‘To be or not to be: a Nation of Immigrants’
‘How does the number of immigrants in a country influence the identity of a nation?’ is the central question of the lecture, Where are the Nations of Immigrants, that Donna Gabaccia, Professor of…
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February 5 2018 Economy A cultural approach to energy
Imre Szeman, professor of Communications and English at the University of Waterloo. | Photo courtesy of Imre SzemanSpace…
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February 5 2018 Local Augmented reality games as tools for social interaction
Photo courtesy of UBCVideo games have advanced significantly from the first generation of games, such as Pong and The …
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January 22 2018 Community Celebrating a Scottish poet
Place Des Art will be holding a celebration of the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns on Jan. 27.
The event will include a supper featuring Tatties and Neeps, a Cranachan Sundae, among other Scottish…
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January 22 2018 International Ancient routes and new directions: The 21st century Silk Road
Professor and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Political Economy of Global Communications at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Yuezhi Zhao will speak at the next SFU …
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January 22 2018 Community Gender identity in children and youth explored
How can families, schools and society in general properly support people with Gender Identity Dysphoria?
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January 8 2018 Community A Ukrainian New Year and its traditions
Photo courtesy of Penn StateMalanka, or Old New Year, celebrates the warmth of the sun and the long days after winter. …
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January 8 2018 selected Design meets social issues
Recently, an SFU team, consisting of three students, have won the popular votes for User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) design award at the 2017 Vancouver User Experience Awards. This award …
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January 8 2018 Community The art of building trust
Yoriko Gillard, artist and PhD student in Language and Literacy Education at UBC, will be presenting KIZUNA: Past-Present-Future (A Tribute to Japanese Canadian Community) at the Nikkei National …
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January 8 2018 Community Refuel with Japanese tapas
An izakaya, which translates to “stay sake shop,” is a lively and informal bar that typically serves a variety of small dishes and alcoholic beverages. In Japan, they are particularly clustered …