Call for Indigenous Cartoonists: Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) Heroes Tribal Journey Indigenous Comics Initiative Project
Special Call for Indigenous Cartoonists Project Title: Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) Heroes: Tribal Journey Indigenous Comics Initiative Project Following the success of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A Graphic Novel (2024)—a landmark project that brought Elders’ voices to new generations through comic art —TSL Enterprises Ltd, the Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) First Nation (HFN), Education without Borders, and the UBC Comics […]
Call for Indigenous Cartoonists: Seabird Island Comics: Bringing the Stories of Sq’éwqel to Life
Call for Indigenous Cartoonists: Seabird Island Comics: Bringing the Stories of Sq’éwqel to Life Project Title: “Seabird Island Stories” Graphic Novel Project About the Project Sq’éwqel (Seabird Island) is home to stories that carry the spirit, history, and lived experiences of the Stó:lō people. In her final years, Elder Ts’ats’elexwot (Elizabeth Herrling), shared her memories […]
Special Call for Artists: Youth Perspectives on Trauma-Informed Care
Special Call for Artists: Youth Perspectives on Trauma-Informed Care The Canadian Paediatric Society, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, and the UBC Comics Studies Cluster invite applications from comics artists to collaborate on an exciting new research-to-comics initiative. This project will translate youth perspectives on trauma-informed care into accessible, engaging comics that highlight young people’s lived experiences and insights. About […]
Special Call for Indigenous Cartoonists: Visual Storytelling at the 2026 Arctic Winter Games
Call for Indigenous Cartoonists: Visual Storytelling at the 2026 Arctic Winter Games Project: Visual Storytelling in the Indigenous North in partnership with the Arctic Winter Games International Committee (AWGIC) Location: Whitehorse, Yukon Dates: March 8–15, 2026 (Games), with comics due September 2026 Compensation: $3,000 honorarium for a 12-page comic (or series of comics totalling 12 […]
Seeking Graphic Recorders for iSchool Community Learning Day 2025!
Calling all visual note takers, graphic facilitators, live illustrators, or sketch notes extraordinaries!
Call for Artists: Connecting Insects & Food Systems in a Changing Climate
Climate Talks: Connecting Insects and Food Systems in a Changing Climate October 2, 2025 | UBC Botanical Garden Climate change affects us all, and we all share the responsibility to address it. Climate Talks: Connecting Food, Health, and Biodiversity in a Changing Climate is a one-day interactive symposium designed to engage and activate citizens, students, […]
Call for Artists: Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, Linguistic Disobedience, & the Monolingual University
The Comics Studies Research Cluster at UBC is seeking applications from cartoonists to work on an exciting new graphic novel project on Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, Linguistic Disobedience, & the Monolingual University.”
Call for Artists: Immigration Detention in Canada – Law and Lived Experience
The Comics Studies Research Cluster at UBC is seeking applications from cartoonists to work on an exciting new graphic novel project. The project seeks to capture the lived experience of Canadian immigration detention through comics. The project will involve working with 2-3 individuals who arrived in Canada as refugees and were subject to immigration detention. The content of the graphic novels will then explore each individual’s story, based on interviews with the individuals and media produced in collaboration with them.
Call for Artists: Exams Under Anesthesia (EUA) Graphics
This project seeks nine cartoonists to create nine short (8-12 page) comics based on interviews with the parents of neurodiverse children on their experience in the BC healthcare system. These interviews aimed to understand the process and experience of EUA (Exams Under Anesthesia) at BC Children’s Hospital for children and youth with complex behavioural needs.
Call for Artists: Remember Comics Project with the Homalco First Nation
We invite the application of Indigenous cartoonists from across Turtle Island, with preference given to Indigenous cartoonists from British Columbia, to submit applications for three positions.