MONDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Hybridity & Cultural Specificity: Discussion with Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In-Person Event  |  2 - 3:30pm PST  |  RSVP
Dodson Room #302, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre  |  1961 East Mall

Silvia Moreno-Garcia will speak about incorporating hybridity and cultural specificity into speculative fiction, followed by a discussion with Professor Nalo Hopkinson and a Q&A with the audience.

About Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination. Cachanilla and Canuck, originally from Baja California, she now resides in Vancouver. She has an MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columbia.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels, including Gods of Jade and Shadow (Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Ignyte Award), Mexican Gothic (Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, Aurora Award, Goodreads Award), and Velvet Was the Night (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Macavity Award). She writes in a variety of genres including fantasy, horror, noir and historical.

She has edited several anthologies, including She Walks in Shadows (World Fantasy Award winner, published in the USA as Cthulhu’s Daughters). Her fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best American Mystery and Suspense.

About Nalo Hopkinson
Nalo Hopkinson was born in Jamaica, and spent the first 16 years of her life in Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and the US before her family moved to Canada. She writes science fiction and fantasy, exploring their potential for centering non-normative voices and experiences. Hopkinson has received multiple awards for her six novels and numerous short stories. Her first novel, Brown Girl in the Ring, won the Warner Aspect First Novel Contest in 1998. Most recently, Hopkinson received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master lifetime honour from Science Fiction Writers of America. She was the youngest person to receive the award, and first woman of African descent.

Hopkinson joined the UBC School of Creative Writing as a professor in fall 2021. She teaches courses in speculative fiction, and is working to establish a centre for the Black Speculative Imagination.

Books by both authors will be for sale at the event and the authors will be available for signing. Registration is open to everyone.

A Nikkei Canadian Life: Intergenerational Storytelling with Mary Kitagawa & Karen M. Inouye
MONDAY Nov 18th  |  4 - 5:30pm PST
Online Event  |  RSVP

Join the department of Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies for a virtual afternoon chat with Order of BC recipient Mary Kitagawa and Dr. Karen M. Inouye on intergenerational storytelling.

Anchored by Mary’s compelling family stories and lived experiences, this online conversation will offer a unique lens through which to examine how personal narratives can illuminate broader social and structural forces that shape our collective histories, and the ways in which collaborative storytelling fosters and enriches our understanding of identity, belonging, and community.

Speakers
Keiko Mary Kitagawa (née Murakami) is a recipient of the Order of British Columbia, an internment camp survivor, educator, and human rights advocate, born on July 30, 1934, on Salt Spring Island, BC. Her advocacy has led to significant changes, including the renaming of a federal building at 401 Burrard Street in honor of Douglas Jung, Canada’s first Chinese Canadian Member of Parliament; the retroactive granting of degrees by UBC for the 76 Japanese Canadian students whose studies were interrupted in 1942; and the establishment of the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program, among other many other things. In 2018, her efforts earned her the province’s highest honor, the Order of British Columbia. In 2020, she received an Honorary Degree from UBC. As an elder, she frequently speaks at events to raise awareness about the internment of Japanese Canadians.

Dr. Karen M. Inouye’s research addresses the histories of people of Japanese ancestry in both the United States and Canada, including histories before and after World War Two.

Moderator
Nicole Yakashiro (she/her) is a fourth-generation Japanese Canadian settler and a PhD candidate in the History Department at UBC. Her research examines settler colonialism, property relations, and Asian Canadian history in twentieth-century British Columbia.

This event will be hosted online via Zoom, and will be recorded for future teaching and learning purposes. It is free and open to all, please register to reserve your spot!