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Starting a Conversation with Naim Cardinal -Examining NHL Trading Cards as products of colonialism and responding with Indigenous perspectives on relationality

Everyone is welcome to join us for the next Starting the Conversation! These talks are informal gatherings where a speaker shares some aspect of their community engaged research, as a way to engage with others interested in learning from their experience. We’re excited to welcome Naim Cardinal as the next speaker! Wednesday, Feb. 11 12:00 […]

Starting the Conversation with Emily Comeau – Navigating digital landscapes: Digital tools for land-based language revitalization

Everyone is welcome to join us for the next Starting the Conversation! These talks are informal gatherings where a speaker shares some aspect of their community engaged research, as a way to engage with others interested in learning from their experience. We’re delighted to welcome Emily Comeau as the next speaker! Thursday Feb. 5 1:00 […]

The Okanagan Climate Justice Research Award is now Open

Announcing the New Okanagan CER Climate Justice Award  UBCO’s Principal’s Research Chair in Communities, Justice, and Sustainability,  the Institute for Community Engaged Research (ICER) and UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice are piloting a new award initiative in the 2025/2026 academic year.  This award is intended to respond to UBC’s core academic focus of supporting resilient […]

The ICER Student CER Award Applications are Open

ICER Student CER Award In recognition of ICER’s commitment to supporting students involved in community engaged research, we are providing two $1,000 awards 2026. The awards offer financial support to current UBC Okanagan graduate students, or in exceptional circumstances, undergraduate students. The recipients should be actively involved in community engaged research projects or activities and […]

Starting a Conversation with Nassim Zand Disari – Listening with Iranian women in exile: politics of everyday practices of belonging

Everyone is welcome to join us for the next Starting the Conversation! These talks are informal gatherings where a speaker shares some aspect of their community engaged research, as a way to engage with others interested in learning from their experience. We’re delighted to welcome Nassim Zand Disari as the next speaker!   Tuesday, Dec. […]