Ubyssey Culture

I didn't write this poem

Jocelyn Baker — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:06:41 +0000

Annie Di Giovanni / The Ubyssey

I could make a fence around breath and laughter and / meaningless joy and routine sadness / here it is, sketched with broken / pencil smudged by the palm of my hand / but would you see it?

The Philippines speaks more languages than Tagalog. Why does UBC teach none of them?

Elena Massing — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 03:01:43 +0000

Isa S. You / The Ubyssey

I wasn’t raised in the Philippines, so all of my knowledge of the country comes from my family and what they chose to expose me to.

Kitchen morphemes

Maya Mior — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:54:00 +0000

Isa S. You / The Ubyssey

What is my native language? I say my sister, there is no other word for it.

‘An act of great care and great love’: The path toward Yiddish at UBC

Tova Gaster — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:44:00 +0000

Jocelyn Baker / The Ubyssey

Families, chosen and inherited, are also often contentious, diverse and messy. Still, learning a language that holds so much fragmented history requires an effort that communicates more than the words themselves.

Stumbling to find the right words

Aisha Chaudhry — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:38:43 +0000

Isa S. You / The Ubyssey

English was always my worst subject in elementary school.

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Isa S. You — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:32:08 +0000

Isa S. You / The Ubyssey

I learn to swear reading Catcher in the Rye / in Chinese, 10 years old and foreign / in a country called the Motherland.

What can speech tell us about brain health?

Gloria Rahgozar — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:26:00 +0000

Isa S. You / The Ubyssey

Spanning topics from singing to AI, UBC’s Integrated Speech Research Laboratory (ISRL) has a diverse set of interests. Most recently, they have been looking at what speech can tell us about our brains — potentially contributing to a better understanding of the detection and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Why are you (hearing people) like this?

Emilija Vītols Harrison — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 02:09:00 +0000

Isa S. You / The Ubyssey

In Canada, over 90 per cent of d/Deaf children are born to hearing parents — the same parents who may never learn sign language nor teach it to their d/Deaf child.

Chappell Roan’s sold-out Hollywood Theatre show was a kaleidoscope of glitter and Queer camp

Isa S. You — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 21:35:37 +0000

Isa S. You / The Ubyssey

It was a typical November night in Vancouver’s rainy season, which means that it was pouring and the rain was ice cold. Though you wouldn’t be able to tell from inside the Hollywood Theatre, where the crowd gathered was dressed in rainbow lingerie inspired outfits, fit for a summer Pride parade.

Tragedy, Slander, & Wine: How much can we trust the media we consume?

Grace Wu — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 02:15:07 +0000

Courtesy David Volpov, photo by Sarah Cherin

After watching the true crime show Tiger King, playwright David Volpov started contemplating the way he interprets media.