Breeonne Baxter
Roadmap for Change: Implementing anti-racism commitments at UBC (Jan. 25 2023)
On Jan. 25, 2023, join members of UBC’s leadership on the university’s anti-racism commitments and current anti-racism initiatives, as well as learning about next steps for implementing the recommendations from the Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Task Force Final Report through the Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism (StEAR) Framework. Register at the Equity & Inclusion website. About […]
2022 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund awards 47 community partners
The Office of Community Engagement has awarded over $70,000 to support community-university collaboration and relationship building. The Partnership Recognition & Exploration (PRE) fund empowers community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff. Since 2017, the fund has invested more than $450,000 in 289 community-university partnerships, with approximately 50% of funding going […]
A no-till future: Evaluating tarps to terminate cover crops and reduce tillage
In summer 2020, Emma Yates was one of the undergraduate students analyzing soils for the Long-Term Biodiversity Monitoring Project at the UBC Farm, when the students hit upon an interesting pattern. Areas under agricultural production had significantly fewer earthworms than adjacent areas like grassy field margins and hedgerows. While most earthworms are non-native to B.C. […]
12 interdisciplinary research teams to receive Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) awards
Please visit https://health.ubc.ca/news-events/stories/hifirecipients2022fall to read the full story.
Shaping Indigenous curriculum at LFS
Please visit https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/shaping-indigenous-curriculum-at-lfs/ to read the story.
UBCO student team shines with a living light bulb
A group of UBC Okanagan students have won gold with their creation of a living light bulb. Their creation, called Life Bulb, is not reliant on electricity and can convert greenhouse gases into oxygen. The students competed in the 2022 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition, a synthetic biology competition in Paris involving more than […]
UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio
UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections. The process to digitize the First Folio took more than a year to facilitate due to the Folio’s age and fragility. The First Folio […]
Applied Science staff recognized with 2022 Dean’s Awards
Please visit https://apsc.ubc.ca/news/2022/applied-science-staff-recognized-with-2022-deans-awards to read the story.
Animal Welfare program expands research on canine companions
A new lab in UBC’s Animal Welfare Program welcomes furry, four-legged participants who can provide researchers with greater insights into their cognitive abilities. Led by Dr. Alexandra (Sasha) Protopopova, Assistant Professor and Certified Applied Animal Behaviourist, the Human-Animal Interaction Lab will use behavioural studies to understand differences in dog personality and learning. Additionally, the lab […]
Experts gather at UBC Sauder conference to showcase how Behavioural Insights can spur long-term change in behaviour
BIG Difference BC convened in November 2022 for a milestone fifth conference, continuing its legacy of bringing together scholars and business leaders to explore how human psychology, cognitive science and interventions driven by Behavioural Insights (BI) can inform better policy decisions. It put a spotlight on how BI can drive positive change—from addressing large systemic […]