Philosophy

This group comprises research and experimental development in philosophy (including ethics and religion).

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Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD)

UBC's Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America. The Department awards a PhD in Asian Studies to students working in a variety of regions and disciplines. The department boasts over 20 graduate…

Doctor of Philosophy in Classics (PhD)

Classicists study the languages, literature, material culture, and history of Ancient Greece and Rome. The Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies offers a PhD Classics with the option of three streams: Classics (language-based program), Ancient History, or Classical…

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

The PhD in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice is an interdisciplinary program which allows students to explore their interests in diverse areas while employing feminist, intersectional, and decolonizing methodologies. It is intended to be flexible and to accommodate the needs of individual…

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

The UBC PhD in Philosophy provides students with intense philosophical training, and can help them transition to careers in philosophical research and teaching. Those admitted will work with award-winning faculty members who engage in research in a wide variety of areas, including the philosophy of…

Master of Arts in Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity (MA)

The Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies offers a unique interdisciplinary Master's program that allows students to develop a customized program specializing in any topic within the scope of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity…

Master of Arts in Asian Studies (MA)

UBC's Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America. The Department awards a thesis-based MA in Asian Studies to students working in a variety of regions and disciplines. The department boasts over…

Master of Arts in Classics (MA)

Classicists study the languages, literature, material culture, and history of Ancient Greece and Rome. The Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies offers a unique interdisciplinary Master's program that allows students to specialize in Ancient Greek and Latin language and…

Master of Arts in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (MA)

The MA program at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice is a vibrant, interdisciplinary graduate program, that attracts excellent scholars from around the world. Our MA program incorporates research and theory from the social sciences, humanities, science, education, and law…

Master of Arts in Philosophy (MA)

The UBC Masters in Philosophy provides an opportunity for excellent students to study philosophy at an advanced level, to broaden their understanding of some fundamental questions, and to acquire the skills and knowledge that are necessary for the development their own philosophical research. There…

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Ahmed, Rumee

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Islam; Muslims; Religion; Law; Theology; ethics; Philosophy; Islam, Muslims, Religion, Law, Theology, Ethics, Philosophy

Al-Kassim, Dina

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

anti-colonial; Artistic and Literary Movements, Schools and Styles; Artistic and Literary Theories; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; comparative literature: Arabic, English, French; feminist; Gender Relationship; Identity and Transnationality; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; postcolonial; psychoanalysis; queer theory; sexuality; Subjectivity; Anti-colonial, Artistic and Literary Movements, Schools and Styles, Artistic and Literary Theories, Arts and Cultural Traditions, Arts, Literature and Subjectivity, Comparative literature: Arabic, English, French, Feminist, Gender Relationship, Identity and Transnationality, Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Postcolonial, Psychoanalysis, Queer theory, Sexuality, Subjectivity

Alford-Duguid, Dominic

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Philosophy; Philosophy of mind/cognitive science; Philosophy of Language

Aydede, Murat

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of mind

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Baker, Donald Leslie

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Korean History; Confucian Philosophy; Religion in Korea; science in pre-modern Korea; Kwangju Uprising of 1980; Korean History, Confucian Philosophy, Religion in Korea, science in pre-modern Korea, Kwangju Uprising of 1980

Bartha, Paul

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

philosophy of science; Philosophy of Probability; Confirmation; Decision Theory; Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Probability, Confirmation, Decision Theory

Bedke, Matthew

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Foundations of Ethics; Social Organization and Political Systems; Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice; epistemology; ethics; metaethics; philosophy of law; political philosophy; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Foundations of Ethics, Social Organization and Political Systems, Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice, Epistemology, Ethics, Metaethics, Philosophy of law, Political philosophy

Berryman, Sylvia

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Ancient Greek natural philosophy; Aristotle's ethics; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Ancient Greek natural philosophy, Aristotle's ethics, Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies

Brownlee, Kimberley

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Philosophy; Applied Ethics; Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice; Ethics and Health; Human Rights and Liberties, Collective Rights; Social Aspects of Aging; Belonging; Civil Disobedience and Conscientious Objection; Loneliness; Philosophy of Punishment; Social Human Rights; Virtues and Vices

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Crowell, Philip

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Philosophy; Medical Ethics

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Etxabe, Julen

Peter A. Allard School of Law

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History and philosophy of law and justice; Literature and critical theory; Law and society; Law and humanities; Legal Theory and Jurisprudence; Law and literature; Human Rights; Cultural Studies; Political Theory; history and philosophy of law

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Gladwin, Derek

Department of Language & Literacy Education, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

environmental and ecological literacy; energy literacy and transition; systems literacy and complexity education; transdisciplinary and collaborative education; philosophy and theory of education (ontology, environmental, Asian, phenomenology); textual literacies (through media, literary, and visual culture); narrative inquiry and storytelling; Arts-based research; Cultural Studies, Digital & Media Literacy, Environmental & Energy Literacy, Environmental Humanities, Food Literacy, Literary Education, Sustainability Education, Writing & Rhetoric

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Harris, Leila

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Africa; Development Policies; Drinking Water; Environmental justice; equity and social justice; Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice; Fresh Water; Gender Relationship; gender and social difference; Ghana; International development; participatory resource management; Resources Management; Social Contract and Social Justice; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; South Africa; Turkey and Middle East; Water; water governance; water politics; Africa, Development Policies, Drinking Water, Environmental justice, Equity and social justice, Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice, Fresh Water, Gender Relationship, Gender and social difference, Ghana, International Development, Participatory resource management, Resources Management, Social Contract and Social Justice, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, South Africa, Turkey and Middle East, Water, Water governance, Water politics

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Ichikawa, Jonathan

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

epistemology; ethics; Philosophy of Language; feminist philosophy; ethics of belief; knowledge; skepticism; context-sensitivity; consent; ethics of sex; rape culture; epistemology, ethics, philosophy of language, feminist philosophy, ethics of belief, knowledge, skepticism, context-sensitivity, consent, ethics of sex, rape culture

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Jenkins, Carrie

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Creative scholarship; Creative Writing; epistemology; Language and meaning; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Philosophy of love; Romantic love; Fiction; Poetry; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Creative scholarship, Creative writing, Epistemology, Language and meaning, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy of love, Romantic love, Fiction, Poetry

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Komparic, Ana

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other medical sciences; Applied ethics; Public Health Ethics; Applied Ethics; Professional Ethics; Ethics and Policy; Empirical Approaches to Bioethics; Philosophy of Medicine and Public Health; Pharmacare; Health Insurance; Health Policy; Health Technology Assessment (HTA); Codes of Ethics; Solidarity

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Maraj, Louis

School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Languages and literature; Philosophy; Rhetoric; Black Studies; digital media; Cultural Studies; media studies; Critical Pedagogies; Race and Racism

Metcalfe, Amy

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Higher Education Studies; Higher Education Policy; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education; Science and Knowledge; Internationalization; Migration Studies; Academic Labour and Mobility; Visual Research Methods; Campus Environments; Higher Education Studies, Higher Education Policy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Higher Education, Science and Knowledge, Internationalization, Migration Studies, Academic Labour and Mobility, Visual Research Methods, Campus Environments

Mole, Christopher

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

attention; Philosophy of Psychiatry; Philosophy of Literature; Philosophical issues that arise from the attempt to understand the mind scientifically, aesthetics of literature

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Ruitenberg, Claudia

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environmental philosophy and education; philosophy of education; Political education; Environmental philosophy and education, Philosophy of education, Political education

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Schabas, Margaret

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History and Philosophy of Economics; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; science studies; History of Early Modern Philosophy; British Empiricists; History and Philosophy of Economics, Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Science Studies, History of Early Modern Philosophy, British Empiricists

Stephens, Christopher

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

philosophy of biology; philosophy of science; rationality; scientific philosophy; Why be rational?; Philosophy of biology, Philosophy of science, Rationality, Scientific philosophy, Why be rational?

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Thompson, Evan

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian Philosophies; Cognitive Science; Phenomenology; Philosophical Foundations; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Theories and Philosophies; Asian Philosophies, Cognitive Science, Phenomenology, Philosophical Foundations, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Theories and Philosophies

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von Bergmann, Hsingchi

Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

assessment; PBL; Beliefs & Identity; Online Teaching and Learning; Professionalism; Wellbeing; Public Understanding of Health; Community Health; Assessment, PBL, Beliefs & Identity, Online Teaching and Learning, Professionalism, Wellbeing, Decision making

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Webb, P. Taylor

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Education governance, policy, and politics; Michel Foucault; Gilles Deleuze; Neoliberalism; Governmentality; Micropolitics; Biopolitics; Subjectivity; Artificial Intelligence; Education governance, policy, and politics, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Neoliberalism, Governmentality, Micropolitics , Biopolitics, Subjectivity, Artificial Intelligence

Wylie, Alison

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Philosophy; feminist philosophy; philosophy of archaeology; philosophy of science; philosophy of the social and historial sciences; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; research ethics (non-medical); science studies

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Jenna Yuzwa

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

Aristotle's Political-Ethical Framework and Contemporary Eudaimonist Virtue Ethics
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Sean O'Rourke

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

zuminstm e tmíxw kt ƛ̓əq̓ƛ̓áq̓tn̓ (“We care for the land of T’eqt’aqtn”): Rebuilding ƛ̓əq̓ƛ̓áq̓tn̓mx (Kanaka Bar Band) Governance and Stewardship through an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area
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Sarinn Blawatt

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Perceptions of social support outside of clinical care during injectable opioid agonist treatment: An explanatory sequential mixed methods study in Vancouver, BC.
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Jessica Koski

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Implementation of Indigenous rights to lands & resources
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Jasper Heaton

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

Gender Identity in Feminist and Transfeminist Theory
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Rivkah Gardner-Frolick

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

Quantitative evaluation of local air pollution in collaboration with the Strathcona community to inform environmental injustice concerns.
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Risa Tonita

Student

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

The pianist's self: Political action in piano performance as a relational practice
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Margot Gunning

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Empowering women and gender diverse individuals in an age of intellectual property maximalism

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Michelle Kaczmarek

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Library, Archival and Information Studies (PhD)

Fixing for Change: Stories of Information and Aspiration in Community Repair Initiatives
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Bri Watson

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Library, Archival and Information Studies (PhD)

Expanding the catalog: renaming and redescribing indigenous, Black, Queer, Disabled and communities of color in Galleries, Libraries, Achieves, Museums, and Special Collections (GLAMS)
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Oluwaseun Ajaja

Vancouver Coastal Health

LLM - Master of Laws (LLM)

Deliberative democracy and problems of democratic governance in Nigeria

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Emily Tilton

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

Knowing across difference
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Erika Gavenus

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Interrogating Crown-imposed governance of First Nations’ fisheries through the lens of food justice
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Roshni Mangar

Student

Master of Science in Oceans and Fisheries (MSc)

Understanding the fishers to change the fishery: who is involved in bottom trawl fisheries in Asia, and why?
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Paula Pinzón Hernández

Student

Reducing women’s mortality through knowledge translation: closing the gaps between abortion care and public policy.
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Addye Susnick

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Trans Joy and Trans-Formative Justice: Imagining and Enacting Radical Futures
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Madeleine Ransom

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

Perceptual learning for expertise

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Jennie Pearson

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Building "Communities of care" under sex work criminalization and beyond: exploring how digital mutual aid supports the health, safety and wellbeing of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada
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Ritwik Bhattacharjee

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

A critical psychosocial analysis of the Canadian settler-colonial society
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Duncan Murray

Student

Master of Arts in History (MA)

French Colonial Psychiatry in Algeria (1918-1962)
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Alyssa Izatt

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

The Ethics of Regret
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Michelle Gagnon

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy as Experienced by Patients and Providers in Canada: A Narrative Inquiry
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Alejandra Gaviria-Serna

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

Memory work and aesthetic praxis as a creative force for public critical reflection and shared knowledge around mass violence
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Emily Lawson

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

Life's Painful Beauty: Open Empathy, Rasa Theory, and Deathbed Aesthetics
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Craig Bateman

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Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD)

Why Constantine Legislated Christian Bishops into the Role of State Judges

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Philosophie

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Ce groupe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en philosophie (y compris l'éthique et la religion).