As the central hub for interdisciplinary dialogue and learning at UBC, all listed events at Green College are free, open to the general public, and do not require advanced registration (unless otherwise indicated on the event page).
Featured upcoming events
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April 8, 2026A Community Reading of Bronwen Wallace's "Signs of the Former Tenant"
Signs of the Former Tenant gives voice to the hidden lives of women. The collection begins in childhood memory, teasing out the sores and slights of gendered socialization alongside the hushed attention of games of red light, green light and searing moments of girlhood intimacy. A second…
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April 9, 2026Secrets on our Doorstep: Vancouver and the Shadow on the World Cup
As Vancouver prepares to host 2026 World Cup games—a crowning feat for hometown FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani—a chilling local history haunts the celebration. While Montagliani scaled soccer’s elite ranks, a shadow spread across the city and country he helped lead. In 2008, Canada Soccer…
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April 13, 2026What Does it Take to Invent a Disease?
This talk outlines the rise and fall of “arctic hysteria,” a DSM-identified condition diagnosable exclusively among Arctic Indigenous peoples. “Arctic hysteria” emerged in the diaries of settler explorers as a term for an imagined Indigenous-specific form of madness. Throughout the 20th…
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April 8, 2026A Community Reading of Bronwen Wallace's "Signs of the Former Tenant"
Signs of the Former Tenant gives voice to the hidden lives of women. The collection begins in childhood memory, teasing out the sores and slights of gendered socialization alongside the hushed attention of games of red light, green light and searing moments of girlhood intimacy. A second…
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April 9, 2026Secrets on our Doorstep: Vancouver and the Shadow on the World Cup
As Vancouver prepares to host 2026 World Cup games—a crowning feat for hometown FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani—a chilling local history haunts the celebration. While Montagliani scaled soccer’s elite ranks, a shadow spread across the city and country he helped lead. In 2008, Canada Soccer…
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April 13, 2026What Does it Take to Invent a Disease?
This talk outlines the rise and fall of “arctic hysteria,” a DSM-identified condition diagnosable exclusively among Arctic Indigenous peoples. “Arctic hysteria” emerged in the diaries of settler explorers as a term for an imagined Indigenous-specific form of madness. Throughout the 20th…
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May 5, 2026Occultism, History, and Literature: Why the Margins Matter
On this panel, three scholars will share insights on the roots, significance, and impact of modern occultism gained from their recently-completed major research projects— for Dixon, the monograph Sexual Heresies: Religion, Science, and Sexuality in Modern Britain, soon to appear from Stanford…