Schedule of talks and activities

Under construction. Roughly speaking, we plan on scheduling the symposium from 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday, except for a free afternoon on Wednesday June 19 starting at noon.

Venue and registration table

The symposium will take place in room ESB 2012, which is in the Earth Sciences Building. Please be warned that the tantalizing staircase just inside the main entrance to ESB does not give access to room 2012! Instead, go around the corner to the right and take either the elevator or the less obvious staircase next to the elevator.

Room ESB 2012 has its own small hall just outside it, which is where the registration table (and the coffee breaks) will be. Registration will open at 8:00am on Monday, June 17; you can pick up your name tag, pronoun stickers, pen and paper, and other little gifts at the registration table when you arrive. This small hall is also where research posters will be displayed.

Networking and leisure events

The symposium schedule includes Gather time and AMA….

We will be organizing a guided Decolonization Tour of Indigenous art on campus, during the free afternoon on Wednesday. The walking tour will double as a lovely stroll around campus in hopefully beautiful Vancouver summer weather. Details of this (optional) tour's starting time (probably 1:30pm) and location will be announced.

The custom CPNTS map gives the location of a few of the many museums and art galleries on the UBC campus. There are also various gardens on campus and trails to nearby beaches, such as the Tower Beach trail and the Wreck Beach trail. Note that Wreck Beach is a clothing-optional beach. Note also that these trails involve very high stairways—be prepared to walk up the equivalent of a 25-story building coming from the beaches back to campus!

For those wanting to explore Vancouver and its surroundings, it is easy to take busses and the SkyTrain throughout Vancouver, even to the extend of visiting the “north shore” mountains north of the city. UBC is a terminus of all bus lines that come to campus, so the departure times should be reliable, especially in the summer.

Announcements

All announcements and updates made during the symposium will be recorded here for your reference.