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  • Courses
    • Hum101
      • Sample Syllabus
      • Current Students
    • Hum201
      • Sample Syllabus
    • Writing101
      • Sample Syllabus
    • Writing201
      • Sample Syllabus
  • Public Programmes
    • Elevenses: Eating and Reading Tolkien
    • Science and Technology Study Group
    • Wednesday Women’s Writing Workshop
    • A Taste of the Middle East
    • Documentaries for Thinkers
    • Out’n About: Monthly Field Trip Series
    • Public Lectures
    • Past Community Reading and Writing Groups
      • Doing Science and Theology
      • Popular Music through the Decades
      • Grammar with Hum
  • About Us
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    • Publications
    • Hum Manifesto
    • Media Coverage
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  • Public Programmes

    Hum’s Public Programmes are offered year round in the DTES/Downtown South locations where participants live, work and volunteer. These groups are open to the general public and are a great way for people to get involved in Hum. For Hum alumni, these groups provide a platform to continue on with their shared intellectual and creative practices. Read More

  • Creative Writing

    Interested in a 13-week university level hands on Writing course? In Writing101 and Writing201 a new genre of writing is studied with a different teacher each week. These include short stories, creative non-fiction, poetry, academic essays, song lyrics, memoirs, journaling, manifestos, blogging and more. Read More

  • Hum 101 & 201

    Want to learn more about History and Politics, First Nations Studies, Philosophy, Art, Architecture, Music, Literature, Sociology, Economics, Critical and Creative thinking, Popular culture and more? Read More

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Do you live in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Downtown South or somewhere nearby?

Would you like to learn more about Writing, First Nations Studies, Philosophy, Music, Art, Sociology, Popular Culture, Literature, History, Politics, Women and Gender Studies, Law, Architecture and more?

The Humanities 101 Community Programme (fondly known as “Hum”) offers four non-credit, university-level courses at UBC for people living in the Downtown Eastside, Downtown South (DTES/South) and surrounding areas who have a lust for learning—especially those whose economic situation, academic experience, financial and social well-being are compromised. Courses are tuition free, and all participants receive course materials, bus tickets, meal vouchers and childcare (if required), as well as student cards which give access to UBC facilities and services.

In Hum courses we study a different area each week, taught by excellent teachers in a respectful environment. They are grounded in relevant, interdisciplinary critical and creative thinking in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

 

Hum’s Public Programmes are offered year round in the DTES/Downtown South locations where participants live, work and volunteer. These groups are open to the general public and are a great way for people to get involved in Hum. For Hum alumni, these groups provide a platform to continue on with their shared intellectual and creative practices. They typically begin with ideas generated by participants of the Hum Programme and continue to be shaped largely by those who attend. Public Programmes are a way to have fun, remain involved and connected, and learn something along the way.

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  • Manifesto
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Hum101Logo Hum Manifesto "Take the cotton out of your ears, put it in your mouth and listen, listen, listen" is the title of Hum's manifesto (statement of What We Want!). You can listen to it, and watch it animated here.
  • Courses
    • Hum101
      • Sample Syllabus
      • Current Students
    • Hum201
      • Sample Syllabus
    • Writing101
      • Sample Syllabus
    • Writing201
      • Sample Syllabus
  • Public Programmes
    • Elevenses: Eating and Reading Tolkien
    • Science and Technology Study Group
    • Wednesday Women’s Writing Workshop
    • A Taste of the Middle East
    • Documentaries for Thinkers
    • Out’n About: Monthly Field Trip Series
    • Public Lectures
    • Past Community Reading and Writing Groups
      • Doing Science and Theology
      • Popular Music through the Decades
      • Grammar with Hum
  • About Us
    • History
    • Publications
    • Hum Manifesto
    • Media Coverage
    • Community Links
    • Supporters
    • Donate
    • Contact Us
  • Students
    • Students
    • Current Students
    • Alumni
    • Steering Committee
  • Staff
    • Faculty
    • Staff
  • Teachers
    • Teachers
    • Past Teachers
  • Volunteers
    • Volunteers
Hum (Humanities 101 Community Programme)
Vancouver Campus
Room 270, Buchanan E
1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1
Tel 604 822 0028
Fax 604 822 0950
Email h.u.m@ubc.ca
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