The UBC Himalaya Program builds on faculty expertise and student experience to create a transdisciplinary hub for sharing scholarly insights about the Himalayan region, including Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Tibetan cultural zones that traverse all of these countries. Community engagement is integral to our program, with partners in the Himalayan region as well as in the Canadian diaspora.
The UBC Himalaya Program was founded in 2015 and has developed an annual summer intensive community-engaged language learning program for Nepali and Tibetan. Throughout the academic year, the program also hosts a speaker and event series. The Himalaya Program network extends across UBC and beyond, bringing together individuals and organizations across the Lower Mainland; please register your interest by signing up for our mailing list.
The Himalaya Program is jointly supported by the UBC Faculty of Arts, the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF), the Centre for Community Engaged Learning, the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs / Institute of Asian Research, and the Department of Asian Studies.