2020 Open UBC Webinars
Members of the Open UBC Working Group are offering bi-monthly open scholarship (open access, open data, open education, open research, etc.) webinars.
Open Education Week Schedule
As we head closer towards Open Education Week (Mar 2-6), here’s what UBC has planned. Also be sure to check out Open Education Week events that are happening all over the world! Monday, March 2nd #HonouringIndigenousWriters Wikipedia Edit-a Thon Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm Location: Sty-Wet-Tan Hall in the First Nations Longhouse Register: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/calendar/vancouver/HIW Wikipedia […]
Fair Dealing Week Event: Creativity in the arts: The role of copyright
Creativity in the Arts: The Role of Copyright Date Tuesday, February 25, 2020 – 1:00pm to 4:15pm Location British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), Downtown Campus, Atrium Room, 8th floor (Room 825) Full Details and Registration (please register by Feb. 18) On Tuesday February 25, to mark Fair Dealing Week, SFU, UBC, Langara, KPU, […]
Rez Dogs and Open Access: A collection of resources from Jessie Loyer’s Decolonizing Open Access Keynote
Jessie Loyer–a liaison librarian at Mount Royal University who is Cree-Métis and a member of Michel First Nation–began her keynote talk for “Can we Decolonize Open? An Open Access Week Event” on October 22, 2019 by saying that if want to think about what it means to decolonize open access, we can look at the […]
Open Scholarship in Practice 2019
On October 25th, UBC hosted the 3rd annual Open Scholarship in Practice (OSiP) day. OSiP consists of a variety of workshops for faculty, staff, and students to attend and learn how to incorporate Open practices into their work. The day started with some opening remarks by Jason Pither (Associate Professor, Biology/Braes Institute at UBCO) and […]
AMS Open Champions Celebration
On October 22, 2019, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) and other UBC sponsors hosted an event to honour the faculty, staff, and administrators who are OER Champions for UBC: the people who advocate, propagate, and support the use of Open Education Resources in their classrooms, at UBC, and in the academic world. These champions were […]
2019 OER Faculty Panel Roundup
On October 1, 2019, UBC hosted an Open Education Resources (OER) Faculty Panel where faculty talking about past and current OER projects, the difficulties and challenges they faced, and the success and impact they achieved. Previous discussions and advocacy around Open Educational Resources (OERs) (such as the AMS Textbook Broke Campaign) have highlighted the […]
Open, Equitable, Affordable, and Transparent: Progress on the Road to True Open Access: A Talk by Ginny Steel
On Friday, Sept 13, UBC had the pleasure of hosting Ginny Steel, University Librarian at UCLA, who presented a brief review of the history of the Open Access movement, the latest developments, the implications for libraries and the academy, and answered several questions from the audience. Earlier this year, Steel and her colleagues at the […]
Can We Decolonize Open? An Open Access Week Event
Join Langara, Kwantlen, BCIT, SFU, and UBC for an exciting half-day celebration of Open Access Week (Oct 21-27, 2019). This year’s theme from SPARC is Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge. Our keynote speaker, Jessie Loyer, will explore this question alongside participants through the lens of decolonization. The conversation will continue with local panelists […]
AMS Calls for Nominations for OER Champions
The AMS has issued an open call to nominate OER Champions — the faculty, staff, and administrators who dedicate so much of their time to fostering accessible education at UBC.
