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Gift-wrapping with care: Highlights from our workshop “Planet-Friendly Wrapping: Folding Furoshiki for Sustainable Gift-Giving”

By phchow on December 10, 2025

On November 19, the Asian Library welcomed members of the UBC and local community for a hands-on celebration of culture, creativity, and sustainability through the Japanese art of furoshiki fabric wrapping. Thanks to generous support of the UBC Inspiri…

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Planet-Friendly Wrapping: Folding Furoshiki for Sustainable Gift-Giving

By phchow on October 28, 2025

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Open Access Week: Who Owns our Knowledge?

By cIRcle Office on October 20, 2025

Photo courtesy: Hanne Pearce (CC BY-NC 2.0) This year’s Open Access Week theme – “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” – speaks to the rapid and significant disruption underway in the current open access landscape, requiring nuanced discussion in regards to ownership, control, permissions, and equality. Open UBC and UBC Library are offering numerous free events that […]

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Celebrate Diwali with the Asian Library!

By phchow on October 1, 2025

CO-SPONSORED BY HINDI-URDU & PUNJABI LANGUAGE PROGRAM Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025Time: 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.Location: Asian Centre Auditorium (1871 West Mall) Diwali or Deepavali, which means “a row of lights,” is the most widely celebrated festi…

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New in cIRcle: Mine Water Solutions (MWS) Conference

By cIRcle Office on September 9, 2025

Photo used with permission of the Mine Water Solutions Conference. The fifth Mine Water Solutions (MWS) Conference was held at UBC Vancouver from June 16-18, 2025. Co-organized by the Bradshaw Research Initiative for Minerals and Mining (BRIMM) and C3 Alliance, this international technical conference brings together experts in the field of mining and water management […]

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