for more information and to apply by November 1, 2021. 

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Brushes and Buchanan: Annual Community Student Expression: Mural Painting Contest 2021-2022
Deadline: October 31, 2021

Brushes and Buchannan are accepting art design proposals!

Transform a Buchanan pillar into an artistic statement about climate and social justice! Brushes and Buchanan, organized by UBC Arts Undergraduate Society, UBC Sustainability and UBC Arts and Cultures District, invites you to the annual mural painting contest.

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WL W21 Website and Graphics Designer (Neuroscience Program)
Deadline: November 1, 2021

Department of Psychology at UBC is hiring a Website and Graphics Designer.

Under the supervision of the Director of the new Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience, and in consultation with various university stakeholders and individuals from CTLT and/or Skylight, the Website and Graphics Designer will help with the development of the website for the program.

Visit the link below for more information and to apply by November 1, 2021.

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WL W21 IRES Communications and Administrative Assistant
Deadline: November 3, 2021

The Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) is hiring a Communications and Administrative Assistant.

The IRES Communications and Administrative Assistant will work closely with our IRES Communications Manager, RES Program Support and Graduate Program Manager, all of whom provide efficient administrative assistance to the IRES faculty and students as well as strategic planning for promoting the Institute.

Visit the link below for more information and to apply by November 3, 2021.

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Routledge: CFP Teaching Art & Design: From History to Practice
Deadline: November 30, 2021

Abstract submissions are open for (In)tangible Heritage(s): A conference on design, technology culture and technology — past, present and future.

Picking up strands of art, architecture, design and socio-cultural debates found throughout the twentieth century (and before) this conference welcomes reconsiderations of ‘heritage’ as both a tangible and an intangible concept. It seeks perspectives from design, architecture, cultural theory, social history, technology and the arts. It seeks to overlay our notions of the digital, on ideas of heritage and concepts of physicality and the present.

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Go Global
Deadline: December 14, 2021

Applications are open for the 2022/2023 academic year Go Global program. 

Go Global offers numerous options for UBC students to travel across the world while participating in meaningful learning opportunities. Study for a term or over the summer, earn credits, or conduct research abroad.

Apply for the Go Global program to study abroad (term 1, term 2, full-year and split-year exchanges) for 2022/2023 academic year by December 14, 2021.

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