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Kula: Library Futures Academy @kulaacademy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Guest Lecture: Dr. Alexandra Bögner (Basel University) on impact from political pressure on EU supply chain regulations. Free Admission! * Tues May 19 - 12–1 PM. * Food & drinks provided. * Register: www.shorturl.at/99KAX #SupplyChain #EUPolicy #Sustainability #UVic #AcademicMastodon #Kula

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Kula: Library Futures Academy @kulaacademy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Archiving a war when memory is contested... on Apr 22, Ajnura Akbaš of the War Childhood Museum will discuss trauma-informed archiving of the 1992–1995 Bosnian War at UBC's Public Humanities Hub & Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project. Free online webinar — register: ubc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Event poster for the Archiving with Care Webinar Series. Title reads "Trauma-Informed Archiving: Lessons from the War Childhood Museum." Logos for Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives, War Childhood Museum, University of Victoria, UBC Public Humanities Hub, and SSHRC Canada appear on the left. Speaker listed as Ajnura Akbaš, War Childhood Museum; moderated by Matt Huculak and Olivia Kozlovic, University of Victoria. Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 10:00–11:30 PST. Register at publichumanities.ubc.ca/events/

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Kula: Library Futures Academy @kulaacademy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Transgender Archives Librarian Michael and Kula Fellow @biblionik.org established a transatlantic collaboration with European LGBTQIA+ librarians—centering queer communities in preserving & sharing their histories. More: kulaacademy.ca/transconnections/ #Trans #Queerbrarians #LGBTQIA2S #UVic #Kula

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Building Transnational Queer & Trans+ Connections – Kula: Library Futures Academy News

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Kula: Library Futures Academy @kulaacademy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Come join us in celebrating SDG Month! Kula & CIFAL Victoria co-host an SDG Month Mixer for UVic folks whose work intersects with Sustainable Development Goals. Light lunch provided. Mar 27 – 12pm – Mearns Centre f. Learning - Kula Lounge lib.uvic.ca/sdgmonth2026 #SDGMonth #UNESCO #SDGs #UVic

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SDGs On Campus Lunch

Invitation to discuss the future of the UN SDGs over lunch CIFAL Victoria and Kula: Library Futures Academy will co-host an SDG Month Mixer to bring together faculty, staff and...

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Kula: Library Futures Academy @kulaacademy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Nearly 300 photos of Yezidi life sat in Penn Museum archives for a century. After the 2014 genocide by ISIS, they became a way to rebuild memory. UVic postdoc/Kula fellow Nathaniel Brunt and UPenn PhD candidate Marc Marín Webb talk about the Sersal Project, April 23 at UPenn. lib.uvic.ca/sersalapr23

Event poster for "The Sersal Project: Digital Preservation as Resistance After the Yezidi Genocide," an Emerging Scholars Event. Three black-and-white archival photographs of Yezidi community life are displayed against a weathered wall with Arabic calligraphy. Speakers: Marc Marín Webb and UVic postdoc and Kula fellow Nathaniel Brunt. April 23rd, 2026, 5:30–7:00 PM, Fisher Bennett Hall FBH 401. Hosted by the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Kula: Library Futures Academy @kulaacademy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Kula: Library Futures Academy just landed on Bluesky! We're a transdisciplinary space at @uvic.ca exploring knowledge creation, preservation, and the future of libraries. Follow along! We're on Mastodon too: mstdn.ca/@kula #OpenScience #Libraries #AcademicLibraries

Aerial drone photograph of the University of Victoria library building surrounded by trees in autumn colours. Overlaid text reads "Kula: Library Futures Academy — Advancing the research role of academic libraries."

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