TA Training Coordinator Spotlight – CTLT

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) has featured the TA training efforts of the Geography Department in a Coordinator Spotlight piece. Co-Coordinators Jessica Hallenbeck and Leigh Barrick reflect on the 2013-14 introduction of the Indigenous Content, Equity, and Diversity in the Classroom workshop series for grad TAs in Geography. The series, coordinated and […]

AAG Annual Meeting 2014

Paige Patchin, Alex Pysklywec, and Leigh Barrick presented papers at the 2014 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida in April.

“Everyday Experiences of National Security on the Olympic Peninsula”

Leigh Barrick recently completed her Master of Arts in Geography. Her thesis, entitled “Everyday Experiences of National Security on the Olympic Peninsula,” examines the recent expansion of United States border security infrastructure into rural areas of northwestern Washington State. Leigh is now a doctoral student in the UBC Geography Department.

“Prayer and Promise Along the Migrant Trail”

Dr. Juanita Sundberg’s essay “Prayer and Promise Along the Migrant Trail” was published in April 2013 as part of a special issue in the Geographical Review seeking to politicize creative practices within the discipline of geography. The special issue was organized by Drs. Sallie A. Marston and Sarah de Leeuw. Dr. Sundberg’s essay bears witness […]

Matamoros Se Viste de Arcoiris

Alex Pysklywec has been in Matamoros, Tamaulipas and Brownsville, Texas carrying out fieldwork this summer. On June 28, Alex took part in the second annual pride parade in Matamoros. See a news report on the event here.

Borders | Nature | Bodies

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Imperial Encounters is a research group at the University of British Columbia Geography Department. Our work extends across the Americas, but converges at the themes of borders, nature and bodies. Borders signify not only political boundaries, but also the everyday experiences of (im)mobility and  (in)security. Our research on nature draws from political ecology to examine environmental conflict, resource extraction, and landscapes of peace and violence.

We look to post-humanism and feminist theory to reconsider entrenched divisions between humans and nonhumans, questioning which bodies count as political actors. In advancing knowledge of unequal encounters, our group advocates for greater sociality across difference. This site brings together the insights and quandaries raised by our individual research and collaborative meetings.

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