Nov.6 – Elements of Community Engaged Research: Co-Writing and Collaboration
Wednesday, November 6 1:00 to 2:00 pm PST Arts 368 In-person (max 20 registrants) Via Zoom Please register by clicking here. Join Amanda Brobbel, Senior Manager, Writing & Language Learning Services. Centre for Scholarly Communication, and Robin Metcalfe, PhD Candidate in IGS – Community Engagement, Social Change, and Equity, who will lead a workshop on […]
May 24 – ICER AGM
Please join us on Friday, May 24, for our Annual General Meeting. 9:30 to 11:00 am (1 hr with 30 minutes buffer) This year, the AGM will be via Zoom only. We will review activities from last year, hear updates about ICER Press, and introduce the new director and new members. Join Zoom Meeting Phone […]
April 8, 2024: I-CER Storyteller Series with Dr. Shawn Wilson
I-CER Storyteller Series with Dr. Shawn Wilson Join Dr. Shawn Wilson, an Indigenous scholar, in conversation with Dr. Jon Corbett, ICER director, in a free-ranging conversation about Shawn’s journey as a community-engaged researcher. When: Monday, April 8, 2024 When: 2:00 – 4:00 pm The talk will start at 2’ish and we will enjoy some food […]
Feb.29 Starting a Conversation with Fernanda Novoa – My community-based research journey: Navigating research, advocacy and allyship with the community of Mexican migrant agricultural workers in the Okanagan.
Thursday, February 29 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm (PST) Abstract: My research explores the experiences of Mexican migrant agricultural workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Okanagan. This community plays a vital role for ensuring Canadian food security; however, they experience numerous health inequities, many of which were exacerbated during the pandemic. In this conversation […]
Nov. 2 – Starting the Conversation* with Rachel McGraw
Relationships, respect, and listening in sociolinguistic research with Totonac communities in Mexico Rachel McGraw, Sessional Lecturer CCGS, PhD Candidate in Linguistics University of Alberta Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 3:00 to 4:00 pm (pdt) In Person: Arts 368 (ICER) or via Zoom. Please email: icer.ok@ubc.ca for the link Abstract: In this discussion I explore the importance […]
How to do Meaningful Work in times of Constant Crisis: Navigating Feelings of Guilt and Despair
Thursday Nov. 2nd 11:30 – 1:3o, In person (Arts 368) and Zoom Join us for a conversation with people inside and outside Academia about all the feelings involved in doing Community Engaged Work in this era of constant crises. What does it mean to work with hope, care, effectiveness, and longevity? In the current context […]
Oct. 17 – CER Storytelling Series featuring Dr. Leyton Schnellert in Conversation with Dr. Christine Schreyer
Join us for the inaugural Community Engaged Research (CER) Storyteller session! Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023 10:00 am to 11:00 am pst Arts 368, UBC Okanagan, in person Or via Zoom Staring in the fall of 2023, each semester, the director of the Institute for Community Engaged Research will invite a colleague to share about how […]
June 15th – Lunch and Livestream of the Partnering in Research Conference Keynote and Plenary
The Institute for Community Engaged Research and The Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship, with support from the VPRI Office, UBC Okanagan, are delighted to host a lunch and livestream of the Partnering in Research Conference at UBC Vancouver, and organized by the UBC Knowledge Exchange and the UBC Community Engagement Office. June 15th 9:15 […]
Cultural Economies of Academic Knowledge Production
A Critical Geography Speaker Series Organized by Students of Geography 480: Advanced Seminar in Critical Geography Interested to learn about academic publishing from editors of international journals and internationally renowned scholars? Join the students of Geography 480 for their speaker series: Cultural Economies of Academic Publishing. This series will allow students and others interested in […]
March 9, 16, 23 The UBCO Local Food Values Dialogues Series:
UBCO students sorting apples at Curlew Orchard. “Ugly” carrot tasting at the UBCO farmer’s market. Apple tasting with Chef Brad Vigue of UBC O Food Services and apple supplier Patrick Allen from Curlew Orchard. “Every decision we make about food is a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.” ~Francis Moore Lappe […]
