The AMP Lab at UBCO

09/15/2026

The count down is on to CER-DM symposium!

Introducing one of our featured speakers for the upcoming Community Engaged Research Data Management Symposium, from the University of Ottawa, Felicity Tayler!

We hope you’ll join us on September 18th & 19th. Registration Link here: https://icer.ok.ubc.ca/cer-data-management-symposium/

There are still a few spaces left!

09/15/2026

Introducing one of our featured speakers for the upcoming Community Engaged Research Data Management Symposium, from MacEwan University, Robyn Hall!

We hope you’ll join us on September 18th & 19th. Registration Link here: https://icer.ok.ubc.ca/cer-data-management-symposium/

There are still a few spaces left!

08/15/2026

Introducing one of our featured speakers for the upcoming Community Engaged Research Data Management Symposium, Dr. Karen Emmons!

We hope you’ll join us on September 18th & 19th. More information, including Registration link, here: https://icer.ok.ubc.ca/cer-data-management-symposium/

Institute for Community Engaged Research

08/02/2026

From improving AI literacy and quality of life for adults with physical disabilities to the implications of social media on body image and finding effective pathways out of the Canadian criminal justice system, UBCO researchers are set to continue making positive impacts in society after being award...

02/28/2026

It’s 2026. Do you know where your data is?

From audio tapes and soil samples to images and datasets, data can be anything. At ICER, in collaboration with & applied research our BIG project this year is all about Data Management. We’ll be diving into best practices, sharing resources, research findings, and workshops so keep an eye out! Join us as we rethink how we manage community engaged research data, and remember

This infographic from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada: Fortin, É., Shea, M. C., Stobbs, R., Tomé, A., & Digital Research Alliance of Canada. (2025). Research Projects Last Longer than Hard drives. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17516643

02/28/2026

01/27/2026

We are excited to announce the publication of Amodern 13: Affective Signals, edited by Jason Camlot and Klara du Plessis.

Featuring contributions from from T.L. Cowan, Tanya Clement, Klara du Plessis, Jason Wiens and Duncan Mercredi, Brandon Hocura, Chelsea Miya, Nicholas Beauchesne, Ariel Kroon, J Shea-Carter, Christopher Reeves, Irene Revell and Sarah Shin.

https://amodern.net/

Amodern 13: Affective Signals

Introduction, by Jason Camlot and Klara du Plessis
https://amodern.net/article/amodern-13-affective-signals/

Technologies of Fabulous, Transmedial Drag & Minor Digitization, by T.L. Cowan
https://amodern.net/article/technologies-of-fabulous/

Material Resonance, Jason Camlot and Tanya E. Clement
https://amodern.net/article/material-resonance/

Curating Poetry Relationally as Sound, by Klara du Plessis
https://amodern.net/article/curating-poetry/

Do I Have Time for One More?, by Jason Wiens and Duncan Mercredi
https://amodern.net/article/do-i-have-time/

Word of Mouth, by Brandon Hocura
https://amodern.net/article/word-of-mouth/

A Voice of Their Own, by Chelsea Miya, Nicholas Beauchesne, and Ariel Kroon
https://amodern.net/article/a-voice-of-their-own/

Our Love of Music Closer Together, by Joseph (J) Shea-Carter
https://amodern.net/article/our-love-of-music/

Transcription as Curation, by Luc Marraffa
https://amodern.net/article/transcription-as-curation/

Curating Noise, by Christopher Reeves
https://amodern.net/article/curating-noise/

Sound Draws Us Together, by Klara du Plessis, Irene Revell, and Sarah Shin
https://amodern.net/article/sound-draws-us-together/

12/12/2025

The ICER Community Engaged Research Awards are now open!

In recognition of ICER’s commitment to supporting students involved in community engaged research, we are providing two $1,000 awards 2026.

For more information including eligibility, the process and the link to the online application, please go to the News announcement on our website: https://icer.ok.ubc.ca/2025/12/the-icer-student-cer-award-applications-are-open/