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UBC hosts conlanging documentary and panel discussion
The art of creating languages, yes it is a thing, will be explained at a special event in Kelowna next week.
UBC Okanagan linguist creates language for Hollywood film Alpha
Like the crisp, white vista of frozen tundra, Christine Schreyer was given a blank canvas when it came to creating the dialogue for Alpha, a Hollywood historical drama released just last week.
More than 1,650 students graduate from UBC Okanagan this week
For many, it’s one of the biggest milestones of their lives—graduating from university. At UBC’s Okanagan campus, nearly 1,650 students will reach that milestone this week as the university gears up for six convocation ceremonies.
Globalization partly to blame for quality of education in the Global South
The development of education as a business can lead to over-worked faculty and poorly-trained students, a UBC study has determined.
UBC anthropologist helps create documentary on the art of language construction
A UBC professor is combining her love of languages, and her Hollywood connections, to help create a new documentary film.
UBC grad student recognized for water governance research in South Asia
The Centre for India and South Asia Research has awarded the 2010 Nehru Humanitarian Award to doctoral student M. Anwar Hossen...
UBC professor Naomi McPherson next editor-in-chief of Anthropologica
Naomi McPherson, associate professor of anthropology at UBC's Okanagan campus, has been named the next editor-in-chief of Anthropologica, the Journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society. McPherson will succeed current editor-in-chief Andrew Lyons, professor emeritus of anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University. In making the announcement, the executive board of the Canadian Anthropology Society described McPherson as […]
UBC professor wins Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award
Anthropology Professor Diana French, acting head of the Community, Culture and Global Studies Unit at UBC's Okanagan campus, has won Public Anthropology’s Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award. Named to honour the 20th century's "First Lady of the World," the award recognizes French's exceptionally effective participation in Public Anthropology’s Community Action Online Project, as well as […]
Putting it in writing
Chara DeVolder is helping preserve an Indigenous language by putting it into written form for the first time.