Gracie and Anshul tell us about their experience working with the children at Ratón de Biblioteca.org in Medellín
Hello Spanish for Community blog! My name is Grace. I just finished my first year at UBC, planning to…
Connecting with UBC Community: Meet Our Partners from BC Brain Wellness Program and UBC Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Dr. Matthew Sacheli Research Program Manage, BC Brain Wellness Program Dr. Matthew Sacheli is the Research Program Manager of the…
SFC Global Engagement, Helping Communities Abroad: Meet the Translation Team 2022 (March-June)
We are delighted to welcome our new Translation Team 2022! The translation/adaptation of the procedures manual for starting teams and…
Brain Wellness Language Project: Translation and Community Health. Students’ Process Showcase
Translation and Community Health: Students’ Process Showcase As part of the pilot language project of the BC Brain Wellness Program…
Se buscan traductores! Student Translators Needed for Spanish for Community
Spanish for Community Translation Team 2018, with Dr. Mackenzie (UBC) and Adriana Bártoli (Paddlers Abreast Canada and the Breast Cancer…
Visitor Alert: In conversation with Ashli Akins, UBC scholar and founder of Mosqoy.org
“Weaving in Quechua: Women, Language and Community” Spanish for Community and Spanish 302 classes are delighted to welcome Ashli Akins…
Bridging Territories and People Through Translated Poetry of Mapuche Writers: A Student Project Spotlight
Image Kultrun Mapuche, Museo de Arte Precolombino February 28, 2022 Read the complete FHIS newsletter here As part of a…
Visitor Alert: Gabriela Montero Mejía, “New Perspectives on Community Archaeology and Social Inequality in Mexico”
We are delighted to invite you to a special presentation on “New Perspectives on Community Archaeology and Social Inequality in…
Meet our guest speaker: Julio Montero
Julio Montero FHIS alumni, Cuban born, based in Vancouver, Canada Julio Montero is a Cuban-born dance instructor who has an…
VISITOR ALERT: Black History Month “La presencia afro en la música cubana ” A conversation with Julio Montero
As we started the month of February, the FHIS offers spaces to celebrate, learn and reflect on the…
A gift of gratitude from Ratón de Biblioteca
From Organización de Ratón de biblioteca Director Sandra Zuloaga Sánchez, Project Director Yamili Ocampo Molina: Congratulations and a big big…
COMMUNITY EVENT: Tuesday, Dec. 7th 4pm (PT). “Palabras Madre/Mother Words”
Join Indigenous writers from the Araucania in Chile for an afternoon of poetry reading in the Mapuzugun and Spanish languages,…
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS: Talleres virtuales & Ratón de biblioteca (UBC-Colombia)
Students from Span 301 section 102, through Spanish for Community, Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS), and in…
TALLERES VIRTUALES: SPAN 301-102 students facilitate English-Spanish synchronous sessions
Featured image: SPAN 301-102 students Jade, Grace and Benjamin Students from Span 301 section 102, through Spanish for Community, Department…
UPCOMING EVENT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19: Aproximación al contexto histórico y contemporáneo del pueblo Mapuche: principales momentos en su relación con el estado de Chile
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Carolina Navarrete (Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile) and Mgtr. Fabián Leal Ulloa …
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Palabras Madres – Mother Words: Bridging people and land through language, from Mapuzugun, to Spanish, to English
“Toda la tierra es una sola alma. No podrán morir nuestras almas, cambiar sí que pueden; pero no apagarse. Una…
Meet Dr. Carolina Navarrete, “Palabras madres” Project Liaison and Co-Designer
Dr. Carolina Navarrete, is Research Director (Directora of Investigación) at Universidad de La Frontera, Associate Professor of Área de Literatura…
VISITOR ALERT: “Palabras Madres – Mother Words” A conversation with Carolina Navarrete & Jacqueline Caniguan Caniguan
We are delighted to announce that Carolina Navarrete (UBC, UFRO) and Jacqueline Caniguan Caniguan (UFRO, University of Leiden) will be visiting our SPAN…
MEET SPANISH FOR COMMUNITY FELLOW: Michael (Miguel) Cunanan
My name is Michael, but sometimes you’ll hear people call me Miguel. I am Filipino-Canadian, meaning that both my parents…