Himalaya Program Welcome Reception and Photo Exhibition Opening: Life with the Forest in Sikkim

24 September 2018 5:00 pm

Venue: Forest Sciences Centre, Room 1221
Categories: Himalaya Program Events

Join the Himalaya Program for a Welcome Reception to mark the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic year and the opening of a photo exhibition by Saori Ogura, a PhD student at UBC Forestry. The reception will be held from 5:00 – 7:00PM in Room 1221, in the Forest Sciences Centre, with the exhibit on show in the […]

Air Pressure: Time and Aviation in Nepal

12 October 2018 5:30 pm

Venue: CK Choi Building, Room 120
Categories: Himalaya Program Events

How are aviation workers dealing with the growth of air travel in and out of Nepal? Over the past two decades, the number of aircraft, routes, and mobility has increased. However, air traffic controllers, operations staff, and crew find themselves under considerable pressure to deal with the increasing flow of passengers through a limited infrastructure, […]

Film screening: Deepak Rauniyar’s White Sun (Seto Surya) followed by Q&A

13 November 2018 7:30 pm

Venue: Rio Theatre
Categories: Himalaya Program Events

Film Synopsis When his father dies, anti-regime partisan Chandra travels to his remote mountain village after nearly a decade away. Little Pooja is anxiously awaiting the man she thinks is her father, but she’s confused when Chandra arrives with Badri, a young street orphan rumoured to be his son. Chandra must face his brother Suraj, […]

Mental Health in Bhutan: Listening for Bridges

26 November 2018 5:00 pm

Venue: CK Choi Building, Room 120
Categories: Himalaya Program Events

Abstract Western modes of understanding and treating mental illness arrived in Bhutan in the 1990’s and co-exist with traditional healing approaches based in Buddhism and an adaptation of Tibetan medicine. In this talk Dr. Tietjen will discuss the state of mental health treatment in Bhutan today. Based on her experience of providing psychotherapy to Bhutanese […]