Event Category Archives: In person

Adult Nonformal Education for Environmental Stewardship and Climate Resilience

Adult Nonformal Education for Environmental Stewardship and Climate Resilience   Register: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5bB5O7fe10FxN4i Date: Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Location: PCN 2012 6445 University Blvd Description: Adult nonformal education plays a critical role in supporting learning, agency, and adaptive capacity among adults responding to complex socio-ecological challenges, including climate change. Drawing on two ongoing University Extension-based programs—a drought-planning program for agricultural producers and a hybrid community science initiative focused on native bee monitoring—this presentation examines how nonformal environmental education can support engagement with environmental science and stewardship. Across these contexts, adults engaged in experiential learning that emphasized relevance, iterative […]

Finding our Way within a Changing Landscape: Faculty Responses to Generative AI

Finding our Way within a Changing Landscape: Faculty Responses to Generative AI RSVP: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8erHipMYj5bSYaq Date: Friday, February 27th, 2026 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Location: PCN 2012 Description: Generative AI (Gen AI) platforms have upended traditional ways of teaching across all disciplines in higher education. Several university assignments and assessment measures have been rendered obsolete by publicly available LLMs that can produce outputs for class assignments within seconds. AI Literacy has emerged as one way for faculty to orient themselves within this new landscape. Emerging definitions of AI Literacy go beyond understanding the functionality of GenAI or its potential for public […]

Doctoral Colloquium: Elders reflect on their careers as instructors bringing Indigenous ways of knowing into higher education

Event: Doctoral Colloquium: Elders reflect on their careers as instructors bringing Indigenous ways of knowing into higher education Speaker: Francine Emmonds, PhD Candidate Date: Monday, March 2, 2026 Time: 1:00–2:30 PM Location: PCN 2012 Abstract: My doctoral work centres around stories from Indigenous Elders who have instructed in higher education.  Specifically, I ask how they have carried their cultural teachings into the academy.  I want to know what this looked like, and what their experiences have been when they brought Indigenous perspectives of education, of teaching, and of learning, into places of higher learning. The methodology for this research is based […]

Painting Workshop

EDST SSL Presents: Mindfulness with Mahfida Event Description: To live a happy, healthy, and successful life, it is important to de-stress everyday anxiety and focus on mental well-being. The EDST community can now participate in different mindfulness activities (arts & crafts, mindful eating, meditation, breathing exercises, gratitude journal, etc.) and learn through fun, how to take better care of the academic and professional journey. With a different theme every month, these mindfulness sessions can calm your mind from daily stress, allowing you to focus better on your work while embracing the brighter aspects of life. Everyone is welcome, and we hope the staff and faculty members will also join! […]

Public Presentation of Graduate Research on Leadership Practices 2026

  The pleasure of your company is requested at the Public Presentation of Graduate Research on Leadership Practices Saturday, March 28, 2026 Education Centre at Ponderosa Commons 6445 University Boulevard, Vancouver 8:20am Room # 2012  Please join us over coffee and muffins for introductions and an explanation of the day’s program. Register (Enter the building next to the HARVEST convenience shop and proceed to #2012.)   Student presentations will begin at 9:00am. Refer to the following agenda for our schedule. Refreshments: 8:20am-9:00am A celebratory lunch for students, faculty and discussants will be held in the adjacent staffroom. For further information, please […]

Public Talk: An Empire of Unnatural Extinction

Date: Monday, March 30, 2026 Time: 12:30 – 2 Location: PCN 2012, 6445 University Blvd Speaker: Prof. Sadiah Qureshi, Visiting Scholar RSVP: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6nSdNIjp2wnfJsy Description: We’re so used to thinking of extinction as a biological process, that we can easily forget to think about it an idea with a far more complex history and politics. This seminar will explore the origins of the modern notion of extinction as species loss and consider how this is relevant for conservation in the present. In particular, we will explore what it means to discuss extinction as a political choice with significance for all life on earth.   […]