Our summer photo challenge runs till September 16, 2024!

Open to CUPE 2950 members only.

Capture your best summer-themed photo, post it on Padlet, vote and be in with the chance to win some prizes: https://padlet.com/cloris0329/cupe-2950-summer-photo-challenge-fgkm8h2sv826she 📲  

The challenge will run from June 17th to Sept 16th. The top-voted photos will earn their photographers some cool swag at our raffle draw during the September GMM on Sept 26th! 🎁🎉  

Get creative and show us your summer spirit! We can’t wait to see your amazing shots! 📷❤️  

With thanks to Cloris Li, Communications Committee Member for creating the graphics, digital wall and putting this challenge together.

View the graphics for more information on how to enter and the photo categories:

Remember, attach your full name to your photo 🙂

The Chung | Lind Gallery. Credit: UBC Library Communications and Marketing

Thanks to all members who joined our tours of the Chung | Lind Gallery this month (August 1 and August 15). Special thanks to the Gallery Assistant’s and in particular, Emily for facilitating and accommodating these tours.

If you would like to book a tour for your department, please contact rare.books@ubc.ca and one of the Gallery Attendant and Exhibitions Assistant will get in touch.

Regular open hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00am-5:00pm. The Gallery is located on level 2 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

Stop by and explore this gem on campus!

The Chung | Lind Gallery. Credit: UBC Library Communications and Marketing

Date: Thursday, August 15, 2024
Time: 12:30pm – approx. 45 minutes
Location: Chung | Lind Gallery, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre L2
Please confirm your attendance by RSVP (by eod August 13): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6DS28QL

We still have some spots left!

We have a cap on attendance (25 people) due to the gallery’s tour requirements. 

Thanks to everyone that joined the tour on August 1 – we hope you enjoyed it!
Did you miss it or would like a deeper dive into the collections?
You can now RSVP for a tour on Thursday, August 15 at 12:30pm. This will be approx. 45 minutes. If you need to leave earlier, that’s no problem. If you are joining late, you can find the group inside.

About the Collections
The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection contains more than 25,000 rare and unique items, including documents, books, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, tableware, and other artifacts. 

The Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection contains over 3,000 items, including books, maps, photographs, postcards, prints, artifacts and more.  

The gallery showcases a number of the items from each collection. 

You can find out more about the Gallery on their website: https://gallery.library.ubc.ca/ (including open hours).