Dr. Judy Illes and Dr. Melissa Perreault work with Indigenous researchers globally to advocate for and educate about Indigenous neuroethics. According to Perreault, their goals are twofold: to ensure research with communities is done ethically, and to demonstrate how Indigenous knowledge can enrich Western approaches to neuroscience.
Three pieces, “Wild,” “Fountain,” and “I AM WORTH MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO MY PEOPLE” are on display throughout the museum as of the exhibition’s May 15 opening, with the final piece, “Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother” arriving in August.
Featuring creative, fluent melodies and complex jazz-inspired chords, even Aoba’s slower, more simple pieces like “Endive to Nemutte (Asleep Among Endives)” remained unpredictable yet satisfying, always ready to lead the listener into uncharted waters before bringing them back at the end of the song.
Generative AI isn't just a tool, and its arrival raises deeper questions about who the university serves and what higher education seeks to do, writes Saskia Tholen.
On May 18th, the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra held their 95 year anniversary concert at the Orpheum. The concert featured performances from the debut, junior, intermediate and senior orchestras, as well as guest performer and VYSO graduate Joanna G’Froerer.
Despite our union’s near ubiquity in our lives, nearly five out of six eligible voters did not participate in this year’s AMS elections. But the AMS is a gift from previous generations — and despite its flaws, it remains well-positioned to be a force for social and institutional change, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.
St. John’s College, a graduate residential college oriented towards global students, is looking to expand its facilities and capacity with a new redevelopment proposal.
The University Act was never intended to compel “institutional neutrality.” It was the Bacon administration that helped cultivate and disseminate a “perverse interpretation” of the statute, paving the way for an absurd but perilous lawsuit, writes Pheroze Unwalla.
Second-year UBC student Allegra Kastner went viral once. For her, that was more than enough.
Set and performed in a modest church activity room, Meeting follows five people in a support group for codependency, particularly around sexuality, love and identity.
For Young Joe, the most rewarding part of being a medical interpreter is the look of relief that takes over patients and doctors’ faces as soon as she enters the room. Without her, conversation is impossible.
The new Gordon B. Shrum building opened its doors last month as the new home for the School of Biomedical Engineering with hopes of being a catalyst for global bioengineering research while improving patient health.
When I mispronounced a word or made the wrong sound because of these similar articulations, I was met with laughter and pushed to repeat what I had said before getting support on correcting myself.
Preparing for Tết is a big deal: homes are cleaned and decorated, special foods like sticky rice cakes (bánh chưng and bánh tét) are made, and everyone dresses in their finest clothes. There’s a belief that the first days of the new year set the tone for the rest of it, so people strive to keep spirits high, avoid bad luck and express hope for health, prosperity and happiness.
The oldest cherry trees on campus are likely at Nitobe Memorial Garden. Fifty trees were shipped over from Japan as a symbol of Japanese-Canadian friendship for the garden’s opening in June 1960. Of this generation — found mostly in Nitobe but also on the Place Vanier stretch between Lower Mall and University Boulevard — there are likely 45 cherry trees left today.