UBC Office of Regional and International Community Engagement

🌱Interested in how climate justice is studied and practiced in both academic and policy spaces? Curious about the interconnected nature of climate change, inequality (and injustice), and governance?

👉 In this interview series created by the Human Rights Collective (HRC) Campus Engagement Team, learn from three Masters candidates at UBC about climate justice and equitable futures, from theory and beyond!

AT A GLANCE:
🌾 Hayley Simpson, a Masters candidate at UBC's Institute for Resources Environment And Sustainability (IRES), shares her perspective on how cognitive psychology must integrate equity and justice principles to drive a more equitable climate future.
🛣Leandro Salud, a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) student, highlights that climate change is more than an environmental issue, but also an issue of governance and inequality.
🕊Rosetta Paik, a second-year Master’s student in Political Science, demonstrates that climate is not just about emissions or science, but also about power, structural inequality, and whose voices are included in global conversations.

🔗Learn more through the link in our bio!

🌱Are you interested in community engagement, and fostering collaborative and transformative learning experiences?

The Program Coordinator for ORICE (Office of Regional and International Community Engagement) supports community-based learning partnerships, maintains relationships with faculty members and community partners, and assists students in regional or international placements.

👉Join our team at ORICE, and develop life-long skills and connections! Apply by May 14th, 11:59PM through CareersOnline.

⭐We received an additional $5,625 since our last post... all thanks to YOUR generosity!

We're beyond grateful for all of your donations this past Giving Day, which will allow us to provide funds to lower barriers for future participants in our experiential education programming.

Thanks for making experiential education opportunities more accessible for UBC students!

🎁Giving Day is officially in one week, on Wednesday, April 8th! Consider donating to ORICE on April 8th to support our goal of widening accessibility to our experiential education programs: namely through our Experiential Education Accessibility Fund!

🧡Your donation will go to supporting UBC student volunteers participating in an ORICE program, who are part of historically, persistently, or systematically marginalized groups.

🔗Learn more at the link in our bio!

⭐All good things must come to an end... including our busy month here at ORICE! Thank you to everyone who joined us last week at our Knowledge in Motion week: whether you attended our "Pathways for Centering Community in Research" event, or our "Academic Freedom Discussion Panel," we hope that you've had the chance to be inspired!

👉If this past month has been informative for you, our upcoming events may be of interest!

📌Our ORICE Year-End Showcase is this Wednesday, April 1st (4-6PM, at C.K. Choi Building, room 120, on a drop-in basis). Come join us for an afternoon of sharing, learning, and celebration - alongside refreshments & the chance to win a &50 giftcard!

📌Giving Day is April 8th. If you wish to contribute to meaningful experiential education opportunities for students, consider donating to our ORICE Student Learning Fund!

To learn more, please visit our website at orice.ubc.ca, or RSVP to the showcase through the link in our bio.

Last week, students in our Human Rights Collective and Scholars in Prison Engagementship hosted two events centering Art and Activism (Artivism)!

⭐ Whether you were able to join the Human Rights Collective in a consciousness-raising and art workshop around women in resistance, or the Scholars in Prison Engagementship for an art exhibit on academic freedom, censorship and resistance to authoritarian repression - or both! - we hope this past week has been full of reflection, inspiration and creativity!

👉 Thank you again to all who joined us! If you enjoyed our events last week, or if you're looking to learn and grow in community-engaged research or academic freedom struggles globally, you can RSVP now for our Knowledge in Motion Week, starting on Wednesday.

KNOWLEDGE IN MOTION (At a Glance!):
📚How do we make sure our research actually reaches the communities it's meant to serve? Join Gender+ and the Public Scholars Initiative for Pathways for Centering Community in Research: A Conversation on Knowledge Translation and Exchange!
📆 Thursday, March 26th, 2026
⏰ 4:30 - 6:30 PM
📍CK Choi, Room #351

🕊Join us for a discussion panel with 3-4 professors and scholars with research and/or lived experiences speaking on academic freedom (what it looks like under threat, why it occurs, how we can take action).
📅 Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
⏰ 5:00-6:30pm
📍Dodson Room, IKB

🔗RSVP now through the link in our bio!

⭐Join us next week at our Academic Freedom Discussion Panel: our first event in the Knowledge in Motion week/series! This event will be a discussion panel with 3-4 professors and scholars with research and/or lived experiences speaking on academic freedom (what it looks like under threat, why it occurs, how we can take action).

👤 Panelists will be adjacent to ongoing cases in Iran, Belarus, and China, all of which are currently being monitored by UBC Scholars in Prison (SIP) students, providing timely and relevant perspectives. The UBC SIP students are working as student advocates of the Scholars at Risk organization, to hold this event.

DETAILS AT A GLANCE
📅 Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
⏰ 5:00-6:30pm
📍Dodson Room, IKB

Please RSVP through the link in our bio to secure your spot at this exciting event!