Place and Power: BC Studies Conference 2025

April 30, 2025

It’s almost here! The 2025 BC Studies Conference on Place and Power starts this weekend on May 2nd on UBC Campus!

This year’s conference theme, “Place and Power,” highlights two concepts that are inextricably interconnected in British Columbia. Specifically, the theme was inspired by a new BA requirement in the Faculty of Arts at UBC-Vancouver, which engages BA students with the history and present of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) People, with settler colonialism in BC, and with the systems of power, inequality, community, and diversity that make this place.  This curricular innovation is among a range of changes in pedagogy and public discourse across the province that flow from and intersect with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action which are now a decade old.

Information on where the conference will be held on campus can be found here.

Important information for conference attendees can be found here.

Head to the BC Studies Conference website for additional information! Any questions can be sent to conference2025@bcstudies.com