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Photos: Fashioning Cancer dresses up disease at UBC
March 21, 2014
These dresses are designed to get people talking.
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A fashion line inspired by disease? Theatre professor designs gowns made to look like microscopic photos of cancer cells
March 20, 2014
University of British Columbia professor Jacqueline Firkins hopes her gowns will prompt a conversation about cancer in relation to beauty and body ima…
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On the tip of the mother tongue
March 19, 2014
A new digital storytelling project promotes literacy and preserves local folklore in Africa.
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UBC costume design professor inspired by cancer
March 14, 2014
Assistant Professor Jacqueline Firkins from the UBC Department of Theatre and Film unveils a collection of dresses on The Rush with Fiona Forbes that …
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Dressing up cancer with Jacqueline Firkins
March 13, 2014
Most wouldn’t put costume design and medicine together in the same thought, but theatre professor Jacqueline Firkins’ latest project is an example of…
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Open to interpretation
February 27, 2014
Verse 4:34 of the Qur’an has traditionally been understood to allow husbands to hit their wives. In the new book, Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tr…
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Exploratory Workshop team publishes papers
February 13, 2014
The interdisciplinary team behind the Peter Wall Institute’s February 2013 Exploratory Workshop on social media and health have published three papers…
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Transboundary water governance needs new approach
January 28, 2014
A treaty renegotiation process for water management in the Pacific Northwest fell this month back into the hands of the federal government from region…
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A Fresh Fix for Unsafe Water on First Nations Reserves
January 13, 2014
As of last October, almost 20 per cent of First Nations communities in Canada either had to boil or couldn’t drink the water coming out of their…
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Free online courses shake up post-secondary education
November 4, 2013
Imagine studying artificial intelligence for robotics with a Stanford University instructor or discussing the moralities of everyday life with a Yale …
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AFJD unveil installation at the Peter Wall Institute at UBC
October 25, 2013
As part of the recent University-Based Institutes for Advanced Study conference, the Peter Wall Institute unveiled I Hear You Say, an installation tha…
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Water shapes our lives
October 9, 2013
The importance of water and its impact on society is one of the key challenges for future generations struggling with droughts, floods and the availab…
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