Upcoming Author Events

Mimi Khuc Event
March 18, 2024 AT 4-6PM
Our Students Are Dying: Touring the University Abyss
Room 225, Buchanan Tower | 1873 East Mall, V6T 1Z1

Our students are dying. This is a reality many of us, including students themselves, have not been able to face. We have not been able to look directly at the mental health crisis happening beneath the veneer of our beautiful universities—a crisis the pandemic has only exacerbated. Dr. Mimi Khúc invites us to confront this crisis together, sharing what she has learned from students during her mental health tour across the U.S over the past seven years. Participants will have the opportunity to co-create a UBC Archive of Unwellness.

Dr. Mimi Khúc is a leading disability studies scholar whose work is situated at the intersection of care work, art practice, and community making. She will spend a week in residency at UBC holding workshops for students, staff, faculty, and community members intentionally devised to help us think through our relationship to one another, the structure of the university, and our intellectual and creative work. All events are open to the public.

This event is presented by UBC's Center for European Studies.

Khúc's revolutionary new book, dear elia  is now available for pre-order through the UBC Bookstore!
Order it before March 31st to receive a special 20% discount!

The Phil Lind Initiative: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
March 21, 2024 AT 6:00-7:30PM | Get Tickets
The Phil Lind Initiative 2024 Speaker Series | Pop Politics: Pop Culture and Political Life in the United States
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 6265 Crescent Rd

MODERATED BY NAOMI KLEIN

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (first name pronounced Shoe-Tez-Caht) is an advocate, leader, activist and hip hop artist with Indigenous Mexica roots. Now 23 years old, he has been on the frontlines of the climate and environmental movement since the young age of 6 and is widely recognized for his passionate and unwavering fight for climate justice. Named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “25 under 25” and one of Time Magazine’s “TIMES Next 100,” he has been involved as a plaintiff in multiple legal proceedings—calling out the U.S. government and giants of the fossil fuel industry for failing to take necessary action on climate change. Xiuhtezcatl has spoken multiple times at the UN, addressing the General Assembly and has also spoken on panels with the likes of Bernie Sanders, Van Jones, Shailene Woodley, Bill McKibben, and Pharrell Williams.

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez has been a guest on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Real Time with Bill Maher. He has also been featured multiple times on PBS, Showtime, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Upworthy, The Guardian, Vogue, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, CNN, MSNBC, HBO, Netflix, VICE, as well as photographed by Annie Leibovitz.

The Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

Book Signing & Talk: Celebrating International Women's Day with Dr. Shohini Ghose
March 22, 2024 AT 2PM - 3:50PM | In-Person & Online
Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe
Earth Sciences Building, Room 1012 | 2207 Main Mall, V6T 1Z4

Book cover for Her Space Her Time By Shohini Ghose

Every year, the world comes together for International Women’s Day (IWD) in March to celebrate women’s achievements. The theme of this year’s IWD is “Inspire Inclusion.” We’re honoured to welcome Dr. Shohini Ghose, Professor of Physics & Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, to UBC Vancouver on March 22 as part of UBC’s IWD celebrations for a book signing and talk.

 Dr. Ghose is the author of two books, the latest (published in October 2023) is titled Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe, and will be the topic of her talk. Copies of the book will be available for purchase on-site.

Dr. Ghose is also a TED Senior Fellow, NSERC Chair for Women in Science & Engineering, Director, Research & Programs, Laurier Centre for Women in Science, and Chief Technology Officer of the Quantum Algorithms Institute.

Engaging and accessible to scientists and non-scientists alike, Dr. Ghose’s thoroughly researched book tells the inspiring stories of women physicists and astronomers from around the world who discovered fundamental rules of the universe and whose critical roles and contributions have not always been well-acknowledged.
 

This event is co-sponsored by UBC’s Faculty of Science, Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Quantum Matter Institute, Department of Physics & Astronomy, and UBC Department of Mathematics.

Alan Jacobs Event
April 11, 2024 AT 2:30PM - 4:30PM
Integrated Inferences: Causal Models for Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research
Green College, Coach House | 6323 Cecil Green Park Road, V6T 1Z1

Book cover for Integrated Inferences

Event details to be announced.