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,…
Spanish for Community & UBC’s Strategic Plan
We are proud to be featured on Our Plan in Action, UBC’s Strategic Plan website. Congrats to all participants…
2019-2020 News & Community Engaged Co-Curricular Opportunities!
Inter-linguistic and intercultural community-engaged experiential learning! 2019 October-November Co-curricular, cross-level (by application) Partner Organizations: Little Mountain Neighbourhood House and South…
2018-19 Thank you to students, colleagues and partners! Gracias!
2018-2019 , SPANISH FOR COMMUNITY-FHIS: MORE THAN 120 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING FROM 7 SPANISH COURSES FROM LOWER INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED COURSES…
Upcoming Events
2019 WINTER TERM EVENTS Atreverse/Atravesar (To Dare/To Cross): Living Experiences of Latin American LGTBQ+ Refugees Atreverse/Atravesar (To Dare/To Cross): Living…
2016-2019 News
April – May Cocinando en Canadá is ready to go! Cookbook and food skills for newcomers, based on Cooking in…
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Projects and Events 2018-2019 Atreverse/Atravesar (To Dare/ToCross): Living Experiences of LGTBQ Latin American Refugees With our partners, VAST, MOSAIC, I-Belong, UBC Social…
From our volunteers
News from our volunteers 2017-18 My mom always talked to me about the importance of volunteer work, taking a moment…