Culture

The podcast explores “the many challenges disabled academics deal with inside academic institutions.”

Though we both live in Canada, I think of my parents with a pang, sending me a box at the peak of lockdown filled with masks, Lysol spray and cans of food (Spam of course being chief among them).

“[Last year] we just kind of did it and it seemed like a good idea,” said Sara Lee, an executive with UBC Rotaract’s fundraising committee.

On March 8, International Women’s Day, the Belkin Gallery hosted its seventh annual Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, an event dedicated to filling digital information gaps about underrepresented artists.

Linda Greenhouse has spent over four decades watching the United States Supreme Court.

On March 18, cosplayers, J-pop fans and all flavours of anime enthusiasts transformed the Nest's Great Hall into a celebration of Japanese culture. Enter UBC Anime Club’s Pop-Up Hanami: one of the biggest events of the year by one of the biggest clubs on campus.

Filmmaker and UBC professor Antoine Bourges’ first feature film, Fail to Appear, is an striking commentary on the shortcomings of Canadian legal systems’ dehumanizing and disempowering approaches to the mental health crisis.

So instead of wasting away in pre-spring limbo, why not do some stretches, find a bamboo pole, and make the limbo work for you?

The Birds took flight on March 16, with performances until March 25. Tickets are available through the theatre and film department’s website.

With materials from sarees to plants, the end products are as diverse as they are fascinating.

Author and UBC creative writing alum Lindsay Wong started writing her new book, Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality, by accident.

From European nightlife, to trench coat season, to regionally-correct champagne, France has certainly not disappointed. However, if there's one thing we’ve learned from our French peers since our arrival, it’s how to complain about everything

There’s a soft crackle in the air as the Festival Dionysia sweeps back onto the scene after a sold-out performance in 2022. This year, it debuts at the Pal Studio Theatre downtown, which is more than just a change of scenery from its previous stage on campus.

If you were craving pizza, then you’ve come to the wrong place. Pizza Coming Soon is a Japanese restaurant with a name just as unique as the restaurant — even if it is misleading.

Harris and Fanconi are working to create a collaborative space for BC-based artists and academics to collaborate called the Makers’ Lab, highlighting themes of loss, trauma and climate anxiety so as to lessen their impacts.