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Margaret Schabas Appointed Senior Advisor to the Provosts on Academic Freedom

Congratulations to Dr. Margaret Schabas for her recent appointment as Senior Advisor to the Provosts on Academic Freedom.

Adam Smith Essay Prize 2019

The Department is pleased to announce that Dean Sanctis has won the 2019 Adam Smith Essay Prize for his essay, "Motivating Factors Behind Adam Smith's Theories of Mutual Sympathy."

PhD Student Jordan Wadden Publishes New Chapter

Congratulations to UBC Philosophy PhD student, Jordan Wadden, for publishing a chapter in "Ethics and Error in Medicine" (edited by Fritz Allhoff and Sandra L. Borden).

UBC Philosophy Professors Named OER Champions

Drs. Dave Gilbert, Christina Hendricks, and Jonathan Ichikawa were recently recognized for their efforts to champion the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) at UBC.

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(Re)conciliation: Transformative Justice in the Ideal, in Practice, in Comparative Perspective

February 5, 2020

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Equity Workshop: Gender Equity, Excellence, and Implicit Bias

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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