Anti-racism initiatives receive funding
This message was sent to all faculty and staff at UBC Okanagan on behalf of the Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic.
October 4, 2021
A message from Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan
This year UBC established an Anti-Racism Initiatives Fund to support projects that celebrate and elevate diverse communities and advance anti-racism efforts at UBC. An annual allocation of $100,000 is available at UBC Okanagan. I am pleased to announce seven recently funded proposals on our campus.
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
- Picturing Anti-Islamophobia: An Exhibition of Cartoons Challenging Racism
- The UBC Anti-Racist Reading Book Club and Reading Series
Irving K Baber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Anti-Racist Feminisms: A Speaker Series
- Anti-Racist Thought and Activism in History
- Enhancing Racial and Cultural Inclusivity in UBCO’s Interprofessional Clinic
Irving K Barber Faulty of Science
- Diversity in Biology Speakers Series
School of Engineering
- Advocacy and Allyship for Racialized Engineering Students
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