How UBC is preparing students for their future careers

How UBC is preparing students for their future careers

Please visit https://news.ubc.ca/2023/12/12/how-ubc-is-preparing-students-for-their-future-careers/ to read the story.

Dental Hygiene Degree Program launches new curriculum with a focus on social entrepreneurship and public health

Dental Hygiene Degree Program launches new curriculum with a focus on social entrepreneurship and public health

It was an exciting start to the academic year for the UBC Faculty of Dentistry, with the Dental Hygiene Degree Program (DHDP) launching a new curriculum. The curriculum is a culmination of many years of work dating back to 2017, when DHDP leadership began the rigorous process of a program evaluation. The complete degree program […]

2023 Arts Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence recipients

2023 Arts Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence recipients

Please visit https://www.arts.ubc.ca/news/2023-dean-of-arts-award-for-staff-excellence-recipients/ to read the story.

UBC Education Library teaching the teacher through community field experience

UBC Education Library teaching the teacher through community field experience

Community Field Experience (CFE) is a unique course within the UBC Bachelor of Education program. Over the course of three-weeks, teacher candidates who have finished their school-based practicums can be placed with a community partner to broaden their pedagogical horizons. Community partners include alternative learning sites like museums, international schools, camps and—for the last four […]

UBC Okanagan’s Bachelor of Sustainability a degree of change

UBC Okanagan’s Bachelor of Sustainability a degree of change

On a hilltop in British Columbia, Jacqueline Rowe and her team watched smoke fill the skies as three separate wildfires raged across the landscapes of Kamloops, Merritt and West Kelowna. The encroaching blazes and the trail of devastation left behind underscored for Rowe the escalating threat of climate change and the pressing need for action. […]

Lessons from the land

Lessons from the land

Some people may have looked out and seen a field of weeds, but Dr. Sumer Seiki saw an opportunity. Dr. Seiki, an Associate Professor in the Okanagan School of Education, had an idea that would physically bring truth, reconciliation and healing into her classroom. In spring 2023, Dr. Seiki and 140 teacher candidates took on […]

Propelling artificial intelligence to new heights

Propelling artificial intelligence to new heights

A two-metre long, helicopter-style drone thunders over the Gulf of St. Lawrence, equipped with two powerful sensors that surveil the glistening surface below. As a pod of North Atlantic right whales swim just below the surface, the sensors instantly capture images of the majestic sight in precise detail. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine […]