MEET OUR PANELIST: Catalina Arroyave Restrepo, Colombian screenwriter & director
Catalina Arroyave Restrepo is a Colombian screenwriter, director, actor trainer and teacher. She is the co-founder of Rara Colectivo Audiovisual,…
EVENT REMINDER: Los días de la ballena (Days of the whale) Online screening & talk with the director
Days of the Whale: Street Art and Power in Medelllin, Colombia A virtual screening & panel discussion with the director…
MEET OUR PANELIST: Santiago Rodas, Colombian writer & muralist
Santiago Rodas Quintero is a Colombian writer, muralist, and “grafitero.” He has published several books such as Gestual (2014), Trampas…
UPCOMING EVENT: Los días de la ballena (Days of the whale) Online screening & talk with the director
Days of the Whale: Street Art and Power in Medelllin, Colombia A virtual screening & panel discussion with the director…
FUNDRAISER REMINDER: Help Community Library “Villa de Guadalupe” (Medellin, Colombia)
Please Help Community Library “Villa Guadalupe” in Medellin, Colombia: GO FUND ME Students from Spanish for Community, Span 302 class…
2021 PROJECTS UPDATE: fundraiser, translation teams, online screening event, virtual workshops (Colombia) & more!
During these difficult times of the pandemic, Spanish for Community remains focused on its purpose: to expand students’ linguistic skills…
UPCOMING EVENT: Los días de la ballena (Days of the whale) Online screening & talk with the director
Cristina and Simon are two young graffiti artists who paint the city that they live in, Medellín. Their restless…
FUNDRAISER ALERT: Help Community Library “Villa de Guadalupe” (Medellin, Colombia)
Please Help Community Library “Villa Guadalupe” in Medellin, Colombia: GO FUND ME Students from Spanish for Community, Span 302 class…
Meet Julia Miller, SfC Translation Team Member
I’m Julia Miller. I’m from a little town called Mission in British Columbia. I am a third-year kinesiology student at UBC…
¡Gracias! Thank you, Fundación Ratón de Biblioteca, for such a delightful discussion!
A big thank you to Sandra Zuluaga Sánchez and Yamili Ocampo Molina for the great conversation on libraries as spaces…
From Colombia to the Community: a conversation with Fundación Ratón de Biblioteca’s Sandra Zuluaga Sánchez and Yamili Ocampo Molina!
Visitor alert: Monday, February 1 We are delighted to announce that Sandra Zuluaga Sánchez and Yamili Ocampo Molina, Fundación Ratón…
2021 Update: New Year, Virtual Communities, Building Collaborations, & More!
Wishing you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year from all of us at Spanish for Community! During these difficult times…
Fall 2020 Recap: Thank you to students, volunteers, colleagues, and partners! ¡Gracias!
A big thank you to all of our students, volunteers, partners, liaisons, and supporters. We couldn’t have made it through…
Dear SPAN 401 students: Thank you for all your incredible work! A letter from Ashli, Lisa, & the Mosqoy team
SPAN 401 students will receive certificates and a letter of acknowledgment from Mosqoy for their English-Spanish translation contributions
From our students
My name is Madeleine Deis and I am a 5th year sociology major with a Spanish minor here at UBC….
Meet Andrea Atanacio, SPAN 401 Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) Project Translator!
I am glad I decided to take SPAN 401; this course was a great opportunity to learn about the theories…
Meet Eman Al-Sulaiti, SPAN 401 Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) Project Translator!
Initially, I reasoned that the process of translation was most ethically done in a vacuum: free of any emotions that…
Meet Debbie Pierce, SPAN 401 Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) Project Translator!
The community engagement component of this class was one of the reasons why I wanted to take this class. I’ve…
Meet Lorantiya Fernando-Geekiyanage, SPAN 401 Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) Project Translator!
My name is Lorantiya Fernando-Geekiyanage and I am a recent graduate of UBC after majoring in psychology and minoring in…
Meet Madeleine Deis, SPAN 401 Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) Project Translator!
Hello! My name is Madeleine Deis and I am a 5th year sociology major with a Spanish minor here at…