Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories (2024): Comic Book Launch & Artist Roundtable
Join the UBC Comics Studies Cluster during UBC’s third annual Arts Multilingual Week for the comic book launch of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories (2024), a groundbreaking graphic novel that brings to life the traditional stories and language of the Homalco Nation through comic art. Date: Wednesday, March 12th @ 3 pm Location: Peña Room, IKBLC Register here to […]
Nijdam featured in Pancouver Article on Comics and Memory during Vancouver’s LunarFest 2025
Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam, Director of the Comic Studies Cluster in the Public Humanities Hub, was recently featured in Pancouver for her presentation at LunarFest 2025. On February 12 at Green College UBC, Nijdam spoke alongside Taiwanese graphic novelist Ruan Guang-min about the power of comics and graphic novels in shaping historical memory. She emphasized that […]
Games & Social Justice Lecture Series Launches with Roundtable of Local Developers
The Games and Social Justice Lecture Series (2025) is an ongoing series of speaker events that examine the intersections between digital and analog gaming cultures and the work of social justice. Speakers will explore various approaches to video games, tabletop games, and tarot, including game design, gameplay, and fan cultures to examine how gaming cultures, […]
Comics Exhibition — Mediating Archives: Exploring History Through Comics
From January 14th to February 15th, come by the main floor of Koerner Library to explore the exhibition “Mediating Archives: Exploring History Through Comics,” a partnership between Koerner Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, and the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES). This exhibition of student work from Dr. Biz Nijdam’s CENS […]
Celebrating Indigenous Storytelling Through Comics: The Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories Project
The UBC Comics Studies Cluster is excited to announce the completion of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A Graphic Novel, a collaboration with the Homalco First Nation and Education without Borders (EwB). Led by media personality Tchadas Leo (Homalco), this groundbreaking project translated three stories from Homalco Elders, highlighting moments of Coast Salish history through comic art. The […]
Celebrating the Launch of “The Adventures of Trans Educators: A Comic Book Issue”
Please join us on Wednesday, December 4th @ 7 PM via Zoom for the celebration and launch of Issue 52 of the Bank Street Occasional Paper Series: “The Adventures of Trans Educators: A Comic Book Issue” The volume aims “to celebrate and learn from the presence of trans educators in young people’s lives and to work toward a field of education that […]
EUA Graphics Project Featured on Holland Bloorview Hospital Blog!
The EUA Graphics Project has been featured on Bloom, the blog for the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. The article examines the content and form of “Sammy” by Elsbeth Dodson, one of the eight comics produced as part of this collaboration between the UBC Comics Studies Cluster and Dr. Anamaria Richardson from BC Children’s Hospital. […]
Pop Culture Cluster launchs inaugural Multilingual Horror Film Festival at UBC!
Celebrate multilingualism this Halloween season at UBC’s inaugural Multilingual Horror Film Festival at The Norm Theatre from October 27-31! Join language programs from across the Faculty of Arts as they screen and discuss their favourite spooky movies from around the world. Most events are free and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Costumes are encouraged […]
Dr. Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam receives Public Engagement Award
Pop Culture Cluster Director Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam receives Public Engagement Award from the UBC-V Public Humanities Hub. These awards are given to individuals who have exhibited outstanding public humanities engagement in the past two years and whose work has contributed to the expansion of the range of voices in public discourse. See here for a […]
