UBC Statements against Racism and Injustice
UBC History joins UBC President Santa Ono in condemning racism and injustice, at UBC, in Canada, and around the world. As historians, we seek to understand how racial hierarchies form, how they continue into the present, and how they are resisted. Historical understandings of colonialism and the political, economic, and cultural foundations of racism are […]
Congratulations to Tina Loo, winner of the Canadian Historical Association Political History Group’s Book Prize!
Please join us in congratulating Tina Loo for her win of the 2020 Best Book in Political History Prize from the Canadian Historical Association! Loo’s book, Moved by the State, Forced Relocation and Making a Good Life in Postwar Canada (UBC Press, 2019) studies the history of forced relocations in Canada. UBC Press says, “From the 1950s […]
Collected news and opinions on COVID-19 from UBC historians
Historical perspectives are proving to be of crucial importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. UBC’s historians have been busy lending their knowledge to a wide variety of news and media publications, on everything from the World Health Organization to hand-washing. COVID-19 in Vancouver, BC, and Canada The Conversation: Coronavirus: Racism and the long-term impacts of […]
Pandemics and History – a roundtable on COVID-19 and its historical connections
“I feel that it’s a moment when all of history is kind of rising up and being revealed before us, and we’re provoked to think about a million different questions.” – Robert Brain. How has history been impacted by pandemics? How do we understand pandemics, and how do we study them? How do historians interact […]
Theresa Wong and Olivia Brocklehurst: Studying History Abroad in London
“History in London, and in Europe is… layers, upon layers, all with their own unique stories and narratives, jostling alongside modernity.”
Alumni Profile: Kristen Walters
“The history courses I took at UBC taught me how to ask questions, form my argument, provide supporting evidence and communicate my findings effectively. These lessons … resulted in my ability to carve a niche in the scientific community. “ Kristen Walters is a UBC History major and Biology minor now working as a biologist for […]
Tim Brook discusses China and Pandemics at the Salt Spring Forum
VIDEO: Tim Brook and moderator Louise Doucet have a historically informed discussion about China and Pandemics.
Article by Tim Cheek and Cassandra Jeffrey: “Can we talk? Bridging campus divides over Hong Kong”
Canada-China relations are bleak, to put it mildly. The diplomatic tensions have extended to Chinese communities in Vancouver, but is there hope on the horizon? Our research shows promising solutions are already emerging.
Article from History PhD Alumna Laura Madokoro: “Coronavirus: Racism and the long-term impacts of emergency measures in Canada”
The dangers to public health during the COVID-19 pandemic are terrifying, so it’s not surprising governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to curb its spread, including closing borders to non-nationals.
Q&A with Heidi Tworek – “When a virus is the cause, racism is often the symptom.”
A virus is a virus, but humans have a long history of turning their fear of disease into unwarranted panic about people and places. Since the novel coronavirus came to wide public attention at the beginning of this year, China has been the target of these phobias. So have millions of people around the world […]