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2015 ISGP Nexus Conference: Registration Open!
Nexus: Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Conference Register online here! Call for Abstracts The Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program is pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts for NEXUS 2015, our third annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference. 2015 ISGP NEXUS Conference Poster Call for Abstract: 2015 NEXUS This conference is envisioned by members of the ISGP as a way of […]
A Minute with Juliane Okot Bitek
Juliane Okot Bitek is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Students Graduate Program. She holds a Master’s Degree in English and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art (Creative Writing). Her doctoral research focuses on post-conflict narratives of formerly abducted women in northern Uganda. Juliane is an essayist and poet whose work has been anthologized and published […]
A Minute With Mira Ziolo
Dr. Mira Ziolo DVM has had an avid interest in wildlife conservation since very early childhood camping trips in the magical wilderness of Northern Ontario. Her clinical research has spanned species including tree kangaroos, ring-billed gulls, and red eared slider turtles. As a veterinary student volunteering throughout East Africa in 2005, Mira became highly attuned […]
A minute with Bindy Kaur Kang
Bindy started her doctoral program with UBC’s ISGP program in September 2011, and is looking forward to completing comprehensive exams. She received both her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at Simon Fraser University. Her MA dissertation explored “othered” representations of the Punjabi Sikh Diaspora utilizing a media discourse analysis. Drawing on the interdisciplinarity […]