The Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Diversity (IRD) brings students, staff and faculty together in order to identify shared concerns around issues of equity, diversity and intercultural understanding. The Deans’ Lecture Series throughout the fall/winter academic terms will culminate in the inaugural Futures of Change: Equity, Diversity, and Intercultural Understanding Colloquium.
The inaugural Futures of Change: Equity, Diversity, and Intercultural Understanding Colloquium is an interdisciplinary conference that will feature the work of graduate students across the university. This exciting event, to be opened by UBC President Professor Toope, will take place on April 5, 2012 in the Sty-Wet-Tan Hall at the First Nations House of Learning.
Register online now. All are welcome to attend.
The Call For Proposals is online and, while the deadline for submissions has passed (deadline was March 11, 2012), the Call, full program above and the information below will give you a sense of the scope of the event and help you plan your involvement for this and future years’ events.
About the Colloquium
The Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Diversity (IRD) is pleased to present The Futures of Change: Equity, Diversity and Intercultural Understanding Colloquium. This first annual colloquium will showcase the work of UBC graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and other members of the university community who are promoting and advancing the values of equity, diversity and/or intercultural understanding in their academic work. Broadly defined, the colloquium will focus on 3 key areas: health; teaching and learning; and community. Intended to work across disciplines and traditional faculty or departmental structures, the colloquium will give graduate students and others an enriched educational opportunity to share their areas of research and to connect with others from many other areas of the university. The Colloquium will promote student learning, research excellence and systemic change within the university. For those interested in presenting their research at this inaugural event on April 5, 2012, please see our Call for Proposals.
Poster: Call For Proposal The Futures of Change colloquium
Join The Planning Committee!
If you are interested in joining the IRD planning committee for the colloquium, please contact Anne-Marie Long at am.long@ubc.ca or 604-822-4859. Graduate students are especially encouraged to join this working group!
Past Dean’s Speaker Series on Equity, Diversity, & Intercultural Understanding
February 7, 2012: Second Dean’s Speaker Series on Equity, Diversity, & Intercultural Understanding
The second Dean’s Speaker Series on Equity, Diversity and Intercultural Understanding was hosted by the Faculty of Arts and included presentations from Dean Gage Averill and Professors Sunera Thobani, Juanita Sundberg and Larissa Lai. Inspiring dialogue followed. The session took place on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 from 5:00-8:00pm in the Sty-Wet-Tan hall at the First Nations House of Learning, 1985 West Mall, UBC Vancouver campus.
IRD Dean’s Speaker Series Poster Faculty of Arts
November 9, 2011: First Dean’s Speaker Series on Equity, Diversity, & Intercultural Understanding
The first Dean’s Speakers Series on Equity, Diversity, & Intercultural Understanding was hosted by the Faculty of Education and included presentations from the graduate students of the IRD; the Dean of Education, Dr. Byle Frank; and faculty members Dr Mary Bryson and Dr Anusha Kassan. This session took place on Wednesday, November 9 from 5-7pm in the GSS Ballroom, 6371 Crescent Rd., UBC Vancouver campus.
IRD Dean’s Speaker Series Poster Faculty of Education
Check back here for information on the subsequent Dean’s Speaker Series in 2012/2013 which will be hosted by the Deans of different faculties and will feature the work of graduate students and faculty members who work in areas of equity, diversity and intercultural understanding.
The IRD would like to acknowledge that UBC and Vancouver is the traditional and unceded territory of the Musqueam and Coast Salish people, and that we are guest in the territory of the indigenous peoples of this land. For this, we give many layers of thanks.
