Tegan Quin wins Canada Reads 2026 championing The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Paylor | CBC Books The historical fiction novel won in a 4-1 vote on the final day of the great Canadian book debate.

Congrats to @ubccrwr.bsky.social alum Loghan Paylor for winning Canada Reads 2026 for their historical fiction novel, The Cure for Drowning. 📖 👏

Read more about why musician and writer Tegan Quin championed this story as "one book to build bridges." ⬇️

How can Canada shape a shifting global order? - alumni UBC Hear from UBC experts as they delve into what Canada’s role as a middle power will mean for democracy, economics, migration, global partnerships, and the country’s future.

As global alliances shift and conflicts grow, what role should Canada play? 🌍🇨🇦

UBC experts break down what Canada’s position as a middle power means for democracy, the economy, migration, and global partnerships. @migration.ubc.ca @sppga.ubc.ca

Learn more ⬇️ alumni.ubc.ca/event/how-ca...

Arts in the Media: March 2026 - Faculty of Arts This February, UBC Arts faculty were featured in major outlets including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, BBC, and The Guardian. Their expertise informed stories on topics rangi...

From geopolitical conflicts to Canada’s shifting immigration landscape to new research on AI, UBC Arts scholars were featured in several major outlets throughout the month. 🌍️🤖

📰 Check out the March 2026 roundup of Arts in the Media ⬇️ www.arts.ubc.ca/news/arts-in...

In community hands: Sustaining language and culture in a digital world - Faculty of Arts UBC’s Collaborative Digital Heritage Studio is helping communities document, share, and sustain cultural knowledge using digital tools and community-led research.

Cultural knowledge can be lost faster than we realize 🌍 The Collaborative Digital Heritage Studio (CoDHerS) helps Indigenous and minoritized communities resist these changes in an ethical, digital, and collaborative way. @asia.ubc.ca @markturin.bsky.social

Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/in-comm...

Thanks to the tremendous response, our final #LIND26 event with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Carlos Lozada has been moved to a larger venue! Get your tickets now and join us on Mar 26.

More info: https://f.mtr.cool/efakdhvkpt

Expert-in-Residence Diamond Isinger unpacks what’s next for CUSMA and the future of North American trade. As the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement nears its 2026 review, this talk explores how shifting US politics are reshaping Canada’s trade landscape. RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/zcvtmmrfzh

Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney's next project is another CanLit adaptation | CBC Books Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney will write, direct and executive produce new series Alexander, adapted from Vancouver author Annabel Lyon's 2009 novel The Golden Mean, Netflix announced Thursd...

Exciting news! @ubccrwr.bsky.social Director Annabel Lyon's novel, The Golden Mean, is set to be adapted into a new @netflix.com series written, directed, and executive produced by Jacob Tierney (coming off his recent success with Heated Rivalry). 🎬📺

Read more: www.cbc.ca/books/heated...

Arts faculty recognized with 2025 UBC Faculty Research Awards The Faculty of Arts is thrilled to announce that nine of its members have been awarded the prestigious UBC Faculty Research Awards.

Nine Arts faculty members are recipients of the 2025 UBC Faculty Research Awards, recognizing outstanding research and scholarly achievement 👏 Learn more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/arts-fa...
@sethabrutyn.bsky.social @ubcphilosophy.bsky.social @ubc-fhis.bsky.social @psych.ubc.ca @ubcenglish.bsky.social

UBC Centre for Migration Studies event poster titled 'Heated Rivalry: Immigration, Safety, and Queer Belonging in Canada.' Features image from the Heated Rivalry show. Includes portraits of four speakers: Dr. JP Catungal, Dr. Ali Bhagat, Aleks Dughman-Manzur, and Dr. Lisa Brunner (moderator). Event details: March 6, 12:00–1:15 PM, Online.

How is Canada’s global “queer utopia” imagined – and unsettled – by borders and immigration policy? Using the Heated Rivalry show as a lens, this panel explores safety, belonging, and nationhood for refugees and newcomers.

🗓 March 6 | 12:00–1:15 PM | Online

🔗 Register now: shorturl.at/367pw

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From energy policy to pop culture moments like Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance, Arts faculty members weighed in on a variety of topics this month. 🔋🏈🎤

📰 Check out the February 2026 roundup of Arts in the Media ⬇️

Join us March 2 for the final CMS Speaker Series event with Dr. Margarita Mondaca (Umeå University): “Addressing Health Inequalities in Racialized and Socioeconomic Disadvantaged Areas in Sweden.”

🕚 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM
📍 IKBLC, Dodson Room (302) / Online

🔗 Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

We are deeply shocked and saddened by the shootings at Tumbler Ridge and extend our deepest sympathy to all those impacted. This is a truly horrific event and our hearts are with the people of Tumbler Ridge and all British Columbians.

How UBC Arts Scholars Are Advancing Black Studies - Faculty of Arts UBC Arts faculty Jemima Pierre, Peter James Hudson, and Crystal Sheffield reflect on their research, the history of Black Studies, and its relevance today.

For over half a century, Black Studies has shaped how we understand history, power, and the modern world. ⚖️ 🌍 Three UBC Arts faculty members reflect on the importance of this work and how the field continues to influence their scholarship today. Read more ⬇️

How Heated Rivalry imagines Canada - UBC News UBC expert unpacks Canadian soft power, Shane’s bottomhood and who belongs in cottage country.

Will you come to this Q&A? Don't go elsewhere. Come to UBC News. We'll have so much fun (unpacking Canadian soft power). It's so private. No one will know (except Google Analytics and your joy-filled heart).

UBC prof Dr. JP Catungal unpacks the hit Cancon show #HeatedRivalry

Arts in the Media: January 2026 - Faculty of Arts This January, UBC Arts faculty shared their expertise with the media on topics ranging from why unfinished tasks linger in our minds to Trump’s influence in the Americas, Canada–China trade, nuclear…

From the psychology behind unfinished tasks to geopolitical shifts and developments, Arts faculty members provided expert insights on several stories across major outlets throughout the month. 🧠 🌎️

📰 Check out the January 2026 roundup of Arts in the Media ⬇️ www.arts.ubc.ca/news/arts-in...

The third event in our #SpeakerSeries features Prof. Delphine Nakache. Her talk examines how Canada’s temporary migration system manufactures precarity through failed regularization pathways and rights gaps.

📅 Feb 2, 2026
🕚 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM
📍 Hybrid

🔗 Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

How UBC Arts is reshaping teaching and learning in the age of AI - Faculty of Arts In this Q&A, Associate Deans Laurie McNeill and Andrew Owen discuss their TLEF-funded project "We're Only Human" and how it supports instructors with practical approaches to assessment and student…

As #GenAI becomes part of everyday student work, instructors are rethinking how learning is taught, demonstrated, and assessed 🤖📚

Associate Deans Laurie McNeill and Andrew Owen share how the Faculty of Arts is helping instructors navigate uncertainty without one-size-fits-all solutions. Read more ⬇️

🚨 Call for Abstracts | UBC Vancouver migration scholars are invited to submit abstracts for the 2026 CMS Migration & Integration Conference, to be held on April 27, at UBC Vancouver.

🗓️ Submission deadline: January 30, 2026, 11:59 PM PST

🔗 Submission guidelines and full details: shorturl.at/rFvvm

Five UBC Arts community members appointed to the Order of Canada - Faculty of Arts Five members of the UBC Arts community have been appointed to the Order of Canada, joining others with ties to UBC as current and former faculty, alumni, and honorary degree recipients. This year’s…

Five members of the UBC Arts community have been appointed to the Order of Canada 🎖️

With contributions spanning biomedical ethics, reconciliation, independent media, environmental advocacy, and sound research, read more about this year's recipients ⬇️ www.arts.ubc.ca/news/five-ub...

On Friday, January 30, join us for the 2026 Capstone Lecture, where our Professor in Korean History and Civilization, Dr. Don Baker will explore the remarkable lives of the Chŏng brothers, revealing valuable insight into life in late 18th- and early 19th-century Korea.
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In a newly funded international project, @lauraknelson.bsky.social is exploring how AI can reason within cultural and historical contexts for humanities research. 🤖📖 @ccss-ubc.bsky.social

Read our Q&A with her on the questions these tools could help answer: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/ubc-soc...

🎨 CMS invites artists to submit for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱–𝟮𝟲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! Explore how migrants navigate physical, social, political, and identity borders, revealing journeys of exclusion, hope, pain, and resilience.

Prizes: 🥇$1,250 🥈$250

Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/news/interna...

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Instructor Jack York sat down with CBC's The Early Edition to chat more about this new training. Learn more: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

UBC launches new training to help frontline workers respond to mental health and substance use crises - Faculty of Arts The UBC School of Social Work has introduced a new Mental Health and Substance Use Micro-certificate to equip frontline workers with skills to respond safely and compassionately to crises, addressing…

Across B.C., frontline workers are facing intense, life-altering situations, often without formal training to respond safely.

The UBC School of Social Work has launched a Mental Health and Substance Use Micro-certificate to help close this gap amid mental health and toxic drug crises. Read more ⬇️

The role of university education in the age of AI - Faculty of Arts UBC Political Science alumna (MA '25) Saskia Tholen discusses the role of university education in the age of AI.

#AI is raising urgent questions for educators, who are balancing its impacts on literacy and learning in an increasingly competitive academic landscape.

We spoke with UBC alumna Saskia Tholen (MA'25) about this tension, and the broader role of higher education amidst the rise of AI. 🤖🎓 Read more ⬇️

America First-driven unilateralism is reshaping the global order. The 2026 Lind Initiative asks: What happens when the world’s most powerful country stops playing by the rules it helped to write – and who steps in when it does?

Learn more: lindinitiative.ubc.ca

UBC Arts expands non-credit programs to meet evolving learner needs  - Faculty of Arts From mental health and substance use to survey research and storytelling, UBC Arts is expanding non-credit programs that respond to societal needs and creative aspirations.

From AI to the toxic-drug crisis, Arts researchers are helping make sense of the issues shaping our world. With new non-credit programs, the Faculty of Arts is making that knowledge more accessible so learners can apply it in their work and communities 💡

Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/ubc-art...

Arts faculty named 2025 Distinguished University Scholars - Faculty of Arts Dr. Evan Thompson (Philosophy) and Dr. Kiran Soma (Psychology) have been named Distinguished University Scholars, one of UBC’s highest honours for faculty excellence.

🎉 Congratulations to @evanthompson.bsky.social and @kiransoma.bsky.social for being newly named Distinguished University Scholars, one of UBC’s highest honours for faculty excellence. 👏 @ubcphilosophy.bsky.social @psych.ubc.ca

Discover more about their work and contributions ⬇️

"When stories are seen, they have the power to shift conversations and even the future."

UBC Theatre & Film Associate Professor (and new Royal Society of Canada Member) @shannondwalsh.bsky.social shares the impact of her work as a filmmaker 🎥

Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...

Last week, we were delighted to welcome UBC President & Vice-Chancellor Benoit-Antoine Bacon @ubcprez.bsky.social to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts for a showcase of the diverse and impactful research happening across the Faculty of Arts.