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Challenging common myths, Prof. Amanda Cheong and her co-authors reveal that nonresident mothers’ decisions to give birth in Canada are often shaped by complex—and sometimes incidental—factors, rather than by strategic #citizenship planning.
🔗 Read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📚 Congratulations to CMS affiliate Prof. Ayaka Yoshimizu on the release of her new co-edited volume, "𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺: 𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴"!
Learn more and order the book here: www.routledge.com/Migration-an...
The University Act was never intended to compel “institutional neutrality.” It was the Bacon administration that helped cultivate and disseminate a “perverse interpretation” of the statute, paving the way for an absurd but perilous lawsuit, writes Pheroze Unwalla.
Link: ubyssey.ca/opinion/ubc-...
Excellent op-ed on the Palestine exception in the context of the University Act and UBC:
ubyssey.ca/opinion/ubc-...
Two months-long student encampments, a student referendum, a two-day student strike and a 12-day student hunger strike have not persuaded the University of British Columbia’s board of governors to denounce Israel’s military response and divest from the institution’s financial ties to the country.
You can also access the teaching & learning module developed by Nicole Yakashiro to engage with this material critically. It features an informative and inspiring video lecture by Laura Ishiguro!! shorturl.at/WM2u0
Proudly announcing the release of new content for my open educational resource Sex and Migration in the Transpacific Underground! Visit “Kiyo” primary sources to access the oral history of Kiyo Tanaka-Goto, a Japanese woman who was running a brothel in Vancouver until 1942. shorturl.at/nGkzb
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A very enlightening discussion of Shiori Ito's explosive documentary "Black Box Diaries" and its complex reception in Japan, coauthored by my friend/colleague Chelsea Szendi Schieder
UBC students strike voting is open!
📢 Scholars and all who believe Indigenous Studies programs are needed, please consider signing. York University has suspended admissions to their Indigenous Studies program.
The Palestinian-Israeli film "No Other Land" has won the Oscar for best documentary feature at this year's Academy Awards.
Watch our interviews with two of the co-directors.
Basel Adra: www.democracynow.org/2025/2/18/ba...
Yuval Abraham: www.democracynow.org/2024/4/5/no_...
Registration:
asia.ubc.ca/events/event...
Hosted by UBC Asian Studies Indigenous Asia Initiative Steering Committee.
Details:
asia.ubc.ca/events/event...
Talk on Assyrians and Indigeneities for Vancouver folks:
Globalizing Indigeneities: Visibilizing Assyrians in the Present
Dr. Mariam Georgis, Assistant Professor of Global Indigeneity (Simon Fraser University)
Feb 26, 2025 | 4 pm–6pm PST (in-person)
Room 120, C.K. Choi Building (1855 West Mall)