Digitization helped literary scholars uncover works by Chinese Canadian women writers
Interviewed by Helen Wu As a research assistant, Sydney Lines began her collaboration with Mary Chapman, a professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at UBC, with the Winnifred Eaton Archive which has since expanded to other projects, including an exhibition on Chinese diaspora in Montreal. Much of their work focuses on the […]
Exploring Digital and Computational Scholarship Together
Highlights from DiSA’s Inaugural Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Showcase at UBC Report by Helen Wu Have you ever exchanged digital research tips with a friend and walked away inspired? On April 11, 2025, the Digital Scholarship in Arts (DiSA) team at the University of British Columbia offered that very opportunity—on a much larger scale. […]
Dr. Henry Siu on the role of computational methods for a safe economic reopening during the COVID-19 public health emergency
Dr. Henry Siu, a professor at the UBC Vancouver School of Economics specializing in macroeconomics, discusses the role of digital scholarship in economic research. In addition to providing insights on the Vancouver School of Economics’ COVID-19 Risk/Reward Assessment Tool—a project that helped inform policymakers on economic reopening strategies during the pandemic—Siu also shares his perspective on the educational role of machine learning and AI for both students and professionals, emphasizing how these technologies can make digital scholarship more accessible to all.