UBCV
October 26, 2024, 8:15 pm to 9:15 pm
Dr. Somerville’s research and archival work brings to the fore the multilingual rich legacy of Indigenous writing from New Zealand, Australia, Hawai’i, and Fiji beyond the stories told about them in colonial texts. Her publications include *Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised* (2022), winner of the 2023 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry in New Zealand, and *Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook* (2020). Her first book, *Once Were Pacific: Māori Connections to Oceania* (2012), won Best First Book from the Native American & Indigenous Studies Association. Before joining UBC, she taught Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato and has held academic positions in Australia, Hawai‘i, and New Zealand.
When: Saturday, October 26, 2024 @ 8:15 pm
Where: Hall #2 P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC’s Point Grey Campus, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver
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This event is in person, and it will not be live-streamed. We will post the video at a later date here: https://globalreportingcentre.org/vancouver-institute-events/thinking-a…
Other announcements:
Robin Wall Kimmerer, acclaimed author of *Braiding Sweetgrass*, will release her new book *Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World* on November 19, 2024. You can pre-order your copy now from Kidsbooks at www.kidsbooks.ca. Plus, don’t miss your chance to enter the publisher’s sweepstakes for a chance to win a deluxe prize pack! Visit Simon & Schuster to learn more and enter the contest.
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Watching Past Lectures (Spring 2024):
- January 27: *How the Arts Are Central to a Healthy Democracy* by Mr. Max Wyman
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87390 - February 3: *Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation* by Andrew Stobo Sniderman, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii), and Tricia Logan (moderator)
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87418 - February 10: *Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency: Lessons from the Second World War* by Seth Klein
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87451/ - February 17: *New Insights into the Origin of Breast Cancer* by Steven Narod
https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0440973 - March 2: *Nanotechnology from Nature for Sustainable Bioproducts: A Canadian Perspective* by Emily Cranston
https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0440974