Spotlight

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Scholar Spotlight: Double SSHRC Grant Award Winner, Dr. Lisa Coulthard

Congratulations on Dr. Lisa Coulthard on receiving two SSHRC Insight Grants! Her research project will explore the rise of true crime media. She is also working on a second project that will compile and study hundreds of distinct post-millennial Hollywood fight scenes.

Scholar Spotlight: SSHRC Grant Award Winner, Dr. Patrick Pennefather

Scholar Spotlight: SSHRC Grant Award Winner, Dr. Patrick Pennefather

Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Pennefather on receiving the prestigious SSHRC grant. This will fund his work to create a remotely played series of problem/puzzle games.

Dr. Siyuan Liu

Scholar Spotlight: SSHRC Grant Award Winner, Dr. Siyuan Liu

Congratulations to Dr. Siyuan Liu on securing the SSHRC Insight Grant! This grant will fund Dr. Liu’s research on the impact of Japan’s avant-garde and proletarian theatre.

Anna Chiyeko Shannon

Perseverance Amidst the Pandemic: Part 3

In the midst of a pandemic, our students have proven to be exceptionally resilient. We are proud to spotlight the work they have accomplished this year.

Ross Branch, smiling with a flower in his hair

Perseverance Amidst the Pandemic: Part 2

In the midst of a pandemic, our students have proven to be exceptionally resilient. We are proud to spotlight the work they have accomplished this year.

Perseverance Amidst the Pandemic: Part 1

Perseverance Amidst the Pandemic: Part 1

In the midst of a pandemic, our students have proven to be exceptionally resilient. We are proud to spotlight the work they have accomplished this year.

Kiawentiio as Beans with militia in the background

From Crisis to Creation: Spotlight on Tracey Deer

This year, the UBC Rogers Communications Multicultural Film Production Project was honoured to have Tracey Deer as the Phil Lind Multicultural Artist-in-Residence for UBC Theatre and Film. As a multiple award-winning Indigenous producer, screenwriter, and filmmaker, Tracey shared her creative process with our students through the lens of her unique perspective and life experience as a Mohawk woman. 

Graduation

Congratulations to our Class of 2021

UBC Theatre and Film is immensely proud of our Class of 2021. Over the past few years, these graduates have developed their imaginative, technical, and intellectual skills as they prepare to embark on their careers. We cannot wait to see what they do next.

Headshots of Dr. Kirsty Johnston, Dr. Stefan Sunandan Honisch, and Matthew Tomkinson

Setting the Stage for Accessibility

Every year, National Accessibility Week celebrates diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. UBC Theatre and Film is proud to feature three members of our community who are driving social change in the performing arts.

"Fail to Appear". Canada 2017. Antoine Bourges