Karleen Delaurier-Lyle
Everyone is Welcome!
Visit us for research help, to see our collections, or to find a place to study. At X̱wi7x̱wa Library everyone is welcome!
Kids Take Over UBC 2024!
Art, Culture, Music and More! Celebrate Family Day at Kids Take Over UBC on February 18! Play your way across UBC campus through a range of interactive programming— from live music and dance performances to storytelling, cultural crafts and STEM workshops, to tours through UBC’s world-class cultural amenities and so much more! Advance registration […]
Ceremonial Fire – December 12
LOCATION: xʷc̓ ic̓ əsəm Garden, 3461 Ross Drive (Follow the signs at main gate) NEXT FIRE: December 12, 2023 – 1PM-4PM.
Event Registration Open #HonouringIndigenousWriters March 2023
Honouring Indigenous Writers 2023 Event registration for Honouring Indigenous Writers 2023 is now open! This year Xwi7xwa Library is working with Okanagan Library to host two author readings and discussions with Brian Thomas Isaac (virtual) and Jessica Johns (hybrid). Jessica Johns – Bad Cree March 24 12-1PM PST Hybrid – Register: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3719712 […]
Applications now closed: Hiring Hosts!
We are looking for 3 student employees to join our team! Job Description Xwi7xwa Library Hosts provide customer service support to students, faculty and staff, including checking out library materials, welcoming and directing patrons, assisting in retrieving and re-shelving library materials, connecting patrons to needed services, and helping patrons to book appointments with librarians as […]
Closed due to snow!
Due to the snow our staff are working from home and our branch is physically closed! For research assistance email xwi7xwa.library@ubc.ca and we will try our best to get you access to e-resources and, where possible, physical information sources nearest to you! We apologize for the inconvenience and will have updates posted here as soon […]
Happy Winter Solstice from Xwi7xwa Library!
Happy Winter Solstice everyone! Here are a few of our favourite highlights from 2022. Visits to UBC Farm, tours of PARC, our student librarian Justina Bruns setting up a display! Kayla Lar-Son and student librarian Kate Differ creating our Winter Solstice window display. Our student librarians Justina and Leah Vanderweide running programming for National […]
Celebrate Metis Week – November 13-19!
From November 13-19 we are celebrating Metis week! We’ve decorated our branch and created a display, come visit our location and learn more. Can’t make it campus? We gave a research guide you can find online: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/metisstudies
Xwi7xwa Library FNHL Series
From October 14 to November 4 Xwi7xwa Library (Karleen Delaurier-Lyle) will be hosting a series of presentations and workshops offered both virtually and in person (FNHL Longhouse Boardroom – 1985 West Mall). October 14 (1-2:30PM): Exploring Resources Does your assignment require peer-reviewed sources but you aren’t sure what that means? Are you unsure of the differences between […]
Science Literacy Week – September 19-25
About Science Literacy Week Led by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Science Literacy Week showcases the many ways kids and families can explore and enjoy the diversity of Canadian science. From September 19 to 25, 2022, libraries, museums, science centres, schools and not-for-profits are coming together to celebrate this year’s […]