🎉 Happy last day of exams! Tomorrow the library transitions to summer hours. We're also closed on Monday, April 27 for our annual Library employee professional development day.
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Be sure to get outside and enjoy some sunshine this weekend.
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Summers Hours:
Monday to Friday: 8 am - 6pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm
Closed Monday, April 27 and all stat holidays.
On May 12, winners of the 2026 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research celebrated their awards with faculty, donors and other members of the community. Congratulations to this year’s winners!
Read more through the link in our bio.
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🫎 Moose Hide Campaign Day is coming up on May 14! The general plenary will feature keynote speaker Dr. Niigaan Sinclair, an award-winning writer, editor, and activist.
📚 UBCO Library has put together a list of books to help feature the titles written or edited by Dr. Niigaan Sinclair and keynote speakers from years past, such as Elaine Alec, Michael Kaufman, Marie Wilson, and Brandi Morin.
🔗 Many of the books are available through UBC Library. See the link in our bio for the Moose Hide Campaign booklist or check out the display in the library from now until May 21.
Moose Hide Campaign Day events on May 14
8:30 to 10 am | ART 114 General Plenary with keynote speaker Dr. Niigaan Sinclair (Livestream, no registration required)
10 to 11:15 am | ART 114
Cultivating Safe Spaces workshop facilitated by Elaine Alec (Livestream, no registration required)
1 to 2:30 pm | Indigenous Centre
Looking after one another: Anti-Violence Activism and the Moosehide Campaign with Dr. Alanaise Ferguson (Campus community only and registration required - see link in bio)
#moosehidecampaign
The #MooseHideCampaign is a grassroots movement to engage all Canadians in ending violence towards Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit People.
See the link in our bio for details on events and opportunities.
🧷 Get your Moose Hide pin
- Learn more about the campaign and pick up your Moose Hide pin from 11 am to 1 pm on May 11, 12 and 13 in the Sawchuk Family Theatre.
🫎 Take Part in events at UBCO: May 14
8:30 to 10 am | ART 114
- Attend a livestream of the Moose Hide Campaign Day ceremony with keynote speaker Dr. Niigaan Sinclair, an award-winning writer, editor and activist. No registration is necessary, and you can come and go as you need. Coffee and refreshments will be available.
10 to 11:15 am | ART 114
- Virtually attend a Cultivating Safe Spaces workshop facilitated by Elaine Alec.
🤎 Take care
1 to 2:30 pm | Indigenous Centre (UNC 212)
- Join Indigenous Programs & Services in welcoming UBCO professor Dr. Alanaise Ferguson in a talk about looking after one another: Anti-Violence Activism and the Moosehide Campaign. Space is limited to UBCO community members and registration is required.
📚 Keep learning
Learn more about ending colonial and gender-based violence in Canada by exploring the virtual book list (see the link in our bio) to find your next read.
🫎🧷🤎 📚Check out the campaign and find other ways to get involved: moosehidecampaign.ca.
#MooseHideCampaignDay
🏒 Happy hockey playoff season! Did you know that Larry Kwong of Vernon was not only the first NHL player of Asian descent, but also the first NHL player from the Okanagan?
🔎 Explore the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives Photograph Collection online through bcrdh.ca.
🎞 Larry "King" Kwong wearing a New York Rangers jersey, 1946. Greater Vernon Museum and Archives. 25056.
You're almost there! 🎉 Only a couple more days left of the exam period. You've got this.
🤓 We've hidden a summer read for those who are still on campus. 👀 Can you find it?
About Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali
"This book gave me butterflies. Love From A to Z is the bighearted, wildly charming, painfully real love story I’ve been waiting for."
– Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda
⚾ Baseball season is in full swing! Former Canadian Poet Laureate George Bowering repeatedly returned to writing about his love of baseball throughout his prolific career.
👀 Check out the display in Okanagan Special Collections & Archives (COM 004) of Bowering's baseball-related items, including a ball caught by Bowering at a game.
🔎 Baird-Bowering Collection (OSC BIB 04)
We have activities set up in the library for every day of the exam period. Take a study break with us!
Upcoming activities:
-Thursday, April 16: All the fidgets
-Friday, April 17: Children’s books
-Saturday, April 18: Colour corner
-Sunday, April 19: Puzzles
-Monday, April 20: Giant Chess
-Tuesday, April 21: Origami
-Wednesday, April 22: Motivational notes
-Thursday, April 23: Children’s books
Welcome to the Commons!
The building is open 24/7 during exams. From April 13-24, you can study in the Commons anytime you need. Good luck on your finals, you’ve got this!
🤓 The Commons building is open 24 hours a day and seven days a week to support you during the busy exam period.
📚 From April 13 to 24, you can study in the Commons building any time during the day or night.
🌟 Take good care, and best of luck with your final exams!
There's so much to discover at the student zine fair in Okanagan Special Collections (COM 004). Don't miss out on the chance to browse unique zines handmade by students in a variety of courses from @fccs.ubco and @fass.ubco .
The zine fair is open from 12 to 4 pm on April 7 + 8 in COMM 004.
🎉 Calling artists, writers, and creatives! @ubcolibrary has partnered with @kelowna_museums to offer a zine making workshop at the Laurel Packinghouse on April 13 at 6 pm.
Zines are an underground and DIY art form integral to pre-internet queer and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities since the ‘70s. These self-published, small-circulation "magazines” can cover a wide range of topics, including personal narratives, art, poetry, politics, and more.
Food, beverages, and zine making supplies will be provided!
See the link in our bio to sign up.
