By Kevin Ho on Mar 28, 2014
What’s in a number? Let’s start with this one: 430-2011-006. This number corresponds to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded project (Council Grant number 430-2011-006) conducted by a number of undergraduates, graduates and postdoctoral researchers in libraries and archives alike. While their mission was to “advance [their] knowledge of the character of film exhibition in the early part of the 20th century in Vancouver, with a specific focus on 1914 as a case study”, they did more than just that.
By ‘examining Vancouver street directories to identify performance spaces, including what was termed “legitimate” theatre (performance of live plays), vaudeville theatres, and purpose built cinemas, they plotted these spaces onto a map of Vancouver in order to track the number and location of these theatres/cinemas’. So what was the result? They made some interesting data and contextual discoveries about not only the 1914 history of cinemagoing in Vancouver but also a comparison with Winnipeg and Seattle as well as a comparison with Toronto and Montreal.
Interestingly, this SSHRC project included cIRcle right from the beginning. As per Brian McIlroy, he has ‘created stand-alone websites in the past but [he] was concerned about the visibility and maintenance of these sites’. In cIRcle, he knew it would be most “useful to have a permanent and accessible record of the research data on which further analysis will be made” now and into the future.
Did You Know?
There are 14 Faculty of Arts sub-communities with several diverse collections in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository: Anthropology, Arts ISIT, Asian Studies, Central, Eastern, Northern European Studies (CENES), Economics (Vancouver School of), English, Geography, History, Metropolis British Columbia, Museum of Anthropology (MOA), Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, and Theatre and Film (Dept of). Browse them by visiting: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/987.
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By Kevin Ho on Mar 20, 2014
Celebrate innovative undergraduate research at UBC
It is touted as the biggest undergraduate research conference in British Columbia. The Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) 2014 is happening this Saturday (March 22, 2014). This annual event highlights current UBC undergraduate researchers and their work while ‘keynote speakers share their exceptional and exciting research experiences’.
Back in 2012, three UBC MURC 2012 award winners – Alvin Ip (UBC Vancouver), Ben MacLeod (UBC Vancouver) and Ryan Trenholm (UBC Okanagan) – went abroad to represent UBC at the international 8th Universitas21 Undergraduate Research Conference (July 1 – 5, 2012) at the Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Find some of the MURC 2012 presentations in cIRcle at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/42446.
Register to attend as a delegate and enjoy in the celebration of innovative UBC undergraduate research!
Did You Know?
Past Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) conference presentations were preserved and are accessible in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities cIRcle community at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/535. MURC is supported by the UBC Provost Office, the Vice President, Research + International Office, and various academic research units at both UBC campuses.
Above image is courtesy of the MURC 2014 URO website
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By Kevin Ho on Mar 18, 2014
Did you just complete a graduate non-thesis, course-related project or manuscript? If so, it could help you win the next GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award.
Two lottery-style awards worth $500 each are provided in April and October each year and is sponsored by the Graduate Student Society (GSS), cIRcle – UBC’s Digital Repository and UBC Library. The Award submission deadline is next week. Find more Award details at: https://circle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/gss-graduate-student-society-open-scholar-award/.
Note: Registered UBC Vancouver graduate students upload their own work to cIRcle, subject to course instructor approval, to the following cIRcle collection at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/42591.
Did You Know?
The GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Award aims to ‘feature UBC as a leader in the open dissemination of exemplary non-thesis graduate coursework; and to create an incentive for graduate students to populate cIRcle with material beyond theses and dissertations.’ Examples of work have included essays, oral presentations, posters, video and audio based projects. Visit this cIRcle collection at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/42591.
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By Kevin Ho on Mar 14, 2014
Nearly twenty Intellectual Muscle (IM) podcasts were recently archived in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository. The “Intellectual Muscle – The Talks” project was sponsored by VANOC, UBC Continuing Studies and The Globe and Mail for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The Intellectual Muscle podcasts have found ‘a permanent home’ in cIRcle and represent ‘not only a valuable Olympic, but truly Canadian resource’, as stated by Ken McGrath, Technical Director of this sponsored project.
Listen to the IM podcasts in the UBC and the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Events cIRcle collection at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/17997/browse. Browse the UBC and the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games cIRcle community which preserves UBC’s Olympic legacy at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/17995.
Did You Know?
Faculty, researchers, students, staff, visiting scholars, and UBC community partners can deposit their academic and creative materials in cIRcle, UBC’s Digital Repository. Learn more about cIRcle’s content guidelines at: https://circle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/getting-started/circle-content-guidelines/.
Above image is Modified from: Brock University Map Library. Canada (no names). [PDF]. Software Edition. St. Catharines, ON: Brock University Map Library. 2004. http://www.brocku.ca/maplibrary/images/canadaNONAMES.pdf.
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By Kevin Ho on Mar 12, 2014
A renowned expert in research and innovation policy who has forged close collaborations between universities, civil society and business has been appointed the 13th president and vice chancellor of the University of British Columbia. Dr. Arvind Gupta is currently chief executive officer and scientific director of Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization recognized internationally for nurturing the next generation of research and business-savvy innovators. Gupta succeeds Professor Stephen Toope, who completes his eight years’ service on June 30, 2014. Gupta will become president on July 1 for a five-year term, while retaining his position at UBC as professor of computer science. The UBC Board of Governors made the appointment following an international search by a 22-member committee comprising faculty, staff, students, alumni, senate and board members from UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses, and chaired by UBC Chancellor Sarah Morgan-Silvester.
To read the rest of this UBC Public Affairs’ Media Release, visit: http://news.ubc.ca/2014/03/12/ubc-board-appoints-13th-president-and-vice-chancellor/.
Did You Know?
Dr. Arvind Gupta, UBC’s 13th President and Vice Chancellor (effective July 1, 2014) and Professor Stephen Toope, current UBC President and Vice Chancellor, co-authored an opinion-editorial piece in The Vancouver Sun on May 2, 2012 entitled, Building bridges from B.C. to Brazil : ties being developed through student exchanges will provide a foundation for future relationships that benefit all. In cIRcle, it is openly accessible in the Office of the President community under the Speeches by UBC President Stephen J. Toope collection at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/25805 and appears among the “Top 10 Items (from this collection) For All Time”.
Above partial text in italics is courtesy of UBC Public Affairs | Photo by: Martin Dee
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