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Apply to be an ESA Executive!
Happy April everyone! As the academic year is coming to an end, it’s time to start thinking about next year’s executive team. As an ESA executive, you will work with a team of like-minded students to find different ways of cultivating a community within the English department while also promoting English studies as an accessible and fun option available to anyone. From our annual ice cream social to outreach events such as the Poetry Collection, you will have the opportunity to hold big and small events and collaborate with the English department, or even other clubs! To be eligible for this election, you must be an official member of the…
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2025 Colloquium
Welcome to the 2025 Colloquium, hosted in person Friday, March 21 at the Peña Room in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at 2pm. Every year, the ESA runs an open call for student academic papers and editors, from whom a select few will be invited to present their work! Please join us in welcoming this year’s papers and panelists (in no particular order): We would also like to thank our editors for this year’s Colloquium: Henrique Vieira Fernandes, Aisha Chaudhry, Makayla Conn, Sally Elhennawy, and Adam Mah!
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Upcoming Opportunities to Get Involved: 2025 Spring Semester!
As we approach Spring and new beginnings, we’d like to take this time to announce upcoming opportunities to get involved! Whether that be as a blog writer, staff for the blog or the association at large, or even as an editor for our annual academic event of the year, the Colloquium, there’s sure to be a position for you. Please keep in mind that this page will be updated as events and details are finalized, and is subject to change without notice. This page is intended solely to allow students a look into future events. Please refer to our Instagram page for more up-to-date notices @ubc_esa Special Announcements Academic Events…
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ESA 2024-25 Executive Candidates – Vote for your new ESA Exec Team!
ESA members, please vote for the election candidates you support here: https://ca.cglink.me/2fM/s51060. Our voting form closes tonight, April 9th and our newly elected team will be introduced at our General Meeting on April 10th in Buchanan 323 from 12:30-2pm. Our candidate bios are listed below. Srijaa Chatterjee (Nominated for President, Honours Representative and VP Academic Programming) – I’m a third year student in the English Literature Honours program, complemented by a minor in Creative Writing. I’m interested in running for the role of President as I believe this is a position I am equipped for, and can do justice to. I have been involved in almost every facet of writing…
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The Angels
Donnie and Bonnie, two beautiful little losers, lay themselves down underneath the bleachers while talking about life.
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The Ninth Annual Colloquium: Call for Editor and Paper Submissions!
The English Students’ Association is now calling for submissions to our ninth annual student run conference, the Colloquium! The Colloquium is the ESA’s undergraduate conference focused on highlighting the research and scholarship of the UBC English program. Each year, the conference features presentations by undergraduate students in English language and literature, and will be held on March 10th 2023. Our paper submission deadline is Friday, January 27th, 2023 at 11:59 pm. If you do not have a paper to submit but still want to get involved, we are also looking for editors. Applications for editors are due on Monday, January 23rd, 2023 at 11:59 PM. Click here for Application for…
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Voting Period: VP Social Programming
For the past week, we have been accepting nominations for the ESA’s 2022-23 VP Social Programming. Now that the submission period is over, we ask that registered ESA members submit their votes using the link in the email sent to them! Please note that as per AMS guidelines, only registered members may vote. Non-registered members who vote will have their vote discarded. This page will be removed from public viewing once an applicant has been voted in. Please read our three nominees below: – 1. Nico Hussain Tell us about yourself and why you are interested in running for this role. Feel free to include any relevant experience: I am…
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We’re Hiring: VP Social Programming
Do you like hosting fun events? Want to get more involved in the English department? Now is your chance!
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THE ESA POETRY COLLECTION
Are you an aspiring poet? Do you want to share your works with the UBC community? Now’s your chance! In response to the growing number of aspiring writers here at UBC, the ESA is excited to host our first ever creative conference, The Poetry Collection. We welcome all aspiring poets to participate in this event and gain some experience having their works presented to an audience and also, to have the opportunity to be featured on our website! The first component of this event is a virtual submission form. Here, we request that poets submit their works using a Word or PDF document in order for their works to be…
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2022-23
Read bios and get to know the 2022-23 executive team of the UBC English Students Association!
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ESA Executive Elections – 2022/23
Looking for a fun opportunity to get involved with the English undergraduate community while developing leadership skills? We are officially seeking executives for next year’s ESA team. This is a great way to develop new skills, meet new people, form connections in the English department, and have an influence on campus. The executive team collaborates to plan everything from ice cream cake socials to The Colloquium, supports initiatives like The Garden Statuary, and connects with students, other clubs, and the department. New ideas are more than welcome, and this is a platform that can help you realize them. We will be accepting nominations until 4:00 PM on Monday, March 28, 2022. Online elections will…
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The 2022 Colloquium: Meet our Presenters!
The ESA’s Colloquium 2022 is underway! The focus of this conference is to showcase the breadth and depth of scholarship being conducted in the department and to allow students an opportunity to showcase their work. This year, four talented undergraduate students have been selected to present their own research alongside our talented faculty guest, Dr. Britton. Our student presenters this year are Haylee Kopfensteiner, Aimee Koristka, Colby Payne, and Macy Quigg. Find more information about the panelists below! The event will be held on Friday, March 11th from 4-6 PM in the IKB Dodson room. Please fill out this RSVP form if you are planning on attending. We have limited…
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2022 Short Story Competition’s Winners
I am pleased to announce the ESA’s first ever Short Story Competition’s winners, as voted by our members: First place: “New Clothes” by Kagiso Pupp Second place: “The Sky, Today” by Olivia McNeill Third place: “i am pretty and i do not long for your approval” by Kayla Wilford Thank you to everyone who participated, both by voting and by sharing your creative works. Each and every single work was read a plethora of times and some of these stories truly resonated with their readers. Even though the competition is over, I am happy to share that the entries are still accumulating new reads daily and are being enjoyed by…
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Meme Making Competition
The ESA’s Instagram (@Ubc_esa) account is hosting a meme making competition, where anyone who follows the Instagram account can submit their own English-related memes. This includes both literature and language, so there are plenty of options for you to get creative. When: Submissions open February 11 and close 19. Final voting will take place on Monday, February 21. Who can submit: Anyone that is following the ESA Instagram page! To submit, please use this Google form. Meme templates can be found on the original Instagram post here.
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Come Meet us!
The ESA will be participating in the AMS Clubs’ Day 2022 with our very own booth! Stop by to learn more about the club, future and ongoing events, or anything else about life as an English student. Our booth number will be updated here once we find out. p.s: we might have chocolates!
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Voting is now open!
Attention all ESA members, All short fiction submissions have been posted to the website. Now it is your time to vote on your favourite work! Please follow the link sent to you by email to make your vote so we can select our winners. If you did not receive an email, please contact either blog@ubcenglish.com or english.ubc@gmail.com so we can send it over again. Voting will conclude of February 14, 2022. Winners will be contacted on February 16 with information on how to collect their prizes shortly after. If you are a participant who notices an error in their post, then please contact Atticus at blog@ubcenglish.com.
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Town Hall
Do you have a question about being a student in the Department of English Language & Literatures? Whether you’re an honours, major, minor, or prospective student, come to the virtual Undergraduate Town Hall on January 28th at 4 pm, co-hosted by the ESA and the Department of EL&L. Faculty members and UBC staff from Student Wellness and Arts Academic Advising will be present to answer your questions. This event aims to help students navigate the new school term in times of uncertainty. Please consider filling out the survey below by January 21st. It should take no longer than 5-7 minutes and there is a chance to win a gift card to…
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Applications for the ESA Annual Colloquium 2022
EDIT: Both deadlines have been pushed back to January 30 2022 at 11:59 PM! The English Students’ Association is now calling for submissions to our seventh annual conference, the Colloquium! The conference features presentations from English undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members, and will be held on March 11, 2022, with more details to be announced closer to the date. Our paper submission deadline is currently Sunday, January 23rd, 2022 at 11:59 pm. If you don’t have a paper to submit but still want to get involved, you can also apply to be an editor! The deadline for editor applications is Thursday, January 20th, 2022 at 11:59 pm. Please note…
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Short Story Competition
UPDATE: Submissions are now closed! Thank you to all participants. Calling all writers! Do you want to share your creative writing with UBC’s English community? Now is your chance! The ESA is hosting a short story competition where all UBC students can submit their creative work to be posted on the blog. The ESA’s members will then vote on their favourite submission to select a winner and two runner-ups. Prizes will be rewarded to all top three participants, with first-place featuring an opportunity to have their work included in the English department’s alumni newsletter. The prizes will be revealed in mid-January. This is an excellent opportunity to get your name…
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2021/2022 Elections!
Looking for a fun opportunity to get involved with the English undergraduate community while developing leadership skills? We are officially seeking executives for next year’s ESA team. This is a great way to develop new skills, meet new people, and have an influence on campus. The executive team collaborates to plan everything from ice cream cake socials to The Colloquium, supports initiatives like The Garden Statuary, and connects with students, other clubs, and the department. New ideas are more than welcome, and this is a platform that can help you realize them. What positions are available? We currently elect the following: Any UBC English student can run for any position. Self–nominations for multiple positions are accepted.…
