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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October 26, 2026Anne Carson, A Poet in Fragments
Join us for a celebration of the poetry and essays of Canadian poet and translator Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Anne Carson’s writings are steeped in ancient Greek literature, and she tests the limits of what a translation can be. Through a selection of readings…
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October 26, 2026Timelines and Lines through Time: The History of Borders and Why it Matters
We live in a world divided, partitioned, and carved up by a multitude of borders. These boundaries can be political or geographic, peaceful or contested, enforced or intangible. They control the exchange of goods, restrict the movement of people, and outline the identities of nations. In many ways,…
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October 27, 2026When the NOISE in Your Head Cancels out the Noise in Your Heart: Exploring Indigenous Ways of Being with the Land and with Ourselves
The first session of NOISE brings together three Indigenous individuals: lecturer and senior manager, EDI and Indigeneity, Dana-Lyn Mackenzie from the Hwlitsum First Nation; Cree medicine gatherer, trapper, and drummer Mitchell Tourangeau; and bear dancer Aileen Lil Bear Michel. Together, these…
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October 22, 2026Graphic Theory: On the Production of Knowledge and Culture for Palestine Today
Xaytun Ennasr and Dr Jasbir K Puar come together to discuss This Death Is Not One, a collaborative project (co-authored with Nasser Abourahme and edited by Adam HajYahia) unfolding across theory, image, translation, land, and the wounded body. The project takes up Puar’s The Right to Maim to…
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October 26, 2026Anne Carson, A Poet in Fragments
Join us for a celebration of the poetry and essays of Canadian poet and translator Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Anne Carson’s writings are steeped in ancient Greek literature, and she tests the limits of what a translation can be. Through a selection of readings…
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October 26, 2026Timelines and Lines through Time: The History of Borders and Why it Matters
We live in a world divided, partitioned, and carved up by a multitude of borders. These boundaries can be political or geographic, peaceful or contested, enforced or intangible. They control the exchange of goods, restrict the movement of people, and outline the identities of nations. In many ways,…
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October 27, 2026When the NOISE in Your Head Cancels out the Noise in Your Heart: Exploring Indigenous Ways of Being with the Land and with Ourselves
The first session of NOISE brings together three Indigenous individuals: lecturer and senior manager, EDI and Indigeneity, Dana-Lyn Mackenzie from the Hwlitsum First Nation; Cree medicine gatherer, trapper, and drummer Mitchell Tourangeau; and bear dancer Aileen Lil Bear Michel. Together, these…
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October 28, 2026Novel Distortions: Postnationalism and Literary Form in Mexico and Central America
The novel emerged in lockstep with the nation-state, serving as the cultural counterpart to political form in the modern era. However, these dynamics are unraveling as the raison d’être of the contemporary state veers from its people to the neoliberal market. In Novel Distortions, Dr Tamara L…
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October 29, 2026When Traditions Talk Back: Hindustani Music and Jazz in Conversation with Shruti Ramani
What happens when two musical traditions become part of the same musician’s way of listening? In this performance lecture, Shruti Ramani explores the conversation between Hindustani music and jazz through her own experiences as a vocalist, composer, and student of both traditions. Using examples…
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November 2, 2026Beyond the Haze: What Wildfire Smoke Really Contains
This is the fifth event in the Green College Resident Members' Series.
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November 3, 2026Pedagogies of Play
This first workshop in The Critical Play Speakers' Series focuses on how the interactive, dynamic experiences at the heart of games can be used as a new kind of teaching experience. Christopher Kawika Guillermo (Dr Christopher B Patterson) of UBC’s Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social…
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November 4, 2026Misha Solomon Reads "My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet"
Two timelines intersect, weaving an alternate reality of queer ancestors, half-truths, domesticity, and desire. What if the queer ancestor you always wondered about had really existed—and could speak to you across all time? When there’s only one document to be found in the archive, can our…
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November 5, 2026From the First Quantum to the Second Quantum Revolution
Join three quantum scientists at UBC at different stages of their careers as they discuss past and future quantum revolutions in their field. Led by Dr Anthony Ayari, senior researcher from the Light and Matter Institute at the University of Lyon, the panelists will interrogate how they…