The iSchool is hosting their annual Research Day! Students and faculty will be showcasing their research in the form of posters, talks and demonstrations.
The event is open to all.
Conference Schedule:
| Lillooet Room, 3rd Floor IKBLC | |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Coffee and setup |
| 11:00 am – 11:50 am | Opening RemarksDr. Caroline Haythornthwaite, Director |
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Keynote Speaker Dr. Mark Turin, Associate Professor of Antrhopology & Chair, First Nations Language Program, UBC – “And what of the Analogue Humanities? Lives, After-Lives and Responsibilities in Digital Anthropology” |
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| 11:50 am – 12:10 pm | Lunch Buffet Opens |
| 12:15 pm – 12:25 pm | Dr. Aaron Loehrlein, Assistant Professor, UBC iSchool – Citing Information in Stress Situations: When information is exaggerated in order to win debates |
| 12:25 pm – 12:35 pm | Bonnie Tulloch, MACL Student – “No man is an island”: Canadian heroines and the island fiction tradition |
| 12:35 pm – 12:45 pm | Weimei Pan, Ph.D. student – “Fun” in “Functional: An empirical study of factors influencing the implementation of ERDMS in Canadian public sector |
| 12:45 pm – 12:55 pm | Dessert and coffee break |
| 12:55 pm – 1:05 pm | Blake Hawkins, MLIS student – Media discourse regarding LGBTQ youth and virtual spaces |
| 1:05 pm – 1:15 pm | Dr. Jennifer Douglas, Lecturer, UBC iSchool – “Treat them with the reverence of archivists”:archives and/in online grief communities |
| Lobby,2nd FloorIKBLC | |
| 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Posters and Demos |
To download the schedule in pdf format click here
