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Critical Conversations: Intimacies & Kinship — 13th Oct

Come to the first Critical Conversations event this fall 2022!
Critical Conversations is an in-house speaker series initiated by the UBC Department of English Language and Literatures and the UBC English Graduate Student Caucus to foster conversations across fields and periodization between students, faculty, and the UBC community. The events are open to all, and feature brief talks by the invited speakers on a critical topic based on their wide-ranging research expertise and interests.

The prompt for the first event is “Intimacies & Kinship” featuring talks by Dr. Ayasha Guerin, Dr. Daniel Heath Justice, Dr. Ramesh Mallipeddi, and Dr. J. Logan Smilges. The talks will be moderated by Hann Scurlock and Jamie Bick. Register to attend in-person at the Peña Room, Irving K. Barber Library or online via Zoom. Click for event info and RSVP!

Caucus Meeting & Elections — 23rd Sept

All are invited to the first UBC English Graduate Student Caucus meeting for the academic year ’22-’23 at 4 p.m. PT on Friday, 23rd September via Zoom. Join in link and agenda will be delivered to your inbox prior to the meeting. As a graduate student in the Department of English Language and Literatures, you are part of the Caucus and it’s a fantastic way to be involved in community with your peers.

The first meeting will have brief updates and hold elections for new Caucus representatives for ’22-’23. To express interest, come to the meeting or send an advance email to gradcaucus@gmail.com to forward your name for elections. Some of the open positions may include:

—Caucus Chair/Co-Chairs
—Communications Coordinator
—Finance Committee
—Conference Committee
—Social Committee
—Department Representatives (MA and PhD)
—Graduate Student Society (GSS) Representative
—Union Representative
—ACCUTE Representative
—Graduate Wellbeing Committee
—Book Sale Committee
—Reading Room Committee
—Graduate Student Spaces Representative

In case you are curious to know more about the roles and responsibilities, drop a line at gradcaucus@gmail.com or come ask questions at the meeting!

Wellbeing Resources Newsletter November 2021

November is Thrive month at the University of British Columbia, an initiative for promoting and fostering UBC community’s mental health and wellbeing. English graduate students are welcome to access these wellbeing resources at UBC:

Wellbeing Resources Newsletter November 2021

Hello folks, hope you all had a wonderful beginning of November! In this issue, we have compiled a number of great resources at UBC to support your wellness, covering multiple aspects.

— Zhishu, Graduate Well-being Committee Representative

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