Breeonne Baxter
Strengthening pathogen research in British Columbia
UBC researchers working at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) Public Health Laboratory will benefit from state-of-the-art research infrastructure thanks to a $4-million investment from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The investment will ensure the facility continues to play a leading role in addressing current and future pandemic threats in BC and […]
Pushing the boundaries of spinal cord research
An estimated 85,000 Canadians live with a spinal cord injury (SCI), and approximately half of those injuries are sustained because of a traumatic event like a motor vehicle crash or fall. UBC Okanagan’s Dr. Christopher West first became involved in SCI research during his Master of Science at Brunel University London, where he worked with […]
alumni UBC celebrates 2022 Achievement Awards recipients
UBC alumni are committed to an exceptional UBC and a better world. This November, at the annual alumni UBC Achievement Awards presented by Boyden, seven inspiring members of the UBC community were honoured for their vision and dedication, through their extraordinary endeavours. The 2022 Recipients are: Dr. Pieter Cullis, OC, BSc’67, MSc’70, PhD’72: Alumni Award […]
Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing into mental health supports
Dr. Johanna Sam’s team at UBC is listening to the experiences of diverse youth to help them develop coping strategies for cyberbullying While young people may not use the term “cyberbullying”, they sure know when somebody is mean to them online. That can take different forms, from having an unwanted photo of them shared on […]
UBC’s next generation of researchers
On November 17, 2022, the Government of Canada announced that the three federal research granting agencies, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), were investing $275-million in the latest cohort of scholarship and fellowship recipients. These awards recognize and support the […]
UBC and Wet’suwet’en First Nation collaborate to create new packaging foam from wood waste
Please visit https://news.ubc.ca/2022/11/07/environmentally-friendly-biofoam-could-address-plastic-pollution-crisis/ to read the story.
Sustainability Scholars showcase projects to Vancouver city leadership team
On October 28, 2022, at a lively showcase event at Vancouver City Hall, three graduate students working with City mentors through the Sustainability Scholars Program shared their key research findings with the City’s Leadership Team. Between May and Aug 2022, City of Vancouver staff mentored 17 UBC graduate students, working on applied research projects focused […]
UBC receives Gold certification in Mental Health at Work from Excellence Canada
Please visit https://hr.ubc.ca/working-ubc/news/november-11-2022/ubc-receives-gold-certification-mental-health-work-excellence to read the full story.
UBC research could help astronauts eat well on future Mars missions
If space is the final frontier, it’s food that will get us there in good shape, and UBC researchers are making sure that our food will be up to the task. Dr. John Frostad, Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering who studies the science of food, leads a team that is creating new ways […]
How students are preparing for a climate-changed future
From coping with climate anxiety to analyzing what coffee has the least harmful impact on the environment, UBC students are taking a variety of classes across faculties to get ready for a climate-changed future. Working with the city to make change The Certificate in Climate Studies and Action launched earlier this year in response to […]