UBC iSchool at ASIS&T
UBC iSchool will be well represented at the 77th ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington from October 31st – November 5th as a number of UBC faculty and students will be attending and participating in the event.
iSchool Doctoral Candidate wins SSHRC Award
We are happy to be able to announce that Doctoral Candidate Jessica Bushey has been awarded a two year SSHRC grant to support her research on the Trustworthiness of Digital Photographs accessed and stored in Social Media Platforms.
Ronald Jobe Scholarship in Children’s Literature Winner
Congratulations to Bonnie Tulloch the 2014 winner of the Ronald Jobe Scholarship in Children’s Literature
National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is accepting applications for its Associate Fellowship program, a one-year training program for recent MLS graduates and librarians early in their career.
Vivian Schmidt Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship
Congratulations to Luke McLeod winner of the Vivian Schmidt Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship.
Congratulations: Think out of the Box Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2014 Think out of the Box Award Winners! Katheryn Chandler and Eng Sengsavang.
MACL alumna Christy Goerzen Publishes The Big Apple Effect
Christy Goerzen, a graduate of the MA in Children’s Literature program has recently published a book, The Big Apple Effect. The Big Apple Effect is a Middle-Grade novel published by Orca Books in 2014. Christy has also worked as a bookseller, children’s television writer, communications manager, speechwriter and university instructor. “Thanks to the book’s convincing teen […]
Brown Bag Lunch: Panel on doctoral program experience after the MACL Program
Event: Panel of five Master of Arts in Children’s Literature alumni who have gone on to doctoral programs in children’s literature/ media/ and education-related areas – at UBC, at Simon Fraser University, and in England: Place: Ike Barber Learning Centre, Room 461 Date: Thursday, November 13th from 12 to 1 pm Bring your lunch
Lecture Series: BC Treaty-Making in the Twenty-First Century
A history of the treaty process between the BC governments and First Nations in the 21st Century by one of Canada’s leading historians and 2014 Killam Prize Winner Jim Miller. When: October 20th, 2014 Time: 4:00 pm Where: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre IBLC 182 Jim Miller Killam Laureate talk announcement Oct 20 2014 final
MACL Theses Roundup: Congrats to Recent Defenders!
January to September 2014 saw a large number of Master of Arts in Children’s Literature students successfully defend their theses.