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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