In the AMS Nest’s sustainability corridor, a new mural by UBC students Josianne Assignon and Ana Julia Leon showcases how rising sea levels might appear at UBC. The artists unpacked their work at the mural's launch on May 22, hosted at the CIRS Policy Labs.
This year’s national Asian Heritage Month theme is “Preserving the Past, Embracing the Future: Amplifying Asian Canadian Legacy.” As the month comes to an end, we’ve reflected on how people celebrate and connect to their backgrounds.
Ambiguity, silence and the unsaid — for poet-translator and UBC creative writing MFA graduate Yilin Wang, these are themes that can tug at a writer’s inspiration to delve into their craft.
I am what our generation calls a proud bed rotter. When I am not attending summer classes, cooking or trying to find jobs that will not outright mistreat me, I can most likely be found lounging on my bed.
Jazz was never meant to be monothematic — the nature of the genre is experimental and giving. In their freshman album, Raagaverse is taking advantage of this malleability by infusing classical Hindustani vocality with the improv and complexity of jazz to pave their own silky and microtonal rhythm.
The sun destroyed any fear of rain during the Vaisakhi festival as people strolled through the streets, hopping from stall to stall to see what they had to offer.
My mom is packing a suitcase / before her 23-hour flight to Vietnam.
Dr. Jennifer Gagnon was terrified the first time they brought their service dog to work.
UBC alum Daniel Chen’s documentary Remembering Chinese Bachelors attempts to uncover years of complex histories — with the added challenge of minimal surviving documents or sources to contact — in a runtime of just under 15 minutes.
Whenever I tell people that I went to a religious private school from 1st–12th grade, they are always shocked.
UBC Bhangra Club (UBCBC), founded in 1992, has represented UBC’s Punjabi community and encouraged philanthropy, culture and camaraderie for the past three decades.
This April 12 saw the Chan Centre play host to Thrive Refuge’s Concert for Peace, featuring a performance by Ukrainian pianist and UBC music student Sasha Luchkov as the main event, with opening performances from pianists Ray Zhang and Ryan Hong.
The line for Rhiannon Giddens’ sold-out performance at the Chan Centre was by far the longest the venue has seen this season.
In mid-January, when everyone else was sitting at home during a snow day, UBC Musical Theatre Troupe (MTT) director Lauren Coulson was sitting in Swing Space holding auditions for their rendition of Anything Goes, wondering if anyone would show up.
On the way to Koerner’s Pub, out of the corner of our eyes, a menacing goose locked our gaze. The writing was on the wall before we’d even arrived at the function — Blank Vinyl Project (BVP) had really gone all out this year, because it managed to get an enticing paid actor to guide patrons to Goosehunt.