Alumni and Donors

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Local video store’s vast film collection comes to UBC

One of Vancouver’s largest collections of classic, foreign and independent films has been purchased by the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. More than 30,000 movies from video rental store Videomatica, valued at $1.7 million, will soon be housed in the UBC Library. Following an extensive archival process, these films will be available [...]

by: Nick January 16, 2012

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From working in Malawi to investigating UK secret service files: summer projects of Arts faculty, students

Genevieve Barrons: Working at Jacaranda School for Orphans. This summer Barrons, a fourth-year student in International Relations and Honours English, ran day camps for children who have lost either one or both parents to HIV/AIDS in the African land-locked country, Malawi. I wake up in the dark and cold every morning to prepare for another [...]

by: Katie August 25, 2011

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In conversation with UBC alumna and former senator Pat Carney

Former senator, alumna talks to ArtsWire about her recent Order of Canada and UBC. BC politician and journalist Pat Carney (BA’60, MA’77, LLD’90) received the Order of Canada earlier this summer for her public service as a journalist, politician and senator. Carney was the first woman Conservative Member of Parliament elected in BC and the [...]

by: Katie August 24, 2011

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Georgia Temple (BA’11, International Relations and African Studies)

Recent alumna Georgia Temple talks about her time at UBC and the Nuru Tudor Foundation, an organization that helps build community empowerment in Mombasa, Kenya. Georgia Temple (BA’11, International Relations and African Studies) founded a non-profit organization in Kenya while she was a student at UBC. African Studies is a relatively new specialization within the Faculty [...]

by: Mary August 10, 2011

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Summer reading with UBC Arts alumni

Looking for a good book? You’ve come to the right place. Our series Arts Book Club takes a weekly peek into what the people of UBC Arts are reading. This week, we talked to broadcast journalist Rick Chung, freelance writer Kait Bolongaro and Afghanistan researcher Brian Platt. All recent UBC Arts alumni, they have bookshelves [...]

by: Katie August 5, 2011

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UBC Arts alumni featured in Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Check out the Vancouver Queer Film Festival events that feature UBC Arts alumni (names in italics): Parallel Lives: A Jamie Travis Retrospective Tue | Aug 16 | 7:00pm | International Village Cinemas Join UBC Alumni Affairs, in partnership with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival and the UBC Department of Theatre & Film and Creative Writing [...]

by: Katie August 1, 2011

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Books from the backyard: UBC Arts on Canadian books

Looking for a good book? You’ve come to the right place. Our latest series, Arts Book Club, takes a peek into what Arts students, staff, faculty and alumni are reading. Join us weekly for different themes. After a long weekend of reveling in Canada Day festivities, this week’s Arts Book Club showcases students, faculty, and [...]

by: Mary July 6, 2011

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Alumna wins YWCA Women of Distinction Award

Conductor and Arts advocate Morna Edmundson (BMUS ’81) recognized with YWCA Women of Distinction Award-Arts, Culture & Design Artistic Director of Elektra Women’s Choir, Administrative Director for MusicFest Vancouver and mother of two teenage daughters, Morna Edmundson is a busy woman. Earlier this month, Morna received the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, Arts, and Culture [...]

by: Katie June 29, 2011

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Arts Alumnus Captures “Love in the Time of Riots”

Photographer Richard Lam (BA ’97) snaps now famous shot of couple kissing during the post Stanley Cup riots in downtown Vancouver. Richard Lam was at the right place at the right time. While major international media debate whether or not it was staged and hunt to find the couple, Lam recounts being caught in the [...]

by: Katie June 17, 2011

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Catching “Albert Herring”

The last production in the 10-11 UBC Opera season nets comedic village life and a young man’s coming-of-age. Monty Python, East Enders, The Office…..Albert Herring? While you may not think of “Albert Herring”, the Benjamin Britten opera, as British comedy, audiences are in store for an evening of laughter. “It’s very funny and typical of [...]

by: Katie June 16, 2011

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Arts alum wins prestigious journalism award

Journalist and photographer Hugo Passarello Luna (BA’05) has won the prestigious Daniel Pearl Award from the Wall Street Journal and Sciences Po Paris for his article, “In a Buenos Aires slum, dreaming of Paris”. Created in 2003, the award commemorates Daniel Pearl, the WSJ’s South Asia bureau chief, who was kidnapped and killed in Pakistan [...]

by: Mary June 15, 2011

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A Standing Ovation for Celebrated Conductor

Diane Loomer recognized with Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the UBC School of Music A celebrated choral conductor, educator and composer, Loomer founded three internationally recognized and award-winning choirs: Elektra, Chor Leoni and EnChor. While always surrounded by music, Dr. Loomer’s conducting career was long in the making. With roots in education, connections to the [...]

by: Katie June 14, 2011

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Elementary school receives unexpected Jeff Wall donation

When General Gordon Elementary School received a photograph for its upcoming PAC auction, little were they expecting the work to be from world-renowned photographer and UBC Arts alumnus Jeff Wall. Wall completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees at UBC, and taught in the Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVAT) program from 1987 to 1999. [...]

by: Mary June 7, 2011

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Ken Lin: A Career in the Spotlight

It is hard to believe that a nationally-famous actor only stumbled into the field by coincidence, but Ken Lin has shown that with hard work and patience, anything is possible. An international student, Ken came to Canada from Taiwan to finish high school and to start university at UBC. However, he was unsure of what [...]

by: Timmy June 1, 2011

Alumni Weekend is back!

UBC Alumni Weekend is back! On May 28, Dean Gage Averill welcomes Arts alumni back to rediscover the Buchanan Complex, explore the newly renovated courtyards, and take a tour of the buildings. Come witness the dramatic changes that have swept the Buchanan complex, including newly renovated classrooms and state-of-the-art lecture halls. The Buchanan courtyards have [...]

by: Mary May 27, 2011

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A Golden Moment for Film Production

24 students, alumni and adjunct professors nominated for 2011 Leo Awards Ranging from student production “Little Big Kid”, to feature “Gunless”, to documentary “Force of Nature”, films and television series created by UBC Film Production students, alumni and faculty garnered 30 nominations for the 2011 Leo Awards. Check out the trailers for the films below: [...]

by: Katie May 26, 2011

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Mellissa Fung to speak on experience in Afghan captivity

While on assignment in Afghanistan in 2008, CBC journalist and UBC Arts alumna Mellissa Fung was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to live in a hole in the ground for a month. Following the publication of her memoirs, Under an Afghan Sky, Fung returns to UBC to speak about her experiences at Alumni Weekend. During [...]

by: Mary May 24, 2011

An Arts degree still a ticket to success

You’re a recent Arts graduate with your BA in hand – a tribute to the years (and student loans) you’ve spent working away at your degree. Now that you’re heading out into the “real world”, will you be employed? Globe and Mail columnists James Bradshaw and Tralee Pearce don’t think so. Bradshaw’s article, “When a [...]

by: Mary

Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz freed

Missing Al Jazeera journalist and Arts alumna Dorothy Parvaz was released on May 18 and has arrived safely in Doha, Qatar, according to her family. Parvaz was detained upon arrival in Damascus, Syria, and later deported to Iran. Her father, Fred Parvaz, told CBC News that he first heard from her when she was clearing [...]

by: Mary May 18, 2011

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“Freedom Riders” shaped UBC philanthropist and alum’s path

Michael Audain is probably best known amongst the UBC community for his generous contributions in enhancing the profile of the visual arts at UBC, be it at the Belkin Gallery or the Museum of Anthropology. A staunch supporter of the visual arts, Audain has supported the Critical and Curatorial Studies (CCST) program through the Audain [...]

by: Mary May 12, 2011

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