Wall Stories
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Catalyst Program
Read about the collaborative projects and initiatives of the 2022 Wall Catalyst Scholars aimed at addressing the Climate and Nature Emergency
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PWIAS Impact
Learn more about how the interdisciplinary environment at PWIAS enriches UBC and impacts society through ground-breaking research, influential public policy, artistic collaborations and award-winning publications.
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Chromatic - The Book
Read excerpts and other stories related to “Chromatic”, a new collaborative art book produced by the 2020 Wall Scholars.
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Scholar Q & A
A series of thought-provoking and inspiring short interviews with our Wall Scholars and PWIAS community members.
View Full SeriesMergers and acquisitions of art and finance
Goldin+Senneby, M&A, 2013. Installation view, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, 2017. Photo: Michael R. Barrick. The current Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery exhibitions M&A and To refuse/To wait/To sleep provide frameworks for thinking about belief and prediction in economic models, about precarious labour and about illicit and…
Learn MoreInstitute Timeline
Left to right: Dr. Raphael Amit, Mr. Peter Wall and Dr. Michael Smith. Dr. Smith and Dr. Amit were the first Distinguished Wall Professors.
Learn MoreLooking in to look out: Cosmopolitanism and the future
Wall Scholar Dr. Renisa Mawani is co-hosting Worlds at Home: On Cosmopolitan Futures workshop on March 16-17 that is sponsored in part by the Peter Wall Institute. Cosmopolitanism comes from the Greek word “kosmos” or “world.” In its western formations, the term originated from the Cynics and is based in the…
Learn MoreExamining our place in the galaxy
By John Hughes Anyone who has ever gazed skyward on a clear summer night, or perhaps looked at imagery from the Hubble telescope, or even watched the famous Monty Python sketch about the insignificance of Earth in the cosmic scheme might well have wondered where they fit in the universe.
Learn MoreEmpowering people, reducing harms
Dr. Jane Buxton is the principal investigator of the Peer Engagement and Evaluation Project supported by a 2014 Wall Solutions Award. In the midst of a fatal overdose crisis, harm reduction scales up across B.C. By Jackie Wong Illicit drug use in British Columbia has become a heavy-hearted feature of the public…
Learn MoreResearching choral dances on coral islands
Dr. Hallie Marshall is an Assistant Professor at the UBC Department of Theatre and Film, Wall Scholar 2016-17. You might wonder why Wall Scholar Dr. Hallie Marshall flew to the Cook Islands to conduct research in the summer of 2016 when her primary area of study is ancient…
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