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How to Participate in the Discussion Boards

This is a refresher, but I think it might be useful. A quick primer on how you can join in on these discussions: 1. To view discussions you’ll need the password that was given out in class.  Contact Alisha (or Roxana if you haven’t got Alisha’s address) for the password if you missed out on […]

Protected: Cultural Competency: Europe/Middle East Oct 20

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Protected: Cultural Comptency: The Americas Oct 20

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Protected: Cultural Competency: Africa Oct 20

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Protected: Cultural Competency: Asia-Pacific Oct 20

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HESO 449B – Topics in International Development and Project Ecuador

An interesting new course offered through the learning commons: Course Number HESO 449B Topics in International Development and Project Ecuador is a practical, interactive and multimedia course that examines current international development in a shared learning environment. Through our local and global perspectives, this course will help students to prepare for development service learning. Additionally […]

Dambisa Moya at the Chan Center Nov 8

Dambisa Moyo is presenting from 12-1:30 on Monday November 8 at the Chan Centre.  Tickets are free for UBC staff/faculty/students and are available this Monday October 18 from the Chan Centre.  It will surely be packed. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way For Africa In the past […]

Cultural Competency Readings for Oct 20

This week we will be having a discussion on “Cultural Competency” building off of last week’s EIESL workshop at the Global Lounge.  For Wednesday’s class, please have a read through these two articles: I’ve Come to Help Intercultural Effectiveness For more information on EIESL or Cultural Competency, try these sites: The EIESL Project Web Based […]