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Planet-Friendly Wrapping: Making and Folding Furoshiki for Sustainable Gift-Giving at the Asian Library

By phchow on November 19, 2024

As part of BCLA’s 2024 Climate Action Week, the Asian Library and Textile Cartographies Project are hosting a two-part Furoshiki Wrapping for Sustainable Gift-Giving workshop series. On Tuesday, November 5th, we hosted our first workshop in this series called “Planet-Friendly Wrapping: Making Furoshiki for Sustainable Gift-giving.” This event was hosted in partnership with the international […]

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Planet-Friendly Wrapping: Furoshiki

By eshghi on October 17, 2024

Join us for workshops on making and using furoshiki as a sustainable alternative to gift wrapping. Participants can choose to participate in one or both workshops. Planet-Friendly Wrapping: Making Furoshiki for Sustainable Gift-giving (Part 1 of 2 Workshops) Date and Time: Tuesday, Nov. 5th from 3:30-4:30pm Location: UBC Scarfe Building Room 1128 Attendance: Free. Registration […]

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EDI in Asia display

By phchow on May 6, 2024

UPDATE: This exhibit has been extended to November 18, 2024. We invite all our users to come and view our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Asia display, located on the upper floor of the Asian Library. The display underscores how EDI challenges and developments are not universal. Asia is home to a vast plethora […]

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