Featured Nordic Studies

Meet the 2024-2025 CENES Student Program Assistants

Meet the CENES Work Learns who are responsible for many of our CENES initiatives! Check out what they’ve accomplished in 2024-2025.

CENES Alumni Spotlight: Minori Kato-Hopkins

Meet Minori Kato-Hopkins, a BA’19 Scandinavian Minor & MA’23, and currently an Instructional Designer in the Office of Faculty Development, UBC Faculty of Medicine.

Danish Lecturer Gives Interview About Happiness

Ann-Kathrine Havemose gives interview about her personal experience with Danish happiness to local newspaper, The Source, in relation to International Day of Happiness.

UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Lena Karlström

Recently, long time Swedish and Nordic Studies lecturer Lena Karlström announced her early retirement. To commemorate her long and impactful career, UBC Nordic Studies sat down with her and discussed memorable moments in her career.

UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Dr. Kyle Frackman

UBC Nordic Studies sat down with Nordic Studies Instructor, Dr. Kyle Frackman, for UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet (Teacher Life), a series that allows you to get to know instructors from outside of the classroom. Read more below to learn about Dr. Frackman as he talks to us about approaching grad school, transferable skills between the Sciences and Arts, and his love for trees.

UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Ann-Kathrine Havemose

Recently, UBC Nordic Studies sat down with Danish language lecturer and Nordic Studies instructor, Ann-Kathrine Havemose for UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet (Teacher Life), a series that allows you to get to know instructors from outside of the classroom. Read more below to learn about Ann-Kathrine, how she came about her job, her hidden gems in Vancouver, and why Irish people are stranger than the Danish.