UBC Pop Culture Cluster
The Pop Culture Cluster supports academic and public-facing scholarship on popular media and popular culture at UBC.
The UBC Pop Culture Cluster is located at UBC Vancouver, which is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. The land it is situated on has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next on this site.
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Apr 14, 2026
Pop Pedagogies Lightning Talks Highlight Innovative Teaching with Popular Media
Members of the UBC community gathered on March 2nd for the Pop Pedagogies Lightning Talk Series, an event showcasing innovative approaches to teaching with and through popular media and culture. Hosted by the UBC Pop Culture Cluster as part of the Pop Pedagogies Initiative, the event celebrated the inaugural year of the Pop Pedagogies Award […]News, Pop Pedagogies News
Apr 13, 2026
Comics for Illuminating Youth Perspectives on Trauma-Informed Care: Featured Artists
Meet Kristina Luu, James Lloyd, and Ivana Filipovich: the artists working together to bring youth perspectives on trauma-informed care to life. Working in collaboration with the Canadian Paediatric Society and the BC Children’s Hospital’s Youth Advisory Committee and research team, including Lead Youth Researcher and UBC Presidential Scholar Damilola Mabadeje who spearheaded this comics-to-research project, these comics creators will transform lived experiences into powerful visual narratives. Through their distinct artistic styles and […]Comics Studies, News
Apr 11, 2026
Comics for Linguistics Research and Language Revitalization
In this interview, Ana Laura Arrieta Zamudio, a PhD candidate in Linguistics, reflects on creating a trilingual graphic novel with the San Pablo Güilá community. Designed as both a linguistic resource and a cultural artifact, Tùgûl̈ highlights how comics can make research accessible while supporting language preservation and education across generations. Could you start by […]Comics Studies, News
Apr 10, 2026
Introducing Waylon Asp: Selected Artist for Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) Heroes: Tribal Journey
We’re excited to welcome Waylon Asp as the selected artist for an upcoming Indigenous Comics Initiative, a community-driven project centered on the Homalco Nation’s annual canoe journey. Building on the success of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A Graphic Novel 2024), this second project, which kicks off this month, will document and celebrate contemporary cultural practices, intergenerational knowledge, and storytelling through comics. Waylon will join returning artist Valen Onstine on the […]Comics Studies, Homalco News, News
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