Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

How the arts can help us live with climate change

How the arts can help us live with climate change

Dr. Astrida Neimanis wants to create spaces where we can practice living differently in response to the climate crisis.

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Creating a safe space for everyone

Creating a safe space for everyone

Art imitates life for Professor Michael V. Smith as he brings themes of equity, diversity and inclusion to life in and outside of the classroom.

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UBCO to host second debate: Free Speech is Not Dead
Amplifying Indigenous resilience

Amplifying Indigenous resilience

Visual artist and Assistant Professor Tania Willard fuses art and advocacy through her annual Orange Shirt Day installation.

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UBCO to host fourth annual Thesen lecture

UBCO to host fourth annual Thesen lecture

Local writer examining Coleridge poetry to think about loss, trauma and hope

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UBC experts on wildfires and associated issues
UBCO students to unveil Landmark mural for Kelowna

UBCO students to unveil Landmark mural for Kelowna

Fine art students create wild horses mural to revitalize the urban landscape

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Telling stories in a time of climate change and planetary injustice
UBC Okanagan experts ready to talk about floods, wildfires
Tania Willard is bringing creative thinkers together

Tania Willard is bringing creative thinkers together

Artist and curator leads UBCO’s Indigenous Art Intensive, which offers the opportunity to hear, learn and understand more about Indigenous art practices.

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