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Applications now open for the 2022 Partnership Recognition & Exploration Fund
UBC Community Engagement is accepting applications for the 2022 Partnership Recognition & Exploration (PRE) Fund. Apply for up to $1,500 for community-university collaboration and relationship building. PRE funding fills small resource gaps and empowers community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff. We especially welcome applications for projects that advance: […]
New research centre to foster northern clinical and medical life sciences research
A new Northern Centre for Clinical Research (NCCR) is being launched to create more opportunities for clinical and biomedical research and ti improve care in the north of the province. “Life sciences are vital to the public health-care system as new technology and treatment helps improve people’s lives,” says Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Health. […]
Graduating with a global perspective: Ginah Choi
Please visit https://global.ubc.ca/news-events/stories/jun-15-2022-graduating-global-perspective-ginah-choi to read the story.
Delivering solutions to integrate with Workday Student
IRP Student’s mission is to renew UBC’s student information system (SIS). Most applications that currently exist in the SIS will be replaced by or integrated with Workday Student. However, some newly created applications (aka point solutions) will integrate with Workday Student to complement and enhance its functionality. Learn more at https://irp.ubc.ca/point-solutions. Through Strategy 5: Systems Renewal, […]
UBC Library rethinking problematic Indigenous representations in children’s literature
What does one do with problematic materials in a library collection—with books that are outdated, that perpetuate stereotypes, depict cultural appropriation, or include racism and other harmful elements? This question was faced by librarians at UBC Vancouver’s Education Library, Xwi7xwa Library and UBC Okanagan (UBCO) Library, who are working to contextualize problematic books from the […]
UBC Arts grad Aiyana Twigg wins Lieutenant Governor medal for work on Indigenous language revitalization
Aiyana Twigg, who graduated from UBC in spring 2022 with a double major in First Nations and Endangered Languages and Anthropology, was awarded the 2022 Lieutenant Governor’s medal for inclusion, democracy and reconciliation. In fall 2020, Twigg was looking for a way to encourage her peers to engage with their language and history. She started […]
Caribou Guardians – Q&A with Dr. Clayton Lamb
Dr. Clayton Lamb is a wildlife scientist at UBC Okanagan and a Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow. His recent co-authored publication on Indigenous-led conservation of the recovery of an endangered subpopulation of southern mountain caribou has created a buzz around this all too rare success story for wildlife conservation. In May 2022, Dr. Lamb was interviewed […]
UBC Okanagan expanding to downtown Kelowna
After living on the outskirts of the city for more than 16 years, UBC Okanagan plans to open its doors in a new location immersed in the heart of the city. With nine faculties and schools, close to 12,000 students and 700 faculty members, UBC Okanagan has established itself as an innovative hub for research […]
Building a future in cybersecurity with a UBC MBA
A software engineer by training, Adolphus Bassey feared he might lose his technical skills if he chose to pursue a business education. He was eyeing a future in the technology sector and didn’t want to change course. Two years after graduation, the UBC Master of Business Administration (MBA) alum is a Security Technical Program Manager […]
2022 UBC Library Employee Recognition Award winners
Please visit https://about.library.ubc.ca/2022/06/23/2022-employee-recognition-award-winners-announced/ to read the full story.