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SUMMARY: Beyond the Major: Exploring Interdisciplinary Research
DESCRIPTION: Join us for insights from two speakers on their interdisciplin
 ary research and work.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Are you interested in research that crosse
 s traditional academic boundaries? Join us for <em>Beyond the Major</em>\, 
 an engaging discussion featuring two speakers whose work bridges multiple d
 isciplines. Learn how their unique paths connect ideas across fields - and 
 discover how you can apply interdisciplinary thinking to your own academic 
 journey.</p><p>A Q&A session will follow\, giving you the chance to ask que
 stions and connect directly with our speakers. Light refreshments will be s
 erved.</p><hr /><h3>Meet our Speakers</h3><p><img class="size-thumbnail wp-
 image-15494 alignleft" src="https://idst.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads
 /sites/68/2025/10/Tomkinson_Headshot-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height
 ="150" />Matthew Tomkinson is an interdisciplinary artist-scholar specializ
 ing in disability media studies. He is currently a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fello
 w in CENES at the University of British Columbia\, developing his second bo
 ok project\, titled <em>Adapting Schreber: From Memoir to Media and Beyond<
 /em> (McGill-Queen's University Press\, 2026). As a sound designer for cont
 emporary dance\, theatre\, and film\, he has created scores for Ballet BC\,
  Company 605\, CBC Gem\, Raven Spirit Dance\, Théâtre la Seizième\, and the
  All Bodies Dance Project. His fiction and poetry have been published with 
 Literary Hub\, Guernica Editions\, Minor Literature[s]\, Full Stop\, and Ex
 acting Claim.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp
 -image-15495" src="https://idst.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/68
 /2025/10/Taylor_Headshot-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" />Cha
 rlotte Taylor (she/they) is a recent graduate of the University of British 
 Columbia (UBC)\, situation on the unceded homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Mu
 squeam) people. She holds an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Stud
 ies with a thematic focus on climate change in media\, and she is currently
  a student in the Master of Arts in Planning program at UBC. Her research\,
  supervised by Dr. Holly Caggiano and Dr. Alex Tavasoli\, explores climate 
 justice\, environmental planning\, and community-owned energy. She also wor
 ks as a Graduate Academic Assistant for Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa. In this 
 capacity\, she conducts article reviews and research for the Knowledge Just
 ice Collective project. Previously\, she has also worked as the Climate Jus
 tice Study Collective Coordinator for the UBC Centre for Climate Justice.</
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