Emergency Preparedness Week is May 4–10, 2025

As part of the UBC community, we all have a role to play in an emergency. Emergency Preparedness Week is a national event supported by Public Safety Canada.

Preparing for an emergency does not need to be difficult. Start by getting informed on the risks in your community, make a plan, and then build a kit. Help increase the UBC community’s resilience by learning about emergency preparedness through helpful webinars from Prepared BC.

Quiz on Korea 2025: The Global Korean Language and Culture Quiz Show

On April 12, 2025, the Asian Centre came alive with energy and excitement as people gathered for the 2025 Quiz on Korea: Canada Preliminary Round.

Co-hosted by the UBC Korean Language and Culture Program and the Korean Consulate in Vancouver, and organized by Korea’s national broadcaster KBS, Quiz on Korea is a global competition that celebrates the growing enthusiasm for Korean language and culture.

Dr. Sunil Bhatt Receives AMS UBC OER Champion Award

Congratulations to our Associate Professor of Teaching, Sunil Bhatt, who is one of the four recipients of this year’s AMS UBC OER Champion Award!

The awards honour UBC faculty and staff who have gone above and beyond in advancing Open Educational Resources (OER) to enhance accessibility and affordability for students.

Dr. Bruce Fulton Selected as University of North Georgia's Visiting Author of the Year

The visiting author residency was inaugurated in 2012 by the University of North Georgia (UNG) Department of English. Bruce Fulton, our Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Literary Translation and Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary, is the first literary translator to obtain this residency!

Dr. Fulton presented four lectures to UNG students across four different campuses last month.

Learning with no Limits: UBC CLP Inspires Future Educators at University Hill Secondary

On March 4, the UBC Chinese Language Program (CLP) was invited by University Hill Secondary School teacher and former CLP volunteer, Yongzhe Yan, to deliver an inspiring workshop for University Hill Secondary students.

Kevin Peng and Xiaoyi Yang, who have been working as outstanding Teaching Assistants and Work Learns in the CLP, shared their diverse experience as UBC students and volunteers.

Learning Languages and Cultures: UBC-KAIST Online Language Exchange Event

On March 20 and 27, students in the Korean Language Program participated in a two-day online language exchange with students from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). Held over Zoom, the event brought together learners from UBC’s KORN 200 and KORN 302 classes and KAIST students currently studying English.

Start From the Basics – A workshop for Cantonese-speaking parents

The Cantonese Language Program's Dr. Zoe Lam hosted a community workshop alongside Dr. Chaak Ming Lau from the Education University of Hong Kong last month and offered actionable tips and thoughtful guidance for parents raising multilingual children in a Cantonese-speaking household in North America.

Bridging Cultures: U.S. High School Students Explore UBC Through Intercultural Exchange

On April 15, a group of students from Ravenscroft School—a Pre-K to Grade 12 independent school in Raleigh, North Carolina—visited the University of British Columbia. Chinese Language Program lecturers Li Yang and Chiayin Yu and CHIN 233 students introduced the visitors to the UBC campus and offered personal insights into student life and the vibrant community of Chinese cultural learning at UBC.